Posted by Barry, Suave MF at 24-148-63-66.na.21stcentury.net on February 26, 2003 at 23:36:08:
In Reply to: DEFENDING 50 CENT - Listen and Learn posted by wintermute-37 on February 26, 2003 at 23:03:48:
....smells like crap, it IS crap.
Not much for rappers in general.
My beef w/50 Cent is:
A. It's 50 CentS! Not Cent! Don't these folk realize that if there's more than 1 that you pluralize the damn word?? Jeez.
B. He's famous now because the record company says so. If it weren't for Eminem saying "I think he's good.", then he'd still be an unknown.
Don't get me wrong. Not that he should remain unknown, but the record companies wanting the big bucks will overmarket him until he's no longer relevant. They're pimping him & he's pimping himself. A true artist doesn't put him or herself in these situations unless they only care to make money.
Rapping used to be an art form. Now it's just "who-has-the-flashiest-clothes-and-loosest-women-in-their-videos".