It’s funny how much circumstances can change from one album to another. On the eve of 50 Cent’s debut in 2003, everyone was falling all over him. Now those very same fans hate him and everything he does. The reasons vary, hip-hop fans love to player hate and catch feelings about whoever makes it big, others claim 50 Cent fell off after Get Rich or Die Tryin. While I never became a 50 Cne thater (nor was I ever a 50 lover), I can’t argue that he didn’t become a lazy shell of his former self (and he isn’t the greatest lyricist to begin with). But after the worst continue...

If anyone can attest to Jay’s claims that the ‘streets is watching,’ it is 50 Cent. Throughout 2002, 50 Cent dominated the mixtape circuit and generated the biggest buzz for an artist without a major label album since Eminem some 5 years ago. Ironically, when the bidding wars began for 50’s services it was Eminem and Dr. Dre that wooed him to Shady/Aftermath. A bitter feud with Ja Rule and Irv Gotti only gave 50 more attention and as 2003 hit, everyone was hollering g-g-g-g-g UNIT!
With every gangsta rapper from NYC to LA claiming to continue...