Apparently it was the one that got him picked up by Eminem and Dr. Should you ever choose to write another review about 50 Cent I suggest, Guess Who's Back mixtape. The real 50 Cent actually appears on the back cover of Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full". I'm pretty sure the lines that got him shot was on Ghetto Qu'ran, was the starting about Supreme and Freeze.Ĥ. ![]() One being "Rowdy, Rowdy" (released on the In Too Deep soundtrack, and also had a video) and the other being "The Glow of a Thug"ģ. There were also a couple more songs that were released around the time of this album (intended for it or not, I don't know). ![]() ![]() They actually shot a video for Your Life's On The LineĢ. I may not believe that it's a must-listen or anything (for the record, I don't), but it doesn't take listening to much of this album before you realize that whoever made the call at Columbia Records was really fucking stupid.ġ. I'm no defender of the man, but 50 Cent got played dirty on this deal. But Power Of The Dollar shouldn't have been handled the way it was. I am thankful that this album never saw the light of day (officially), since that means we've all been saved from having to witness a video clip for "Thug Love", and a lot of the songs are commercial misfires that Curtis has, sadly, never been able to fully avoid. 50 Cent's current status as a hip hop has-been who focuses more on his movie career than he does recording a song that people may actually like will not prepare you for the guy who wrote some of the songs on Power Of The Dollar, though: some of the storytelling attempts aren't half bad, and his knowledge of how to write an actual song dates all the way back to this album, apparently. Power Of The Dollar is an album-slash-mixtape that sounds like it could have actually been somewhat successful in the marketplace had it been released as originally planned, but back in the late 1990s hip hop was dominated by the lazy 1980s samples from Puff Daddy and his ilk (including The Trackmasters), so that last sentence still doesn't mean that this project holds up today. SHOULD YOU TRACK IT DOWN? Only if you're a history buff that revels in hearing well-known artists trying to form their own identity. Robbing celebrities, so that takes all of the fun out of this shit.) To Rob” could also be construed as a gonzo tribute to the gangsterĥ0 Cent swiped his moniker from, since that guy was infamous for Very end, which never actually happened, unless I was just distractedīy a dog with a poofy tail or something. This song is just funny, so at least we know 50Ĭent used to have a sense of humor. Like a mainstream J-Zone track, with Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie'sĪlter ego The Madd Rapper riding shotgun on his first non-Bad Boy Rob” took their own shots at 50, too.) “How To Rob” is sort-of (TheseĪre but three examples: pretty much everyone else named on “How To He's gotten in a decade just because of my last sentence. Thereby forcing Curtis to rewrite the offending bars to insteadĪttack R&B nobody Case, a guy who just received the most press Threatened to leave the label if they released the song unaltered, Smith” skit, and Mariah Carey, who was originally named on here, Struck back with a not-so-subliminal dis, Raekwon disguised his voiceĪnd threatened our host with bodily harm on Ghostface Killah's “Clyde Of the artists named took offense, but oh man, did they ever: Jay-Z His tongue set so firmly in his cheek that it's astounding that any Gleefully on here), would have been the man's legacy. Song about fucking R&B bitches (and naming names, as Curtis does ![]() Inexplicably popular, “How To Rob”, his admittedly hilariousįirst single patterned after The Notorious B.I.G.'s “Dreams”, a It not been for 50's ability to write other songs that became Was good, I wonder if 50's career trajectory would have burned out Shit actually had the opportunity to trick people into thinking it Label to pull the plug on the entire project altogether. The fuck up the day before shooting was to commence, which caused the Was filmed in the first place, since Curtis went and got himself shot Not that there's anything wrong with that. Started beefing with the other (guess who's who!), mainly becauseĭestiny's Child was popular and the label figured that Curtis'sįanbase would appreciate seeing someone in the video with a big ass. Guest slot, only Beyonce's vocals are actually heard, at least by myĮars), and this all happened before Jay-Z married one of them and On here, Columbia Records paired up the then-labelmates 50Ĭent and Beyonce Knowles (although Destiny's Child is credited in the 50's apology at the end of the previous song is supposed to butĮxcuse and justify the existence of this track, a love rap which wasĬonceived solely for radio playlists and not because anybody wouldĮver derive any enjoyment from actually listening to the fucking
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