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"I'm not even gonna mention how you still hatin a** b****. I'm just happy you decided to make a new thread still hating. Good job."
NBC Crowns 50 Cent's '5...Murder By Numbers' As a Brilliant Piece of Work
NBC writes:
Last week, 50 Cent released his third mixtape of the past year. It’s titled 5 (Murder by Numbers), and it contains two of the best songs he’s made in years, and eight songs that remind us why the Queens rapper, though wildly successful, is looked to as largely a non-entity within the hip-hop landscape these days.
The tape is bookended by the two aforementioned stunners. The first is the reggae-inflected “My Crown,” where 50 sounds recharged. “I’m still the s—t,” he begins his verse, rapping in the lilting, closed-mouthed-and-closed-fist style that the 50 of yore rode to the top.
It’s been an interesting decade for 50 Cent. In many ways his debut album Get Rich or Die Trying was the rap album for a generation, its Dr. Dre beats positioning 50 as the world’s scariest hitmaker, while album tracks such as the bullet-drenched “Heat” and the morose anthem “Many Men” became hip-hop classics in their own right.
From there, 50 embraced his role as the hood’s favorite pop-rapper, his album The Massacre presenting more or less a rehash of Get Rich. Though it’s a fine album on its own, it displayed a crippling lack of originality for 50. He continued this slide, mining a shaft he’d long depleted, hoping to find one last diamond.
Still, the influence of Get Rich is undeniable. His narrative, that of the hard-nosed street hustler who paused his drug operation to build a rap empire, has become a template in the latter-day rap game. It’s fitting, then, that Schoolboy Q, a Los Angeles rapper who shows an undeniable 50 Cent influence, steals the show on Murder by Numbers’ final track “Can I Speak to You.” In an interview with VIBE, Q spoke about how 50 Cent, “Probably saved my life.” Q was in a similar position a few years ago, with one foot in the street and another in the studio, when he chose to devote himself to rapping full-time because of what he saw from 50. In something of a full-circle narrative, he and the rest of his Black Hippy crew are now signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label.
It’s the songs wedged between the twin gems of “Can I Speak to You” and “My Crown” that are problematic. There’s a song about smoking marijuana despite the fact that 50’s an avowed non-drug user, a song about how completely and totally rich he is, and a couple lovemaking anthems that could have been left on the cutting room floor of the already-short tracklist. Still, for a mixtape that was released for free online, a .200 batting average might as well equal a home run.
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Comment by blue hefner on July 13, 2012 at 11:04pm -
that s*** wack son..plushes trying to blame s*** on banks and yayo,the big 10 was hott butt this n**** is done far as music he went to hollywood sold hi soul to the devil dosent has the passion for music no more talking banks was holden his back boo curtis stick to selling products
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Comment by S.D.G. | SALUTE DA GENERAL on July 13, 2012 at 10:57pm -
BE MY B**** is so underrated that s*** bangs
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Comment by Wayne C. Sayetsitty on July 13, 2012 at 10:47pm -
as expected
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Comment by dr0 on July 13, 2012 at 10:05pm -
I wouldnt say nbc knows s*** bout rap but da album was flame to me roll dat s*** wid kidd kidd is crazy
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Comment by EastCoastNukka on July 13, 2012 at 9:43pm -
its an average mixtape at best. i love 50 but his work the last few years slacking. his last fire album was the one with still kill on it with akon. everything after=average at best.
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Comment by Darker on July 13, 2012 at 8:56pm -
It's FAR from brilliant if you ask me. If you really think 5 is "brilliant" you need to raise your standards. It's just more of the same sh*t 50 always does -- I'm a fan of 50 and I've liked a lot of his music over the years, but the only part of this article I really agree with is the comment about 50's lack of originality/creativity. When people say 50 is slipping, it's not that he sucks or he has no talent, he's definitely better than a lot of the "rappers" who are popping right now, but listen to his sh*t over the past few years-- IT'S ALL THE SAME. Same topics, mostly the same flows, mostly similar types of beats and on and on. Sh*t gets old. I know 50 has spent most of his career feuding with people and burning bridges, but he needs help-- he needs to branch out and reach out to other artists/creative influences outside his circle of cronies like Eminem did to relaunch his career. Imagine if 50 was doing joints with Jay-Z, Kanye or even Lil Wayne (like Em did). He'd probably be popping right now.
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Comment by Jessie M on July 13, 2012 at 7:49pm -
what about "NY", and "United Nations"... both awesome songs.. and i disagree about "Roll That S***" its clearly not a literal admission of his daily activities (listen to the damn intro.. "I hate knockin elderly people in the head for they money but i'll do it") its COMEDY and a wicked vibe.. i agree about "definition of sexy" and "be my b****" though, they dont fit.. but having said that, i'm a guy so they werent for me in the 1st place
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Comment by Denali08 on July 13, 2012 at 6:54pm -
@jrscar and @ Kage the actual title was "50 Cent's 5 (Murder by Numbers) Mixtape is Intermittently Brilliant"
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Comment by Encore_ on July 13, 2012 at 6:28pm -
nice review, can't believe i agree to something a critic says...
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Comment by deise boy on July 13, 2012 at 6:15pm -
lol is this for real? take my crwown a gem lol? the worst 50 album iv heard , really showed him up as abc rapper with recycled lryics in other words the flo rida of gangsta rap
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