Comments on: 50 Cent: Before I Self Destruct

By: Primeau

Primeau — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:58:38 +0000

Deez, GREAT review. Although I prefer the album more than u do the intro paragraph was great and the perfect description of 50 Cent and his material.

The only songs I dont listen to on the album are the craptastic bonus track with R.Kelly and Get It Hot. But the rest, for me personally, bangs. Do U Think About Me is a good song, love the beat, and Baby By Me, as u mentioned about the beat, is still a good track to have in the clubs.

Im personally glad this album was more of his street and gangster material and he kept the radio friendly material very limited (which in the long run I believe also effected his sales numbers…this is the first album he didnt have some massively huge single, or singles) and it was meant to be this was as its been said its supposed to be a prequel to GRODT.

By: The ill + matic

The ill + matic — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:34:37 +0000

Gets rich but dies rhymin’.

This album sucks(Eminem feeature excepted).

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:26:50 +0000

Another album with a higher rating than my 2008 album of the Year Untitled by Nas. hahaha. Had to get that in.

This album is the more focused 50. I think the album was sequenced wrong. “I Got Swag,” “Gangster Delight,” and “Get It Hot” hurt the album and should have been left off. The rnb’ish songs shouldn’t have been at the end of the album because it slowed down the pace a bit. 50 is back talking tough, talking that ish, and being reckless on record. This is the pre-GRODT mixtape 50 on the more “aggressive” songs and the Post-GRODT on the rnb’ish songs.

“Could’ve Been You” with R.Kelly is fiyah….should be next single. DJ Khalil on the beat and 50′s lyrics were on point.

Anyway….50 is in a no win situation. Some will like and others won’t. Not a bad album. The movie isn’t very good tho!

By: DJ SoulClap

DJ SoulClap — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:33:04 +0000

I like the album, some really cool joints on it…

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:48:32 +0000

lol
some hilarious comments

By: Duble

Duble — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:56:23 +0000

Good album… Review was pretty much on point. I thought “Stretch” was one of the standout tracks though. Nevertheless, he could have cut a lot of the filler, like most artists today. This was much better than Curtis tho, so he’s moving in the right direction.

By: hahaha wow

hahaha wow — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:24 +0000

a 72 more like a 50 pure garbage

By: Avenger XL

Avenger XL — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:29 +0000

This is a great review and soooo true. 50 is going to make it on fanboys alone though.

By: Vatkeezy

Vatkeezy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:57 +0000

50 could have picked much better beats, he has way hotter beats on his mixtapes. This album makes ‘Curtis’ look like a classic.

By: MaG

MaG — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:15:18 +0000

deez i think u made a poitn that seldom ppl even think abt…beat choices. fif knows how to pick beats…dont overpower him but yet showcase wht he can do on the mic and still keep the fans of his and the music he makes satisfied…def agree tho…fif def knows he can make $$$ off of a project and so he will by any means…like he found what the formula was and just stuck to it

By: cc

cc — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:13 +0000

a few great gangster beats for the knuckleheadz to bump in the car, thats about it. thanks for the instrumentals, ‘death to my enemies’ is such a beat wud love to hear some tupac over it.

By: C-Villain

C-Villain — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:31 +0000

the cover is hilarious, 50 is funny. Then days went by sounded kinda good but hook is bad

By: Vatkeezy

Vatkeezy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:28:34 +0000

Your far too generous, this album is a weed plate. Only tracks I like are “Strong Enough” (ill beat), “Crime Wave”, and the joint R. Kelly (because of the DJ Khalil beat).

By: Jon Garcia

Jon Garcia — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:21 +0000

Taking notes Sean haha great review
i haven’t had a chance to listen to this album yet, but your review is kinda what i expected out of it. i’m a straight Game fan haha ever since The Documentary, that album is bumped daily over here on the West Coast so its hard to listen to 50 but Get Rich or Die Tryin’ is still a heavy LP, even though i don’t think 50 can ever return to that form.

By: IamSure_rogers

IamSure_rogers — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:18:01 +0000

Great piece of review kev,i don’t like the album though but that journalistic insight that you’ve put up there could make a kenyan change his mind,KENYA is where i’m from and I’mma KevinNottingham.com rider in an obsessed way,keep it up ma brother.
btw,which blog platform is this you using?