Album Review: G-Unit - Terminate On Sight
G-Unit
T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight)
G-Unit/Interscope Records
3/5
G-Unit’s follow-through in delivering an album that caters to their core fan-base proves to be a move that both helps and hinders their latest project, Terminate On Sight. Aside from the club-friendly synths on the lead single “I Like the Way She Do It,” T.O.S. is virtually void of pop influence; instead, the album is driven by aggressive content and gritty production. But while the familiarity of T.O.S. means 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo are never out of place, it also ends up restricting the group’s ability to tread new ground or expand their sound. The cast of mostly unknown producers featured throughout the LP constantly hover just above mediocrity, with most of the numbers relying upon simplistic drum patterns or repetitive synth arrangements.
Review by Samir Siddiqui
It is when the songs deviate from formulaic approaches that T.O.S. starts to work on a musical level- the sinister “Straight Outta Southside” is the perfect backing to the Unit’s bravado, and a touch of flute on “Piano Man” is a perfect contrast to the otherwise grimy beat. “No Days Off” is an all-around standout, as sombre piano loops compliment the combative verses of the Unit, and despite the lack of lyrical exercises on T.O.S., the title track sees Lloyd Banks displaying his potency for constructing engaging rhyme patterns, with bars like, “Everything was slow motion, but I think I got the potion, ’cause now that they’re over-dosin’, all my doors are back open// and my Cadillac toatin’, ni**a play with me, I smoke ‘em.”
However, several cuts lack the spark that songs like “Let It Go” provide, and the album suffers from stretches of monotony, worsened by the inability of the tracks (aside from the closer) to stand apart from each other. And while songs like “Ready or Not” and “Party Ain’t Over” are serviceable, the overly-casual song-writing prevents them from really making a forceful impact. Where T.O.S. succeeds is in bridging the gap between G-Unit’s mixtape and album material, and in that, the project almost guarantees approval from the group’s large fan base. Still, the LP is a safe, calculated offering that finds G-Unit trying to gather their feet, instead of attempting to out-race the competition.
80 Comments so far
The album was amazing, All the tracks are hot but maybe 2 of them.
Go get it. ALBUM IN STORES NOW
lol is that young buck in the background with the hoodie on the album cover
i say 2.5 its very repetitive same war type shit its a okay cd only reason y i would listen 2 it is bcuz lloyd banks gunit trash now jus accept it this cd is wack
Most of the album is actually pretty good. ‘Kitty Kat’, ‘Money Make The World Go Round’ are among my favourites and I hate ‘Get Down’.
Overall - 3.5/5 (Good Look)
“agressive content” put 50 in a “space” where he can “actually” deliver to his “demographic” in the “actual” album
FUCK OFF#2. THE ALBUM IS HOT. DON’T HATE
WTF!!!!^^^^^what do you mean repetitive. What does Lloyd Banks have to offer that 50, Yayo, and Buck deliver on this album. The content is the same but their styles are different as always and now they seem to be opening up the doors to more mainstream producers this time around which takes away from their formula of the yesteryears of music. Everyone does their thing and well on this album and it isnt separating records like Beg For Mercy (which was clearly a ploy to promote Bucks and Banks for the upcoming albums at the time)so they have to do more music together than apart because their a group and we know what they can do separately.
3.5 is good for their album because its not extraordinary but its not that ordinary neither
i think the g unit album is good better the that simple rap shit at least the can rap its nothing like that get silly bullshit.
“agressive content” put 50 in a “space” where he can “actually” deliver to his “demographic” in the “actual” album
LMAOOOO!
YOU ALL NEED TO LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HIGH AS HELL. IT IS DOPE. WHY DO YOU ALL THINK GAME PUSHED BACK HIS RELEASE DATE? BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT T.O.S. WAS GONNE KILL HIS LOW SALE
The album is officially fire….Realtalk..I sent you an email today, please check your inbox!!
Don’t know if you got it cos you haven’t replied back!
GO GIT DAT T.O.S. ITS BANGN SUPPORT REAL MUSIK NOT RICE KRIZPIZ SNAP KRAKL POP SHYT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Y i gotta listen to the album high just to think its decent??
I hate when niggas say that shit.
You can sniff and listen to the album. I dont give a fuck how you listen to it but you enjoy any music when you are high. ALBUM IS FIRE NIGGA. FUCK OFF N DONT HATE ON THAT T.O.S.
YOU PROBABLY GOT A COPY YOURSELF
ALBUM IS 3.8/5 FOR REAL NIGGAS
LMAO @ this e-thug G-Unit soldier.
HELL NO I dont own that album. WHat I look like listenin to actors talk about “agressive content” when they be getting their eye brows waxed lol
Wow RealTalk only 2/5? Just wow…anyway did you get my email or not?
I don’t know if I should bother chasing anything up for you now since you haven’t responded to me
No disrespect to Samir but can we get a different perspective in regards to a album review. It seems juding the last few album reviews Samir may listen to more positive hip hop than hip hop that has a focus on aggressive content. So the album will most likely start out at a disadvantage. Similar to if a teacher told everyone in the class that they start with an A but for whatever reason you start with a B or C.
All in all the review is opinionated like all reviews and if someone else wrote something I would prob disagree with them lol. I don’t disagree with the score by much. I say its a 3.5 out of 5 personally but im still going to cop it.
I know hip hop niggas think more on a what have you done for me lately basis. But 50 did give niggas 2 free mixtapes that were straight fire before this album. Not sure what happend to the gangsta grillz mixtape but im assuming he told you why he didnt link up with dramam in “you so tough” lol.
how am i hating the cd is weak there a difference between hate and opinion and Lloyd Banks has way more to offer than every1 that is currently from Gunit in the song TOS Banks killed it other than that its repetitive and boring the content is the same yeah styles are different but its still repetitive my opinion and the game album was pushed back by Interscope
then again cuz nas album was gonna be on the same day o well that gives Game time 2 make more mixtapes
the media P.R propaganda machine that has taken aim at G.UNIt over the last year or so has corrupted wanna be music critics from critically assessing any music G.unit music that comes out OBJECTIVELY only goes to show how feeble minded u are, trained like a monkey over time, free speech my ASS
I’m not gonna say you a hater like everyone else realtalk but you are very biased my man. You are a Game fan and go out of your way to be at his ‘functions’…l.a.x. will probably be dope but you will overate it just because…if your really real..realtalk then just admit that…
Yo this album dope all you gotta do is shoot heroine and take an acid tab thenall the joints is fire. Silly dudes.
The T.O.S album had more better beat then lyric i actaully paid more attention to the beat. But they had alot of great lyric that made me forget about the beat. and i was more entertained by the Album musically then the beat and lyric musically they killed.
LMAO @ 23.
@ 22
im fan of wat i think is good music i listen 2 Gunit i copped the TOS cd and its weak 2 me the game is repetitive 2 i dnt go out my way 4 no rapper lol wtf if the shit whack or repetitive than it is
3.5 Decent album
album is fire
album was trashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All you WASTEMEN are chattin’ WET! The Album is Big!!
RTNY takin it back to the streets and the old days arguing with niggas in the threads lol. To be honest this is one of the least bias sites on the net.
what a wack review….you gotta review each track
1: Southside
Hot track, a lot of energy….Is it me or did they change the beat up a little? When it first leaked it seemed different
2: Piano Man
Alright Track, beat is hot but im not a big fan of the track
3: Close to me
Banga! One of my favorite tracks on the Album…Im surprised this wasnt a single? Maybe a 3rd? Very catchy hook and would pop off in the club…Mayb because 50 didnt write the hook they didnt use it as a single yet? lol j/k
4:Rider pt 2:
Banga, you already know…whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
5:Casualities of war
Hot, every1 did there thing on this track…especially banks
6:You so Tough
BANGA! my favorite track on the album…chorus is sick….beat is sick….banks went in on that 1st verse, yayo did his thing and 50 went in…Its not a T.I. diss, its just real shit
7:No days off
Alright, beat and chorus is not my favorite but alright track….banks took some shots
8.T.O.S
alright, coulda picked a better beat of the titled track
9:Ilike the way she do it
you already know….wasnt a big fan at first but the radio made you like it
10:Kitty Kat
hot track but seems like the beat is missing something
11:Party Aint ova
banga….i really feelin this track
12:Let it Go
hot, banks and yayo coulda came harder thou
13:Get down
alright, chorus and beat needs work….
14:i dont wanna talk about it
hot
15:ready or not
hot
16: money make the world go around
hot yayo surprised me on this
i give the album a 4/5
btw what happened to the gangsta grillz mixtape they were suppose to release?
and whats the extra track on this album?
BFM is of a slighty higer Q
4/5….this album is crack.
How can anyone really be feeling this album? Especially when it has a song like Kitty Kat on it. That has to be the worst record I’ve ever heard. “OWWWWW I need cash for my kitty kat”… are you serious!?!? that’s the hook? These niggas are pathetic. T.O.S. is for dumb niggas.. I did exactly what the album title said.. I T.O.S.’d (tossed) that shit in the garbage… matter fact, they should’ve called it S.O.S. (Same Ol’ Shit).. G-Unit is done.
4/5. get that t.o.s.
lets see how they do this first week sales
Is there anyway to find out how the album is selling as of right now?????????
Ima pick itup 2morow
lol @ #23
im suprize realtalk gave us a album review
@ Pounce maybe they should have charged for the other free Fire cd’s… seriously though these guys have had their typical 5 yrs of fame now its a wrap. their aren’t many mary’s or mimi’s in the rap game.. no comebacks!
This album has alot of quality material i bought thealbum today and it hot. If fans don’t appreciate this album and they expect more outta g-unit well let just say that your waistin your time. Alot of fans talk about wanting quality material well you got it. I mean i really don’t want to rate the album but it hot. In my opinion the 2 hottest album of 2008 is Tha Carter 3 & T.O.S. I personally don’t care about album sell this album is hot as hell. And whether there album sell plat or gold at this point it still good. I mean i can see if the album sold 46k and did a fat joe move us then that terrible. But for me i think the album will sell very well at the end. Maybe it won’t go plat in it first week but it will go plat weeks from now.
Is there anyway to find out how the album is selling as of right now?
fuck sales nigga… who gives a shit? u not makin no money off the album..
see this is another problem.. no one cares about the quality of a CD anymore.. just how much it sells. Like that gives it a validation to be a good cd or not… FUCK SALES, the album is garbage. But a lot of y’all niggas are gay these days, so I can just picture y’all in ya whips singing “OWWWW I need cash for my kitty kat” anyways lmaooooooo
most of these comments prove that the gunit groupies will like and crap that gunit comes out with…open ur mind and get off the cocks
el ocho u better have my pollo tacos ready by time I get home trick.nh
@ #45
it was probably your mom that was on the Kitty Kat hook
most of the comments show that haters will hate it
G-UNIT WAS DONE 2 YEARS AGO! SORRY FANS ITS GARBAGE TO ME BUT HEY TO EACH ITS OWN!
REAL ASS NICCAS DONT PLAY 50 ANYMORE
@SHOOTERS U LAME ASS HELL I JUST HAD TO SAY IT . I KNOW U A 50 FAN!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
5/5 gunit tos hot
Wrong my hood bangs the unit….teens and most adults dont like the Unit.
They too busy suckin lollipop’s and bustin it baby..EWW Yuck!
damn they be hatin on me Mane
DAMN, i need to pop a E pill or sommin and get high as hell and maybe T.O.S will be a good album because right now it sucks
@ young nice, on some real shit, 2cents n all other secret gunit fans??? you mean you sat there and listen to the whole album, just so you ca say its wack??? really???? smh at gnuit haters. if they was done, y the fuck are you listenin to the god dam album?????
2cent’ young nice’ flawdagurl’ el ocho’ and on some real shit’…. All of ya’ll need to shut the fuck up cuz all of ya’ll sound like some pubic hair pussy ass bitches rite about now. I mean it one thing to hate and another thing to give your honest opinion. And at this point we all know that ya’ll don’t like g-unit which is find. But if ya’ll don’t like them then don’t leave a comment it as simple as that. And not only that ya’ll are dissin every g-unit fans as if ya’ll don’t have a favorite rapper that ya’ll be cock ridin to. I mean if ya’ll don’t like g-unit don’t listen to them but im pretty sure ya’ll already cop the album and is probably throwing a birthday party. But ya’ll will turn around and diss the Unit as if your comments actually make any sense. What ya’ll seriously need to stop doing is dick poppin the game cuz it seem like he puttin alot of word including other thing in your mouth for real. I mean alot of ya’ll constently says who the fuck listen to g-unit well my question is who th fuck listens to the game with his cookie monster bitch ass. Ya’ll need to stop letting the game put all of his magical sesame street cookies in your mouth and feeding you all of his g-unit hate.
lol @ you for thinkin I listened! I heard what was on the radio and I’m not impressed really never have been! I never said everything they did was wack they have had a few songs but sorry to say stan they haven’t been as hot as they were and never will be more than likely… besides recycled themes get on my nerves sounds like the same songs over diff or even the same beat!
I’m more of a underground substance laced consumer as long as you have something of substance I can relate to then I’m good and I never could relate to this kat… mos people jus like him based on the ja rule situation and thats a shame that people would love someone out of hate for another… IMO!
album sucked same song over and over different beat songs didnt even have meaning 2 them lyrics barely match the hook and most of all no hits u know none of them gonna get radio play except for i like the way she do it i know they can do better than that
2cent, young nice, on some real shit, flawdagurl…Don’t forget to take your COCK vitamins with the most important and freshes water in the world piss. Don’t worry the game will supply you with some in a second. LOL
ALL THE AHTERS HATIN ON THE ALBUM RITE NOW DEFINETELY BOUGHT IT THEMSELVES INLCUDIN NIGEL AND THAT WAKK ASS Samir Siddiqui |WHO REVIEWD IT …MATTER OF FACT THEY BOUGHT 2 …
lol @ the person BEGGIN for a lil attention… smh! Life mus be a cryin game.. I mean shame…lmao!
I think thats enough for tonight…
P.s. how did people switch from 50 made Game and he couldn’t go platinum again (After the Documentary Dropped) to well 50 makes a percentage off of all Game’s albums (After Dr. Advocate dropped)…lmao! Do you guys see this sh!t?
i co sign #52
all you dumb niggas hatin on this shit, I just have one question for you..what then DO YOU SUPPORT?
and then we got niggas that talk about getting tired of all this weak ass music, but then when some good shit comes out yall hate WTF.
im not a unit groupie, i just appreciate good music . And if LAX is tight, ima support that shit too, as well as NAS [i know nas is gonna bring it] & the CARTER [copped it,dope, MAYBE just MAYBE it will be considered a classic down the line] & anyone else dropping some good shit regardless of what region or click they’re from
too much HATING and emotional dudes is whats fuckin up the rap music scene
and # 55 HAHAHHAAH fuckin funny good point tho
but go ahead and keep supporting whatever niggas you like..to each their own
G G G UNIT!! HAHAHAHAHA [go ahead, i know yall hate it]
dis album is better than curtis to me
LOL G-Unit fans are so fucking ridiculous..this nigga gave a review and all of a sudden hes a “Game fan”, “more fan of hiphop than that agresive shit”, “biased” lmao you niggas are so fucking brainwashed b. Get a fucking life you niggaz act like you would die for 50. Its just music damn.
G-Unit fans wants everybody to dickride them the way they do thats why when people dont, these niggas cry and cry and cry and cry and cry and cry
The album was garbage. Period.
You niggas callin Realtalkny biased? Okay so what about when a Fat Joe album drops? Because of 50 what do you say?
What about when Game drops his album? Because 50 got you brainwashed what do you say?
You say everything is wack just cuz they beefin with 50, and then you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS co-sign everything G-unit does or puts out and yet RealtalkNY are biased?
Get the fuck outta here i hope you niggaz die from Aids real talk-.
post #58 hit the nail right on the head
I was a big G Unit fan at on point. Now, I realize they can not produce quality music anymore. They let the best actual artist they had go(Young Buck), he had the content he had the passion and he the had the story to tell.
Lloyd and Tony, Please.
NO HITS
NO CONTENT
WACK HOOKS
SAME SONG DIFFERENT BEAT
3/5
G Unit is Done, and the projection forecasting 700,000 records?? Yeah right if this record moves over 140,000 copies debut week I will be surprised.
ay this album is ()()=booty
50 ain’t a thug no more if he ever was… He gotta get off that gangsta shit… Beg for Mercy 4.5/5
T.O.S. 3/5
Get Young Buck & Game Back.. YAYO is ass
#65
actually TOS is predicted to sell 110k according to (forgot the site)..youre basing your info from Mediatakeout
I have read all the comments and am not here to talk shit about any artist just give an honest unbiased opinion (like Realtalkny.) I have been a loyal 50 and G-Unit fan since the Power of the Dollar CD and the mixtape days.
Quite truthfully though after listening multiple times I am a bit disappointed. I agree with my man #66 Beg for Mercy was DAMN good, Get Rich or Die Trying (CLASSIC), The Documentary (Well rounded album). But this latest effort leaves me wanting more, don’t get me wrong I like the album but this won’t keep the unit afloat or put up numbers that will keep the ‘counting’ haters away.
Truthfully rap has become so commercial and repetitive that most albums are sad. Whether it be ‘Doctors Advocate’ or ‘Curtis’(neither a classic on a lyrical level.) Being a real fan of an artist or group means being able to analyze their success and shortcomings. I haven’t been awe struck with a Banks metaphor lately, I don’t think I’ve ever been fully impressed with a whole Yayo track, he’s a good hype man but lets admit it he’s a M. Bleek. Occasional good 16 bars or track but probably falling off without his big brother around. Who cares if Buck is gone if he makes quality music and can stay afloat without having to resort to diss tracks against the Unit to keep popularity around him then more power to him.
To quote Yayo someone tell majority of the rap game, real hip-hop lovers are tired of R.N. Regular Nigga raps. We want thought provoking lyrics… not I shoot, I kill, I drive my fancy car!
Realtalk good review it is a 3 because it’s not terrible, but by no means a 5. Great job with the site(the realest hip-hop news site I’ve ever seen.) Radio stations, BET, & MTV get there news here. Keep up the good work!
i know alot of niggas that didnt fuck wit gunit before TOS and now they do…..
it depends wat kind of person u are if ur gonna like this album or not…if your a bitch…u prolly wont like it..
niggas who are agressive and like roughness and rawness…
its a classic…
jus depends the mood and the person..it aint for every1 though
4/5
GANGSTAS RESPECT N WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM IF YOU DONT CARRY THE BURNER AROUND N NEVA SLANG DRUGS OR BEEN A BOSS OR GOT DOWN THE NU WONT LIKE IT N THATS HOW I CAN TELL WHO A G N NOT ITS LIKE WHEN U IN THE CLUB N WATEVA DUDE DANCES TO SOULJA BOY U KNOW YOU CAN JOOKS HIM LATER LMAO GUNIT IS THE ONLY GROUP HOLDIN DOWN IN THE STREETS…LIL WAYNE ALBUM WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT IT WAS SOFTER THAN A BABYS BOTTOM WTF THIS IS HIP HOP IT COMES FROM THE STREETS N HARD KNOCK LIFES HIP HOP IS 2 SWET NOW ITS SAD GUNIT DA ONLY GROUP WHO KEEP IT STREET IF I WAS FIF I WOULDA DROPPED GAME TOO N BUCK A MIN AGO YOU DONT TALK TO MY ENEMIES IF U N MY CLICK PUSSIES STOP HATIN CUZ U CANT RELATE TO HE SONGS N THATS Y U LOVE KANYE WEST LMAO BTW IM FOM HARTFORD CT AINT HEARD OF IT???4TH DANGEROUS CITY WIT LESS THAN 200,000 PPL WE FUCK WIT GUNIT WE KNOW DUDES ASOCIATED WIT GUNIT N TRUST THEY WILL KILL!!!! WAT THE UNIT SAYS IS TRUTH U DUDES CAN KEEP THINKIN ITS FAKE
I always expect 50 and banks to kill it but i think yayo def stepped up his game on this album. I think yayo despite his age is ganna put out a really good albmum for his next one….
WACK.. they are so wack.. i’d rather listen to byrdgang.. then this bull shit.. fuckin repetitive and predictible.. stupid hooks.. same bull shit said.. at least the byrdgang got different songs on the album.. hooks are catchy and every rapper got a different background and sound. I got both there albums and i bump byrdgang much more… fuck that.
oh and BLATTT..ur probably like 13 talkin all stupid like that..actin like u grown..i can sense the imaturity by the shit u just said. lol he said .. MAN THIS IS HIP HOP ITS HARD!!! ITS FROM THE STREETS!! u dumb fuck… hip hop can be creative.. its a form of music and art.. u can do w/e the fuck u wanna do.. now if u dont like it, or do like it, thats up to u..its all about opinion and ur taste or gendre of music..if u wanna hear about movin weight and killin and gangstas 24 7 coo.. if u dont then dont hate on others…your like .. a certified dick ridin hater lol. and just cuz they killaz and all that.. dont mean the music is amazingly great..just cuz these mothafuckaz are killaz.. LOL. mannn……. just had to say that… fuckin dumbasses man..
4/5 its a hot album …fuck the haters
Top 5 songs
1)I dont wnna talk bout it
2)I like the way she do it
3)Party aint over
4)Rider pt. 2
5)Money make the world go round
yayo really impressed me
on some real shit, you bought this album to bitch, whine, and moan about it. It takes a real dumb shit to buy an album, listen to it, and then complain. Just be honest, if you felt it was good, your hating side would overwhelm you, and you’d still say it sucked.
So u mean 2tell me that ull rather listen 2sum dam soulja boy or get silly type shit? Man dis album str8 hood. Yall complain about soulja boy type songs is messin up da rap industry bt wen u hear real street music u say its garbage 2!! WTF wat da hell wud u rather listen sum Madonna type shit UNIT fall off listen homeboy I doubt it. Unit all day. T.O.S
All in all I give it like 4.5/5… I love it beginning to end.
Anyone who doesnt love this album most be too busy listening to Lil Wayne’s wack ass Carter 3 album, sounding like he gargling sprite on every record…
Or maybe Plies or Soldier boy… hmmmm seeing as how these guys actuall move units I would think their retarded 13 yr old white girl suburbian fan base might not like G Units album…
Anyways 4.5/5 Better than Beg for Mercy
By the Way My fav track is definitly Ready Or Not!!!! THAT SHIT IS CRAZY!!!!
From once being someone who you couldnt tell shit to about g unit, right now u can say whatever you want. There was a time when Rocafella records could do no wrong , anybody remember a label called no limit? They ran shit so hard. They had people buyin albums by artist named Kane and Abel, Feind and Mia X, so much so that those artist went gold!!! …… WHO THE FUCK ARE THEY?????? Death row was the biggest label on the planet at one point and time. Everything comes to an end and I do have to say that T.O.S. is the end of G unit. Yes they were once the platinum standard in hip hop like the labels I have mentioned before, well its looks like they just made room for the next movement to come thru. Only question now is who is it gonna be? I dont really give a fuck to tell you the truth , I just know that this is what it is. T.O.S. officially puts the crown back on the market .
HAHAHA SAME SHIT, DIFFERENT ALBUM NAME!!!