I dunno what sort of calendar you're using breh but that was 2008/2009, right when they declined.
What REALLY Happened to G-unit?
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I dunno what sort of calendar you're using breh but that was 2008/2009, right when they declined.
Gunit online stans from 03-07
1. 50 Cent is a temperamental egomaniac who constantly needs to feel like he's getting the most attention and love and starts hatin and trying to belittle his lil homies when they start getting it (see Lloyd Banks). And he's naturally a bully (see the treatment of Yayo)
2. Tony Yayo was never in high demand or even sought by fans like that, there's a reason he doesn't do any shows
3. Tried to make Banks a sex symbol/Fabolous girl rapper when Banks just wants to rap that rapper shyt and be a lyricist. Conflict of interest
4. Game wasn't obedient and had bigger dreams than just being a G-Unit solider and went AWOL and that probably made things weird at Interscope with the G-Unit group, too much tension
5. 50 Cent got too full of himself over at Interscope and had to be reminded it can never be "fukk Jimmy Iovine". They didn't want to totally dismantle him as a solo artist because he was too big at the time and that would only hurt their pockets...but they didn't give a fk about imploding his label and cutting budgets in half.
All imo, who knows.
2. Tony Yayo was never in high demand or even sought by fans like that, there's a reason he doesn't do any shows
3. Tried to make Banks a sex symbol/Fabolous girl rapper when Banks just wants to rap that rapper shyt and be a lyricist. Conflict of interest
4. Game wasn't obedient and had bigger dreams than just being a G-Unit solider and went AWOL and that probably made things weird at Interscope with the G-Unit group, too much tension
5. 50 Cent got too full of himself over at Interscope and had to be reminded it can never be "fukk Jimmy Iovine". They didn't want to totally dismantle him as a solo artist because he was too big at the time and that would only hurt their pockets...but they didn't give a fk about imploding his label and cutting budgets in half.
All imo, who knows.
In real time the Game made g unit seems really corny
looking back, they were a huge success and everyone run comes to an end. It’s music
looking back, they were a huge success and everyone run comes to an end. It’s music
ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
They got old
RhymesWell
All Star
Truly 50's isolationist tactics really hurt them. The rise of the South came about during this time. There's no reason we didn't get more Young Buck collabs with southern artists when he was at his peak. There's no reason we couldn't get a 50/Jeezy collab when Jeezy was super hot in the streets in 04/05. This is where Drake has won this era. He's everywhere and quickly buddies up to whoever gets hot to steal their shine. I admire 50's ambition though.
Buck was on "TM101" and "King", 2 of the biggest albums from the South from that time period. Not to mention he was part of "So Fly" with Three Six which was big single.
The lane was wide open for Buck to work with other Southern artists, he was even put on Scrappys lead single "Money In The Bank".
I agree though a 50/Jeezy collab at that time would have been crazy. The streets needed that. At least we got "Major Distribution" later on.
RhymesWell
All Star
Good shyt! I forgot about this song completely and the controversy involving the MMG necklace in there. But yeah an earlier 50/Jeezy collab would have been an instant chart topper and would've kept 50 in the hearts and minds of the ATL audience even more. Buck truly had the most breakout star potential next to Game but I just felt like after the first album run he never kept it pushing or maybe 50 didn't allow it? His 2nd album is actually super underrated imo.
Nah, game went in on g unit but then it started getting redundant cause it seemed like all he did was diss gunit at one point.
Game made it cool to not like gunit, but also cut the legs from his own career in the process.
Bucks second album was good. I think he started having money issues and tried to go the game route wayyy to late.
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
Game was still able to make full solo studio albums (and not just just mixtapes) for years and with any collabs he wanted. Yayo, Buck, and Banks haven’t really been able to do that for various reasons
iseetrolledpeople
A silent witness to all this trolling going on.
There are more reasons but the main one I see is that they came in the game when all the labels started pushing the gay-gangsta skinny jeans agenda and there was no room for any more Gangsters doing music.
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
Over saturation and they got corny quick (G-Unit bras, ugly ass sneakers and videogames)
Dated sounded music and their inability to work with many artists due to being stuck stranded on G Unit island
thanks to having to follow their "general"
Dated sounded music and their inability to work with many artists due to being stuck stranded on G Unit island
thanks to having to follow their "general"
Bigblackted4
Superstar
They were a fad, a shooting star
“Buck The World” was great to me, it had the whole machine behind it as well. Remember they were calling Buck “The Clean Up Man” because he was gonna be the one to put G Unit back on top.
For whatever reason that album didn’t resonate and that was the last non 50 G Unit album that got pushed by Interscope.
Buck always felt capable of so much more, it was disappointing how everything turned out with him.
Had T.I., Pimp C and Jeezy on the same track.