Where did 50 go wrong (the 48 laws of power)

[WheresWallace]

The two that stands out the most are the rules about talking too much and re-inventing him self.

I learned a lot from Fif talking all the time but it made his strategies more transparent and that hurt him. Plus, you guys are right, he never re-invented him self musically. Style Image, all that.

 

[eastside313]

You give 50 too much power, the streets had already turned on 50 & he was gettin the backlash hate with or without going at fat joe or jada. I salute 50 for calling out nikkas who were talking greezy under their breathe in the piggy bank video as opposed to ducking & hiding like Jay-z & i don't think they hurt him much. The lox being studio gangstas didn't matter because they had hood love & could rap circles around 50. For all of Fat Joe's 'street cred' the only time they ran across each other was the VMA's where Fat Joe took the L...But you couldn't tell the 50 haters that at the time, apparently 50 was hiding behind 100 federal agents, Pimp C called the . Hell the nikka that did the most damage was Game, he capitilized the most off the 50 hate & dude is the defintion of a rap nikka, launching a stop snitchin campaign while running around with a KNOWN federal snitch as his manager and he still had the streets support That's how much nikkas hated 50 shyt was unprecedented.


Bottom line is 50 was falling off musically & the following generation was moving away from gangsta no matter if 50 followed all 48 laws or not.

 

[Ohene]

y'all are overthinking things. in hip-hop, everyone gets a 4-5 years run on the top, then its over. Jay and Eminem have thus far been the only exceptions.

While I agree with this...you should also add Lil Wayne as an exception....its still interesting to see some of the laws and the correlations to50's career haha

 

[KillSpray]

While I agree with this...you should also add Lil Wayne as an exception....its still interesting to see some of the laws and the correlations to50's career haha

Yeah exactly, we just having fun talking shyt and mixing it up a little with a different angle.

 

[Street Knowledge]

In hip hop you get a short run if you lucky then its over.

A guy like Jay Z being still popular almost 20 years after his debut is unprecedented

 

[VanVanCity]

where 50 went wrong is that he didn't realize when you diss a rapper, you also diss their fans. diss too many rappers and you won't have many fans left.

 

[blackzeus]

Hilarious g-unit stan excuse #9726 "50 Cent is too hard for this generation"

Nikkaz like 50 an I can't relate to this generation, but Jay can:

 

[mortuus est]

50 getting all this rap money and he wont help us

 

[jmspro]

He let his emotions get the best of him.

 

[Pop123]

I still remember vividly, listening to Get Rich with a roomful of nikkas and I said "there's no way this nikka is gonna be relevant longer than 3-4 years". The reason being, son can't spit, lol. there's only so many times you can rhyme the same basic ass words and talk about the same ol topics in the same ol way before people say "okay, what the fukk? we've heard this a million times already from you."

SKILLS man, skills really are the underlying factor in terms of longevity. Nas, Hov, Eminem, etc... it's the foundation of an artist, when the hoopla and hype is gone all that's left is the talent. these new nikkas light in the ass with the bars, i knew 50 was a wrap early, his money is the only reason we still even discuss him, he is smart at marketing stuff. With regards to this thread, I'd definitely say Law 16: Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor, is the one he must have skipped over because this kid has been in our faces nonstop, overflooding the streets, for 10 years.. the nikka Sha Money told him less is more, that's why 50 fired him, Sha was telling him it wasn't smart to always be putting shyt out and always be in the public. should've listened, oh well.

 

[Triggamatic]

burn bridges and alienated rappers and their fans, over saturated himself.

also didn't realize most of his early fans were fickle

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Nikkaz like 50 an I can't relate to this generation, but Jay can:

You know what they all have in common?

They are talented and make music people like.

lmao @ this generation is too p*ssy, great excuse. Sadly the real reason is 50 Cent isnt talented.

 

[Ego Noir]

Another one I thought of: he used the strategy of constantly involving himself in conflict, and when he destroyed Ja Rule's life the strategy worked to perfection. But then I think he misapplied the principle by not choosing his enemies correctly. The great thing about ending Ja's career was that by going at Ja, he was able to more strongly define himself. Ja was a studio gangster, 50 was the real deal. By obliterating Ja Rule and Irv Gotti, he established and defined his identity.

When he went at Jay, Fat Joe, and The Lox it didn't make as much sense. Those are street credible guys. By going at them it doesn't help define who he is. That's when he just started to seem like a publicity stunt type dude. It actually served to hurt his credibility. It fukked him up in the long run, because by the time he found the perfect target in Rick Ross, the ultimate CB4 studio mafioso, his credibility had already been shot, and his beef seemed contrived.

Id pos rep you for the next month if I could. Cause this is 100% his downfall.

Jay-Z is streets certified. The LOX is streets certified. Go into the belly of any hood, Jadakiss and Jay-Z is gods of rap.

For 50 to go after these dudes, you forcing dudes to pick sides. And you really think they gunnaside against JADAKISS and JAY-Z when your single at the time is 'Amusement Park'

He used a studio gangsta as his platform, and it magnified him cause his swag was that he was really bout that, with the bullet ridden slur in his voice to prove it. His lane was to be the gatekeeper of the real nikkas. Pick your enemies wisely, LAW 19. His next mark shouldve been nikkas like Ross.

....and i had a G-Unit hoodie

 

[blackzeus]

You know what they all have in common?

They are talented and make music people like.

lmao @ this generation is too p*ssy, great excuse. Sadly the real reason is 50 Cent isnt talented.

I know exactly what they have in common. Yeah, exactly, this generation in general likes music from b*tch azz nikkaz. Only in this generation could a nikka be as CB4 as Rick Ross and not be out the business. No authenticity to this sh*t anymore. Most of these youngin's out here wearin' capris and sh*t, I'm glad 50 don't appeal to dem nikkaz

 

[Ego Noir]

50 was the definition of a rapper that is not supposed to be rich to have longevity.

His appeal was that gritty live thug, with arrogant witty raps.

nikkas forget, when he blew on the scene he still had $50,000 on his head. People like JMJ was getting gunned down. Buildings were getting shot up.
He was walking a thin line between life and death, yet STILL was talking with pure arrogance. Remember when they was comparing him to 2pac? Its cause he was like 2pac in 96, he was so wild you was WAITING the day you hear him get murdered.

Now he got millions. what is he going to talk about? Hes rich he cant be tuff. He lives in CT, he cant talk about tre-pounds no more. Hes reduced to bragging about money nowadays but thats the lane of a slick hustling dopeboy like Jay-Z