remember years ago when Style and Jada destroyed 50 Cent ?

[Max Goonberg]

nikkas in here in denial

Part of G-Unit's appeal was 50's reputation as some unbeatable, scary, street boogeyman and The Lox ended that. Them nikkas was saying some of the wildest and most disrespectful shyt about them and G-Unit, in 50s own town, never touched them. It opened up the floodgates of rappers shyttin on them (Game, Cassidy, Cam, Fat Joe, etc...). nikkas was sttaight clowning them. This beef was definitely a part of the start of G-Unit's downfall because it hurt their image on the streets. And I'm saying this as a 50 fan. Nobody in the streets at that time going around saying "ohhh they just rapped well..." Nah, nikkas was like everytime a new Lox track dissing Fif and them dropped.

The lox did nothing to his street reputation.(at least in NY) They made some good diss records but 50 really a gangster and nikkas in the city know that. Outside of fat Joe the nikkas u named are just rappers and their own street reputation is suspect.

50 fall off is his own fault. His career took a hit when he reached pop star status and started catering to those fans instead of his base. Add in wasting his better records on other artists and mixtapes and burning bridges on the way up. Not because of punchlines from Sheek louch.

 

[Brandsdale]

literally added tthis to my gym playlist last week lol

 

[Billy Ocean]

The lox did nothing to his street reputation.(at least in NY) They made some good diss records but 50 really a gangster and nikkas in the city know that. Outside of fat Joe the nikkas u named are just rappers and their own street reputation is suspect.

50 fall off is his own fault. His career took a hit when he reached pop star status and started catering to those fans instead of his base. Add in wasting his better records on other artists and mixtapes and burning bridges on the way up. Not because of punchlines from Sheek louch.

Nobody said Fif ain't a gangsta...he is. But before them Lox disses he was looked at as somebody nikkas ain't wanna go at on wax. Don't matter what Lox is on the streets. Them tracks put a dent on G-Unit's reputation. Perception is reality...Lox was straight shyttin on him and his crew and all they did was comeback with weak music. Definitely hurt G-Unit's image.

And I agree with you with the pop shyt. The weak music was the major part of 50s downfall but acting like him losing street level beefs like the Lox shyt didn't play a part is silly.

 

[LV Koopa]

I miss this era

 

[BK The Great]

He cared, bro. Fif is a sociopath that has to compete or beef with people. He's always been like that, even before the fame. The man now has more money than 90% or more of this whole world and still is competitive and starts shyt with people just to beef. He put out many tracks going at the Lox, they just wasn't that good.

Money is one thing but fans want music. Diss songs make their way in the history books. They matter as a part of an artist legacy when someone reflects on what happened during these battles.

 

[LV Koopa]

The lox did nothing to his street reputation.(at least in NY) They made some good diss records but 50 really a gangster and nikkas in the city know that. Outside of fat Joe the nikkas u named are just rappers and their own street reputation is suspect.

50 fall off is his own fault. His career took a hit when he reached pop star status and started catering to those fans instead of his base. Add in wasting his better records on other artists and mixtapes and burning bridges on the way up. Not because of punchlines from Sheek louch.

Nah I don't fully agree fam. I think this was the era where G-Unit mixtapes started doing silly numbers and 50 was looked at as fukking Thanos. Nobody could touch him as he had Interscope, Dre, Em, and superstar status with a lyrical crew.

The fact he was beefing with NY nikkas that could REALLY rap and didn't give a fukk about him being a star dimmed his light a little. They also started getting at him for doing pop shyt, the same way he came at Ja.

I fukked with 50 heavy but It was a great time for hip hop

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Nobody said Fif ain't a gangsta...he is. But before them Lox disses he was looked at as somebody nikkas ain't wanna go at on wax. Don't matter what Lox is on the streets. Them tracks put a dent on G-Unit's reputation.

And I agree with you with the pop shyt. The weak music was the major part of 50s downfall but acting like him losing street level beefs like the Lox shyt didn't play a part is silly.

50 was Teflon like crazy then LOX and Game totally shattered that image, making it seem like it was open season on them. 06 was basically a death sentence for G-Unit, especially with the actual music starting to decline. A bunch of dudes in here clearly don’t remember this era in real time. I damn sure do cause I was a major G-Unit stan back then to the point where I was searching @TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY, Nyce, and Mazaradi Fox songs on the regular

 

[Billy Ocean]

Nah I don't fully agree fam. I think this was the era where G-Unit mixtapes started doing silly numbers and 50 was looked at as fukking Thanos. Nobody could touch him as he had Interscope, Dre, Em, and superstar status with a lyrical crew.

The fact he was beefing with NY nikkas that could REALLY rap and didn't give a fukk about him being a star dimmed his light a little. They also started getting at him for doing pop shyt, the same way he came at Ja.

I fukked with 50 heavy but It was a great time for hip hop

50 was Teflon like crazy then LOX and Game totally shattered that image, making it seem like it was open season on them. 06 was basically a death sentence for G-Unit, especially with the actual music starting to decline. A bunch of dudes in here clearly don’t remember this era in real time. I damn sure do cause I was a major G-Unit stan back then to the point where I was searching @TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY, Nyce, and Mazaradi Fox songs on the regular

All this.

 

[FlimFlam]

Effective disses elevate your career and bolster your profile

Refer to Nas or Canibus

Lox was holding a steady burn historically at that point... the disses didnt move that needle

And game profile had the same downward trajectory as Gunit at that point...the disses he drop aint interrupt that

Liking the music is one thing, but we've seen songs shift reality... that aint happen here

 

[Max Goonberg]

Nobody said Fif ain't a gangsta...he is. But before them Lox disses he was looked at as somebody nikkas ain't wanna go at on wax. Don't matter what Lox is on the streets. Them tracks put a dent on G-Unit's reputation. Perception is reality...Lox was straight shyttin on him and his crew and all they did was comeback with weak music. Definitely hurt G-Unit's image.

And I agree with you with the pop shyt. The weak music was the major part of 50s downfall but acting like him losing street level beefs like the Lox shyt didn't play a part is silly.

I agree with most of that. I was replying to the street reputation part. Yea fif image with rap fans was not the same but it was a combination of things(pointless beefs included.) 50 did 10 mill. That drop off after get rich and massacre wasn't because of the lox. nikkas who fucc with the lox not voting for videos on trl or buying millions of albums to add to your pop star status.(lox barely went gold) Lox diss hov for years n never stopped hov motion in the mainstream world and he barely responded. Fif to blame for his own downfall over all is my point.

 

[Fresh]

years ago?
you acting like it happend in the pandemic era lmaoo

try decades. old head. and 50 could molly whop em with young buck alone. and hes not een that good

G--g-g-g-g--g unit! fukk the gayme.

breh I know the beef was in the 2000' era, no need to call me an old head, what do you think I'm 56yrs old or something, lmao
and it's comical that you think Young Buck could handle The Lox

Nobody said Fif ain't a gangsta...he is. But before them Lox disses he was looked at as somebody nikkas ain't wanna go at on wax. Don't matter what Lox is on the streets. Them tracks put a dent on G-Unit's reputation. Perception is reality...Lox was straight shyttin on him and his crew and all they did was comeback with weak music. Definitely hurt G-Unit's image.

And I agree with you with the pop shyt. The weak music was the major part of 50s downfall but acting like him losing street level beefs like the Lox shyt didn't play a part is silly.

word, the disses to 50 from The Lox shattered 50 Cent's aura of invincibility

50 thought he was the Deebo of rap until the Lox sh1tted on him

Like Jay said "do not bark up that tree that tree will fall on you" , well 50 barked up the wrong tree, which was The Lox, and they fell on 50.

 

[Billy Ocean]

I agree with most of that. I was replying to the street reputation part. Yea fif image with rap fans was not the same but it was a combination of things(pointless beefs included.) 50 did 10 mill. That drop off after get rich and massacre wasn't because of the lox. nikkas who fucc with the lox not voting for videos on trl or buying millions of albums to add to your pop star status.(lox barely went gold) Lox diss hov for years n never stopped hov motion in the mainstream world and he barely responded. Fif to blame for his own downfall over all is my point.

Yea but we're not talking about sales. We're talking about people in the hood who fukked with 50 and thought nikka's couldn't fukk with him on some battle shyt. A rap artist can sell a ton of records and still be looked at as corny (Flo-rida, Hammer, Pitbull...). Lox never sold that much as a group, or as solo artists, but them G-Unit disses are legendary in the streets. It played a part of the downfall.

The Lox beef hurt 50's image with an important part of his fan demographic...hood nikkas. Can't disregard how the streets looked at them after that beef. But at the end of the day you're right...it's all 50s fault. He was putting out weaker music at this time. On the street level and the mainstream level.

 

[Nero Christ]

Yall lying in here cause this was the hardest diss out this beef

and had the most memorable line of the beef "Get Rich Or Die Trying was a classic/ Now you rich & you trying to die you a dumb b*stard"

 

[Consigliere]

The champ with the glass jaw.

You could never put 50 on a list over Jada and Styles after the way they did him.

We need a Loxumentary. So many epic moments from this crew.

And they capped it off by capping Dipset too. Took down all their comp from the 2000s.

 

[Max Goonberg]

Nah I don't fully agree fam. I think this was the era where G-Unit mixtapes started doing silly numbers and 50 was looked at as fukking Thanos. Nobody could touch him as he had Interscope, Dre, Em, and superstar status with a lyrical crew.

The fact he was beefing with NY nikkas that could REALLY rap and didn't give a fukk about him being a star dimmed his light a little. They also started getting at him for doing pop shyt, the same way he came at Ja.

I fukked with 50 heavy but It was a great time for hip hop

The disses was cool but I don't think it was that deep as far as his career is concerned. Bottom line had he not burned bridges and kept making good music his run would've lasted longer regardless of who was dissing.