Budden says 50 had the most impressive run ever because of his circumstances
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Everyday struggle was like 5 years ago
Why are we still clipping it
Why are we still clipping it
Being from NYC automatically disqualifies you from having the most impressive run.
The Breh 50perCent got heart. I was always impressed with his bravado.
Ppl underrate how successful 50 was in music because "his music aged poorly"
50 has the most played radio song, ever
50 has the most played radio song, ever
It was and or Snoop/Pac but I was too young to fully relate that to 50s
Anyways it’s crazy that the years since 50 fell off, is the same length of time as going back from when he fell off to before Wu, Snoop and Nas even existed or MJ had a ring
Run was short as leprechauns, but then again when you put out classics, hits and sell as many records in a few years that few rappers can match no matter how long they are hot, I guess it’s reasonable
Anyways it’s crazy that the years since 50 fell off, is the same length of time as going back from when he fell off to before Wu, Snoop and Nas even existed or MJ had a ring
Run was short as leprechauns, but then again when you put out classics, hits and sell as many records in a few years that few rappers can match no matter how long they are hot, I guess it’s reasonable
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African Peasant
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50's run was not that impressive. It was even a letdown. Dude started running out of fuel after 2 albums (GRODT and the G-Unit album).
However, his arrival in the game is probably the most dominant in the genre. He came like a storm.
However, his arrival in the game is probably the most dominant in the genre. He came like a storm.
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He didnt run out of fuel after 2…he gave his hits to game.. imagine if massacre had all those songs.. woulda went diamond
EastsideRio
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He had the highest degree of difficulty path to success without a doubt…he had to overcome insurmountable type shyt to make it and he did it…and he didn’t just make it but he came thru like a tornado and dominated shyt like nothing we ever seen…since Snoop but even more so. Sounds like that’s what Budden is saying moreso than his “run”.
A great run is more about maintaining dominance in something for a long period…50’s tenure of dominance in music was like 4-5 years. That’s impressive but there are others who’ve flourished much longer…their peaks weren’t 50 Cent-level peaks but they stuck around longer and maintained at a high level (Jay-z, Drake, etc…)
A great run is more about maintaining dominance in something for a long period…50’s tenure of dominance in music was like 4-5 years. That’s impressive but there are others who’ve flourished much longer…their peaks weren’t 50 Cent-level peaks but they stuck around longer and maintained at a high level (Jay-z, Drake, etc…)
Budden was speaking to the degree of difficutly it took for 50 to have any sucess in the industry at all not the length of the run
As far as length of the run If you check hiphop history most MC’s/groups run of their prime is only about 4 or 5 years.
The Nas the Jays and a few others who’ve done it for decades are the extreme exceptions to the rule
BK The Great
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Get Rich was so big that it’s basically the only album everyone talks about. He really can’t escape that one album. Massacre was a step down quality wise, and the rest he was running on fumes. Would’ve been cool to see him go on a Jay-Z type of run with multiple albums but the mixtapes were album cuts that never made the cutting room floor.
*sigh*
50 did 872k in week one for GRODT. short week. then followed it up a week later with another 822k. then did another 1.1M in week one for the massacre. lead singles from both albums were #1 for 9 weeks.
DEBUT ARTIST. first two albums. and yeah, throw on another 9M+ sales worldwide for beg for mercy. what part "a letdown"?
also, he did not run out of fuel. if anything, one of 50's main problems was the exact opposite. he dropped too much heat while he was on top. he should've been holding onto some of those mixtape records in particular, instead of dropping 1-3 mixtapes every month on top of all those albums. at some point, the quality of the music didn't even matter; people were just sick of hearing from him. and when the quality eventually did drop... then end.