WTF Happened To Aftermath?
No big surprise: the “new” 50 Cent album, Before I Self Destruct, sucks. It’s 50’s Relapse.
References to incest? Check. Weird sex/rape/violence references? Check. Boasts of criminal insanity? Check. Polished but dull production by Dre and Co.? Check.
Actually, Relapse had one song I enjoyed. The beat, by Dre and Dawaun Parker, was innovative: I’ve never heard anything like it. The lyrics were…um…about raping and killing Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears.
A couple of the new Fiddy tracks are OK, but none are interesting enough to blog about. Instead, I’m going to post a filler track from “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’” that nobody is going to remember.
Listen to the production on this one. In 2003, this kind of bassline was a little weird for Hip Hop, and the instrumental is pretty much only the bassline and a simple set of percussion. Now in 2009, I think it works a lot better. Of course, the lyrics are ridiculous. His car, jewelry, and gun all carry on conversations with people, we get an idea of 50’s Google Calendar scheduling, (Benz on Monday, Beamer on Tuesday, Range on Wednesday…), and he talks shit to people now that he’s rich.
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