Pegasus Jackson
Trump's Amerikkka
Nah Tim and his ghost producers (Danja etc) were always stealing shyt from the UK grime/two step scene and this was no different. Might have sounded fresh to American rap listeners at the time though.
Is Ayo technology the most ahead of it's time beat?
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Dwight Howard
Superstar
That sound was somewhat popular back then, think IT'S future sex/love songs, pretty sure this was a throwaway from that album
god shamgod
Veteran
This beat sucks , imagine banging this shyt loud in the whip 
BK The Great
Veteran
Rather listen to shyt like this from Timbo
Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
It was bad
Great Depression and Curtis are the two most successful albums where u just knew it was over
SilverSamurai
All Star
Curtis got a couple hot tracks but this one was trash 
Cryptocurrency Scarface
Coinbased
Nah it was very late 2000s and I didn’t like it especially because my dorm mates kept playing it every morning before we would get ready 
$cam-U-Well_Jack$on
Superstar
god shamgod
Veteran
I get money ,fully loaded clip & straight to the bank were the only joints I liked off Curtis
Album was terrible and he lost the sales bet to Kanye. Been a slow slide ever since (he had a solid mixtape run from 09-13) mainstream he was done
Album was terrible and he lost the sales bet to Kanye. Been a slow slide ever since (he had a solid mixtape run from 09-13) mainstream he was done
The beat was pretty in line for what Timbaland was doing around that time, of 2006/2007, like the Nelly Furtado hits, they sound like that.
Where it sounds ahead of its time, is in the using technology for sex. Look at us now with texting, emojis, and videos, and OnlyFans, ChatBots.
This was when it was over for 50. I tried to like this too. This was back when labels could still kinda force a song to be a hit, they were still using that old formula. Big feature, flashy video, sex. It just wouldn't go. They tried to bring in RobinThicke and that didn't work either. 50 and Interscope threw it all to push Curtis and it just didn't work. End of the era. What a summer though, lots of fire that year. I bought both these albums same day, it was a major event in hip hop at the time. Curtis had maybe 3 good songs. It was more subtle than a train wreck, but in real time, bit by bit, you saw the 50 era closeout that September.
Someone like me, who grew up on 50's music, knew about him in 1998/1999, realized Graduation was just the better album.
Where it sounds ahead of its time, is in the using technology for sex. Look at us now with texting, emojis, and videos, and OnlyFans, ChatBots.
This was when it was over for 50. I tried to like this too. This was back when labels could still kinda force a song to be a hit, they were still using that old formula. Big feature, flashy video, sex. It just wouldn't go. They tried to bring in RobinThicke and that didn't work either. 50 and Interscope threw it all to push Curtis and it just didn't work. End of the era. What a summer though, lots of fire that year. I bought both these albums same day, it was a major event in hip hop at the time. Curtis had maybe 3 good songs. It was more subtle than a train wreck, but in real time, bit by bit, you saw the 50 era closeout that September.
Someone like me, who grew up on 50's music, knew about him in 1998/1999, realized Graduation was just the better album.
Iverson_64
Superstar
Yep.
50 was throwing out singles like darts on the wall and only I Get Money stuck with the rap audience and was bumped outside like that.
Ayo Technology was a worse sellout song than anything Ja Rule did. 50 quickly got on a track with Timbo/Justin at the peak of their powers to get a quick radio single and he barely played Robin on his own song. He literally sounded like a "rent-a-rapper on a pop hit" feature and that's supposed to be his joint.
But hey....given his ties to Dre and Eminem, I can't say that's the 1st time 50 clung to a super producer and a White artist to help boost his music career.