8 years later Game leaving G-Unit was a brilliant move

[wizworld]

Game was a no talent hack of an MC and 50 gave him an opportunity to get famous. Even Game understands this...

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/g-unit-reunion-the-game-wants-it-to-happen

I've already acknowledged that Game is a hack. That doesn't change the fact that he wouldn't have been as successful if he stayed under 50's wing long term. lol at you not realizing Game does this "Let's do a G-Unit reunion" thing every other year just for publicity's sake.

 

[SpacelySprockets]

No it didn't. There's no way Game would have stayed successful moving at 50's command. He doesn't have that type of talent. 50 doesn't have that type of talent either, once his sound played out he's been unable to adapt. Most of Game's post G-Unit success came from building relationships with other big names & being willing to do whatever it takes to stay in the public eye.

Wayne's sound is getting played out yet Drake is about to be on his 3rd platinum album and hes under Wayne, u act like 50 falling off musically wouldve effected Game's ability to rap, Game wouldntve even had to rely on other rappers more popping than him to get his shyt heard because if he was still in G-Unit he wouldve still been bigger than them..

You're giving 50 Cents music not being as good as it used to be too much credit for G-Units fall in popularity.. G-Units fall had a lot to do with Game going at them on wax and it becoming cool to hate them.. Black Wallstreet to G-Unit coulda been what OVO is to Young Money and Game would have much more success had he stayed with 50.. he'll tell u that himself

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Longterm it ended up working for him...50's whole "beefing with the entire industry" thing basically helped ruin his and g-unit's careers ultimately and getting kicked out allowed Game to branch out, foster relationships and extend his run before G-Unit got dropped from interscope and was out there assed out with no connections like Banks...but it's not like Game was psychic and planned it like that

 

[SpacelySprockets]

Now, four albums in, I can honestly say from Banks to Buck to Dre to Yayo to whoever, if it would have kept going, endless paper. Millions of albums sold — because we were great together.

/thread

 

[wizworld]

Wayne's sound is getting played out yet Drake is about to be on his 3rd platinum album and hes under Wayne, u act like 50 falling off musically wouldve effected Game's ability to rap, Game wouldntve even had to rely on other rappers more popping than him to get his shyt heard because if he was still in G-Unit he wouldve still been bigger than them..

You're giving 50 Cents music not being as good as it used to be too much credit for G-Units fall in popularity.. G-Units fall had a lot to do with Game going at them on wax and it becoming cool to hate them.. Black Wallstreet to G-Unit coulda been what OVO is to Young Money and Game would have much more success had he stayed with 50.. he'll tell u that himself

Stop talking about Drake it's such a ridiculous comparison. Nobody thinks about Lil Wayne when they hear a new Drake song. 50 made sure you thought about him EVERY TIME an artist under him came out with ANYTHING. The way everything was structured no G-Unit artist's career could have possibly outlasted 50's.
Game going at 50 didn't matter that much, it's not like he got the best of 50 because "Not Rich Still Lyin'" is the best record that came from the whole thing What mattered (outside of 50 getting stale) is Lloyd Banks not developing as an artist and Young Buck (who was the best all around artist in the crew) being excommunicated.

 

[Peter Parker]

To correct some things here, Game has a couple post G-unit plaques, not that it matters at all because all of his post g-unit albums got better reviews than every post-Massacre G-unit album, he still has yet to release an album to bad reviews, always mixed to good, which is better than anyone in G-unit can say right now.

That's all that really matters, it means more than plaques, plus Ali Bomaye was in GTA V, so game is at least still musically relevant, 50 only buzz is arguing with Floyd and being a dikk to his son, also Game has that show on MTV

50 may have more money, but who cares?

EDIT: Plus Jesus Piece was

 

[SpacelySprockets]

Stop talking about Drake it's such a ridiculous comparison. Nobody thinks about Lil Wayne when they hear a new Drake song. 50 made sure you thought about him EVERY TIME an artist under him came out with ANYTHING. The way everything was structured no G-Unit artist's career could have possibly outlasted 50's.
Game going at 50 didn't matter that much, it's not like he got the best of 50 because "Not Rich Still Lyin'" is the best record that came from the whole thing What mattered (outside of 50 getting stale) is Lloyd Banks not developing as an artist and Young Buck (who was the best all around artist in the crew) being excommunicated.

Lloyd Banks not developing as an artist? Go listen to his last 8 mixtapes and his album and tell me if he sounds the same from 2004.
Buck was not the best all around artist, 50 Cent was.

I compare Game to Drake because it was EXACTLY like that with the exception of Drake being able to structure his own songs, Game became a superstar even though he was under 50 Cent and people didnt think he wouldve been able to continue being a star while under another star.. Drake proves that theory wrong because he is under Lil Wayne and still moves as his own person even while Wayne isnt as popular as he once was(which 50 would eventually go on to be as well)..

The G-Unit "sound" didnt get played out, 50 Cent got played out because of so many negative things going on at once and Game's beef was a big part of that regardless of what diss track you liked the best, you cant deny that. Take away Game's weekly diss tracks and constant efforts to diss 50 then he wouldntve fell off so hard popularity wise and still have Game to fall back on

long story short.. Game and everyone else from G-Unit wouldve been more successful had they stayed together, hes not exactly doing the best he could be at the moment either especially considering the fact that he collabs with every hot rapper in the industry

 

[backbreaker65]

Game was nothing more than a Jimmy Henchmen puppet. All those moves were orchestrated by Jimmy and acted out by Game.

 

[wizworld]

In 2013 the most successful person under the 50 Cent/G-Unit brand is a comedian.
lol at this shoulda, coulda, woulda bs 50's not cut out to run a record label.

 

[wizworld]

Game was nothing more than a Jimmy Henchmen puppet. All those moves were orchestrated by Jimmy and acted out by Game.

lol you really believe ALL those ideas were Jimmy Henchman's? Or do you say that because 50 said it? You do realize that 50 said that because he was trying to destroy all of Game's credibility right? Unfortunately for 50 entertainment value >>> street cred so it didn't matter either way.

 

[wizworld]

Longterm it ended up working for him...50's whole "beefing with the entire industry" thing basically helped ruin his and g-unit's careers ultimately and getting kicked out allowed Game to branch out, foster relationships and extend his run before G-Unit got dropped from interscope and was out there assed out with no connections like Banks...but it's not like Game was psychic and planned it like that

The basic idea is that 50 Cent wasn't going to allow Game to make the moves he needed to make to stay relevant. Game's team peeped game early (no pun intended), Game was officially bounced from G-Unit and the rest is history.

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Lol at OP saying Yayo doesn't fukk with 50. Yayo is on tour with 50 everywhere they go, you tripping breh.

At the end of the day Game did ok by himself, but he had the work ethic and drive that Banks, Buck and Yayo lack, plus he was on a bigger platform than all of them after his debut.

Only thing we can all agree on is that if Game didn't go at 50, and 50 didn't kick him from the gang, everyone would have been better off, shyt we may have eventually got a 50/Game album out of the fold.

 

[Kings County]

Especially considering the fact that Banks & Yayo don't even really mess with 50 anymore. lol 50's son doesn't even mess with him like that, at this point 50 is "the common denominator" (c) Farnsworth Bentley. He's gotta be the toxic element in all these relationships that have now gone sour. No doubt he'd have kept Game around to be his West Coast doja but 50 is too calculated & one of Game's main strengths is his unpredictability. There's no doubt Game would have been the first to suffer when 50's career went on a downslide, because Game was the "outsider" in the crew. Game hasn't had a hot record in a while but he does whatever it takes to remain relevant. Aligning himself with Wayne & them, aligning himself with Kendrick, doing reality tv, punching rappers/b-ballers in the face, paying for kid's funeral's, etc.

u dont break up the beatles they woulda still been going plat to this day lol

 

[backbreaker65]

lol you really believe ALL those ideas were Jimmy Henchman's? Or do you say that because 50 said it? You do realize that 50 said that because he was trying to destroy all of Game's credibility right? Unfortunately for 50 entertainment value >>> street cred so it didn't matter either way.

No I don't think it was all Jimmy's idea. Jimmy had the cache to set things in motion to create the environment to do said things. Hence the slapping of his son and the retalition shooting of Yayo's friend and people think 50 burned down the house, I believe it was influenced by Jimmy.

 

[wizworld]

Lol at OP saying Yayo doesn't fukk with 50. Yayo is on tour with 50 everywhere they go, you tripping breh.

At the end of the day Game did ok by himself, but he had the work ethic and drive that Banks, Buck and Yayo lack, plus he was on a bigger platform than all of them after his debut.

Only thing we can all agree on is that if Game didn't go at 50, and 50 didn't kick him from the gang, everyone would have been better off, shyt we may have eventually got a 50/Game album out of the fold.

50 Cent has been shytting on Tony Yayo's work ethic in recent interviews. I doubt that Yayo goes everywhere 50 goes anymore, but I could be wrong.
Also I disagree about everyone being better off, that's my MAIN point. Think about all of Game's antics & all the relationships he's cultivated over the years. There's no way 50 would have ok'd those moves. Game wouldn't have been hot if he had to wait his turn, the fact that he does weird unpredictable shyt has kept him afloat when he hasn't had a hot record. Also let's think about all of 50's failed relationships and business moves. Why would we assume ANYONE could have long term success under him? It hasn't happened.