50 Cent dissed Ja Rule and Murder Inc. on “Back Down” in 2003, but the original version reportedly also took aim at JAY-Z, Nas and Cam’ron.
As part of the 20th anniversary of Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Diverse Mentality has launched a documentary breaking down each track from 50’s debut album.
One of the producers on the project, Sha Money XL, recalled 50 Cent firing off at other rappers on an unreleased version of “Back Down,” while detailing how his mind works when it comes to targeting listeners.
“That record is his traditional patterns of ‘How to Rob,’ your ‘Life’s on the Line,’ ‘Ghetto Quran,'” he said. “Certain names is being mentioned, certain nerves being pinched.
“That’s his marketing tool – Fif has a marketing tool within music. He knows how to make records that’s gonna get you to talk, listen and fuck with him.
“This is one of the ones that I don’t know anyone else that did a record to it. Like, Dre had records that other people do… Rakim or D12. This one, nah. This one was fresh. Fresh. And we went to my crib, cut that shit. Fif had no filter.”
However, Dr. Dre apparently wasn’t prepared to release the track with the amount of shots 50 Cent was taking.
“Get to L.A. and played it, Dre put the filter on him, like, ‘Hold up, bro. Hold up, bro. Nah, bro. You going too far, man,'” he said. “And we had to re-record that shit. I still got the version where he’s spazzing, man.”
The narrator goes on to say that the original version of “Back Down” took aim at Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, JAY-Z, R. Kelly, Nas, Cam’ron and others. At the end of the track, he also invited Dr. Dre to jump in and say “fuck you” to the competition.
“You’re acting all gangsta and tough/ You must’ve forgot when the director yelled cut,” 50 reportedly rapped on the original version, referring to Cam’ron’s acting in Paid in Full.
Instead, Dre had 50 Cent redo the track as a filtered version only going at Ja Rule and Murder Inc.
“That shit was blackdown, he was going black on that, blacking out, bro. Whylin’ on these muthafuckas,” Sha Money XL continued. “The shit he was saying, it was like, ‘Bro, you can’t say that, what you doing? Yo, come on, Nas is still the homie.’ But he wanted to take everybody, man.
“It was like, ‘You can’t go after the God, bro.’ Everybody’s getting it. Cam, everybody. Back the fuck down. And that shit was well-received, man. That shit was hard as fuck.”
Revisit “Back Down” below.
Essential nyc rap hip hop history you must have this album
Nobody is surprised by this; thus it isn’t even news…
post the original or it never happened lol
exactly
That Cam´ron diss was hella wack. Good they didnt press that 😂
Damn I wanna hear that song
So… He actually did “back down”?
Yes. His J.e.w.ish controllers ensured he wouldn’t destroy his ot any other of their top earners careers! Jay may be worth around a billion, but those who got him there made $10 billion. The small hat club.
Sha told the truth about who he dissed .. he didnt record that in New york .. he recorded in LA at encore .. the engineers arent in the doc .. read the credits on the album .. and dre talked shit about Jd on the original too … “the best of both world sounds like noise .. kelly like lil girls .. jigga like Boys”. “Candace jay … you let her stick her thumb in your butt”! Just some of the shit said about hov… i was there .. one of the most memorable sessions ever … fif let me read the text in the 2 way from Candace
Fifty can’t rap! He talks on a beat he sucks. If it wasn’t for Dre doing the beats for him no one would listen to him. G unit is
Trash! Everyone except Banks! All his songs were garbage except in the club! He is definitely no battle rapper so you don’t want no smoke from Jay, Nas, or cam. You got fame from getting shot. You are trash either one of them could’ve destroyed you and you short lived rap career 😂 😂 😂
Summer School at Snyder wasn’t enough for you I guess.
Fifty can’t rap! He talks on a beat he sucks. If it wasn’t for Dre doing the beats for him no one would listen to him. G unit is
Trash! Everyone except Banks! All his songs were garbage except in the club! He is definitely no battle rapper so you don’t want no smoke from Jay, Nas, or cam. You got fame from getting shot. You are trash either one of them could’ve destroyed you and you short lived rap career 😂 😂 😂