Among the topics discussed during G-Unit helmsman 50 Cent’s Sirius XM Town Hall event yesterday (March 17) was fellow rapper Jay Z’s multi-year retirement. The Brooklyn wordsmith began his retirement in 2003 shortly after the release of The Black Album and officially made his return to music in 2006 with Kingdom Come.
According to AllHipHop.com, during 50 Cent’s conversation with Sirius XM, he revealed that he sold well over 20 million records during Jay Z’s retirement.
“Where was Jay Z from 2003 to 2006? I sold 23 million records from 2003 to 2006,” 50 Cent said. “He stopped making music. He said ‘I quit. We’ll get back to what we got later. I quit. Timeout. I’ll come back to play later.’ When he signed that Beyonce contract he was like ‘men lie, women lie, numbers don’t.’”
The Queens rapper also questioned the timing of the 2001 release of “Big Pimpin’,” a collaboration between Jay Z and the Port Arthur, Texas-based group UGK. Years prior to the release of the Timbaland-produced “Big Pimpin’,” 50 Cent appeared alongside UGK on the 1998 record, “As The World Turns.”
“After I had got shot Jay did ‘Big Pimpin” with UGK. I don’t know where he got the idea from,” he said.
During an interview with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club last year, UGK emcee Bun B revealed that 50 Cent was the first New York artist to ask UGK to appear on a project while artists like Keith Murray and Lord Jamar were the first to embrace the group.
“No, that would probably be 50,” Bun B said while speaking to The Breakfast Club last November. “Let me not say that. 50 was the first artist that called like ‘We want you on a project.’ The first artist to embrace UGK is either going to be, like, Keith Murray or Lord Jamar, probably gonna be the first two people that we rocked with. That’s how we all ended up on the Don’t Be A Menace soundtrack, because those were all our friends in New York. We met Keith Murray at the label because he was on Jive Records.”
50 Cent’s Sirius XM Town Hall conversation can be heard in its entirety beginning on March 31 on the Sirius XM website.
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he really did make jay-z retire,
Negro Please.
During his interview with The Breakfast Club back in July of last year, Jay spoke on predicting the 50 Cent takeover of 2003-2006 and warning his own Roc-A-Fella artists around September of 2002:
“I remember one time walking in the studio. It was like a small gap. Bleek, Beans. Everybody was in there. I was like, Man, Im telling you, man. Yall better.. yall better… yall got a change right now. Just flood it. Put out a lot of music, because 50 Cent is coming. You know, four months later, In Da Club hit.”
Jay always does stuff like this if you look back. He sits back and watches whats going on and pays attention to everything and goes away for a bit then makes a comeback at the right time. His sneaky and very clever.
Look back at his career and your see some patterns.
WTF are you talking about? He’s done it one time only
Jay released an album every 4th quarter for 10 year straight. The only time he did take a break was after the black album and on the album he said he was taking a break.
Look what you made me do, look what I made for you
Knew if I paid my dues, how will they pay you
When you first come in the game they try to play you
Then you drop a couple of hits; look how they wave to you
From Marcy to Madison Square
To the only thing that matters in just a matter of years
As fate would have it, Jay’s status appears
To be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye
When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5
It ain’t to play games with you, it’s to aim at you, probably maim you
If I owe you I’m blowin’ you to smithereens
Cocksucker, take one for your team
And I need you to remember one thing, I came, I saw, I conquered
From record sales to sold out concerts
So motherfucker if you want this encore
I need you to scream til your lungs get sore
So this here is the victory lap
Then I’m leavin’, that’s how you get me back
After a year of them 16’s it’s 1.2
And that’s 2.4, and I’m only doin’ two
You wanted to gain attention new dudes
I can get you BET – and TRL, too
You want to be in the public, send your budget
Well fuck it, I ain’t budgin’
Young did it to death, you gotta love it
Record companies told me I couldn’t cut it
Now look at me: all star-studded
Golfer above par like I putted
All cause the shit I uttered was utterly ridiculous
How sick is this
You want to bang, send Kanye change, send Just some dust
Send Hip a grip, then you gotta spit
A little somethin’ like this
Encore…
When Hov starts spitting niggaz get so religious like 50 is doing right now..lol. No rapper is on Jiggaz level and they know that becoz the only time they excited is when they mention the name Sean Carter the Jay Z!
I like 50 as an artist, but he spends waaaaay too much time worrying about the next dude. He spends too much time social media b*tching, comparing records sales and crying. Just put your music out already!
LOL…2003-2006? LOL. SERIOUSLY?
IF U ARE THAT NICE(RAP SKIILS),IF THE 23MILLION COPIES WERE SOLD BASED ON UR RAP SKILLS AND NOT THE INTERSCOPE MACHINE BACKING U AT THE TIME
DO IT AGAIN. I FUCKING DARE YA.
STUPID FUCK
WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT , YOU CRAZY ! No internet , No Social Media ,No Youtube and Fif was, and is know internationally more than anyone else , Where im from (Europe) No body knows who the fuck is Jay Z ! He got gained more Fans for fucking Beyonce than for his Music !HIP HOP IS NOT ONLY U.S.A IS WORLDWIDE
Lol you’re stupid and here’s why… You think hip hop is what u play and dance to and wear ur skinny jeans and make fake walk steps and discuss shit you don’t know becoz dis fool 50 and many fools like him U’ve have been listen to fooled you to be stupid like them. Look at 50 now and tell me he behaves like the 50 u know in his first album… I notices the world love actors too so. Crazy!
no wonder why he is posting on anonymous:::: this guy is a lie by saying that jay is not known outside the USA, jay’z in known in the E.U and way more than 50 roca wear is still the number one street wear over there, im talking london and paris and marseille, by the way its been a while ppl like us are not looking for 50… all we have from the US for now is rick ross as you can tell he has to perfom over here for now all we got from yall is wayne, rozay, meek mill or even the lil chris brown…. check my IP you will see im in london
Dear Kids ! I meant to say that Fif made it with out INTERNET! And of course we here in Europe know Jay Z , because he is the husband of Beyonce. THAT’S IT ! With Internet now you get to know everybody any rapper ! Will anybody over the world know Kim Kardashian if it was not Internet ! NOPE My Dudes ! I’m tell you this im from a poor country and here in the walls and the streets you still see old graffiti’s of Fif and Eminem . DEAR STUPID AMERICANS THE WORLD AND THE MUSIC IS NOT ONLY U.S.A
To the guy who said hov is only known in europe for fucking bey i gotta say ur the biggest liar walking on earth! it’s true that a lot of people know 50 over here, but the same people know that fif is over. I don’t know in what trashcan you live, but if you don’t know hov’s music you don’t know nothing. Everybody knows Jay-Z over here as good as 50 or Em. Ur just a stan who’s butthurt that his favourite rapper is fucking done!!
Why is it that the only time this guys makes the headline or when people pay attention to him is when he mentions someone’s else name?
I mean this dude just released a single yet the only buzz he had had within the last few hours is that he mentioned Jay-Z name. Really? Jay-Z? the dude is almost done with Rap. I doubt if Jay gonna be releasing any more albums…yet this fool wanna feed off a made off beef with Jay.
” mean this dude just released a single yet the only buzz he had had within the last few hours is that he mentioned Jay-Z name. Really? ”
what kind of “buzz were you expecting from a new single? an article talking about it? why you even click on the articles? probably because you saw jay-z name. lol. hhdx knows what they’re doing don’t blame 50.
I always hated that big pimpin track.50 bringin up sales again lol nigga cant help it he gon get hated on so bad when he drops his album it aint gon do more than 80 thousand first week and wont even go gold and I fucks with 50 music.
50 Stay hating….right around a record release date, negro we don’t believe you, you need more people. Jay Has made countless classics songs and albums. I can count 50’s hits on one hand.
jay hasn’t made shit worth checking since the black album nigga need to start writing down his rhymes or sumthing cause he fell the fuck off lyrically
That’s the name of a soap with u as o.. I see when Hov’s music is too over ur head you take a wank right. Pls keep that up we can’t need u to be a fan.
he honestly thinks he inspired Jay to collaborate with UGK, thats like me saying Dre inspired 50 to do songs with Snoop
no one else from NY had worked with UGK before except Lord Jamar
During his interview with The Breakfast Club back in July of last year, Jay spoke on predicting the 50 Cent takeover of 2003-2006 and warning his own Roc-A-Fella artists around September of 2002:
I remember one time walking in the studio. It was like a small gap. Bleek, Beans. Everybody was in there. I was like, Man, Im telling you, man. Yall better..yall betteryall got a change right now. Just flood it. Put out a lot of music, because 50 Cent is coming. You know, four months later, In Da Club hit.
Big Pimpin is a song from 1999!!!!!!!!
Shitty cents will never be on hov’s level. Shitty cents has one ok album and the rest are trash and hov has 4 classics. Snitchy cents needs to get his career on track and stop reverting back to old tactics of bringing other peoples names up. He needs to embrace he fell off the same way he made fun of others for falling off.
you seem lonely
…So 50’s trying to take credit for Big Pimpin’? What? I don’t understand…
And when all’s said and done, Jay objectively had the better career. Yeah 50 had that small window of huge sales…and then he got murdered by Kanye and looked like a fool. His music career has been flat since.
BIG PIMPIN WAS RELEASED IN 99 IDIOTS
THISIS50>CAMEL FACE
50 is the biggest boss Jayz has seen thus far
Hey 50, jay did big pimpin in 99 before you got shot. You sound so stupid.
Shut yo corny ass cunt up! It’s been confirm, fif got shot and then Jay came out with Big Pimpin
Fif is heating up
50 needs to stop thinking he is on Jay’s level musically or financially. He sold records off of gimmicks and hype. He makes the same content and its not selling.
Woah fifty’s track ‘hold on’ is trending worldwide on twitter check it out!!!The king is back.
Everyone forgot who 50 Cent is so he’s running his mouth about Jay-Z to hype his new album. Fuck me, Jay probably sold a few million albums while he was “retired” too. What has 50 done since 2006?
He publicly dated Chelsea Handler which is awesome because not many rappers get to date
middle-aged white celebrities.
dude can’t even talk music, he pulled out a headline, lol
JayZ can retire from rap and come back and sell millions, lets see if 50 can come back from his 5 year retirement and sell 50K
Always got another mans name in your mouth, always talking about how many records you sold 10 years ago, always living in the past just like your fans, why cant you shut the fuck up and drop hot music?
It’s this sort of in-fighting which is why New York artists arent able to hit the same level as southern rappers anymore.
You don’t see ATL rappers verbally attacking each other on the regular the way NY rappers do (apart from Gucci Mane who just verbally attacks absolutely everyone and anyone).
what the man is implying, because of other conversations, is that:
Jay is a well known biter
how so? if you were around then, you knew 50 was coming because you heard the music, is it far fetched that Jay, Dame, or Bleek listened to 50’s song & said “let’s get them for…”? no
but if you never heard of UGK before Jay’s song, nor 50 before Shady, or hate 50 and love Jay because of money, you won’t be able to function within this conversation
So what if Jay got UGK after 50 did a song with them?…The point is that Big Pimpin’ was made by Jay, and it sounds great. Sorry that everybody remembers that Jay and UGK song and not the 50 Cent and UGK song.
50 needs to let his music talk and shut up. Numbers don’t lie check the scoreboard.
Who gives a fuck?
I’ll say it again so you everyone can see me. WHO GIVES A FUCK???
JayZ is a BOSS, 50Cent was a worker who lacked the business savvy to run a successful record label, JayZ has a successful label and drops platinum albums while 50 cracks jokes on Instagram.
learn the difference between owning and running a business
This is the side of 50 i just rather ignore..hes still talking about shit back in 99..thats 15 years ago man..damn. he gotta move on..and stop all the hatin
50 needs to shut up, all he does is crying bout this or that, niqqa always have a niqqa dik in his mouth stop talking bout these dudes they aint you, they dont think bout yhu, grow the fuq up and stay focus on yhur bizness, yhu never gonna hear jay or diddy talking bout a niqqa, they always talking about their own moves, 50 was hot cause of DRE and thats it you said where did jay get the idea of big pimpin, guess big pimpin gave ugk a bigger exposure on the rap scene cause of who? jay’z ugk is know worldwide cause of big pimpin,
looks at how much money that jay between 2003 and 2005 its way more than wat you did after the coca cola deal, cmon you aint jay and will never be hov. never heard of hov questioning bout some money or record sale….
Hate it or love it,50 Cent is the GOAT,he can say whatever he wants to about anybody when he feels like.nuff said…
got dat right man
big pimpin came out in 99 not in 2001.these editors need to do research
2001?? Didn’t ‘Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter’ come out in like 99′ or 00′??
’99!!
another article of 50 talking about someone else..shocker
first single he dropped SUCKED. already know this album gonna be shit on top of a flop
Where was 50Cent from 2010-2014 when JayZ and Roc Nation artists like Kanye West and J. Cole were dropping platinum and Gold records and going on Top grossing tours?
50Cent had a nice three year run while JayZ is two decades in the game still on top of his shit making Boss moves.
3 decades.
You can always tell when this nigga is getting ready to drop a album, this is how 50 do too sell album always picking on someone
Ya salty! LoL
If Snitchy Cent wants to generate interest then he needs to upload pictures of Diddy to his Instagram and talk about JayZ, next he will diss Ross and make some comments about French Montana.
50 is that kid on the playground that nobody wants to play with because nobody likes him so he starts talking abut other kids in hopes that they will respond to him and give him some attention.
This coming from a troll who does the same shit.
^ What, did he hurt your feelings, bitch ass fanboy?!? LMAO fuck outta here you nut huggin faggot ass stan, get back to your mom’s basement to worship a nigga that has never given a fuck about you.
The sad Stan got Butthurt and then got Ethered.
y’all fuckin murked this nikka lmao
These three are the same person.
lol at this nigga tryna take credit for some irrelevant shit, what is he gon say next week? he was the first nigga to put numbers in his rap name???
Point is you ain’t selling shit now.
Two songs released to ITunes today. Big news from Fif. Not enough to dethrone the Mastermind though.
Mastermind ain’t on the throne.
JayZ was on his first song/video in 1989 (Hawaiian Sophie), he just had a Top 20 single and dropped a platinum album for 2013…..think about that for a second.
(1989-2013) where was 50Cent from 1988 to 1998 when JayZ was dropping Gold albums and singles and carving his own lane in this rap shit?
jay-z is 10 years older tho
^^ so what? Kriss Kross sold 4 million records at the age of 13
50 was selling crack n heroin in Jamaica queens during that time jay never moved a dime bag but he likes to pretend
‘How da fuck ya’ll the Roc when ya leader is soft’ – Styles P
JayZ is 44 and 50Cent is 39.
Fiddy was selling crack to 12 year olds in Jamaica Queens dude, that N-word is frickin awesome.
She Had Stories Of Many Men, Times In The Club And Niggas That Was Wanksta But The Truth Was To See
B#%%2 Aint Shyt, She Was Real Good At Bluffing It
Ordered Protection On The Niggas She Was Fucking With
Now That’s A Hoe That You Just Can’t Trust
Hired Cops, That’s A Hoe That You Just Can’t Touch
B#%%2 Moved Out New York When They Were Swinging Them Glocks
B#%%2 Got A Deep Voice But She Would Be Singing A Lot- Styles P
haha someone says somethin bad about jay-z and everyone acts like he dissed your mama.
easy guys, i dont think jay’s sweatin it.
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Bun B said the same thing lol
SooWoo gaanng, n if u ain’t wid it then u in da Food Chain
This is why 50 got his chain snatched in Africa and why Sheek Louch called him a snitch and a Rat.
Haha he retrieved HIS chain idi**
He got the chain snatched, then jumped in the crowd of 100 000 people, and got it back.
That’s what i call a CRAZY G
You mean the same Sheek Louch with no career and no fans?
sheek louch one the realest niggas around and I would put money on him beating the fuck out of every rapper in the game.He went at 50 hard on them mixtapes n that wu-block album he made with ghostface was so slept on that shit was banging
Okay so 50 cent had 5 album/soundtrack/compilation records that went platinum or better. He talks about doing something in a 3 year period while somebody was gone(actually jay-z never left) he did drop the black album in 03 and had platinum mash up albums with Linkin Park and R.kelly(while he was settling down). And speaking of platinum records Jay-z went platinum or better on 15 seperate occassions. 15 to 50 cents 5. Jay-z is the 3rd highest selling rapper of all time behind Eminem and 2pac. More number 1 albums then Elvis. So what is 50 cent trying to say? Surely this foo don’t think his legacy and list of accomplishments can rival Jay-z’s.
Nicely stated, 50 is dope without a doubt but lately he’s been showing his touchy jealous side, man I hope this new drop works out because this side of him is laughable.
wow, lol, you have zero reading comprehension skills
Thats that crab shit that 50 specializes in, he likes to tear other Black men down and try to minimize their achievements to make his own achievements seem somehow more valuable.
All B.S. aside look at what JaYz has done for J. Cole, passing the torch to the next generation to keep the culture alive, Diddy puttin French on, Jeezy puttin YG on, T.I. puttin B.O.B on, Ross puttin Meek on, Dre puttin Kendrick on, and so on and so on.
50Cent has no business speaking on a BOSS like JayZ.
IF you wanna play the numbers dont lie game here we go:
50 cents 4 albums: over 22 million worldwide
G-units first album: over 3 million worldwide
Get rich or die trying movie soundtrack: over 3 million worldwide
Games first album: over 5 million worldwide
Lloyd banks first album: over 4 million worldwide
Tony yayos first album : over 1 million worldwide
Young bucks first album : over 1 million worldwide
Total sales: 39 million
Jay-Z’s 12 albums: over 28 million worldwide
Jay-Z’s 5 collab albums: over 9 million worldwide
Beanie sigels 6 albums: 2 million worldwide
Memphis bleeks 4 alums: over 2 million worldwide
J Coles 2 albums: over 1 million
Total sales: 42 million
50 got 3 number 1 songs on billboard hot 100 (with only one feature, nate dogg, allthough 50 wrote the hook for him) and a total of 9 top 10 songs on the same chart(2 more with no features, total of 4 nonfeatured)
Jay-Z got 1 number one (which featured alicia keys)
and a total of 11 top 10 songs(4 of them had no features), plus one with watch the throne
50 cent got one number one feature, and 5 top 10s (1 with a singer)
Jay-Z got 3 number 1 features (all with singers), and 9 top 10s (8 with singers)
Get rich or die tryin’ sold more than Jay-Zs 4 highest selling albums combined
Jay-Z only got one album outselling 50s second album, and that is with a margin of 13 000
50 cent got an average 5.5 million sold per album
Jay-Z got an average of 2.3 million sold per album
If you combine the sales of ALL jay-z albums since get rich or die tryin’ was released, Get rich or die tryin’ still sold more
50 cent accomplished that in 4 year period, jay did it in 17 years.
Jay-Z is a better rapper, yes, but to say that 50 cent cannot rival Jay-Z list of accomplishments is just dumb.
50 was hot for 4 years, JayZ been hot for 17 years.
Any artist like Nelly, or Ja Rule can come through and have a few hot years but the real artists like JayZ are still standing while artists like 50 Cent can’t even attract talent to their label or make a hit song.
Once the hype wears off you get to see what an artist is truly made of.
hey white boy, who just broke down all the sales seems like you chose all roca fella artists and forgot kanye and Rihanna… now add that up then come back with a total
FINISH HIM
The reason why i didnt count rihanna or kanye is because rihannas fame didnt come from jay z, he was CEO of def jam at the time and alot of people had allready told him that she had star quality, i only included people who jay-z or 50 cent put their names out on, people who nobody knew about that had their promototional singles that featured either 50 or jay. Pretty much people that only got famous because they were cosigned by one of these two. thats also the reason why i chose to only count their first albums, because after that, their albums cant be counted as a part of jays or 50s accomplishments anymore. and i didnt include kanye because he had allready produced for foxy brown, carl thomas, nas, harlem world, eminem, raekwon and mase before jay found him. and he only got to do an album after he produced hits for jay z, and after that DAME DASH signed kanye, who, just as rihanna, didnt need jay z to be on the singles to promote their albums.
But sure
Kanyes first album: 4 million worldwide
Rihannas first album: 1 million
Jayz total 47
50 total 39
so still in the same weight class.
and yes jay-z has proven to survive the test of time,
but look at what 50 did in a period of only 4 years, its pretty amazing how those 4 years can be compared to JAY-Z WHOLE CAREER, and as i said:
50 got 3 number 1 songs on billboard hot 100 (with only one feature, nate dogg, allthough 50 wrote the hook for him) and a total of 9 top 10 songs on the same chart(2 more with no features, total of 4 nonfeatured)
Jay-Z got 1 number one (which featured alicia keys)
and a total of 11 top 10 songs(4 of them had no features), plus one with watch the throne
50 cent got one number one feature, and 5 top 10s (1 with a singer)
Jay-Z got 3 number 1 features (all with singers), and 9 top 10s (8 with singers)
Get rich or die tryin’ sold more than Jay-Zs 4 highest selling albums combined
Jay-Z only got one album outselling 50s second album, and that is with a margin of 13 000
50 cent got an average 5.5 million sold per album
Jay-Z got an average of 2.3 million sold per album
If you combine the sales of ALL jay-z albums since get rich or die tryin’ was released, Get rich or die tryin’ still sold more
This nigga need to shut the fuck up and stop talkin bout kings when nigga can’t even get an album out. Nigga knows he aint got no buzz so he go around gossiping like a bitch. Real heads know 5.0 career been over since 09. Only lame white boys and hatin ass niggas still ridin that 5.0 dick. What ya favorite rapper at?
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
obvious white nerd comment
Eminem influenced 90% of this niccas sales. no em, no fif. Facts!
True.
Dr. Dre too though
R.i.p Pimp C. So many people in the game speak of Bun & Pimp when they talk about the Real! They don’t have to yell they real 100 times, other folks say it for them, that says a lot. Any way happy 50 getting back to 50, that GRODT 50, none of that Candy shop, Magic stick shit. But he’ll I’ll be even happier when 3000 stop bullshitting and get back with big boi on sum music shit, and Mjg & 8ball get sum real push! Anyway just a brother missing dat Trill music… Right on to the real, and death to the fakers… Big Rube
There should be a compilation of Big Rube cuts.
Damn. The nigga comes off as bitter and insecure. Jay has him beat in damn near every category: bars, consistency and body of work, cultural significance, accolades, and business acumen and financial success. Jay is also widely considered to be top 5 DOA. Some people even believe he is the greatest rapper of all time. Whether or not anyone here agrees, or disagrees, is besides the point. The fact that many believe that he is speaks volumes about Jay’s place among hiphop’s all time greats. I don’t think too many people rank 50 top 10 let alone top 5 DOA.
Anyway, I think 50 should just walk away from making music. He’s an irrelevant rapper who produces boring music that no one seems to care about anymore.
Couldn’t have said it any better my self ^ 50 sounds like a woman talking about this nonsense like someone cares. He sold a bunch of record while jay was retired so what! Is saying he can’t sell records now because of jay-z??? That Jay-z is as big as he is because of one song with UGK? really1?
Once 50 told his story on his first album he had absoultely nothing to talk about. Since then every 50 song has been the same just with a different beat. I got guns,money and bitches over and over and over. Dude you came in and sold a bunch of records and got rich. Suck it up and make better and more well rounded music or just shut up. In the rap game it’s never gonna be your decision when your time is up. People are done with your limited music, just accept it…
Well said!!
If Curtis were to put as much energy into making a song as he does putting down other artists, he might actually have a hit song by now.
The universe sends back to you what you put out.
He built his career off of insults and disrespect and now he’s seeing it all splash back in his face.
The G-Unit Empire has crumbled homie. It’s either time to reinvent yourself as an artist or drop off completely because whatever you’ve been doing the last few years isn’t working.
“Spackle all over his face…..he all alone without the world!!!”
In 2006 I bought a $120 G-Unit jean jacket, I used to get compliments on it all the time.. Loved that thing, kept it perfectly intact..
Last year, I threw it in a bag of clothes and brought it to the Good Will.. because I felt embarrassed to wear it.
That’s when you know G-unit ain’t sh*t anymore lol.
So you’re the one who donated that jacket, damn! I got one hell of a deal on it. Only had to pay 3 dollars fam.
wow, well why don’t you support the music that you, personally like rather than following trends? So you spent money on a g unit jacket simply because they were “cool” at the time? SMH
I did like G-Unit at the time ya dumbass.. “wow”
I stand by my point “dumbass”. So you stopped liking them because they stopped being “cool”?
LOL rome you just got burnt^
nicca said he bought a $100 G-Unit jacket in 2006
in shocking turn of events, wow discovers people grow and rome reminisces over a over priced jean jacket. Stay tuned for more.
@wow people do outgrow some of the artists they listened to you know. just a thought
But buying a G-Unit jacket, i would never do it. Never really fell for the different trends Hip Hop came out with each season
come to Long island and say it to my face you bunch of bitches.
“50 was selling crack n heroin in Jamaica queens”
He was strictly small time and you know it.
I dont care if that monkey sold 10 bags or 10,000 Bricks just as long as he helped contribute to the destruction of his people and his community. I support all Blacks selling narcotics to other Blacks.
They’re animals anyway let them lose their souls.
small time? niqqa u aint know shit! u from queens like me? didnt think so. I was in dese streets when fiddy was rising up, he ran dis shit poopin slugs at foolz and dealin his crizzack. jay z was smal time in brooklyn, 50 was the real deal here. dont talk bout shit u no nuffin about smh. bsides 50 still runnin game in qb he run tha new jon gotti in NY
RIP FIDDY 2003-05
LOVE
-GAME
50 did good with the Eminem hype behind him but that wore off and he became just another rapper who the public got bored with and moved on from.
Iunno, I think 50 just got less and less interesting as he became more enveloped in to his business ventures… His music from back then still bumps, but after The Massacre, he went luke-warn and, eventually, cold.
Swear that HHDX will make an article out of anything these rappers mutter under their breath, or barely acknowledge.
Can’t wait for the article “Kendrick Lamar Considers Whether To Put Mustard Or Ketchup On His Bratwurst”
DX always does this if a rapper comes with an album then weeks few before and after the release you will have articles about this rapper!
dear stupid motherfckerz, how the fuq yhu gonna say that 50 made it without the internet or social media, when the niqqa was on every radio and myspace promoting grodt… niqqas on here are so funny if he wasnt in the media how would you know who he was… artist can’t do shit without the media… its what they called publishin
niggas like 50 and Game stay obsessed with Jay
hell no, Jay a fake an a phony. I’m in these queens streets and we been laughing at jay z’s stupid ass ever since ether dropped. wen 50 pop around 2 the hood to count bills wit us, he laugh at jay wit us. Game a diffrent storie but we b laughing at him in da hood 2 lol
r.i.p. 50 cent 2003-2003 it was a great year
More like 2003-2007. Don’t be a fool, he’s had a lot of good songs after 2003.
^^ Name 25, and then I’ll shut the fuck up forever.
Big Pimpin’ was 1999. Are you retarded HipHopDX?
#Cosign #Facts
F you wanna play the numbers dont lie game here we go:
50 cents 4 albums: over 22 million worldwide
G-units first album: over 3 million worldwide
Get rich or die trying movie soundtrack: over 3 million worldwide
Games first album: over 5 million worldwide
Lloyd banks first album: over 4 million worldwide
Tony yayos first album : over 1 million worldwide
Young bucks first album : over 1 million worldwide
Total sales: 39 million
Jay-Z’s 12 albums: over 28 million worldwide
Jay-Z’s 5 collab albums: over 9 million worldwide
Beanie sigels 6 albums: 2 million worldwide
Memphis bleeks 4 alums: over 2 million worldwide
J Coles 2 albums: over 1 million
Total sales: 42 million
50 got 3 number 1 songs on billboard hot 100 (with only one feature, nate dogg, allthough 50 wrote the hook for him) and a total of 9 top 10 songs on the same chart(2 more with no features, total of 4 nonfeatured)
Jay-Z got 1 number one (which featured alicia keys)
and a total of 11 top 10 songs(4 of them had no features), plus one with watch the throne
50 cent got one number one feature, and 5 top 10s (1 with a singer)
Jay-Z got 3 number 1 features (all with singers), and 9 top 10s (8 with singers)
Get rich or die tryin’ sold more than Jay-Zs 4 highest selling albums combined
Jay-Z only got one album outselling 50s second album, and that is with a margin of 13 000
50 cent got an average 5.5 million sold per album
Jay-Z got an average of 2.3 million sold per album
If you combine the sales of ALL jay-z albums since get rich or die tryin’ was released, Get rich or die tryin’ still sold more
50 cent accomplished that in 4 year period, jay did it in 17 years.
Jay-Z is a better rapper, yes, but to say that 50 cent cannot rival Jay-Z list of accomplishments is just dumb.
So we just gone ignore that 50 was musically washed up by his 4th album and Jay still poppin on album #12?
Son…50 isn’t rivaling shit. Majority of his sales are off two albums, then the rest of his catalogue is trash. You just gonna ignore the quality of the work? Not to mention who stayed relevant for a longer period of time? Fuck out of here
With all the said 50 Cent fell off and now only a hand full of followers are checking for him. He sold a shit load of records no one can deny that. But with the Ja Rule beef, Dre and Em cosign, and on every music staion doing interviews it was destined to happen.
Longevity is what most fans look for
i dont look for longevity i look for good music which usually comes from an artists or bands first few projects.
this nikka a dunce for talking all this fake ass fuck shit, so what you sold all that nikka, you ain’t doing those numbers anymore, plus Jigga already outsold your ass overall, so fall the fuck back