50 Cent’s XXL Interview (Excerpt)

Curtis’ XXL piece has him speaking on everything from music to his future to the “old 50…”

Does it make it harder for you to get inspired?
You know what? It makes it a difficult process of building a album. ’Cause when I hear somebody else shit is hot, I go, Oooh, I got to top that. That’s the competitive nature of hip-hop. You can’t take what’s in the DNA of the artist out. You’ll see, at different points, when I’m not active, you’ll see there’s still competition going on quietly between artist to artist. Or they’ll listen and go, I’ma kill it. If you take your time building a project that you feel is an impact on the time period—’cause that’s what it is—it’s important; music marks time. Then your peers that are in cycle are doing exactly what you’re doing. You know what I mean? So there’s no way that you can’t be competitive with what they’re doing, on some level.

So who are you competing against?
Well, for me, I’m still up against what I’ve done. So in order to top it, I know it’s a difficult task. You know, I see the bloggers. My audience hasn’t grown with me. They keep saying, “Aw, man, I want the old 50!” ’Cause those people, it would take them on a safari. I was bringing them close enough to the animals, without being able to get hurt. I was taking them into my neighborhood, where you can very well get your ass killed.

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7 Responses to “50 Cent’s XXL Interview (Excerpt)”

  1. http://www.exo-exo.bandcamp.com

    Espy423 said this on December 5th, 2011 at 2:54 pm

  2. 50ty is smart and real thats all i know

    Common Sense said this on December 5th, 2011 at 3:41 pm

  3. lol is that Kanye on the very left?

    if a group has a subgroup then its order divides the number of elements in the group. Thus all the groups of prime order are cyclic with every element generating the rest. said this on December 5th, 2011 at 3:42 pm

  4. i think 50 is dope, but i really want to see him build up new talent on g-unit first, then come back in the game with a new album! if it were my choice i would sign Nipsey, Schoolboy Q, or Count from LEP.

    H-21 said this on December 5th, 2011 at 3:57 pm

  5. 50 needs to give up on his music career. He is beyond wack at this point. His first album was good but everything after that was crappy. This oblivious mufucka gonna say his audience hasnt grown with him.smh. I think its the exact opposite. His fans found better rappers to support after they realized that he fell off and started to become Ja Rule 2.0.

    Big AL said this on December 5th, 2011 at 7:51 pm

  6. @Big Al. Did you hear the “freestyles” from 2010 and the SK Street King tracks from this year ? 50 was dope . All freestyles was good and the SK tracks was even better and that comes from a game fan.

    Common Sense said this on December 6th, 2011 at 9:28 am

  7. ’Cause those people, it would take them on a safari. I was bringing them close enough to the animals, without being able to get hurt. I was taking them into my neighborhood, where you can very well get your ass killed.
    ^Those people love them safaris and telling a n*gga how to do his music!

    chronwell said this on December 6th, 2011 at 12:13 pm

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