November 3rd, 2008

A Look At What 50 Cent Can Learn From The McCain Campaign

Divisiveness Doesn’t Work…
“Divide and Conquer” may be the most fundamental principal of the politics that got George W Bush elected. It also worked really well for 50 Cent. Fiddy ascended the thrown as King of New York by forcing fans to be with him or against him. Rap fans were either with the terrorists (Ja-Rule, Fat Joe, any non-G-Unit rapper ever) or with 50 Cent’s America. 50 tried that on last year’s release of Curtis and while the increased attention it caused for the record’s drop date, it was still the most disappointing opening week of 50’s career. The divide over divisiveness has increased, as a generation of Millennials has gotten a little older. Working together is actually kinda cool now, while argumentative fillibusting just seems childish. With the exception of FOX News, nearly every major media outlet is attributing some of McCain’s second-place poll position to his overwhelmingly negative campaigning.

Full Article: HuffungtonPost

Interesting article comparing McCain’s campaign strategies to that of 50’s methods for selling albums.

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31 Responses to “A Look At What 50 Cent Can Learn From The McCain Campaign”

  1. pine Says:

    More of Nigel hating on 50, what else is new??? Never see any negative posts on Jay/Kanye/Beyonce – only ass kissing….

  2. dreny4life Says:

    This cat 50 is crazy if he think he will do the same #s he did on get rich or die tryin album. its not possible we in a resession niccaz aint buyin shit . This nicca need to concentrate on actin & Lloyd Banks. He aint been out in years. Spread the shine with ya crew fif what’s good!

  3. RealTalkNY Says:

    Point out the hating in this post…

  4. Who dat? Says:

    LOL that was a cool article. Thanks for posting

  5. veraci0us Says:

    what was the point of this post Realtalkny??

    “Curtis..it was still the most disappointing openin week of 50’s career” ask your grl nigel its not how u start its how u finish.. Curtis finished with sellin over 5million albums which was more than kanyes Graduation..

    How many more different negative spins are realtalkny goin to put on 50?

  6. Peter Casual Says:

    This article is a little presumptuous… McCain hasn’t officially lost the election

    yet. And last I checked 50 was #1 on Forbes hip hop cash kings list 2008…

  7. rome Says:

    50 played a huge role in the fall of new york rap

    bottom line

    fuck that nigga, hes outdated now anyways

  8. Xsposer Says:

    Did not sell over 5 mill or more then Kanye for that matter. Stop inventing numbers u g-unit cock riders

    Curtis= 2,445,200 mill worldwide

    Graduation= 3,287,320 mill worldwide

    http://www.worldwidealbums.net/

  9. djyan Says:

    i aint no gunit dic rider or whatever u bloggers call it but..

    xposer u do sound like u need to get a life. to date curtis has sold 6 mill. dumb nuts…ull never get rich with that hating mentality..

    this is what wiki reported:

    Curtis debuted at number two on the United World Chart, selling approximately 921,000 copies worldwide in its first week.[26] As of March 24, 2008, Curtis has sold approximately 5,728,000 copies worldwide. [27][28] However, Vivendi contradicted the United World Chart’s claim, stating that Curtis sold nearly two million copies worldwide in less than a week after its release.[29]. It has sold about 6 million worldwide to date.[30]

  10. dedee Says:

    Since the beginning of rap artist have battled, any artist at the top has always been tested its the nature of the beast, this site my have personal feelings against 50 Cent I know so by the overwhelming negative tone on the 50 Cent post. but if you gonna call 50 cent out please continue down the list, It be easier to name a rapper who didn’t call another rapper out, then to name all of the rappers who have called other emcees out

  11. Cheah201 Says:

    Great post Nigel. 50 is paying the price now of bringing all that negativity into the game. It worked momentarily, just like it did for Bush. But now we all want him up outta here.

    Minus a few republicans, we’re screaming:”take your money, take your overseas sales, take your “good space”, take your “actual content of the music”, your mtv show and DISAPPEAR”

  12. 2shooters Says:

    Thas Crazy..
    That Has Nothing To Do With Nothing..
    More Namedropping..LoL..
    ________________________________________

    New Video:

    G-Unit In Chile..

    http://www.imeem.com/people/DA7cxoB/video/weU9-KH8/gunt_in_chile_music_video/

  13. 2shooters Says:

    ^^^^
    Niggas Shinnin In Chile..
    Looked Like A Bangin Show..

  14. crooks Says:

    damn that article was kind of spot on..”fiddy” an yayo got ethered by a random white dude

  15. mateo Says:

    wikipedia is not a valid source. in college you cannot use wikipedia as a source because anyone can edit what wikipedia says. its like a community encyclopedia that users update but might not necessarily be true