50 Cent. Why?

I'm trying to very hard to understand. It makes me feel alienated from the public when there is an artist that has 5 songs in the top 10 and I can't stand one of them. No one has accomplished this feat since The Beatles. THE BEATLES! THE ARCHITECTS! I don't get the appeal of 50 Cent at all. Now, I don't like Britney Spears, but I can comprehend her appeal. Her tunes are catchy and she's nice looking and all that. Even Nelly, I get Nelly, I don't like Nelly, but he has a nice sounding flow and some good hooks. But 50 Cent has made the same song over and over again and the hooks are crap and his flow is a complete monotone. Even the production is boring and dreary sounding. There is nothing redeamable about any of his singles. So, can someone please explain to me what I am missing. Is it good marketing? Do people find him attractive? Is there something about his music that is "good" that I'm just not getting? Am I completely out of touch???

Please BoredJen, you're just making too much sense. Enjoy the bad music because you're supposed to. [img]graemlins/orbit.gif[/img]

And Eminem only has 3-4 songs, and it never stopped him from making it big.

Nah, I completely get the appeal of Eminem. The guy is amazing at phrasing rhymes and has created an interesting and relevent pop culture image for himself. If you don't like Eminem, that's one thing, I'm not that into him myself, I don't own any of his albums, but to not understand why he is as big as he is you have to be pretty blinded by dislike of him.

50 Cent has nothing. Only that he was shot 5 times. That's what the entirety of his career is based on. I knew he was shot 5 times before I heard any of his music. AND ALL OF HIS SINGLES SOUND THE FRICKIN SAME. Now, you can't say that about Eminem.

Wait a minute. I just had dejavu. Have I posted this topic before? I must really be worried about this. IT'S JUST SUCH A MYSTERY TO ME. Kind of like, how the hell did George W. Bush get re-elected?

[Phobos]

Not another rap bashing thread, yea 5cent's music is the same then why are you listening to it, it doesn't make any sense if you don't like don't listen, like I do.

I agree, 50 cent is so monotone. I think what happened is people got caught in the hype and it sucked everyone into thinking he was great and not understanding why. Listening to his songs I can't see why he's great except perhaps in his lyrics.. although his voice is very blah. At least Ludacris has a sound to him

Originally posted by BoredJen:
Nah, I completely get the appeal of Eminem. The guy is amazing at phrasing rhymes and has created an interesting and relevent pop culture image for himself. If you don't like Eminem, that's one thing, I'm not that into him myself, I don't own any of his albums, but to not understand why he is as big as he is you have to be pretty blinded by dislike of him.

50 Cent has nothing. Only that he was shot 5 times. That's what the entirety of his career is based on. I knew he was shot 5 times before I heard any of his music. AND ALL OF HIS SINGLES SOUND THE FRICKIN SAME. Now, you can't say that about Eminem.

Firstly, i heard he got shot 9 times, and like you, that was before I ever heard a song from him.

Secondly, I understand the appeal of Eminem, but I don't understand how it hasn't worn off completely since he only has 3-4 songs. Don't people notice this? I can't wait to hear another song where he complains about getting no respect. He's not Rodney Dangerfield, and when it comes to acting like a jackass, he's not Weird Al, either.

Thirdly, 50 Cent is monotone and writes corny lines. Something about birthdays and teapots. C'mon, anyone else would have been called a wuss by now.

Yo itz cuz Fiddy got shot 9 times.

God, I'm trying not to get extremely angry at you guys... 50 cent has a mad flow, his sh*t is real unlike some other wanksters (Ja Rule, Jada Kiss, Fat Joe, all The INC ppl, etc, etc anyone associated with them). 50 has been through so much sh*t... he's an awesome rapper... he's got over 10 million followers, can that be wrong? It could be... but explain why he's owning the charts then?

because you fell for the hype. Everyone that likes to admit the truth will tell you he's monotone. The guy can't sing worth ****. At least when Eminem raps you can get a sense of feeling in his music. When 50 does.. it's like he's on prozac.

Don't believe me? Listen to Hate it or Love it. A song that should scream out tone and feeling and he's falling asleep. Not to say that the song is bad but he has to get other people on there to rap just to show feeling. When his verses end and the next guy comes up, you can tell who can rap.

Look at Candy Shop.. Everything he does is monotone. Give me some ****ing words that have feeling to it. What his rap shows me is that if you can hype up a person large enough, people will listen and be fooled. Sad but true

Originally posted by Mxer:
God, I'm trying not to get extremely angry at you guys... 50 cent has a mad flow, his sh*t is real unlike some other wanksters (Ja Rule, Jada Kiss, Fat Joe, all The INC ppl, etc, etc anyone associated with them). 50 has been through so much sh*t... he's an awesome rapper... he's got over 10 million followers, can that be wrong? It could be... but explain why he's owning the charts then?

If he wasn't such a big guy, intimidating guy and looked like all the other ugly rappers out there, nobody would listen to him whether he was shot 9 times or 19 times, or whether his flow was even better than it is now.

Of course, he doesn't have better flow than any decent rapper out there. That's down to marketing and the music people on MTV and other media who just nod their heads. Who wants to be the only critic or VJ who criticizes 50 Cent? He'd be alone, because everyone else is nodding their heads in agreement like zombies while you're shaking your head in disagreement.

e's got over 10 million followers, can that be wrong? It could be...

Yes, 10 million people can be wrong. 10 million people thought "Go shorty, its your birthday....." was a cool line.

it just amazes me that he gets the attention that he does. Ja Rule got torn down for trying to point out how he sucks. Of course I was tired of Ja's **** too so that could have hurt him.

I think 50 is the worst rapper in g-unit

Originally posted by TrineX:
it just amazes me that he gets the attention that he does. Ja Rule got torn down for trying to point out how he sucks. Of course I was tired of Ja's **** too so that could have hurt him.

Yeah, Ja sucks. I like Nas, but his recent stuff sounds like fluff. And everyone hates him and he's still around.

[ April 20, 2005, 01:33 AM: Message edited by: Abstract ]

Originally posted by Lost Soul:
Not another rap bashing thread, yea 5cent's music is the same then why are you listening to it, it doesn't make any sense if you don't like don't listen, like I do.

You're right, it's not another rap bashing thread.

Originally posted by Mxer:
God, I'm trying not to get extremely angry at you guys... 50 cent has a mad flow, his sh*t is real unlike some other wanksters (Ja Rule, Jada Kiss, Fat Joe, all The INC ppl, etc, etc anyone associated with them). 50 has been through so much sh*t... he's an awesome rapper... he's got over 10 million followers, can that be wrong? It could be... but explain why he's owning the charts then?

THAT IS EXACTLY MY PREDICAMENT!

I mean, I know record companies buy up units of an artists album to push it to the top of the charts for publicity. But can they be buying that many?

[JenniferNoble]

^well it's because, what is this called? rap? R&B i have no idea well anyway, music like 50 cent is "in" and alot of people want to be "in" and so they litsten to the music. sure there are some people who really like it, but i think most of them (of what i have seen in our school-sheep-thingie) just listen to it cuz its in. oh well, it's a free country. wat dut mot waiten. but geeze thanks guys, i have candyshop in my head right now :eek:

I don't know any person who likes 50 cent
even if i did i'd reply that's sh!t, man
though i don't like such rap or hip-hop
i like Mike Shinoda and i'm fan of SOAD...
;)

50Cent, The Game and all those HipHop "stars" suck. I hate this music!!! I know several persons who listen to that music, but often they aren't sophisticated like me! [img]graemlins/sly.gif[/img] (hehe)
No, in fact, most rappers have sexistic, superficial and stupid lyrics. Like:
I take you to the candy shop
I'll let you lick the lollypop
Go 'head girl, don't you stop
Keep goin 'til you hit the spot

BULL$HIT!!!

[Phobos]

Candy shop they play it all the time everywhere I go somebody is raping it, or it's on t.v. they only good rappers out their are kraftwrek, busdriver, and that one group forgot their name's.