In a recent interview with London’s Metro newspaper, 50 Cent cited his label Interscope as to the reason he lost his 2007 chart battle with Kanye West, with the G-Unit general hinting that he may be done with the label – where his career really took off. Check an an extract from the feature below:
After building a career on being bulletproof, Fiddy came unstuck when his 2007 album release face-off with Kanye West – when he claimed he’d give up the rap game if West outsold him – didn’t work out so well.
‘Def Jam did a better job positioning Kanye West at that point,’ he concedes. ‘The entire time I’ve been at Interscope Records, they’ve been relying on my creative energy [read: feuds with other rappers] to move discs.’
Just as well latest album Before I Self Destruct, plus a greatest-hits compilation, see his obligations to Interscope completed. ‘Almost in the nick of time,’ he muses. ‘I didn’t even go to a staff meeting and play this album for them because they’re more confused than any group of people I’ve interacted with, ever.’ {Source}
If 50 put even half of the energy he does in running his mouth on his music, he’d be in a much better position than he is now. As great a business-man as he seems to be, I do question his logic in going off at everyone and their mother (see: Ja Rule, Jay-Z and co). For, in him knowing this business, no artist stays at the top forever and all eventually experience ‘the decline’ (in interest, sales etc). It’s just the way it is. Now he’s fishing for excuses as to why, whether he likes it or not, he’s becoming an increasingly fading entity (in the music realm). Sigh…
i heart fiddy’s reckless mouth..people concentrate more on his music but its clear its no longer his passion….he likes attention so he gives people stuff they can bite on and keep talking about him…
IM SO tired of this dude excuses on why he is flopping everywhere, DUDE YOUR DONE, go SELL water and be rich, cause nobody is buying your s*** anymore.
I think that 50 Cent will always be popular amongst his loyal fans. His loyal fans will agree with his statements, but for 50 to say he’d outsell Kanye is a bit ridiculous. I mean it is Kanye who captures the hearts of multiple genre’s of people, from straight legged, glasses wearing hipsters to gangsta party lovers. Everyone can bump and grind to Kanye, but not everyone wants to party to a 50 Cent album.
Meanwhile, In Da Club is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Fiddy never understood that he was a flash in the pan, that his appeal was the spectacle (not the music). Now he’s facing the fact that people are tired of the spectacle and, left with the music to judge, are not interested.
Time for him to call up Ja Rule and join him at the Retired Wack Emcees club.
F*** you haters Grape juice if you hate 50cent stop posting s*** on him he dont give a f*** about anyones opinion
@Nae, it just goes to show you that even everybody has fans.
Not hating, just basing a fact… when 50 came out, he’s GIMMICK, was his beef with ja rule & almost every album after that he tries to start controversay with another rapper. during the “massacre” it was fat joe, that didnt work out, during “curtis” it was kanye he was starting trouble with, sort of… but even that didnt work out. then he tries to start with rick ross, that instead IMO, purpelled ross, because he’s album was the S***!!!! i’m not even a rick ross fan & i even liked the album (i can always appreciate good music, no matter who it is & 50 no longer makes good music. no one is buying into his gimmicks anymore.
What goes around comes around Curtis…HOLLA!!!!!
The flare of 50 cent for people was the fact that he got shot a million times. I mean truth be told this brotha should have headlined an episode of ‘Rescue 911’ instead of becoming a rapper.
After that people really didn’t seem interested in him…out of no where he had a dispute with Vivica A Fox, than his baby mama had drama with him, and this all the beed between rappers and his house burned down.
He needs to hang up the towel. Does’t he have a cologne too? I mean seriously?