Curtis the auteur continues to pump out the “aggressive” content to extend the shelf life of BISD.  Inspired by A Thin Line Between Love And Hate, Vivica gets to play the crazy chick, Tahiry gets to exact some revenge on Joey & Tamala Jones gets to just sit there and look pretty.

50 stays winning when it comes to videos. Behind the scenes footage features more of the leading ladies if you’re interested.

It’s been a long yet lucrative road to the release of Before I Self Destruct, 50 Cent’s much documented final record on his Interscope contract. Possibly the genre’s last mega-star before Hip-Hop was regressed by the digital age, 50 saw endless mounds of success through business ventures, movies and of course, platinum plaques. Although less notably, popular opinion reads that the caliber of his albums have slipped considerably since his towering debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. Especially when factoring the runaway success of the lead single “In Da Club”–a phenom 50 has been obviously been trying to duplicate ever since. Taken all this into account, the G-Unit general retreads his steps to familiar waters for his 4th LP. Read the rest of this entry »

I really didn’t want to speak on this until his official first week numbers came in because, outside of water cooler banter, it doesn’t really matter much. At least not to the average listener; I imagine first week numbers can make or break a TI’s week nowadays.  But in doing what 50 does best, he dropped this gem to Meka over at BET in response to Hits Daily Double’s projection that his first week sales to be around 150k-160k: Read the rest of this entry »

Boo-Boo’s life, your entertainment.

“Inspired by 50 Cent’s latest album of the same title, Before I Self Destruct is a gritty 90-minute film, written, directed and starring Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent). The film is a coming of age story about an inner city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. Read the rest of this entry »

First off take a long, hard (II) look at the picture above.

Notice the date?  Friday the 13th, as in four days prior to Before I Self Destruct hitting store shelves and about 400 days since the first stalled it’s original single “Get Up” surfaced.  I was wondering what 50 had up his sleeves to add a little buzz to his release.  Lord knows a building single, decent album & accompanying movie aren’t enough for Boo Boo.  He used little brother last time, so big brother is only the natural progression.

Seeing as how he’s been playing chess ever since GRODT, I wonder how long he’s been building up this all out assault on Jay-Z?  I mean what other business would him and Beanie Sigel have to talk about on a song?  Countless videos have been floating around the net about how 50′s wanted to sign Beanie to G-Unit for a few years, but Jigga’s pride wouldn’t let that happen.  It would also go a long way as to explaining why Beanie felt compelled to go at Jay seemingly out of the blue.  Bean’s may see it as initiation into G-Unit, but 50′s been waiting to go all out at Hov for a minute & Sigel’s situation* is the perfect springboard for that.

As well as a great way to bring some attention to Before I Self Destruct.  Think about it, 50 needs to make his albums into an event because the music isn’t strong enough to pull people in on it’s on.  Not that the music isn’t quality, but the persona of 50 Cent surpasses the music at this point.  His interviews, assaults on lesser rappers, movies & insights on the music industry keep people entertained & him continually in the public eye.  The music is secondary at this point.  I think if he kept all the extra curricular activities goings and didn’t put any more music out most people would be none the wiser.

TC summed it up with this gem the other day: “I don’t think anyone of you care if this gets a 1 or a 5 lol.”

A telltale sign that he’s reached retirement age in rapper years.

*Of cousrse I could be wrong and “I Go Off” was just made for the sake of making great music.

A bonus joint off Fif’s recently pushed up BISD, available now on iTunes and all over the place on 11.16. As much as I like it, it’s tough to talk the brash talk seriously knowing that Boo-Boo spends $20K per week (roughly $1M a year) on security measures. Read the rest of this entry »

G-Unit Films continues to ensure their viral product is flooding the e-streets as Before I Self Destruct is set to blow like sticks of nitro. What we have here is an ambitious Curtis Jackson getting his Kane-in-Menace on so he can “stretch” his revenue longer than this video clip. Read the rest of this entry »

…on Connecticut Radio Morning Show. Fiddy is such the emotional cat these days. You saw his passion when pertaining to Fat Joe’s lastest clunker and now, with word that the Rick Ross PD only moved 4,000 units, it’s Niagra Falls all over again. Read the rest of this entry »

Let the campaign for Before I Self Destruct get underway. The album’s been pushed up to November 16th, 2009 for one reason…or sixteen. When Beyonce doesn’t return your calls, you settle for the next best thing: Kelly Rowland. Which is exactly what 50 did for this make-or-break single.

Download — 50 Cent Feat. Ne-Yo – “Baby By Me”

Oh, Fifty.

You got your life so right and your bars so wrong.

We haven’t heard you spit anything but cheap shots in months years, but now you’re trying to claim insane daisy-chained double-time rhymes like this? Really? I know you could sell fur coats to people at PETA, but I ain’t talking about a bad bag when I say this one’s a stretch. We all know B Rabbit’s loco ass wrote those straitjacket sixteens in this Before I Self Destruct drip and you didn’t. We’re not stupid. Truthfully, though, I don’t give two flying ducks. I just wish you still cared enough to show your own versatility once in a while, instead of just treading water. Read the rest of this entry »

“That nigga Buck like me
Tell momma he done smoked the TV
I ain’t know he fucked with more dope than B.G.
Plus a nigga sip more syrup than Pimp C Read the rest of this entry »

A feature presentation by Curtis Jackson.

For added measure, Gucci gets the call to add a legitimate illegal element to Boo Boo’s mundane BISD single. Really? Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe he felt he had something to prove after their lil Twitter spat disagreement. But for whatever reason, 50 Cent utilizes a beat previously wrecked by Fabolous & Desert Storm Co. Read the rest of this entry »

Probably the most enticing quality of 50 Cent’s Behind The Music special is its lack of pitfall. Where VH1′s storied series is renown for going into depth of the industry’s biggest stars and their descension, as well as their triumphs, Curtis Jackson really can’t count his losses since his 2003 official breakout. Read the rest of this entry »

We go through the same ball n’ chain routine everytime a rapper is set to release a new album. “It’s better than I’ve ever been” they say. “It’s a classic” they boast. Knowing damn well the recording process was about as sporadic as their last consecutive string of hits. Read the rest of this entry »