How was candy shop a hit?
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SpacelySprockets
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50 coulda put out any of them flopped singles from 2011-2014 back in 05 and it wouldve been a instant hit.. he was at the point Drakes at now where he can put out anything and itd be a hit.. unfortunately he chose to go the pop route and it didnt turn out good for him in the long run
It really wasn't…50's momentum at that time was comic book villain status, remember him on XXL with a damn crossbow? He was unstoppable, and untouchable more or less, hilarious in hindsight 50 Cent can definitely be listed as a victim of the recession, and 2005 was his last banner year, but it was so over the top, like the subprime mortgages and home buying, people saw the downfall coming.
But, back to 'Candy Shop', it was just there and the album, and his beef with Game, Jada, Nas, Fat Joe, had everyone on full attention, it would be shown in time, 2 years later that the formula hadn't changed, but the impact did. He got away with a lot, inflated success based on timing. My favorite 50 album tho is 'The Massacre', and while this song was formulaic as it gets, I remember I liked it enough to listen to, esp on drunken nights with this girl from that time period. 'Disco Inferno' was the real travesty from that album.
But, back to 'Candy Shop', it was just there and the album, and his beef with Game, Jada, Nas, Fat Joe, had everyone on full attention, it would be shown in time, 2 years later that the formula hadn't changed, but the impact did. He got away with a lot, inflated success based on timing. My favorite 50 album tho is 'The Massacre', and while this song was formulaic as it gets, I remember I liked it enough to listen to, esp on drunken nights with this girl from that time period. 'Disco Inferno' was the real travesty from that album.
Sausageman
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SpacelySprockets
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I just explained why
, the shyt was trash but it didnt matter because 50 was the hottest thing smoking at the time so anything he was on was a hit
Ain't no "lowkey" about it.
stepbackj34spud
Top 75 All-Time
bytches loved that shyt.. Y'all stay trying to rewrite history.
I bet somebody is gonna say Just a lil but and in da club weren't hits either.
I bet somebody is gonna say Just a lil but and in da club weren't hits either.
Long Live The Kane
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How? Pretty much EVERYTHING about this songs screams "mid-aughts pop rap hit".... it's a single from prime-popularity 50 Cent...damn near a one-to-one retread of one of his previous hits (Magic Stick)...produced by Scott Storch, the DJ Mustard of '04-'05,...the piano melody at the beginning of the video immediately takes me back when songs like this and Lean Back were all over the radio to the point where they're almost indistinguishable like the random mustard tracks today....all parties involved could have prolly made this song in their sleep and woke up assured it was a guaranteed hit
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Good god that shyt was trash
Piff Perkins
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but Fif said he was gonna dead all that bubblegum pop shyt
i liked when fif came on the scene. i was happy he put ja on hold, but once this track came out, it was a wrap. how the fukk you mock ja for making tracks with r&b hooks and u come with this 