50 Cent, Eminem, Sha Money, Lloyd Banks, Paul Rosenberg & More Talk The Making Of Patiently Waiting

[WSFGDan]

Have you ever wondered how your favorite classic rap song was made? In Complex TV's Magnum Opus, these monumental records from our past are revisited. With in-depth interviews from the artists involved to first-hand accounts of respected rap peers and critics of the time, viewers get a blueprint of how the song was created, what impact it had, and how its legacy continues to live on. New episodes of Magnum Opus can be found exclusively on Complex TV.

50 Cent—a self-made street king—made the jump to rap's biggest act when he released his 2003 debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The project marked the start of his newfound relationship with Eminem and Shady Records, one that would lead to an unrivaled run together in the 2000s. That impending run was foreshadowed on their collaborative effort, "Patiently Waiting." In Complex TV's latest episode of Magnum Opus, the South Jamaica, Queens, MC breaks down the story of how this classic record came together.

50 Cent's brush with death in 2000 is the kind of story that makes a legend. Just as important to his legacy was his ability to bounce back following the shooting, as the rapper continued his impressive musical output despite losing out on a deal with Columbia Records. Eminem and his manager, Paul Rosenberg, came across 50 Cent's independently released 2002 project, Guess Who's Back, and were immediately intrigued. "At that point and time I think we had found out he wasn't signed yet," Eminem says.

Fast-forward to 50 Cent signing with Shady and recording several records with Em, one of those being "Patiently Waiting," a street-laced cut that highlighted their chemistry on wax. The song was anchored by a hard-nosed, yet melodic hook, something 50 Cent never overlooks when creating in the studio. "If I can't find the chorus, I don't know what I'm writing really," he says.

Check out the full episode of Magnum Opus above, which also includes commentary from Sha Money XL, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, DJ Whoo Kid, Mike Elizondo, Luis Resto, and Complex's own Chief Content Officer Noah Callahan-Bever, who discuss the importance of "Patiently Waiting" when it dropped, and how it put the reign of Shady into motion.

50 Cent's fifth studio album, Animal Ambition, is available on iTunes, as well as G-Unit's latest project, The Beauty of Independence.

2014 was full of surprises. But nothing was more unsuspecting than the return of G-Unit. Since the groups inception, Tony Yayo has been the crew’s most vocal and diplomatic member. So before the arrival of The Beast Is G-Unit EP next year, The Talk Of New York chopped it up with Rap Radar at Engine Room Audio, about being the nucleus of G-Unit, allegiance, music, Queens, and everything else in between. Here we go now!

http://www.complex.com/music/2014/12/magnum-opus-the-making-of-50-cent-patiently-waiting-f-eminem

 

[High quality poster]

In for this fire.

"They think they're crazy, but they ain't crazy, let's face it
shyt, basically they're just playing sick
They ain't shyt, they ain't saying shyt, spray 'em 50
A to the K, get in the way I'll bring Dre and them with me
And turn this day into fukking mayhem, you staying with me?
Don't let me lose you, I'm not trying to confuse you
When I let loose with this Uzi and just shoot through your Isuzu
You get the message? Am I getting through to you?
You know what's coming, you motherfukkers don't even know, do you?
Take some Big and some Pac and you mix em up in a pot
Sprinkle a little Big L on top, what the fukk do you got?
You got the realest and illest killers tied up in a knot
The juggernauts of this rap shyt, like it or not
It's like a fight to the top just to see who'd die for the spot
You put ya life in this, nothing like surviving a shot
Y'all know what time it is, soon as 50 signs on this doc
shyt what you know about death threats, cause I get a lot
Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers
Some cowards fukked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours
Better evacuate all children, it's nuclear showers
There's nothing spookier
You now about to witness the power of fukking 50 "

Trolls on this site talking bout Em can't spit

 

[WSFGDan]

In for this fire.

"They think they're crazy, but they ain't crazy, let's face it
shyt, basically they're just playing sick
They ain't shyt, they ain't saying shyt, spray 'em 50
A to the K, get in the way I'll bring Dre and them with me
And turn this day into fukking mayhem, you staying with me?
Don't let me lose you, I'm not trying to confuse you
When I let loose with this Uzi and just shoot through your Isuzu
You get the message? Am I getting through to you?
You know what's coming, you motherfukkers don't even know, do you?
Take some Big and some Pac and you mix em up in a pot
Sprinkle a little Big L on top, what the fukk do you got?
You got the realest and illest killers tied up in a knot
The juggernauts of this rap shyt, like it or not
It's like a fight to the top just to see who'd die for the spot
You put ya life in this, nothing like surviving a shot
Y'all know what time it is, soon as 50 signs on this doc
shyt what you know about death threats, cause I get a lot
Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers
Some cowards fukked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours
Better evacuate all children, it's nuclear showers
There's nothing spookier
You now about to witness the power of fukking 50 "

Trolls on this site talking bout Em can't spit

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

In for this fire.

"They think they're crazy, but they ain't crazy, let's face it
shyt, basically they're just playing sick
They ain't shyt, they ain't saying shyt, spray 'em 50
A to the K, get in the way I'll bring Dre and them with me
And turn this day into fukking mayhem, you staying with me?
Don't let me lose you, I'm not trying to confuse you
When I let loose with this Uzi and just shoot through your Isuzu
You get the message? Am I getting through to you?
You know what's coming, you motherfukkers don't even know, do you?
Take some Big and some Pac and you mix em up in a pot
Sprinkle a little Big L on top, what the fukk do you got?
You got the realest and illest killers tied up in a knot
The juggernauts of this rap shyt, like it or not
It's like a fight to the top just to see who'd die for the spot
You put ya life in this, nothing like surviving a shot
Y'all know what time it is, soon as 50 signs on this doc
shyt what you know about death threats, cause I get a lot
Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers
Some cowards fukked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours
Better evacuate all children, it's nuclear showers
There's nothing spookier
You now about to witness the power of fukking 50 "

Trolls on this site talking bout Em can't spit

its not 2003 though.

 

[High quality poster]

its not 2003 though.

Get ya hating ass outta here

 

[Feed-Me]

In for this fire.

"They think they're crazy, but they ain't crazy, let's face it
shyt, basically they're just playing sick
They ain't shyt, they ain't saying shyt, spray 'em 50
A to the K, get in the way I'll bring Dre and them with me
And turn this day into fukking mayhem, you staying with me?
Don't let me lose you, I'm not trying to confuse you
When I let loose with this Uzi and just shoot through your Isuzu
You get the message? Am I getting through to you?
You know what's coming, you motherfukkers don't even know, do you?
Take some Big and some Pac and you mix em up in a pot
Sprinkle a little Big L on top, what the fukk do you got?
You got the realest and illest killers tied up in a knot
The juggernauts of this rap shyt, like it or not
It's like a fight to the top just to see who'd die for the spot
You put ya life in this, nothing like surviving a shot
Y'all know what time it is, soon as 50 signs on this doc
shyt what you know about death threats, cause I get a lot
Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers
Some cowards fukked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours
Better evacuate all children, it's nuclear showers
There's nothing spookier
You now about to witness the power of fukking 50 "

Trolls on this site talking bout Em can't spit

Every body knows white boy can get down. "Just lose it" "My Band" and that track about weenies are why people usually don't fukk with him though. I ain't putting on an Eminem album to hear 4 good tracks and 14 wack ones about farts and christina agueileria.

 

[Tunez]

Talk about an old 50 cent record and forget about your fans being hungry for cc3 brehs

 

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Talk about an old 50 cent record and forget about your fans being hungry for cc3 brehs

Banks need to drop that forreal tho. I think they're waiting to drop the beast, then we gonna get that and other shyt as a lead up to SKI.

I just need some new Unit shyt. The Beauty was good, I think the beast may be a bit longer than that tho.

 

[WSFGDan]

Banks need to drop that forreal tho. I think they're waiting to drop the beast, then we gonna get that and other shyt as a lead up to SKI.

I just need some new Unit shyt. The Beauty was good, I think the beast may be a bit longer than that tho.

The Beast EP, then solo projects.

 

[Ohene]

i almost made a thread about this song yesterday morning

i remember back in grade 8 (2004) me and my homie reciting the eminem verse word for word. that shyt was something else man we were geeked as fukk after

 

[Brandsdale]

"50 fear no mans warrior, swing swords like Conan" I lost my shyt when I first heard that line

 

[Jeepz]

Don't let me lose you I'm not tryna confuse you when I let loose with this uzi and shoot thru your Izuzu.

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

This is one of my favorite Hip Hop songs of all time. Probably top 5. And although I hate that cac Eminem, it's also one of my top 5 verses of all time.

I remember the first time I memorized it and spit it word for word, pacing around in my room going crazy....rewinding it over and over. That whole Get Rich Or Die Trying frenzy era in 03' was an amazing time to be a fan of Hip Hop.

 

[wild100sboy]

song is still dope.

 

[letti cook]

you couldn't come outside and not hear Get Rich.... in Oak Cliff in 03Couldn't say the same about anybody else from New York. that's how you know its real.