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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | 10:01am
50 Cent Gives Away Game’s Whole Album As A Free Mixtape
Wow that’s grimey! Is there no honor amongst fake gangstas?
Most hip hop blog readers are familiar with 50 Cent‘s website ThisIs50.com. For those of you who aren’t familiar it can best be described as one part social network, one part 50 Cent nut riding festival. 50 Cent’s team has used the website to report on current hip hop news, to promote new projects from G-Unit artists and to take shots at all the artists 50 Cent doesn’t like. One of the biggest events for the website was the release of the free mixtape “Elephant In The Sand” which was a free mixtape by G-Unit artists which was made to poke fun at and to spoil the release of Fat Joe’s album Elephant In The Room album. And now 50′s at it again but this time it’s not funny or cute, it’s just plain old grimey.
Right now ThisIs50.com is promoting a new free mixtape. There aren’t any G-Unit artists on this one though. However a former G-Unit artist is on every track, The Game. That’s because the website’s newest free mixtape is actually Game’s whole album LAX. Front to back. In an effort to see that Game’s album is a failure 50 Cent is encouraging his readers to download it for free instead. How messed up is that?
I’m thinking this might be bit too much. I understand that the guys hate each other but is that really a can of worms that any artist wants to open? Artists are already making way less off of albums than they used to, so just imagine an industry where artists purposely and publicly leak each others albums and promote the free downloading. No one is gonna make any money off sales. Though he has many sources of income to supplement low sales, not even 50 wants that.
Now we provide music here on HN but I never encourage people to download it but 50 is strongly encouraging it. I know there are many 50 fans out there that think everything the guy does is “genius” or “the greatest marketing ever” but this is wack. The music industry has been dying for a while but I think 50 just killed it. Pandora’s box is now open. Welcome to the free for all.
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lmao I love it, my man curtis
50 is a bird for that, for real. The album ain’t that bad either..
50 truly hates that Game continues to be successful without him or the G-Unit brand. Game is by far a bigger name that any artist on G-Unit with the exception of 50 himself.
50 needs to stop worrying about beefing with others and concern himself with rebuilding his G-Unit brand which has lost a tremendous amount of value recently.
LAX is a much better album than 50′s last one if you ask me. I’m not a 50 hater at all but this is a jack move.
50 does this tuff cause he’s a conflict junkie just like a crackhead needs crack Fifty needs a conflict
Yeah…he’s lets face it the definition of a drama queen. He feeds off it. Its funny and entertaining at times but lets call a spade…a spade.
man 50 cent is turning into a real b**** firt he tapes a phone convo with young buck and now he leaks games album thats not genius that some faggot s***
i aint a 50 hater or anything i like some of his music i just don’t agree wit what he’s doing
hey the sister with the star on his face bit the hand that fed him, f him
this was game’s last album at least let him leave with some dignity
This has to be 50′s biggest insult to an artist…but remember this is how 50 got his recognition, starting conflict, how to rob was a diss to the entire industry…Ja Rule?…Cam’ron? (Boobalee Doobalee) lol…I have to admit these were a few of the reason as to why I liked 50, but this is just wrong…push the man’s album back & then give it away 4 free…that’s more than grimey…that’s like dirty grudge or somethin lol, yea….
-B.
Computers Putin, Boopity Boopin LOL!
lmao
LMAO….yea that’s it! lol
just wrong.. and its criminal.
AnT
dontlookanyfurther.com
look out for KARMA around the corner fiddy! i heard she’s a bitch!
LAME!!! He made cause L.A.X. is WAY BETTER than T.O.S., an that the Game takin Buck’s side. Cats is right he needs to focus on rebuildin the Gunit brand. Things like this kill it even more. But maybe that dont matter to a dude that cakin like 50 is.
This is hilarious, its the same as the smear campaign, g-unot, or anything else game has done, if game could get a leak of 50s album he would do the same. Its all good to me who gives a crap.
That cornball ass coon, just need to retire from rap like he was supposed to do last year and just stay away. He’s just not relivant anymore, nor is G-Unit…!?!