03/28/08 - 50 Cent Previews G-Unit Album For MTV News At His Connecticut Mansion

LostAngel · 03-28-2008, 12:23 PM

Last week, 50 Cent called his latest LP, Curtis, a "dud" via video blog. On Wednesday at his Connecticut mansion, he said the world heard him correctly, and he's not afraid to admit it.

"It was," he said at his office, located directly one floor above two clubs he has in the house. He built Club TKO to showcase singing, dancing and DJing, while the other club has a stripper pole, swing and catwalk stage tailor-made for another kind of dancing. "It was a blockbuster that I lit, and it didn't explode. I felt like it should have went a lot further than the results I received. Publicly, I feel that 50 Cent fans don't believe it was a dud. It did have 'I Get Money,' it did have 'Ayo Technology,' 'I'll Still Kill,' 'Follow My Lead' with Robin Thicke. These records were hit records, but the timing they came out was wrong. If the first record you heard off Curtis was 'I Get Money,' it would have shifted more millions in sales."

Another mistake 50 admits to making is not the material he released on the LP, but the songs that didn't come out in advance of it. He strayed from his realm of ruling the mixtape circuit. He didn't put out a street release until late 2007, well after Curtis came out. He chalks that up to following bad advice from Interscope.

At his mansion, 50's musical rejuvenation is contagious. In his basement studio, Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks stand out among the small crop of Fif's friends listening to cuts from the long-in-the-works G-Unit group album, tentatively titled Lock and Load.

50 only reveals one song title, "The Party Ain't Over," which features all four of the core Unit members, including Young Buck. Sonically, it appeals to your inner-hooligan, recalling the evaporating thump of "I Get Money," with Fif and company boasting and denouncing talk of the group's demise. There's another track on which 50 jokes that he doesn't care if his enemies fall off a building. Later, he played a Swizz Beatz-produced track, obviously named "Down" (trust us, the chorus says it all), on which 50 gloats about getting busy on the mic. Yayo, of course, is the most energetic, frequently dancing with his arms extended horizontally like airplane wings. A record called "Liar, Liar" features 50 telling a girl everything she wants to hear, knowing full well he's less than sincere.

"I created monsters," Fif would say during a quieter time upstairs in his office about his fellow G-Unit rappers. "Frankensteins. I got three of them. It's like creatively they got strong opinions on things they like. ... They'll be telling each other, like, 'Yo, I'm telling you.' They got a different way of saying it to each other than saying it to me. They be like, 'Nah, he be saying we need to keep this record.' ... I think their solo careers changed what our collaborations were in the beginning. If you look at the beginning of the mixtapes, I was creating the hooks."

50 is excited to get the G-Unit album out, but he's not going to rush it. He's back on the mixtape scene with three street CDs since last fall and another one, with DJ Drama, coming in the next few weeks. He says with so many wolves in the studio, creating material hasn't been a problem.

"You should be amazing on the album," he declared about working with so many other individuals. "You don't have to write three verses. All you have to do is one. You should write three and pick one. I'm like, 'You're a solo artist right?' I'll tell them to redo the verse [if it's not up to snub]. 'Just do it again. Let's see what the second one sounds like if we're not sure.' They don't mind. The process is interesting because they've developed their own personal liking for things they want to do. But the response to the mixtape material — which has proven to them they should listen — is making them follow what I'm saying."

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BLUE HFNER · 03-28-2008, 12:26 PM

Props On The News

DaDizzle · 03-28-2008, 12:28 PM

We will see what happens.

Finally admits curtis was a dud.

YoungGeeza · 03-28-2008, 12:29 PM

props, can't fuckin wait

tturenegade · 03-28-2008, 12:32 PM

G-Unit never left, but their buzz is climbing ridiculous. face it

AzawX · 03-28-2008, 12:33 PM

"Yayo, of course, is the most energetic, frequently dancing with his arms extended horizontally like airplane wings."

lmao, I love that Yayo

mubu_CHRONIC · 03-28-2008, 12:43 PM

im glad 50 can admit to a dud....now if the gunit stans would......

Restrictive · 03-28-2008, 12:44 PM

Cant watch

ONLY US CAN WATCH

Young Ca$ · 03-28-2008, 12:47 PM

Shie he admitted "Curtis" was a dud ,didnt expect 2 hear that from fif^^ well it's true.
Hopefully "Lock And Load" will be good and not 2 poppy ..

Raskae · 03-28-2008, 12:49 PM

I get money=Hot
Ayo=Hot, but not onthe level that Justin, TImbo or Nelly Furtado put out...

The rest, Straight to the bank, Fully Loaded Clip, Amusement Park, Still KIll,Follow my leead=The Reason he flopped. Wack as fuck, all of them, they didnt even chart good, shit was Horrible, for 50 cents standarts and mega image, that was hella rushed and wack..

Still kill wasnt even His record, Bishop lamont was ment to have it, hook was done by somebody else, Dre turned it down...

50 should stick to writing his own shit, Coz aTM, his worst hooks in mixtapes>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Curtis. Period.

Cloud'sKing · 03-28-2008, 12:54 PM

thanks for the news

SP3unit · 03-28-2008, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mubu_CHRONIC

im glad 50 can admit to a dud....now if the gunit stans would......

a dud in terms of album release setup and sales, not a dud with the quality of music on the album. U already know that if i get money was dropped first as the original single rather than straight to the bank and amusement park, that he wouldve passed the the milli the first week. Straight to the bank and amusement park were album fillers at the most for an artist like 50 cent.

Stay Fly · 03-28-2008, 01:11 PM

think about dudes , nigga said that curtis was a dud....what do you call it if fat joe and other artists dont even break 100 000 their first week? and the he said it was a dud based on sales and how it came out......i get money should have been the first track.....and you know that this g-unit album is gonna smash everything for real....its gonna be crazy.......its the unit baby , g g g g unit! P.S for me curtis was good , not anymore or less....

KeepitthorO · 03-28-2008, 01:16 PM

the fact that he said curtis was a "dud, proves he ready to move on

rainman · 03-28-2008, 01:17 PM

he's right. the same goes for banks and buck .. they went to soft on the first videos and singles.. you live and learn .. fix the problem and keep it pushing .. ie.. bottom girl and ryder pt2

mr.green · 03-28-2008, 01:23 PM

props.......

YoUnG CaLi · 03-28-2008, 01:37 PM

He said da exact same thing I said months ago when curtis droppd....it was wack...he knows it n everyone knows it...other than I get money all da tracks r prtty much wtv.....I think he's back on his grind now...I think he's hungry again now that he's not at da top and I think 50 cent will put out hott shit...juss like he has wit body snatchers and elephant in da sand....definetly copn da album....

chickenwings · 03-28-2008, 01:41 PM

50 considers curtis a dude cuz hes comparing it to is past albums. in another interview he said 'for the average rapper the curtis numbers are outstanding. but im not the average rapper.'

Obey Me · 03-28-2008, 01:41 PM

700k on a dud...

this nigga runs hip hop, period.
CURTIS was hot IMO, but GRODT, TM>CURTIS

MaliQ · 03-28-2008, 01:48 PM

LMAO at him cryin' in the 3rd video, it looked like he was about to kill the interviewer, lol

Cant wait for the album...

Tha Unit On Top · 03-28-2008, 01:50 PM

It was a dud in Fifs standards, but to anyone else, doing 700k and doing over 2 mill worldwide, anyone would take that. But yeah, I Get Money should have came out first, STTB, Ams Park came out, they didnt do that well, then I Get Money came out, Ayo came right after that, the Follow My Lead shit leaked right after that, it was a mess in terms of the whole release. But you move on, every rapper drops shit that doesnt do well, and he still sold some records, so its whatever. But the G Unit album seems to be dope. The Party Aint Over, is that the shit that is out now? Produced by Tha Bizness? It only has Buck on it, but that shit is dope, but it says it has all of G Unit on it, so would that shit leak this early with only Fif and Buck on it? Or is it a different song? The Swizz tracks sounds hot. Not too much detail about the albums or producers or when it will drop. Album should be hot.

ez4menyou · 03-28-2008, 01:57 PM

well i think he noticed on his website that his fans and peers respond to him and react when he is talking greasy and grimey and coming with hood music first then the club and pop stuff. thats why grodt sold so much he gave the hood what they wanted on mixtapes and stuff leading up to the album then he kept it the same on the cd with hardcore stuff and then club and songs for the ladies

KAallday · 03-28-2008, 02:06 PM

propz................

SethDollar · 03-28-2008, 02:11 PM

i cant wait till that album comes out

Mick_Spade · 03-28-2008, 02:25 PM

i thought it was gon be called "Shoot To Kill"? oh well, whatever its called, cant wait for it

03-28-2008, 12:23 PM	#1
LostAngel G-Unit Girl Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 2,966 Repped: 262 Repped 9,552 Times in 491 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	03/28/08 - 50 Cent Previews G-Unit Album For MTV News At His Connecticut Mansion 03/28/08 - 50 Cent Previews G-Unit Album For MTV News At His Connecticut Mansion Last week, 50 Cent called his latest LP, Curtis, a "dud" via video blog. On Wednesday at his Connecticut mansion, he said the world heard him correctly, and he's not afraid to admit it. "It was," he said at his office, located directly one floor above two clubs he has in the house. He built Club TKO to showcase singing, dancing and DJing, while the other club has a stripper pole, swing and catwalk stage tailor-made for another kind of dancing. "It was a blockbuster that I lit, and it didn't explode. I felt like it should have went a lot further than the results I received. Publicly, I feel that 50 Cent fans don't believe it was a dud. It did have 'I Get Money,' it did have 'Ayo Technology,' 'I'll Still Kill,' 'Follow My Lead' with Robin Thicke. These records were hit records, but the timing they came out was wrong. If the first record you heard off Curtis was 'I Get Money,' it would have shifted more millions in sales." Another mistake 50 admits to making is not the material he released on the LP, but the songs that didn't come out in advance of it. He strayed from his realm of ruling the mixtape circuit. He didn't put out a street release until late 2007, well after Curtis came out. He chalks that up to following bad advice from Interscope. At his mansion, 50's musical rejuvenation is contagious. In his basement studio, Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks stand out among the small crop of Fif's friends listening to cuts from the long-in-the-works G-Unit group album, tentatively titled Lock and Load. 50 only reveals one song title, "The Party Ain't Over," which features all four of the core Unit members, including Young Buck. Sonically, it appeals to your inner-hooligan, recalling the evaporating thump of "I Get Money," with Fif and company boasting and denouncing talk of the group's demise. There's another track on which 50 jokes that he doesn't care if his enemies fall off a building. Later, he played a Swizz Beatz-produced track, obviously named "Down" (trust us, the chorus says it all), on which 50 gloats about getting busy on the mic. Yayo, of course, is the most energetic, frequently dancing with his arms extended horizontally like airplane wings. A record called "Liar, Liar" features 50 telling a girl everything she wants to hear, knowing full well he's less than sincere. "I created monsters," Fif would say during a quieter time upstairs in his office about his fellow G-Unit rappers. "Frankensteins. I got three of them. It's like creatively they got strong opinions on things they like. ... They'll be telling each other, like, 'Yo, I'm telling you.' They got a different way of saying it to each other than saying it to me. They be like, 'Nah, he be saying we need to keep this record.' ... I think their solo careers changed what our collaborations were in the beginning. If you look at the beginning of the mixtapes, I was creating the hooks." 50 is excited to get the G-Unit album out, but he's not going to rush it. He's back on the mixtape scene with three street CDs since last fall and another one, with DJ Drama, coming in the next few weeks. He says with so many wolves in the studio, creating material hasn't been a problem. "You should be amazing on the album," he declared about working with so many other individuals. "You don't have to write three verses. All you have to do is one. You should write three and pick one. I'm like, 'You're a solo artist right?' I'll tell them to redo the verse [if it's not up to snub]. 'Just do it again. Let's see what the second one sounds like if we're not sure.' They don't mind. The process is interesting because they've developed their own personal liking for things they want to do. But the response to the mixtape material — which has proven to them they should listen — is making them follow what I'm saying." Also check out the Videos: __________________

03-28-2008, 12:26 PM	#2
BLUE HFNER LIL_BLUE HEFNER J.R™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL Posts: 2,311 Repped: 529 Repped 2,493 Times in 193 Posts Neg Reps: 6 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 4 Posts	Props On The News __________________ "In this market they let impersonators walk 'round 50 bodied you, I just laid the chalk down" - Lloyd Banks

03-28-2008, 12:28 PM	#3
DaDizzle Bush me Douche Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 4,535 Repped: 87 Repped 774 Times in 338 Posts Neg Reps: 130 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 74 Posts	We will see what happens. Finally admits curtis was a dud. __________________

03-28-2008, 12:32 PM	#5
tturenegade Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Not where I wanna be Posts: 681 Repped: 167 Repped 2 Times in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 2 Times in 2 Posts	G-Unit never left, but their buzz is climbing ridiculous. face it __________________ http://www.zshare.net/audio/539029746634a3e4/

03-28-2008, 12:33 PM	#6
AzawX Psycho Join Date: May 2007 Location: Flight 187 - Destination Hell or Heaven Posts: 3,858 Repped: 2,065 Repped 450 Times in 134 Posts Neg Reps: 346 Neg Repped at 63 Times in 37 Posts	"Yayo, of course, is the most energetic, frequently dancing with his arms extended horizontally like airplane wings." lmao, I love that Yayo __________________ "Hip Hop used to console my soul, now its a bunch of assholes" - Crooked I

03-28-2008, 12:29 PM	#4
YoungGeeza Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: L.A. Posts: 2,779 Repped: 911 Repped 1,585 Times in 136 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	props, can't fuckin wait

03-28-2008, 12:43 PM	#7
mubu_CHRONIC Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,416 Repped: 327 Repped 90 Times in 20 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	im glad 50 can admit to a dud....now if the gunit stans would...... __________________ "look at all the lil g-unit stans bussin a nut"

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Restrictive M16-M32 RYDA™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mancheste® Posts: 3,860 Repped: 444 Repped 1,414 Times in 526 Posts Neg Reps: 18 Neg Repped at 39 Times in 36 Posts	Cant watch ONLY US CAN WATCH

03-28-2008, 12:47 PM	#9
Young Ca$ BUBBLEGUM-RAP HATER Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Suffertown Posts: 169 Repped: 8 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Shie he admitted "Curtis" was a dud ,didnt expect 2 hear that from fif^^ well it's true. Hopefully "Lock And Load" will be good and not 2 poppy .. __________________ 2PAC,LUPE FIASCO,THE GAME,STYLES P,NAS,JOE BUDDEN,LLOYD BANK$ & YOUNG BUCK.. SUPPORT REAL HIP-HOP.

03-28-2008, 12:49 PM	#10
Raskae Veteran Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: BWS Posts: 2,287 Repped: 4 Repped 1,043 Times in 333 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 598 Times in 306 Posts	I get money=Hot Ayo=Hot, but not onthe level that Justin, TImbo or Nelly Furtado put out... The rest, Straight to the bank, Fully Loaded Clip, Amusement Park, Still KIll,Follow my leead=The Reason he flopped. Wack as fuck, all of them, they didnt even chart good, shit was Horrible, for 50 cents standarts and mega image, that was hella rushed and wack.. Still kill wasnt even His record, Bishop lamont was ment to have it, hook was done by somebody else, Dre turned it down... 50 should stick to writing his own shit, Coz aTM, his worst hooks in mixtapes>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Curtis. Period. __________________ 50 Tried to Bait Ye and Lost, Wayne ignored him,Jay Ignoring him,Game ignored his disses on BISD,Dude is over, with his "The actual enviroment of the aggressive content putting sales down in a bad space" shit,dude is a delusional retard..Ross Sold More than him

03-28-2008, 12:54 PM	#11
Cloud'sKing blahhhhhhhh Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 808 Repped: 291 Repped 170 Times in 5 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	thanks for the news

03-28-2008, 01:11 PM	#13
Stay Fly Livin Life! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,739 Repped: 5,692 Repped 1,033 Times in 341 Posts Neg Reps: 891 Neg Repped at 210 Times in 164 Posts	think about dudes , nigga said that curtis was a dud....what do you call it if fat joe and other artists dont even break 100 000 their first week? and the he said it was a dud based on sales and how it came out......i get money should have been the first track.....and you know that this g-unit album is gonna smash everything for real....its gonna be crazy.......its the unit baby , g g g g unit! P.S for me curtis was good , not anymore or less....

03-28-2008, 01:16 PM	#14
KeepitthorO "Culture Gone Bad" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 906 Repped: 55 Repped 841 Times in 216 Posts Neg Reps: 31 Neg Repped at 26 Times in 14 Posts	the fact that he said curtis was a "dud, proves he ready to move on __________________

03-28-2008, 01:17 PM	#15
rainman Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,446 Repped: 149 Repped 95 Times in 20 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	he's right. the same goes for banks and buck .. they went to soft on the first videos and singles.. you live and learn .. fix the problem and keep it pushing .. ie.. bottom girl and ryder pt2

03-28-2008, 01:23 PM	#16
mr.green Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 873 Repped: 431 Repped 300 Times in 46 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	props.......

03-28-2008, 01:37 PM	#17
YoUnG CaLi datalkofcali Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoUtH CaLi Posts: 3,936 Repped: 165 Repped 560 Times in 319 Posts Neg Reps: 24 Neg Repped at 97 Times in 75 Posts	He said da exact same thing I said months ago when curtis droppd....it was wack...he knows it n everyone knows it...other than I get money all da tracks r prtty much wtv.....I think he's back on his grind now...I think he's hungry again now that he's not at da top and I think 50 cent will put out hott shit...juss like he has wit body snatchers and elephant in da sand....definetly copn da album....

03-28-2008, 01:41 PM	#18
chickenwings Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,598 Repped: 608 Repped 677 Times in 403 Posts Neg Reps: 505 Neg Repped at 224 Times in 166 Posts	50 considers curtis a dude cuz hes comparing it to is past albums. in another interview he said 'for the average rapper the curtis numbers are outstanding. but im not the average rapper.'

03-28-2008, 01:41 PM	#19
Obey Me Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: *Right Here* Posts: 1,490 Repped: 201 Repped 724 Times in 278 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 35 Times in 27 Posts	700k on a dud... this nigga runs hip hop, period. CURTIS was hot IMO, but GRODT, TM>CURTIS __________________

03-28-2008, 01:48 PM	#20
MaliQ 08[Detox-L.A.X.-BISD]08 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ??? Posts: 4,514 Repped: 342 Repped 1,822 Times in 177 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 2 Posts	LMAO at him cryin' in the 3rd video, it looked like he was about to kill the interviewer, lol Cant wait for the album... __________________ Sunny days wouldn't be special, if it wasn't for rain... Joy wouldn't feel so good, if it wasn't for pain... Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard... It'll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred. - 50 Cent

03-28-2008, 01:50 PM	#21
Tha Unit On Top BISD November 23rd Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,195 Repped: 640 Repped 2,457 Times in 353 Posts Neg Reps: 78 Neg Repped at 123 Times in 85 Posts	It was a dud in Fifs standards, but to anyone else, doing 700k and doing over 2 mill worldwide, anyone would take that. But yeah, I Get Money should have came out first, STTB, Ams Park came out, they didnt do that well, then I Get Money came out, Ayo came right after that, the Follow My Lead shit leaked right after that, it was a mess in terms of the whole release. But you move on, every rapper drops shit that doesnt do well, and he still sold some records, so its whatever. But the G Unit album seems to be dope. The Party Aint Over, is that the shit that is out now? Produced by Tha Bizness? It only has Buck on it, but that shit is dope, but it says it has all of G Unit on it, so would that shit leak this early with only Fif and Buck on it? Or is it a different song? The Swizz tracks sounds hot. Not too much detail about the albums or producers or when it will drop. Album should be hot.

03-28-2008, 01:57 PM	#22
ez4menyou Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: va all day baby Posts: 870 Repped: 165 Repped 27 Times in 11 Posts Neg Reps: 7 Neg Repped at 4 Times in 4 Posts	well i think he noticed on his website that his fans and peers respond to him and react when he is talking greasy and grimey and coming with hood music first then the club and pop stuff. thats why grodt sold so much he gave the hood what they wanted on mixtapes and stuff leading up to the album then he kept it the same on the cd with hardcore stuff and then club and songs for the ladies

03-28-2008, 02:06 PM	#23
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03-28-2008, 02:11 PM	#24
SethDollar Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 512 Repped: 2 Repped 408 Times in 54 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 11 Posts	i cant wait till that album comes out

03-28-2008, 02:25 PM	#25
Mick_Spade Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fort Wayne Posts: 118 Repped: 30 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i thought it was gon be called "Shoot To Kill"? oh well, whatever its called, cant wait for it __________________ "Baby Ya grandfather, you bastard, you Lil Wayne son, he should claim you on his taxes" - Papoose shittin on Fat Joe

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