Throwback Video: 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - Ayo Technology (2007 VMAs)

[Air Nikes N Hats]

The original beat was much better (Timbo jacked it from Crystal Castles for this)

 

[badboys11]

 

[WSFGDan]

 

[Damnshow]

50 last true hit track was "I get money". It was easily the best track from Curtis album.

This one is alright, it's a track to reach pop audience, them people who were listening to JT, Nelly Furtado and artists like that they liked the song.

But damn, Timbaland was notorious for sampling tracks without giving credit

Like when he did that big pimpin track, them egyptians got mad as hell

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

If this was the 1st single off curtis, kanye graduation wouldn't stand a chance to win that sales battle. It still was the better album tho

Nah this is cap lol, this isn’t a bad song though

 

[Damnshow]

The original beat was much better (Timbo jacked it from Crystal Castles for this)

Timbo used to jack from a lot of songs, it's a fact. Especially that short era from late 90s to early 00s where a lotta hit tracks would have samples from old arabian songs. Those original song creators would get nothing. While dudes out there making big money from these samples. Big Pimpin was one of those crazy hit tracks, just straight up jackin from old 50s egyptian song

It's an old tactic, find music that's barely known in US market, and sample the hell outta them

 

[WSFGDan]

Timbo used to jack from a lot of songs, it's a fact. Especially that short era from late 90s to early 00s where a lotta hit tracks would have samples from old arabian songs. Those original song creators would get absolutely nothing. While dudes out there making big money.

It's an old tactic, find music that's barely known in US market, and sample the hell outta them

technology killed that now, you'd get caught real quick

 

[JustCKing]

i thnk i'd just grown tired of curtis at this point. his uninspired raps only take away from the song for me. timbo and danja's run was epic. so much great music.

It really was. I mean, all of the songs below came out within the span of a year. All were huge hits:

Promiscuous
Say It Right
SexyBack
My Love
What Goes Around
Give To Me
The Way I Are
Apologize
AYO Technology

 

[Duke_Droese]

It really was. I mean, all of the songs below came out within the span of a year. All were huge hits:

Promiscuous
Say It Right
SexyBack
My Love
What Goes Around
Give To Me
The Way I Are
Apologize
AYO Technology

the indian sample in that truth hurts song with rakim was fire

 

[JustCKing]

Timbo used to jack from a lot of songs, it's a fact. Especially that short era from late 90s to early 00s where a lotta hit tracks would have samples from old arabian songs. Those original song creators would get nothing. While dudes out there making big money from these samples. Big Pimpin was one of those crazy hit tracks, just straight up jackin from old 50s egyptian song

It's an old tactic, find music that's barely known in US market, and sample the hell outta them

I think those artists should've been credited, but at the same time, what he did with those samples was genius. I mean, take "Raise Up" for example, what sounds like a guitar in that beat is actually a portion of this song:



^^^ sample is at 5:26. He looped a few seconds of that song.

Similarly, he took a string from this song and created "We Need A Resolution":

 

[Rell Lauren]

Ayo Technology was a terrible song.

 

[WSFGDan]

 

[Yecht]

WOAT song for them both

 

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

always liked this song
it was different

 

[Pop123]

This was straight up white girl music, lol, only white girls loved this shyt. Timbaland and Justin did their thing, 50 was just babbling some stuff it probably took him 3 minutes to write