I would also like to take the time to call out a Mr. Curtis Jackson (you know him as 50 cent). Jackson, at the beginning of his fame, with his song "In Da Club", was poised to make radical changes to the gangsta rap segment of hip hop. While the album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" wasn't extremely well produced, it was well received, and showed Jackson had promise. The beats were catchy and the lyrics were funny.
When Jackson began his G-Unit segment, he showed promise in delivering a legacy, and perhaps more formed storytelling with his album. Though, the next album would ultimately disappoint. Only 3 or 4 songs have any sort of focus that is outside of "I carry alot of guns", "I'm going to shoot you", "I've got a lot of money" or "I'm going to have sex with you."
His work on singles and collaboration projects really seemed to have suffered (Tony Yayo's much hyped release was a failure on all levels) and his newest single "Amusement Park" sounds exactly like "Candy Shop" from his second album... which sounded exactly like "Magic Stick" from a collaboration with L'il Kim.
The only exception I could make here is the excellent work putting together The Game's career, but even he has gone and thrown most of that away with a mediocre sophomore release to celebrate his disassociation with G-Unit.
Jackson has plans to release this album "Curtis Jackson" and a greatest hits album to fulfill his contract with Aftermath records, then plans to take a couple of years off to build hype.
I salute you, Mr. Jackson, and I hope that if you do come back, you find another shtick. This one isn't working anymore.
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