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Wow. A month before the release date we have a leak. Either 50 is gonna be very upset about this or he's behind it. 50 Cent released a mixtape "War Angel" which I thought was amazing and he came out with one of the best songs I've heard this year "Flight 187." Watch Flight 187 Video Here
Let's get into a track by track review.
The Invitation - Good opening to this album. Beat is hard. If this is a sign of things to come this album is gonna be gooood.
Then Days Went By - Opens up with a real soulful sample. Beat is some head-nod shit. "You can run Forrest Run retard when I dump." HAHA wow. Typical this is what it was like growing up in Southside Queens 50 Cent track. I like it though. Ill song.
Death To My Enemies - Ill Creepy havoc type Bassline. First shots fired on this track. "This ain't the Carter THIS IS SPARTA" After he said that line he ran through the rest of the 2nd verse. Nice wordplay/flow. Not bad. Not bad at all.
So Disrespectful - SHOTS FIRED! SHOTS FIRED! Whoa! In the first 4 bars he says Game got raped by his father and goes at Jay-Z. Wow. 2nd Verse he starts in on Buck. Saying he's a drug addict. Not really blown away by this one. 50 needs like 45 seconds of shit talking which he has perfected over the years at the end of this song.
Psycho feat. Eminem - Wow. This song is Craaaazy. Em and 50 kill it. Check that. Eminem SLAUGHTERS this track. Nothing more to say.
Hold Me Down - Ok. He needs the object of this song to Hold Him Down. Guess what he's referring to? You guessed it! A gun. Me And My Girlfriend/My Buddy Part 113. Not impressed.
Crime Wave - In NYC this song has been getting a lot of spins late night. You may recognize the sample Fab used it for "This Is Family." The unofficial remix has Gucci Mane on it. Not a huge Gucci fan but he did his THANG on this one. Ill song. I'm liking this one.
Stretch - In this song 50 Cent explains how he makes/made money off selling drugs. Ehh. Not great. Not terrible.
Strong Enough - This beat is insanity. Hypnotizing bassline. One of my favorite songs thus far. 50! Please talk shit at the end of these songs.
Get It Hot - They have a vocal sample of Lloyd Banks saying "Get it Get it hot hot hot" but no verse from Banks. Come on man. Don't really like this one.
Gangsta's Delight - A Sugarhill Gang interpolation. Not necessary.
I Got Swag - He couldn't decide if he wanted to do the chopped and screwed thing or not on the hook. He went halfway which was a mistake. This is Poor Little Rich Part 2 and I don't really like it. Maybe I didn't listen with an open mind because as soon as I seen the track title I rolled my eyes.
Baby By Me feat. Ne-Yo - So this is the lead single I guess. Why? A song about getting a girl pregnant. All these gold-diggers need is more inspiration. Get It In should of been your lead single. Don't like this one.
Do You Think About Me - 21 Questions Part 7. If you wanna make these type of songs dead your beef with Ja Rule and ask him for help because at least he was good at them.
Ok You're Right Again a half chopped and screwed hook...but this song does it for me. Love this song. There's already a video for this one. Watch It Here.
Love that track.
Could've Been You feat. R. Kelly You could be 50 cent's girl if you didn't do what you did bitch. Could've been you. Next.
No next actually. That's it.
Ok. Let's wrap this up. You have the creative control to make whatever record you want 50. Make an album for your core audience. Girls aren't buying your record. If they are it isn't for these rap/r&b collabos.
I know he wants to smash everyone's 1st week numbers especially Officer Ricky and Fat Joe. (Fat Joe did like 12 copies though, you got that one fiddy.)What you need to do is make music that rap fans will want to hear years from now; and long term the sales will come if the album can stand the test of time. (No one is gonna remember/ask to hear Baby By Me 5 years from now.)
This album started out great and fell off a cliff. BUT there is hope. This leak was titled the International Release. ALSO Dj Whoo Kid said about 10 minutes ago on his Twitter that "There is no Leak. It's Fake." So I don't know what the hell I just reviewed but it's new 50 Cent and some of it is hot.
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