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50 Cent has a mission: to make sure hard-core rap music thrives. Fif is about to hit us with his War Angel LP. The G-Unit dropped the first record, "Redrum (Murder)" — real soulful, real hard. According to Fif, this is going to be the mixtape ... er, street album of his career. The project is available for free download via 50's Web site. As always, keep checking for us at Mixtape.MTV.com.

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Street Album: War Angel LP

Headliner: 50 Cent

Essential Info: Polow Da Don and Timbaland were so excited about the project, they almost gave Fif tracks. But production from those two will more than likely pop up on Before I Self Destruct, due in September. The G-Unit General is warming the scene up before summer officially hits, dropping his new mixtape before the official product.

If you're curious about the title, know that it's not about a beef with one person in particular — this war angel is fed up with the watered-down music in hip-hop right now. It's not what he adored growing up as a fan.

"What I fell in love with initially ain't even in the mutha----in' art form anymore. It's cool because there's an opportunity for me to become [that] to a whole new generation ... because of their age group, they're not aware of it.

"Now I gotta shift the energy," 50 added. "I gotta make them follow me. After they follow me, they'll be able to make real hip-hop records and make them successful. I have to have a successful project with really good hip-hop music to make these people go, 'OK, we can make [a real hip-hop album].' I have to be successful to make the record companies go, 'We can support this guy that wrote a rap album' instead of feeling like 'We need him to go on this record with Ne-Yo or Dream. Get somebody on there to do the hook.' That's the concept of what they feel they can present to the public and that's not what the f--- I was going on when I started."

50 is debuting the entire mixtape Tuesday (June 16) on Hot 97 with Funkmaster Flex then posting it on his Web site that night for free download. The Queens MC is also hiring new video directors — a different one for each clip — to come up with visuals for the mixtape.

"When I start writing music to my core, I'm talking about the way I came up, the way I was raised," he explained. "That's easy to me. Tell me to make a commercial pop record, a commercial hit record and that's more difficult to me than to create concepts that people are excited about where I'm from."

After War Angel, 50 says to look for Sincerely Southside, on which he'll be rapping over some '90s R&B hits, as well as a full G-Unit mixtape prior to the release of Before I Self Destruct.

"I write at a rapid pace," he said. "I have binges. There's points I'll be in the studio ... I've met moments when I'm there and unmotivated by production. Just there and unexcited about the whole sh--. Then there's times when every beat that comes on, I have an idea."

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yeah you fresher than most boy, I’m just doper than all

BornIntoThis

"50 says it's up to him to get the hip-hop game musically motivated."

lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

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BlackBauer

'Polow Da Don and Timbaland were so excited about the project, they almost gave Fif tracks.'

What's the point of this sentence? Like they almost gave them instead of selling? lol

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''Where I'm from, there is no plan B. So take advantage of today because tomorrow is not promised'' - 50 Cent

iNfAMOUS G-CORP.

Props, sounds good.

it will be really interesting tonight.

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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..

CreepinSolo

lol just like hip hop needed "i get it in" more then he did?.. the problem with him is he's not original, its the same shit over and over again, and thats why people lose intrest, and if this mixtape is as bad as the redrum track, then it looks like theres going to be more excuses on the way

CreepinSolo

"i feel the core fans werent actually ready for "death angel", and they werent ready to creativly turn in that direction whislt the music was conceptually different to what i actually intended, therefore the core audience didnt actually understand the direction i percieved when actually it wasnt about the music but more about the momentum"

ns_diplomat

War Angellllllll LPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

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"Shout out to all the people in Montreal - Montreal is real hood. Real gangsta out there." - Juelz Santana

Stay Fly

now of course people gonna hate him for this shit too....its in some peoples blood in this site.


GO GET EM FIF, THIS IS THE WAY U SHOULD SPEAK!

FUCK THE RECORD LABELS, DO REAL RAP.

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BornIntoThis

well that's because noone needs 50 to bring shit back he need to focus on making real music instead of the same shit he been sayin.

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The Bad Guy

G-G-G-G-G-Unit
We BaLLIIIIIIIIIIIInnnnnnN'

13ubba

basicallly it is ....cuz every1 keep a look out on 50 music get more attention then ur favorite rapper

Europe Guy

well, at least it sounds like he is trying to make his music good for BISD

CreepinSolo

BUHAHAHAHAHAHA

faggot

BornIntoThis

i could give two fucks about how much attention he has cause i know
my favorite rapper>>50 Cent

and nobody needs 50 too motivate them you think the great rappers really lookin to 50 as a messiah or somethin?

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NoMorePain

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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13ubba

Are yu Serious?
were Jrampage who this born nigga?

BornIntoThis

Jrampage is gone nukka

but really tho i'm just speakin the truth.

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G-uNIT!!4 LYFE

propz man cant wait for this mixtape sounds good.....get um fif

13ubba

there alot artists repect fif as he is rite now

ice cube for one? Luda & etc What you talking about Jrampage

hmk21

war angel is the gayest mixtape name........... period.

im all for 50's tunes, but his murder rap shit is over. Mabye I'm growing tired of all these rappers talking and doing nothing.

Who's 50 cent going to muder? If he wants to bring back hardcore hiphop, give us a reason to beleive in you.

187 rickkkyyyyyyy ross.

13ubba

^^^^^^^^^^^ ye war angel kinda of gay name for a mixtape

i kinda like hardcore hip hop eveything wat these gangsta rappers say or spit out of there mouth you kinda see it in real life i under stand that you have to be character in da booth

well that 50 background imo gangsta rap im cool with dat if u dont like too much of it i say find another rapper that doesnt talk about that shit

BornIntoThis

respect is one thing following from his example is another.

and who the fuck is this Jrampage you speak of?

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Mr Wavez

boooooo 50 RETIRE

gangsta rap is DEAD

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13ubba

you still wearing them faggets tight pants huh?

The Bad Guy

raskae/lbf


why are u talkin to me u russian faggot


G-G-G-G-G-G-Unit in yo half-russian ass wigga
We BaLLiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinnnnnnnnnnnnnnN


WAR ANGEL LP
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