Former ‘it’ rapper 50 Cent has been on the interview trail over the last few weeks attempting to promote his new album, ‘Before I Self Destruct’. In two of those conversations, the mogul elaborated on why he thinks his new LP is set to debut with numbers far below his usual standard. Here are excerpts from the discussions with Hot 97 and Jenny Boom Boom TV respectively:
“With the actual outcome of the project, once the record leaks from the international plant, what more can I do,” 50 explained in an interview [with Hot 97]. “I can’t, I held the record long enough to get it to them, to mix and master it and for them to ship it and then it leaks from the plant internationally, I’m like come on, then that’s it. They lost the ball. You know what I mean, if the numbers look funny to me, it’s they fault.”
“All you gotta do is get the response,” Fif explained to radio personality Jenny Boom Boom. “The response is so well, so good, that I know the record is a hit. So whether they consumed it from actually purchasing it or they got it off the web or wherever they got it from, when they hear it and enjoy it, they end up at the show. How can I focus on album sales now when it’s to the point where my record is released four weeks before schedule. The marketing, everything that’s planned to sell the actual record, is happening four weeks late, now that the record is out a month early. You know, those things are happening after they had an opportunity to hear it and it’s confirmation to the doubters that the record wouldn’t be good.” {Source}
As usual 50 serves up a long list of excuses to compensate for his short-comings. People have not been anxious for his material since his marketing scheme feud with Kanye West in 2007, and even then their were whispers that his days as Hip-Hop’s biggest star were numbered. Maybe if he spent more time perfecting his craft rather than instigating conflict with other artists, he might be able to produce a quality LP like ‘Get Rich Or Die Trying’ instead of the filth that we have been subjected to for the last 5 years. Get it together 50.
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kii… it’s get RICH or die trying… either way he’s a flop
HAHAHAHA TRENT IS SOOOOO STUPID, LMFAO
ITS GET RICH OR DIE TRYING..
GET RIGHT… LMFAO THIS AINT J.LO U DAMN CATTY MON
50 CENT SUCKS ANYWAYS
Ok maam Knuck u said it well. Either way he flopped. He started by bringing controversy. Trying to separate Beyonce and Kelly’s love for each other and start putting B down talking about Mathew this Mathew that. Whom God has blessed no one can take it away. God dun blessed B. He used Kelly in the video and saying s*** about jay brought him to this flopping mess. Jay z is #1 now with his single, while 50 is making excuses for flopping. He shoulda known that when u diss beyonce , youv’ve reached your doom, even the game is laughing hard, so am I.
“SO IT IS SAFE TO SAY BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT IS A MAJOR FLOP”
“HAVE A BABY BY ME AND FLOP HARDER THAN YOU EVER DID”
Have you even listened to the album? Have you even checked out the hiphop forums reviews on the album? I think you will find 8-10 Rap fans like this album and think its the album of the year out passing Eminems.When it leaks a month early ofcourse its going to affect sales whos gonna buy an album when they got it for free? Get Real.
50 will be around alot longer then your fav singers Gaga and Kelly roland.
ok, so first BISD isnt bad, its pretty good for som songs
but then it leaks a month before
not take a look at relapse, it was suposed to sell 1.som in the first week, but only sold 600k cause of the 2 week leak which is still A LOT and highest debut and total selling in 09
of course this is gonna sell less wen its leaked a month be4 AND he pushed up the release date and ppl r gettin confused wen its gonna com out.
it prob woulda sold at least 300k if not for all this, but then again all hiphop albums r gettin released early so…
still luvin this but my fav is eminem n relapse all the way
He still maade valid points though.
are his 2 fans pressed? forget 10 cents
Oh please! Every major artist since probably 2007 has had their work leak onto the net AT LEAST a week before its official release, and some of them still manage to sell damn well (Lil’ Wayne, Beyonce). Bottom line: 50 is not interesting anymore. Don’t blame the game – blame yourself 50.
You sound crazy BISD is one of his greatest albums. It goes back to the basics. Did u even listen to it?
im so glad he FLOPPED. maybe now he’ll go away completely.
Leaks? What about irrelevancy? LMAO.
no1 cares about him anymore, i dont see any of his songs on tv or radio, rofl, he sucks and eminem only sold because he made a comeback, but as always he had to make fun of celebrities or talk about them to get attention, f****** poser, fortunetly neither of them get attention here in europe, only in america (everyone knows why lmao)
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Fifty is so tupid.. Many artist album leak.. Beyonce I am leaked.. Lady Gaga debut The fame leak too.. Its all about do u have the fan base who is gonnna buy the album.. And he doesnt