As the Verzuz platform continues to host entertaining battles between some of Hip Hop, R&B and soul music’s most celebrated artists, ideas are constantly being tossed around for the next potential face-off. Most recently, Rick Ross was asked if he’d be willing to go one-on-one with 50 Cent and he questioned if it would even be something Hip Hop fans would want to witness.
At the same time, Rozay insinuated the rapper-turned-television mogul wouldn’t have the rhyming skills to go round for round with the Maybach Music Group founder — at least not these days.
“Would it really be entertaining, music wise?” he asks during an episode of the I Am Athlete podcast. “You know, I’m a real dude. 50 Cent had some huge records when he had the biggest producers and artists around and was putting them all together. That’s why right now he can’t make nothing, not to save his life. Rozay probably couldn’t save him!”
Judging by the comment section, people really want to see Fiddy go up against his longtime rival Ja Rule, but the Murder Inc. boss is convinced it will never happen. During a recent interview with HipHopDX, Rule broached the topic and appeared confident he could wash 50 any day.
“Listen, man, everybody don’t want the smoke,” he said. “Everybody don’t want this smoke. I got heat. Let me tell you something, when I do my shows, I can rock. I’m telling you, it’s like an hour of straight hit records. No filler. All crab meat, n-gga. This ain’t the joints with the — you know what I’m saying? All meat in that muthafuckin’ crab cake, n-gga. It’s all meat, n-gga.”
He later added, “I’m too old to be in Verzuz beef, and to be in with my team of n-ggas, all my team of n-ggas, we’re like, ‘Come on, man’. I’m 44, dog. Just get a boxing ring and we get in there, and we do that. All this other funny nutty shit, we ain’t doing that, man.”
Jeezy On Gucci Mane Verzuz Battle: 'I Wasn't Gonna Let Anyone Drag Me Back 20 Years'
But as the Gucci Mane and Jeezy battle illustrated, music can help heal any open wounds. The two Southern rap titans were able to squash their longstanding beef toward the end of their Verzuz event and walk away better people.
As The Snowman explained to Big Boy of 92.3 The Real, “I just felt like I wasn’t gonna lose my cool — I wasn’t gonna let anyone, including myself, drag me back 20 years. I worked so hard to get in a place where things are good for me. I got multiple things going on, I employ a lot of people, and everybody depend on me. Matter of fact, I got a daughter that I love very much. I gotta make it back home to her.”
The last Verzuz battle of 2020 took place earlier this month and featured Bay Area legends Too $hort and E-40 stepping into the arena, drawing millions of viewers.
Mr. Rick Ross, the versus battle isn’t about battling each other by using freestyle. It’s based on stacking records or hits against each other, so 50 don’t need to rap. Between that, “In Da Club” will destroy any hit you ever put out.
Naw homie, you need to understand what he is saying. 50 is not a powerhouse rapper. Yes he has few songs and beats but pound for pound he his not messing with Ross. After about 7 records 50 is done without features like 50 stated about the Game. He is done! 50 just cannot rap man…. Sorry! Ross catalog is deep bruh. I am not even a big fan but dude put out good music and continue to do so…no knock on 50 though but time creeped on him fast on this rap music.
Man you think Rozay has 7 classic records without any features?
Hustlin
Push It
Mafia Music
Apple of my eye
Idols become rivals
I’m not a star
Valley of death
Tears of Joy
C’mon all those songs no features and have replay value
All those songs are goods songs but how hard did they hit, still not on the level 50 songs hit even if you want to say it’s 7 songs
Lol wow you’re fuckin delusional and Stan’n hardddd on Rozay, not one of those is remotely close to a classic other than Hustlin’ and Push It.
@Daniel Royal lmao Rick Ross hasn’t released anything without Drake that charted in the last 5+ years.
Yeah Ross couldn’t hold a candle to 50s catalog even if he was an alterboy
50 is washed!!!
The thing is Ross is right, it doesn’t matter which you prefer or like, FACTS ARE FACTS. 50 had an excellent classic debut album. After that only a handful of tracks, most of which were on the Massacre and Curtis. Since then he has 0 hits, like absolutely 0. Ross on the other hand never had a Get Rich or Die trying but he’s had several hit albums. He’s stayed way more relevant in music, and I’d venture to say has way more replay value than 50’s catalog. And for good measure he’s always helped and promoted his artist. Meanwhile 50 had literally bad mouthed everyone he’s ever done business with, from Game to Banks to actors and actresses on the TV show POWER. Dude is a snake for real
50 Cent – I’m the Man is better than anything Rick Ross has ever done and it was a more recent track as well
I think he honestly thinks that negativity and beef keeps his career going but like you said he has burned every bridge. No one besides Em and paid features want to get on a track with him. He’s killed his rap career. He was jealous of the Game’s debut success, he doesn’t want anyone around him to succeed or outshine him.
They both suck and would get bodied by Lil Pump.
????????
You’re the problem today
More like “Lil Breast Pump” Lol
Ross in a blowout POINT BLANK PERIOD!!!!!
Right…
It’s called growth! 50 has moved on from music to movies and other business ventures he’s had success with. Bunch of grow ass clowns with nothing to do productive like building Black Wall Street and bringing unity into the community. All these clowns want to do is get high and fuck each other all damn day. Be a father. Be a good husband or boyfriend.
Right on my guy
Except Ross has more money AND businesses than 50 cent. Only difference is 50 had a 100 million dollar head start lol
Ross cant even pay his taxes my guy. In no world does Ross have more money or business than 50. Having some lil wingstop shacks aint shit hes not even a real boss he just a franchisee for the white man. 50’s charity just gave away 850k for christmas.
Yep. Imagine us caring about the music in hip hop. More important that we talk about business ventures and what movies rappers put out, lol. Like are you serious? Does he make hot music anymore or not? Since you discarded that as relevant, I take that as a no.
So we just gon act like ross ain’t law enforcement. Just like y’all act like 69 hernandez ain’t snitch and half these new “artists” ain’t wearing women’s cloths and suckin dick. You get on here and hate on a real one and support cops and emo boys
And people say 50 is a snitch just like 69. Imagine giving a fuck if you like the music. Also, comparing one of these industry gimmicks like 69 to guys who both actually came up in the era of real spitting and when you actually had to make real songs to make your point is comical. Is something wrong with you?
I just told that idiot silent partner . He doesn’t believe in growth he stuck in time 50 cent is exactly where he needs to be
No, you told me that you are a 50 fanboy because you didn’t mention shit about music.
People from Vienna to Guam, from Mongolia to Argentina know Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Now go to Turkmenistan and ask someone who Rick Ross is. You may be more relevant today but 50 is worldwide.
I’m sure they all know Vanilla Ice better than Ross too. You don’t have an argument there
I haven’t listened to shit from 50 in years, and I fucked with him since 99 when I first heard him on that Black Gangsta compilation because I thought the voice was fresh and the flow was unique. He just ran out of steam after his third album (the one that everyone calls his debut, GROT), and that shit sounds terrible when you play it 15+ years later. It’s probably like three songs I’d even bother to dig out.
This is the classic case of a lot of people letting their fandom or who they like cloud what this is about, the music. No different than these kids rocking with these crackhead era rappers because they like their Instagram page or how they “get down” in the streets. Some of you can’t talk shit about them because you’re just like them. Ross has put out excellent music that I can bob my head too in the spirit of the golden age from which both of these dudes came still almost 20 years in the game. Fifty doesn’t and hasn’t for a while now.
Yo ross is trash
Most people who listen to music don’t think so.
50 cent came in and did exactly what he was suppose to do. Did Ross put mmg on after his first album meaning his crew ? No he made another album ??♂️ now if meek leave he’s finish . Ross is on a major label and he doesn’t go gold ? 50 switch up movies tv serious. And shit be number #1 . And I been listening to 50 cent underground forever . He was well established around his 3rd album, so 50 cent is a good example for any rapper . Maybe u still stuck in time or the same position? People move on kid
Again, what does that have to do with what the music sounds like? Even with what you’re talking about, I know way more people who fuck with Wale and Meek Mill than anybody fucking with the dudes from G-Unit after their period when 50 had all eyes on him. I mean you sound like a delusional fanboy if you actually don’t know that, and I generally don’t fuck with either camp but can acknowledge that.
People in here talking about he doesn’t want to rap anymore or he’s on to TV shows. Okay. But what does that have to do with who makes good music, who has the better overall catalog, and whose shit is hotter now? Also, let’s get real because like I said, I watched both dudes’ entire career, not just the come-ups. Fif got the biggest cosign ever in Eminem. Of course he should have went where he went when he did. Not doing so would have been like Drake fumbling the bag. Rick Ross started off with Suave House and overcame them folding when he was there to grinding under Trick and Trina and has kept putting out great music. That’s the bottom line.
Rick Ross first single was in 2006 and he started MMG in 2009. 50 released his first 4 albums by 2009 and has only dropped one since. Comparing their time in the game is completely off. Also, GRODT is a classic now and still goes hard. You can only knock 3 tracks? You’re insane and a child. That being said, everyone knows that GRODT is better than anything Ross has ever made. BUT, Ross is someone that is still actively making music that people are checking for and 50 hasn’t put out much that has been paid attention for in the last decade musicwise. A Verzuz battle really doesn’t make since in between the two because 50 would be playing tracks before anyone heard of Ross and Ross would be using a bunch of tracks after 50 went the mogul route.
Both of these dudes been around since the 90s. That you don’t know that exposes you right off top. I bet you think GROT is 50’s debut too, lol.
As far as those two albums you mentioned, 50 got the biggest cosign ever when he dropped GROT. It sold like it did and was a big album just like when Drake got the Lil Wayne cosign. Nobody is bumping that shit 15 years later. Nothing in hindsight about that album is remarkable. To be fair, neither is Ross’ debut with Def Jam, but you dickriders measuring the music on circumstances that had nothing to do with the music is hilarious.
So we just 4get he is and was a bitch ass co.yall some punks on his jock
So what the fuck is wrong with being a CO fool?
ask Officer Ricky whats wrong with being a C.O., he lied about it because he was so ashamed to admit it. he said the haters photoshopped his head on a c.o.’s body LOL
You just a white bitch, simply
keep caping for a man that used to handcuff, strip search and perform anal cavity searches on his young black incarcerated brothers. i would be ashamed and lie if that was my truth too, LOL
50 made 70% for grodt on he’s own, the only major producer was Dre and feature was em and Snoop (on the re release)wtf is this fat fuck talking about?
Wish Dre, Snoop and Em (in his prime) were the “only” major producers/features on my debut album.
Like him or not, Ross has killed every feature this year, against some of the best spitters in the game too. Pre-GRODT 50 maybe could rap with Ross, not this current version. In a Verzuz I don’t think he has enough either. I like that there’s at least one dude in the game willing to troll 50 the same way he trolls everybody else too….
Ross got a album he trying to drop I see. This his new album roll out strategy now? 50 didn’t take the bait last time and his last album flopped. Banks didn’t take the bait and that song he dropped flopped…so now this. Funny he talking bout not being able to save niggs rap career, but he can’t even save his own.
dont forget that corny ass shit he was doing with Tory Lanez over the Megan situation. Fat boy talking about smart cars and shit desperate for some attention like a thot.
Says the guy where 80% of his biggest songs are with Drake but go off
the irony from this fat fuckin pig
The same Rick Ross with literally the same exact flow and content about being a boss and selling drugs for damn near 20 years….ok…
That you actually believe that most of his content is about selling dope is funny. As far as the persona, name a rapper who has changed theirs? Jay is still rapping about popping bottles and being rich; Eminem is still rapping about being pissed off at the world; Nas is still being intellectually clever on the mike; Drake is still emotionally damaged over every relationship he has ever had; Lil Wayne is still talking about pussy, money, and drugs. What does that have to do with if the music sounds good or not? It’s like people are dodging the question with everything but whose music sounds better.
I’m not the one who brought up being critical of rapping ability, it was Rick Ross. Maybe you should be mad at him? FOH. And those some guys you mentioned have rapped about a multitude of other topics, with different flows, deliveries, told stories, etc. Ross has done NONE of that, but he is trying to criticize someone as an artist. Again, FOH.
Again, we’re talking about whose songs, music, bars, shit sounds better.
That’s exactly what we’re talking about. You criticized Ross on that basis but didn’t mention that 50 still raps like he’s grimy in the hood.
The difference is that one still makes good music and the other doesn’t.
You really haven’t listened to none of Rick Ross music then. Ross has one of the best and smooth flows out still! And it’s definitely about more than selling dope he raps bout buisness family all kinds of stuff. Yall will get up here and say anything and aint never listen to a whole album ??♂️
I didn’t say anything about his “smooth flow”, I said he sounds generically the same on everything he puts out. That doesn’t discount his beats, or if you think it sounds good, but he is one to criticize anyone for rapping skills.
This fat cupcake eating mofo sucks balls
Both of their music careers are washed. At least 50 is staying relevant in other arenas while Ricky is having lean seizures every year.
50 really isn’t that great of an MC these days to be honest. 50’s best run was 20 years ago lol.
50 was never a great MC, that was never his main selling point. But at least he’s authentic. Ross is neither.
How do you know who is authentic? You his friend or some shit, or are you a rap music fan?
I see why this new generation is the way it is when you see how some of you from the previous generations needed to make sure you liked their life story instead of just basing this shit on what this should be about, your ears.
But then some of you knock this new generation for rocking with their favorite Instagram star who happens to rap, lol.
50 spit some of the sickest shit ever recorded. People act like if you don’t spit like Em or Tech you ain’t a sick emcee.. 50 had mass appeal on everything he touched, and there isn’t a harder track than What Up ever recorded, and almost every 50 album was fire from start to finish. I’m a lyricist at heart so believe me when I say I get where you’re coming from.. but nobody’s like 50. Nobody. Very few artists ever produced albums where almost every song was a banger. Growing up I remember buying albums and you would love 2 maybe 3 tracks and the rest was meh.. and that was the GOOD artists. 50 is a cut above IMO
“You know, I’m a real dude.” Said a former CO living out a Hollywood gangster movie fantasy.
50 executive produced pop smokes #1 album this year and went 2x platinum. Officer Ricky stop it
So now executive producer credits are thrown in.
Again, what about the actual music these two make?
You know. Rapping. Spitting. Bars. Beats.
didn’t he rap on it too though?
This shit reminds me of back in the day when you had people who would swear up and down that Nas and B.I.G and Jay and all kinds of people from the East Coast or vice versa weren’t making good music just because of the beef with Pac. Like that shit is extremely weird to me and is why hip hop is where it is now as it’s only descended more into a popularity contest or who you’re “riding” with or who you think is “real.” Shit is fucking corny as fuck.
I still know dudes from that era who have never picked up a Nas album or dudes who don’t fuck with Pac because of that shit, and it’s dumb as hell then and dumb as hell now.
Dudes on here talking about whose life they like or whose business ventures they like or whose bitch they’re fucking is hotter. All I care is do they make tight music.
Anyone with ears would say 50 isn’t in the same conversation here. He spit his best shit in the underground, put out a pop album for the time that hasn’t aged well, and then stopped making shit that sounds worth a shit. Those are just the facts.
You’re 1000% correct homie. I couldn’t have said it better
FACTS!!!