50 Cent Speaks On Snoop Dogg's Name Change, Says His 'Black Magic' LP Will Stay In The Vault
50 Cent has been making the media rounds lately promoting his new movie Freelancers. The flick, which also stars Robert De Niro and Forest Whitaker arrives on Blu-ray August 21st.
When the G-Unit boss sat down with The Hollywood Reporter, he was asked about several other topics as well. One of the questions had to do with Snoop Dogg's name change to Snoop Lion.
“It’s interesting,” 50 told THR. “Of course, there will be some people who connect to it and there will be some people that run from it – I don’t know how his little league team’s parents will feel about his new persona. But again, it’s a persona – these are the choices he’s created for himself creatively. And, you know, I think it will work.”
50 added that hip hop has always embraced weed influenced rap lyrics.
“Snoop’s always been that,” he says. “In the very beginning, that was his consistent theme – he had the weed, and everything else was there. [But] for hip-hop culture, it will work, because there’s enough of that going on; Wiz Khalifa, his entire theme is that. I’ve consistently seen artists sell 500,000 copies with that as a theme: Redman, Method Man, Styles P. And then I saw someone sell a million records when Afroman spoke to the younger college demographic – 'I was going to do my homework, but then I got high,'" he recalls, referring to the rapper's 2001 hit single "Because I Got High." "It just changed it up – it just felt like there was a humor to the way he chose to write it and it had a stronger impression and effect, because the kids liked to laugh at it."
As far as his own music career, 50 is getting ready to release his new album Street King Immortal on November 13th. The lead single "New Day" has been getting a lot of positive response. It's the kind of song we're used to hearing from 50, but at one point he planned to go in another direction musically. He had planned to release the album Black Magic, which was more influenced by European dance music. That project has been shelved and will never see the light of day according to 50.
“It doesn’t make sense – and that’s why you’re never going to hear that album,” he says ofBlack Magic. “I have things that I really appreciate that belong in my iPod -- my iPod only -- and leave it there.”
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Comment by Gregory Cloete on August 17, 2012 at 5:18am -
cant wait for heavy tracks from fif album to c** thru
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Comment by Lady Marga Mc on August 14, 2012 at 5:12pm -
CHEC OUT MY NEW VIDEO FT SUN ZOOLIFE/GUNIT BOSS http://youtu.be/F1HxDRNdqOk LET KNO WHA U THINK THANKS
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Comment by R Geezy on August 13, 2012 at 5:39pm -
@Luis Guilherme Slap yourself until your nose bleeds and use your I Love Frank Ocean shirt to clean it up. UBZ
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Comment by Lerone Vernon on August 13, 2012 at 4:17pm -
impatiently waiting for November 13
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Comment by Craig on August 13, 2012 at 7:34am -
everyone needs to cop SKI tha first week its out, 50 always coming with that raw s*** and gettin no cred for it, its almost as if hes too good ppl dont wanna listen to him sick of seeing him winning' lotta h8ers out ther mang, so do the decent thing and support real hip-hop!!!
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Comment by BlackEskimo on August 13, 2012 at 7:26am -
That's because he saw that Diddy's train to Paris sucked and was probably trying to make the same sounding album.
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Comment by Mookie on August 13, 2012 at 12:57am -
I just hope SKI sells more than Ross's album
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Comment by RED G on August 12, 2012 at 8:23pm -
Black Magic sound like Hot Rod and Flo Rida music together.. Club Bangers.. But everybody aint ready for it
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Comment by Max Payne on August 12, 2012 at 4:20pm
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John Terryson shut the F Uck up lol... I hardly comment but every blog I look at about 50 and I mean EVERY ..when I look at the comments I see this lame going in.... Every time? Hows that working out for you? Idk lol... Its just crazy all you do is talk about 50
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Comment by Totalblur on August 12, 2012 at 1:56pm -
i need his i-pod hehe
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