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LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU AND DOING
A PROJECT W/ DMX
Me and X is doin a record together
now.. (whats
that about) its hot.. its crazy.. I dont want to blow it
up before it comes out... ImpactLET'S TALK ABOUT MIXTAPE 101
You know youre album is gonna
come out 2 weeks before it come out.. no way to get around the
bootlegs.. mixtapes is entry level hip hop.. as soon as you go in
the studio and you make your record you gotta test it... its
important.. its the largest form of promotion. Your poster boy
dont mean nothing w/out music.. aint nothin gonna sell music
w/out music .. its like the strip.. the fiends need a sample..
how do they know who they gonna cop from? Or they gonna cop from
he same people they already been coppin from trust me"WHAT
STEPS DID YOU TAKE TO GET INTO THE GAME OR WHO INSPIRED YOU TO DO
WHAT YOU DO?"After I got shot I didnt have money to go
to mixshow at radio with a record Wanksta I made that record a
year before it came out.. so I had it sittin there.. I couldve
pressed it up, put it on vinyl and sent it out to mixshows at
radio and went on my own. I had all these records recorded and
couldve tried to put the record out on my own.. the financesI
couldve did it look when I got shot I was in the hospital
for 13 days and I did a publishing deal in the hospital...so I got
125K advance... I was supposed to get another 125K after the album
came out.. the company figured I got shot 9 times and I got in the
face so they figured I couldnt perform so they dropped the deal,
I owned my publishing again and I just got a free 125K so as
soon as I healed up I couldve put the record out myself but I
fell back and kept working the mixed tapes until I got the right
deal..I had deals on the table with Universal, Jive, J RecordsCapitol
but Capitolthat wouldve been likeyou cashin out.. you
might as well buy guns with that and go back to the hood hardcuz
its not going down over there for real. Ha ha haINQUIRING
MINDS WANT TO KNOWARE YOU AVAILABLE?AvailableIm a
bachelor baby...huh huhYOU MENTIONED THAT YOU RECORDED WANKSTA A
YEAR BEFORE IT DROPPED? WHO PRODUCED IT? JAM MASTER JAY?
No he didnt produce
itthats what the newspaper saidthe newspaper always be
sayin that they put Jay all in the middle mix us all
uplike I had something to that situation..[JMJ being shot] I
aint got nothing to do with that we definitely had a
relationship.. he taught me about song format I didnt even
know how to count bars til I got around Jam Master JayHOW LONG
DID Y'ALL KNOW EACH OTHER?
We met in 98Like I could
rap but I didnt know how to put it in song format and the
melodies and cadences I got used to it with JayWHAT KIND OF
IMPACT DID IT HAVE ON YOU WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT JMJ
GETTING SHOT
Its crazy but I know
anything could happen You know I seen Biggie go seen Tupac
go nobodys an exceptionBUT YOU SEEN THEM FROM THE OUTSIDE...
Jays a little different cuz
its personal I know him but I know its not impossible..
nobodys impossible.. you seen Aaliyahplane fall its
crazy anything could happen.. and Left Eye-SORROW OR GRIEF
WHICH DO YOU FEEL..DO YOU MISS HIM?
YeahHes a good dude but
where Im from people get killed things happen where he
got killedpeople get killed there I got shot not far from
there in the same precinctThats how I got tied up in that
scenario... cuz they go when you got a body and you have no
answers you gowho his friends and ask whos this guy's
enemiescuz the answers to who killed him is in there you see
what Im saying? so and if they cant find him[the killer]
by whos your friends and whose your enemiestrust me between
those two lines youll find out what just happened..so when they
say whos his enemies and Jay doesnt have a bad aura around
himso they dont see anything much.. and then when they say
whos his friends and they go through it and you in the
precinct where I grew up you know .. they [the police] go 50
Cent.. oh shit well hes not an angel.. hes in the middle of
some drama, you know? like they got me down.. they put me down in
the newspaper next to Cat Pappy Preme and Tony Montona like
Im notorious.. cmon Im not the hardest.. you know
homie.. Im not that hard.. I mean theyre really mixing
me up like Im somebody else like I mean and if I was a
superhero then I wouldnt mind itTHAT'S HOW YOU PRESENT
YOURSELF IN YOUR LYRICS...Im not a gangster, Im not a thug..
Im just me and if I feel like someone is trying to hurt me..
yeah Im gonna hurt em.. if you come and you aint coming
rightIm gonna blow your head off. The State of New York City
says in defense you can use as much force as you feel like the
person that is coming for you with .. so so OK if Im wrong
than the law is wrong you know what Im sayin thats
really the way I feltyou know.YOU AND YOUR PARTNER (Forgive me
for forgetting his name) PERFORMED SOME TRACKS TODAYOh.. his
name is Lloyd Banks Tony (?) my other partner hes still in
the joint man he had an own warrantI gotta work on that
straighten it out they locked us up for a gun chargeYOU
AIN'T GOTTA TALK ABOUT THAT...thats alright.. Im gonna beat
that one The police I dont think they really like me cuz
I say what I wanna saymovin around.. they dont think its
cool for you to do what you do.and now they got CRASH in LA ..
their gang division.. like our CRASH out here is like Hip Hop
Police so they wanna follow hip hop artists figurin cuz they
got entourages, finances and most of us look like thisyou know
what I mean.. so they target it specifically.. you know what I
mean I probably got a bullseye on my forehead.. Im the
biggest one they wanna get up out of here so I get the pressure
fast like you know the cars not even movin and they come take
us out of the car to searchTELL US ABOUT THE TRACKS YOU PERFORMED
FOR US TODAY..LET'S START WITH WANKSTAWanksta.. thats my
joint right therethats the first one that broke for me off
the 8 mile joint.. Im happy with that.. like for me and sales
on the soundtrackWHAT PROMPTED Y'ALL TO PUT IT ON THE 8 MILE
SOUNDTRACK
It took off by itself we was
gonna do Places To Go at first and then the recordI had
gave it to um.. we started on the mixtape with it and then
Funkmaster Flex got it and he liked the record and they just went
crazy on it .. you knowso it worked out for me Im blessed
with that.ME I CALL THE SHOTS ROUND HEREMe I Call The
Shots Round Here that was off the 8 Mile Soundtrack
too actually Rakim wrote to that record and I did it over you
know?YOU'RE ON PRODUCTION
Thats a Dre joint and I took
the beat .. cuz thats what I do like I take the beat.. heh
heh.. I did it over cuz I thought the beat was hot and I put my
own song together on it.. and I be runnin around
performingRight now my whole show is somebody elses show and
Im runnin around probably getting more they they getting to
perform right nowthats crazy.. it feels good my momentum
is like.. rightits worth all of the other stuff that
happenin it feels so good like when I go out in the club
& its five thousand, 3500 people there and they know every
word to the song.. thats why Im not mad at the bootlegger..
cuz when they know it I mean at least they got it as long as Im
reaching the people.. even if they dont buy this record..
theyll buy the next one theyll feel like.. you know
what Im gonna get that and its worth me spending my 15 or 16
dollars.. so it dont even matter to me.. they gonna get it ..
eventually theyll catch up catch onto it and buy it you
cant stop it anywayIN DA CLUBIn Da Club I just wanted
to have some fun on this record.. I know when the intro come on
and people be like you said Go Shorty, Its your
birthday.. like thats really.. NYC they dont like dance
much they dont really get out there and go like I think The
Benjamins was the last time I seen a record really like rock the
crowd.. you know like crazy and Bustas joint Put your
Hands where my eyes can see.. that was like bananas in the
clubwhen I see the response Im getting from this record like
when they go in the club and when they playin it 4 or 5 times back
to back.. Im like Yo.. that joint workedWHATS YOUR
DEFINITION OF A REAL MAN?Of a Real Man? thats a difficult
question.. I think it's someone who handles his responsibilities..
take care of all of his responsibilities. I mean no matter how by
any means take care of your situations.. I mean thats a general
question.. for a real man.. thats a hard question to answer.. I
know I take care of my responsibilities by any means.. thats
why I said that so it might be considered the wrong thing..
what I would do.. I really feel like the only excuse for you being
broke is being in jail.. I said that on Hide the Law" If
youre not doing something.. like hustle.. do something.. get
rich or die tryin I mean if youre not doin anything
and you got like you dont have goals and you got nothing to
do.. thetn you might as well go jump off something you know you
just wastin the air.. you know what I mean?GIMME THE 5 MOST
IMPORTANT CODES OF THE STREET ACCORDING TO 50 CENT?
1.)Stay to yourself just
listen do more listening than talking the more you speak the
higher the chances you sayin the wrong thing its funny cuz
they always place me in a position where I gotta talk2.)Be aware
of your surroundings be aware of whos around you.. .you
know?3.)If you start hustling then dont pay a person what
they deserve.. pay them what they acceptthats good
business even if youre not hustlinpay them what they
accept.. because you can capitalize off of people.. In business
theres people who have talent and theres people whose talent
is to take advantage of people who have talent.. thats their
talent like Steve Stoutman.. the guys behind the scenes get a lot
of money4.)Be prepared to do whatever you have to do if you get
put in a situation where your back is up against the wall let
your gun go off you know.. I mean I think if that doesnt
happenif thats missing from you that youll be a victim..
you know sometimes either or.. either you are a victim or you
victimize someone and in the hood its no holds barred
theres no way around that.. the kid in the schoolyard that
doesnt want to fight always leaves with a black eye you know
what I mean? you can believe that.the situation come you gotta
response.you have to prepare youself cuz everyone is not a bad
person.. when you walk in your home you dont have to maintain
the same attitude that you had out in the street.. you can be
different with your people and your family than you are with a
person that you run into in the hood.. even them they have to know
to respond to you differently in the hood cuz if people see
something out of the character that they portray you.. theyll
try you.5.)Concentrate on your money man.. try to hold your
paper it takes money to make money so save your money
opportunites come .. if you dont have finances to jump on them
or at least room to support yourself while youre tryin to move
into new situations then you cant even evolvelike you may
see someone in your neighborhood that makes music or do whatever
else.. & I would say to the hood.. get into the music
business.. this is the business that you have absolutely no
requirements you listen to music.. you need no college
degree you dont need no.. matter of fact you couldve been
whoopin some heads.. and people seen you and they afraid so they
need you around for support you know..some artists wanna
portray that they gangsters they need gangsters around em to
support them to make them feel that .. its ok to say that or
portray what they are portraying because you co-signin it.. you
know..WHY DONT 50 LIKE JA RULE?Me?, I dont really dislike Ja
Rule I dislike what happened to Ja Rule It's like hes not
strong enough to stand on his own in any situation right now
hes probably terrified without the support of people he
would have around hes gonna be lost. See Ive been on my
own so Im comfortableyou know what I mean? in situations
and he aint gonna be comfortable in that situation.. you still
gotta move forward.. you know so well see what he isnow is
mood changed.. things he said he stopped sayin them now
theres certain people not around to help himSO YOU DON'T LIKE
WHAT HE'S BECOME? ..
Yeah when you get in a point
when you generate finances for people like you generate finances
in a circle of people they gonna treat you different.. they
gonna treat you like as if youre gonna bring the money..
youre the cash cow.. so they aint gonna disrespect you
they gonna treat you like you one of the crew.. youre a member
of whats goin on.. But in all actuality.. you havent been in
the trenches .. you havent done any of the things that these
guys did.. you need them around in order for people to go Naw
dont do that to him cuz homeboy be holdin him downcuz
this guy is cool with them.. but its never because of you
you see what Im sayin? I think he kinda got pushed over into
that situationSO HE'S A PRODUCT OF THAT
yeahlike what I was sayin
about the gangsters getting involved with the music business I
think that happened to him.. you know what I was sayinI try to
be general when I speak about these situations since because they
try to make like.. people try to make like Im responsible for
situations that go on.. like Murder Inc just had some issues with
the Feds and theyll say .. 50 cent be sayin this and that
like they dont see these idiots they supposed to be
gangsters jumpin around in videos like rappers.. you see what
Im sayin.. like ME.. like I made the police look and say
Oh thats this guy.. Everybody and your mama see you on TV
fool.. if youre a gangster.. what you doin on TV? You see what
Im sayin? it dont take me to tell you.. Youre John
Gotti boy.. you like fancy suits.. you want people to notice you
when you go to the clubs you want to do everything else and you go
down like John Gotti go down when you do that..Gangsters behind
the scene dont say nothing they keep putting in work.. they
gonna keep doin it.. you see what Im sayin.. theres a line
thats drawntheres some gangsters in NYC NYC is run
differently.. Los Angelesthey got a gang structure they run
LA from the pens.. cuz the older dudes in the structure are
already down doing time for other things so they still call the
shots in the jointsso NYC is more like on a drug situation.. so
if they not eatin out of a situation .. they dont care.I could
buy 10 bricks break em up.. we got 20 different spots we got 5
people down on each ? a brick next thing you know the city is
G-Unit and we shootin anything. Thats not my intentions..
thats not what I want to do.. thats not what Im after.
Now that I have the opportunity to do something positive, I want
to stay positive.. its hustling backwards in my eyes when I
can earn money legitimately this is what I want to do anyway..
know what Im sayin? like I found what Im supposed to do
you get shot 9 times you feel like you here for a reason specially
when the guy shooting you is as close as you and I you gotta
feel you here for a reason besides the fool being a
professional leg shooter you gotta feel God made the shells
land where they land so I look at all my situations and
everything that I go through..I know I kinda got off of Ja Rule
but I try to not focus on Ja Rule cuz that boy is not makin me
sell records and now hes actually on the down spiral hes
goin down.. all that lollipop.. him and Ashanti is damn near a
group this is the second duet they did together and when I
look at her.. am I trippin or is her sideburns thick like Eddie
Munster you see what Im sayin take us away and get her
groomed and get her a choreographer.. cuz all of this the same
flippin her hair.. . that aint gonna workhow many videos you
gonna do the same thing?WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT EMINEM?
I think Eminem is the best
period.. the best I think he raps.. he may not be my favorite
person to listen to all the time but he does rap about his real
life issues.. if not you wouldnt know how he feels about his
mother.. who Hailey is, who Kim isthose situations.. hes
using his real life situations.. thats what I do. You see what
Im sayin... so I respect it when I listen to it. I enjoy it cuz
its really whats going on with him and how he feels ..
hes expressing it through his music. I do the same thing so
I look at and go.. hes one of the best to me like when I listen
to him I go .. dag.. and then I get to work beside him so I know
how much he puts into how his music comes out like itll be 2
days hell be working on one song.. hell stop and then after
its done, the actual making of the song process is not a long
process, but hell sit there and keep working on it til hes
like.. hes a perfectionist think he get it from Dre but they
really perfectionistsHOW ABOUT YOURSELF-IS THAT STARTING TO RUB
OFF ON YOU?
Its starting to rub off cuz I
start to make sure before I send them a record.. cuz I would do a
record and send it to them to see what they think and now I kinda
put it together better because .. after Dre records vocals with
you .. you pick up things from him.. cuz hes the best producer
Ive ever worked with and when you record with someone and they
change your process means you learn something in that
situation so now when I go in the booth and record records on my
own.. they could be in LA, Em could be in Detroit and Im
working on a record here, I kind of record it how I think Dre
would do it you see what Im sayinso I know that Im
pickin up new things from bein around them and they should expect
my music to be even betterYOU HAVE A CLOTHING LINE COMING OUT?
Yeah G-Unit Guerilla
Unit.. like in the military I couldve used Gorillas but the
Gorillaz came out I got sunshine a bag and Im
useless ha ha haWHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR NICKNAME 50
CENT?
50 Cent is a metaphor for
change But originally it was a gangster from Fort Greene
Projects named 50 Cent and I took the name when he passedand
because hes not active, I thought itd be cool to take it and
now everytime they hear it, they go Yo Remember.. and they
remember him so through me youll hear him and you wont
forget himeven if my situation is gonna make him remember it
for a long time.. I took somebody that I thought wouldnt be
remembered and made it into something else.. its cool you
know
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