News Director Cuts Ties W/ G-Unit, Claims 50 Cent Crossed The Line [Video]

bookert · 05-03-2009, 01:38 PM

Renowned music video director Dan The Man recently announced his departure from working alongside G-Unit despite his work with 50 Cent on The Massacre and his Cam'ron diss video, Funeral Music.

While not claiming there were any harsh feelings between the two, Dan said Fif wanted too much control during the shooting of his anti-Cam video.

"['Funeral Music]] was honestly the beginning of the ending with me and G-Unit," he explained in an interview. "And the reason is, 50 really wanted to have a directorial view in the video so that was kinda like, to me, my cue to leave, like, 'Oh you wanna direct, then I gotta go because that's what I do.' And I'm really, really upset with the way that video came out. I f*cking hate that video. You don't see that on my reel, you don't see that anywhere, it's just really bad...It was rushed, none of the treatment was mine...I did 20 videos for The Massacre DVD, that was kinda in the initially stages of YouTube...So like, when we did those videos, they did not go on TV. They went on the DVD, people bought that DVD. Not that many people bought the DVD, all those videos went directly on YouTube." (Gas Face)

Fif's video was initially a response to a radio conversation he had with Killa around 2007.

When 50 Cent and Cam'ron got into it over the phone during 50's interview on Hot 97 in February, it was a moment we'd long been anticipating. A few days later, though, 50 struck when Kay Slay premiered "Funeral Music," a YouTube video Fif shot for a track going at Cam that made its debut on the DJ's MySpace page of all places. Soon, Cam responded with "Cuurtis," a YouTube clip of his own that mocked 50's street cred with its heckling hook ("Currrrtisssss!!") that had kids on the street, and even po-po, calling 50 out by name in it. The beef game went 2.0. (MTV)

Dan The Man has worked with a wide variety of rappers.

Projects include: Prodigy's "Sleep When I'm Dead," Termanology's "How We Rock," Hell Rell's "Get Ready," Maino's "Hi Hater," Spider Loc's "Blutiful World," AZ's "The Come Up" and more. (Dan The Man TV)

He has been known for displaying the strengths of Internet-based music videos.

Part of what made [Dan The Man's] 'Mac 10 Handle' video great was the way it took both the Internet's lack of censorship and its own respectively low budget and turned them into aesthetic advantages, ways to get away from the increasingly stale rap-video visual vocabulary. (Village Voice)

Check out Dan The Man speaking on G-Unit below:

8JOKER8 · 05-03-2009, 01:45 PM

is this new, what's the big deal,lol it's 09, the video is 07,lol Who the fuck cares,lol like he's the only direcor,lol

bookert · 05-03-2009, 01:48 PM

I thought this was interesting because I hadnt seen this vid before. it also seemed odd because I was sure I heard someone on Gunit radio shout him out a couple of weeks ago.

pDASH · 05-03-2009, 01:51 PM

he does a pretty good job
isnt he doing all the radioplanet.tv videos for whoo kid though?

Majcip · 05-03-2009, 01:52 PM

I must agree with one thing. Fifty is really tryin´ to have everything under his control. That´s the way when you hear album like Curtis or TOS. Sometimes it looks like Fif tryin´ to be everything and everywhere.

Flipperacci · 05-03-2009, 01:53 PM

Most videos on The Massacre dvd all wack. Only vid I liked on the dvd were God Gave Me Style and Gunz comes out. The rest were all wack.

Funeral Music was a great video. I can't blame 50 for taking to much control I liked that video alot.

I don't know about the other videos but Blutiful World was also a nice video.

This director just got to accept the way an artist want to shoot a video.

pDASH · 05-03-2009, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flipperacci

Most videos on The Massacre dvd all wack. Only vid I liked on the dvd were God Gave Me Style and Gunz comes out. The rest were all wack.

Funeral Music was a great video. I can't blame 50 for taking to much control I liked that video alot.

I don't know about the other videos but Blutiful World was also a nice video.

This director just got to accept the way an artist want to shoot a video.

id definitely agree that all the massacre vids were terrible, he should not be bragging about those, but the stuff that he does for youtube or actually hit tv, they're pretty good and he has a decent recognizable style

unitymama · 05-03-2009, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookert

Renowned music video director Dan The Man recently announced his departure from working alongside G-Unit despite his work with 50 Cent on The Massacre and his Cam'ron diss video, Funeral Music.

While not claiming there were any harsh feelings between the two, Dan said Fif wanted too much control during the shooting of his anti-Cam video.

"['Funeral Music]] was honestly the beginning of the ending with me and G-Unit," he explained in an interview. "And the reason is, 50 really wanted to have a directorial view in the video so that was kinda like, to me, my cue to leave, like, 'Oh you wanna direct, then I gotta go because that's what I do.' And I'm really, really upset with the way that video came out. I f*cking hate that video. You don't see that on my reel, you don't see that anywhere, it's just really bad...It was rushed, none of the treatment was mine...I did 20 videos for The Massacre DVD, that was kinda in the initially stages of YouTube...So like, when we did those videos, they did not go on TV. They went on the DVD, people bought that DVD. Not that many people bought the DVD, all those videos went directly on YouTube." (Gas Face)

Fif's video was initially a response to a radio conversation he had with Killa around 2007.

When 50 Cent and Cam'ron got into it over the phone during 50's interview on Hot 97 in February, it was a moment we'd long been anticipating. A few days later, though, 50 struck when Kay Slay premiered "Funeral Music," a YouTube video Fif shot for a track going at Cam that made its debut on the DJ's MySpace page of all places. Soon, Cam responded with "Cuurtis," a YouTube clip of his own that mocked 50's street cred with its heckling hook ("Currrrtisssss!!") that had kids on the street, and even po-po, calling 50 out by name in it. The beef game went 2.0. (MTV)

Dan The Man has worked with a wide variety of rappers.

Projects include: Prodigy's "Sleep When I'm Dead," Termanology's "How We Rock," Hell Rell's "Get Ready," Maino's "Hi Hater," Spider Loc's "Blutiful World," AZ's "The Come Up" and more. (Dan The Man TV)

He has been known for displaying the strengths of Internet-based music videos.

Part of what made [Dan The Man's] 'Mac 10 Handle' video great was the way it took both the Internet's lack of censorship and its own respectively low budget and turned them into aesthetic advantages, ways to get away from the increasingly stale rap-video visual vocabulary. (Village Voice)

Check out Dan The Man speaking on G-Unit below:

So Fucking What It Was Hott To Me,I Like The VIdeo,It was Kinda Sexy Too!!!!!Go 50 With Your Badd Ass!!!!

Restrictive · 05-03-2009, 02:17 PM

Are you sure he wasn't scared of all the Gang Members,guns,money and drugs around him?
Funeral Music was dope!

unitymama · 05-03-2009, 02:18 PM

I Like A Man That Knows What He Wants And Fuck Whats Others Think!!!!

MS DIOR · 05-03-2009, 02:28 PM

um ok and?? sohh must have ran out of ''bad stories'' on fif so they went and posted something old.

Flipperacci · 05-03-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wavey Phazey

Are you sure he wasn't scared of all the Gang Members,guns,money and drugs around him?
Funeral Music was dope!

Let's not forget that the video was shot @ 50's crib.

His house, his rules.

I think everybody will agree with me that Funeral Music was better then all the videos on the Massacre dvd. I don't know what that director had in mind with Funeral Music.

Plus Funeral Music was the most viewed video @ Gunitworld.com. 50 did a great job.

DaTruthMayn1 · 05-03-2009, 03:04 PM

who the fuck cares

Restrictive · 05-03-2009, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flipperacci

Let's not forget that the video was shot @ 50's crib.

His house, his rules.

I think everybody will agree with me that Funeral Music was better then all the videos on the Massacre dvd. I don't know what that director had in mind with Funeral Music.

Plus Funeral Music was the most viewed video @ Gunitworld.com. 50 did a great job.

I know that but did you actually see the video the video was swamped with guns,drugs and gang members are you sure he wasn't intimidated by them.
Like that director said the people around 50 are horrible.
I guess the director doesn't like being bossed around neither does 50.

iNfAMOUS G-CORP. · 05-03-2009, 03:06 PM

Rofl, Dan The Man was just on G-Unit Radio about 3 weeks ago with Whoo Kid, joking and laughing. He didn't say anything bout this then.

bookert · 05-03-2009, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iNfAMOUS G-CORP.

Rofl, Dan The Man was just on G-Unit Radio about 3 weeks ago with Whoo Kid, joking and laughing. He didn't say anything bout this then.

thats why this was so odd to me. makes you wonder what sort of fact checking sohh does

I am God · 05-03-2009, 11:22 PM

only really video i like from him is Blutiful World.

Da Real Deal · 05-03-2009, 11:33 PM

he did a good job on Nipsey Hussle's Hussle In The House video so he cool wit me

DemonicSinn · 05-03-2009, 11:45 PM

If you gon hire a director then let the director DIRECT. The nigga know what he doin. 50 just a "control freak" ass nigga.

SP3unit · 05-03-2009, 11:50 PM

Yo some of you guys are ridiculous, now that this dude says he did The Massacre DVD videos and now that he said he hates Funeral Music video cos he didn't direct that shit, you start saying the Massacre videos were crap and just cos 50 did funeral music it was better? Funeral Music was nothing special but you dudes wanna over exagerate how good it was.

DemonicSinn · 05-03-2009, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flipperacci

Let's not forget that the video was shot @ 50's crib.

His house, his rules.

I think everybody will agree with me that Funeral Music was better then all the videos on the Massacre dvd. I don't know what that director had in mind with Funeral Music.

Plus Funeral Music was the most viewed video @ Gunitworld.com. 50 did a great job.

If 50 directed those videos I wonder if you would've had a different response.

Flipperacci · 05-04-2009, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ty Gibson

If 50 directed those videos I wonder if you would've had a different response.

Maybe or maybe not. The videos from Return of The bodysnatchers mixtape were also wack. Don't know if he did those too.

All I'm saying he did a great job with Funeral Music. You can't deny that.

Hakaroodi · 05-04-2009, 01:57 PM

ight propz..

dunson23 · 05-04-2009, 02:07 PM

wasn't this guy on that g-unit radio couple weeks ago???, i think this is mad old and sohh needs news

STATEofPLAY · 05-04-2009, 02:20 PM

thats curtis's major problem he thinks he can do everything by himself, and when he does it ends up being wack, for e.g "everything hes released in the past 5 years"

05-03-2009, 01:38 PM	#1
bookert Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 344 Repped: 37 Repped 349 Times in 66 Posts Neg Reps: 13 Neg Repped at 22 Times in 12 Posts	Director Cuts Ties W/ G-Unit, Claims 50 Cent Crossed The Line [Video] Director Cuts Ties W/ G-Unit, Claims 50 Cent Crossed The Line [Video] Renowned music video director Dan The Man recently announced his departure from working alongside G-Unit despite his work with 50 Cent on The Massacre and his Cam'ron diss video, Funeral Music. While not claiming there were any harsh feelings between the two, Dan said Fif wanted too much control during the shooting of his anti-Cam video. "['Funeral Music]] was honestly the beginning of the ending with me and G-Unit," he explained in an interview. "And the reason is, 50 really wanted to have a directorial view in the video so that was kinda like, to me, my cue to leave, like, 'Oh you wanna direct, then I gotta go because that's what I do.' And I'm really, really upset with the way that video came out. I fcking hate that video. You don't see that on my reel, you don't see that anywhere, it's just really bad...It was rushed, none of the treatment was mine...I did 20 videos for The Massacre DVD, that was kinda in the initially stages of YouTube...So like, when we did those videos, they did not go on TV. They went on the DVD, people bought that DVD. Not that many people bought the DVD, all those videos went directly on YouTube." (Gas Face) Fif's video was initially a response to a radio conversation he had with Killa around 2007. When 50 Cent and Cam'ron got into it over the phone during 50's interview on Hot 97 in February, it was a moment we'd long been anticipating. A few days later, though, 50 struck when Kay Slay premiered "Funeral Music," a YouTube video Fif shot for a track going at Cam that made its debut on the DJ's MySpace page of all places. Soon, Cam responded with "Cuurtis," a YouTube clip of his own that mocked 50's street cred with its heckling hook ("Currrrtisssss!!") that had kids on the street, and even po-po, calling 50 out by name in it. The beef game went 2.0. (MTV) Dan The Man has worked with a wide variety of rappers. Projects include: Prodigy's "Sleep When I'm Dead," Termanology's "How We Rock," Hell Rell's "Get Ready," Maino's "Hi Hater," Spider Loc's "Blutiful World," AZ's "The Come Up" and more. (Dan The Man TV) He has been known for displaying the strengths of Internet-based music videos. Part of what made [Dan The Man's] 'Mac 10 Handle' video great was the way it took both the Internet's lack of censorship and its own respectively low budget and turned them into aesthetic advantages, ways to get away from the increasingly stale rap-video visual vocabulary. (Village Voice) Check out Dan The Man speaking on G-Unit below: Last edited by bookert; 05-03-2009 at 01:43 PM.*

05-03-2009, 01:45 PM	#2
8JOKER8 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Liberty City IV,Miami Posts: 495 Repped: 73 Repped 113 Times in 57 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 7 Posts	is this new, what's the big deal,lol it's 09, the video is 07,lol Who the fuck cares,lol like he's the only direcor,lol __________________ Yeah, I need you. I need you to hate me. So I can use you for your energy - 50 Cent 4373 to -221805 All from onr person, did sombody take the qutoe to serious,lol By the way, FUCK "GodToYouKids22" LOL

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pDASH Answers 2 Questions Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,329 Repped: 304 Repped 325 Times in 50 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 2 Times in 2 Posts	he does a pretty good job isnt he doing all the radioplanet.tv videos for whoo kid though? __________________ BIG EX! www.thisisBIGEX.com

05-03-2009, 01:52 PM	#5
Majcip Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: SK Posts: 3,822 Repped: 1,808 Repped 981 Times in 441 Posts Neg Reps: 59 Neg Repped at 80 Times in 61 Posts	I must agree with one thing. Fifty is really tryin´ to have everything under his control. That´s the way when you hear album like Curtis or TOS. Sometimes it looks like Fif tryin´ to be everything and everywhere. __________________

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unitymama veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA. Posts: 6,445 Repped: 1,647 Repped 73 Times in 38 Posts Blog Entries: 3 Neg Reps: 7 Neg Repped at 8 Times in 7 Posts	I Like A Man That Knows What He Wants And Fuck Whats Others Think!!!! __________________ 50's dick feels so good in my candyshop mmm!!!!!

05-03-2009, 01:48 PM	#3
bookert Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 344 Repped: 37 Repped 349 Times in 66 Posts Neg Reps: 13 Neg Repped at 22 Times in 12 Posts	I thought this was interesting because I hadnt seen this vid before. it also seemed odd because I was sure I heard someone on Gunit radio shout him out a couple of weeks ago.

05-03-2009, 01:53 PM	#6
Flipperacci -- Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South East Amsterdam Posts: 2,648 Repped: 182 Repped 1,116 Times in 558 Posts Neg Reps: 47 Neg Repped at 574 Times in 381 Posts	Most videos on The Massacre dvd all wack. Only vid I liked on the dvd were God Gave Me Style and Gunz comes out. The rest were all wack. Funeral Music was a great video. I can't blame 50 for taking to much control I liked that video alot. I don't know about the other videos but Blutiful World was also a nice video. This director just got to accept the way an artist want to shoot a video.

05-03-2009, 02:17 PM	#9
Restrictive Bumbaclart Bad Man still™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: On That Estate...The Whole Hoods Bait, are you ready for the Ruff n Tumble? Posts: 4,025 Repped: 457 Repped 1,540 Times in 586 Posts Neg Reps: 22 Neg Repped at 46 Times in 41 Posts	Are you sure he wasn't scared of all the Gang Members,guns,money and drugs around him? Funeral Music was dope!

05-03-2009, 02:28 PM	#11
MS DIOR ♥ IM A FEMALE ♥ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: WITH 50 ;) Posts: 8,159 Repped: 967 Repped 717 Times in 241 Posts Neg Reps: 79 Neg Repped at 28 Times in 28 Posts	um ok and?? sohh must have ran out of ''bad stories'' on fif so they went and posted something old. __________________ CHR!SSY:TH3 OR!G!N@L..HATING IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY....FUCK YOU! ;) Last edited by MS DIOR; 05-03-2009 at 03:20 PM.

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DaTruthMayn1 Dat 1 N Only Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NY Posts: 5,079 Repped: 763 Repped 1,113 Times in 201 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 8 Posts	who the fuck cares __________________

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iNfAMOUS G-CORP. iRun****HereUjustPostHere Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WEST - LONDON, UK Fact: TheLostBoy is a FAGGOT Posts: 8,019 Repped: 3,200 Repped 4,255 Times in 1,159 Posts Neg Reps: 68 Neg Repped at 177 Times in 153 Posts	Rofl, Dan The Man was just on G-Unit Radio about 3 weeks ago with Whoo Kid, joking and laughing. He didn't say anything bout this then. __________________ It's nuttin to it, cock it, bang it and get rid of that, Hit his fitted cap - he won't get a chance to Twitter that..

05-03-2009, 11:22 PM	#17
I am God Jesus Walks Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: from California to Florida to New York Posts: 1,716 Repped: 257 Repped 1,147 Times in 506 Posts Neg Reps: 41 Neg Repped at 22 Times in 16 Posts	only really video i like from him is Blutiful World. __________________ ^^^^ Throwback

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Da Real Deal Most Likely To Succeed Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chicago Illinois/Jackson,MS Posts: 5,476 Repped: 1,129 Repped 3,057 Times in 704 Posts Neg Reps: 217 Neg Repped at 177 Times in 123 Posts	he did a good job on Nipsey Hussle's Hussle In The House video so he cool wit me __________________

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DemonicSinn AKA Ty-G Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cincinnati/Hanover Park, IL Posts: 4,852 Repped: 1,189 Repped 700 Times in 200 Posts Neg Reps: 80 Neg Repped at 116 Times in 67 Posts	If you gon hire a director then let the director DIRECT. The nigga know what he doin. 50 just a "control freak" ass nigga.

05-03-2009, 11:50 PM	#20
SP3unit Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,300 Repped: 137 Repped 217 Times in 129 Posts Neg Reps: 44 Neg Repped at 61 Times in 49 Posts	Yo some of you guys are ridiculous, now that this dude says he did The Massacre DVD videos and now that he said he hates Funeral Music video cos he didn't direct that shit, you start saying the Massacre videos were crap and just cos 50 did funeral music it was better? Funeral Music was nothing special but you dudes wanna over exagerate how good it was.

05-04-2009, 01:57 PM	#23
Hakaroodi G-UNIT SOLDIER Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 30,841 Repped: 14,701 Repped 1,024 Times in 247 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 51 Times in 47 Posts	ight propz.. __________________

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dunson23 Hip-Hop We Won't Stop Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hip-Hop Posts: 3,219 Repped: 750 Repped 1,148 Times in 172 Posts Neg Reps: 24 Neg Repped at 12 Times in 11 Posts	wasn't this guy on that g-unit radio couple weeks ago???, i think this is mad old and sohh needs news

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STATEofPLAY Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 63 Repped: 3 Repped 8 Times in 8 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 14 Times in 7 Posts	thats curtis's major problem he thinks he can do everything by himself, and when he does it ends up being wack, for e.g "everything hes released in the past 5 years"

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