10 years ago Kanye ended 50 cent music career

[H. Selassie]

I bootlegged both. Liked Graduation better

 

[Kings County]

50 could've released Illmatic and it wouldn't have mattered at that point. His career was based on belittling his peers and he often used sales to justify his W's. Well, Game and Ross applied pressure. There was also Cam. It wasn't looking for 50 Cent from '06 forward. Ross should've been ended. As dope as Deeper Than Rap was, Ross was declining. It should've been nothing for 50 to end him. What happens? Ross not only walks away unscathed, but becomes one of the biggest rappers in the game. Dude even got a Dre feature when 50 was complaining that Dre wouldn't mix his records. And there's this:

this video from 2012 fif and ross beef was in like 08

lol if 50 would have released disses on ja rule levels ross would be done
lol ross shouted out macazoe every video then macazoe was on yayos mixtape saying fukk ross they handled that beef poorly 50 shoulda been the one to deliver that blow alot of people dont even know that happened
50 put out a hit like indaclub he woulda went
ross never been platinum to even challenge a high level 50
50 just fell off

 

[Carlton Banks]

Curtis sold more worldwide which people be leaving out of the story

 

[JayBaldacci]

Curtis sold more worldwide which people be leaving out of the story

Did it? What were the world wide numbers for both?

 

[iseetrolledpeople]

Nah he didn't end ish but it did marked the shift from Gangsta Rap to more...idk hoe to call it. Pop Rap? Watered down Rap?

 

[Carlton Banks]

Did it? What were the world wide numbers for both?

From what I remember Curtis sold 5 million albums worldwide, Kanye sold 2 or 3. I could be wrong but that's what I remember.

 

[JustCKing]

this video from 2012 fif and ross beef was in like 08

lol if 50 would have released disses on ja rule levels ross would be done
lol ross shouted out macazoe every video then macazoe was on yayos mixtape saying fukk ross they handled that beef poorly 50 shoulda been the one to deliver that blow alot of people dont even know that happened
50 put out a hit like indaclub he woulda went
ross never been platinum to even challenge a high level 50
50 just fell off

That's a lot of "ifs" and what he should've, would've, could've done. The fact is after the disses, Ross thrived and 50 continued to plummet. People say 50 destoryed Ja's career (when you could easily say Ja was falling off too, but was still platinum and had hits). Using that logic, Ross finished what was left of 50's career.

 

[Kings County]

That's a lot of "ifs" and what he should've, would've, could've done. The fact is after the disses, Ross thrived and 50 continued to plummet. People say 50 destoryed Ja's career (when you could easily say Ja was falling off too, but was still platinum and had hits). Using that logic, Ross finished what was left of 50's career.

man ross dont get credit for that body lol fifty wasnt putting out good music ja rule was lol and nikkas said fukk ja

 

[AJaRuleStan]

lol if 50 would have released disses on ja rule levels ross would be done

No he wouldn't. The diss tracks from 50 towards Ja were not effective because of the quality of the tracks, but because of Ja rule's r&b thug rapper persona being perceived as something abhorrent in the eyes of the streets, hip-hop heads, and the male audience in general. In point, Ja was an easy target. All 50 had to do to strike a serious blow was call him a pop artist, make fun of his singing, and say he's a fake thug. I'd argue anybody with some recognition could've hurt Ja in that era by doing the same thing, 50 just happen to be the first one to knock his hustle in that way.

Which brings me to the Ross shyt; by time that popped off, the culture had changed from how it was during the Ja beef which is why the officer ricky shyt was so ineffective. Caring about how real and macho an artist was started to become irrelevant, so 50 couldn't depend on street culture taboos to beat Ross like he did with Ja. He would have to actually make a quality diss record, which he obviously doesn't have the talent for, and that's why he resorted to putting on a wig and acting like a faq. He had no other options.

 

[Rigby.]

@ Kanye ending 50s career that could never be the case that's funny tho

I mean 50's only produced garbage that hasn't sold since then....

 

[JayBaldacci]

From what I remember Curtis sold 5 million albums worldwide, Kanye sold 2 or 3. I could be wrong but that's what I remember.

No... Fif was just mad he lost I think. Graduation almost did 3mil in the states alone.

 

[Kings County]

No he wouldn't. The diss tracks from 50 towards Ja were not effective because of the quality of the tracks, but because of Ja rule's r&b thug rapper persona being perceived as something abhorrent in the eyes of the streets, hip-hop heads, and the male audience in general. In point, Ja was an easy target. All 50 had to do to strike a serious blow was call him a pop artist, make fun of his singing, and say he's a fake thug. I'd argue anybody with some recognition could've hurt Ja in that era by doing the same thing, 50 just happen to be the first one to knock his hustle in that way.

the same ja rule that when 6 and 5 times platinum 50 made ja rules persona look soft before that ja was on top of the world stop it
no one could have ended ja except 50... if ja left people had to replace him with something 50 was that replacement he clowned ja but dropped 21 questions so the girls could come to 50 for that now

 

[Kings County]

No... Fif was just mad he lost I think. Graduation almost did 3mil in the states alone.

curtis sold 3 mill world wide

 

[Big Dick]

damn time really does fly by remember 50 said he would retire if Kanye outsold him, he was never the same Megastar again

Edit: In before 50 stans assemble

Exactly. That's what ended 50s career in music. He said he'd retire if Kanye outsold him, said it over abd over again. And then tried to play it off after he lost like he was just joking. The public stopped fukking with him majorly after that. That, and him being lowkey blackballed is what did him in.

 

[Still FloW]

OP your moms a hoe, and that bytch aint worth being spit on.. but ill slap her and your son of a bytch pops up like the bottom half hoes they are

you a bytch, your moms a bytch, you entire lineage are hoes. you aint never gon be shyt or achieve shyt, p*ssy ass bytch