With the slack that Jay-Z’s
comeback album, Kingdom Come, has received
since it’s release in November. 50 Cent
decided to lend his support to President
Carter.
“ In Jay-Z’s case, he
just ran into Jay-Z. The critics are comparing him to the old Jay-Z saying, ‘his
stuff wasn’t as good as the older stuff, he looks too relaxed.’ I saw on a TV
show recently, ‘he looks like he belongs in the office’ “ 50 said when speaking with MTV.
“They say all kinda things about him. This is them weighing
what his new work is to his old work,” 50
said. “The Jay-Z record is a great
record, the (critics) are gonna dog it. They are just gonna say, ‘He is not
as good as he was’ You see what I’m sayin’?”
With the release of Fifty’s
third album on its way, he notes that he’s been under the same pressure
himself.
“My second album was
the toughest. You are in competition with yourself,” he said. “It’s always harder. The title of my new
album, ‘Before I Self Destruct’. Is a reflection of that pressure.”
He then went on to state that after you make your record
about your environment and your upbringing (which is successful), people begin
to ask what you’re gonna do next.
“What are you gonna do
now? You are a role model. Are you gonna change your content?” 50 says of what
he hears from critics and fans alike.
His response:
“…I’m gonna do
something different….nobody can be me; better than me. That’s what the general
public has bought into, 50 Cent.”
50 Cent’s third
album, Before I Self Destruct, in
stores this spring.