The Immovable Object vs. The Unstoppable Force: Would 50 flop with a Drake feature?

[Sugar]

Had to rep my nikka off the OP alone

I'm done

 

[TrifeGod]

How about Chief Keef? Gucci? Young Jeezy?

How are they poppin?

Musically they represent the same thing but 50 still can't make a single hot for his life right now

Jeezy is more of a witty (losing most of his wit recently) "drug dealer" rapper.
Chief Keef self destructed. The internet is making it seem like he has a bigger fan base than he really does.
Gucci is independent.

 

[LucaBrasi]

Jeezy is more of a witty (losing most of his wit recently) "drug dealer" rapper.
Chief Keef self destructed. The internet is making it seem like he has a bigger fan base than he really does.
Gucci is independent.

Dawg, I know it's hard to let go of artist you stan for so long but nothing lasts for ever

Keef was signed by the same "boss" 50 has think about it, they tried their best to push dude and the only reason he didn't sell good was cuz this nikka didn't give a fvck about nothin

About Jeezy, you're telling me Thug Motivation 101 and Trap or Die isn't some of the hardest/classic street shxt you ever heard?

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Does anyone think the industry isn't "pushing" 50 because of musically what he represents? I mean the type of music 50 cent makes it really doesn't fit todays poppy trends...which is why 50 is still smart for spreading his wings and venturing other money opportunities..I think he has humbled down since the 50 vs Kanye West shyt..that was metaphysically the battle of Street Music vs. The Evolution of Hipster..and well Hipster won

How about Chief Keef? Gucci? Young Jeezy?

How are they poppin?

Musically they represent the same thing but 50 still can't make a single hot for his life right now

Not even just the fact that there acts out there making street music and popping...the whole "the industry isn't 'pushing' 50's music because it's too street" thing is like a double fallacious argument from the jump that assumes two things just aren't true

1. That 50's flopped singles have been too street

They haven't, well the vast majority of them haven't anyway...as previously stated he's tried EVERY angle

2. That 50 hasn't been given a push by his label

He has...and his single still flopped

Nothing sums these two points up more than 50 Cent performing My Life live on a top rated network mainstream television show, with noted legendary gangsta rap icon and the first person everyone thinks of when they think of the "streets"...Adam Levine

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPQFivmXoSU[/ame]

This is a roll out that 99% of rappers will never get to have, with millions of people being exposed to your song the day it's made available for purchase...and it doesn't happen without the full push, marketing might, money and corporate influence of Interscope Records



And it still flopped

 

[intilectual recipricol]

@ this thread title...

the single would move units

 

[Street Knowledge]

Has any thing drake ever been apart of flopped? I mean he released his Mixtape as an EP and it got a Gold plaque

 

[Danie84]

That would be quite a quandary

 

[ROFL_GUY]

drake sold 4million with his 1st 2 albums

50 sold 21mil with his 1st 2 albums



im prtty sur drake will pass him up soon


50 is 10yrs in since his major label debut

lets see where drakes career is 10yrs after his debut in 2020

 

[iNad925]

Excellent read OP! Thank you!

5*, +dap.





oh, also

 

[ROFL_GUY]

 

[ROFL_GUY]

[Chorus: 50 Cent]
South...siiiiiiide (nikkas make me sick man!)
South...siiiiiiide (Sick to my stomach, man!)
South...siiiiiiide (Every time a nikka get out of line)
South...siiiiiiide (I put 'em RIGHT BACK in line, man..)
South...siiiiiiide (nikkas think Jimmy Iovine's my boss)
South...siiiiiiide (nikka, fukk Jimmy Iovine, nikka!)
South...siiiiiiide (I'm from a hundred thirty fourth street, nikka!)
South...siiiiiiide (I AIN'T GOT NO MOTHERfukkIN BOSS...)

 

[Ethnic Cleansing]

No one flops with a Drake feature.

Unless u diss the Lord

 

[Ronald McDonald]

thread title is actually hilarious

 

[Ronald McDonald]

the op is even funnier

 

[sporticus]

Yeah, he'd still flop.

Case in point: Snoop "Lion"

He got a Drake feature and it was such trash that nobody even paid it any mind. They might as well have not put it out. Snoop ain't gonna sell 3 copies off that reggae album.