“When I offer aggression, I offer it from an author, a real place,” Fif explained to XXL co-deputy editor Rondell Conway. “It’s who I am; it’s who I had to be. Not even by choice, but to survive where I came from. So a lot of actual artists don’t have it. They don’t have that thing. Waka Flocka, ‘Hard in the Paint,’ Gucci [Mane], those guys have that.”
“It’s just a lot of the other artists, I don’t believe them,” he continued. “I believe hip-hop is in a struggle of being artistic or [having] authenticity—which one matters? Because a lot of them that write music that has a street-life theme to it haven’t actually been exposed to very much of that. It’s starting to feel like it doesn’t matter. I’m watching it, and I’m like, Okay, it sounded great, but ya lyin’.”
via XXL (Full interview in latest XXL)
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he`s talking about Rick Ross at the end.
HE HAS A POINT, AUTHENTICITY DOES MATTER. RICK ROSS MAKES GOOD
MUSIC BUT 99% OF IT IS LIES. MISLEADING THE YOUTH, HE WAS BEST
OFF STAYING A C.O.
Fif Is 100% right
He’s talking about authenticity of hip hop but the biggest problem is lyrics, gucci mane and waka flocka can’t rap they’re some of the worst out there along with soulja boy, bow wow, lil wayne, drake, nicki minaj, birdman and etc. You need the talent to rap and the people he brought up don’t have talent, not everyone can rap.
It matters to an extent.
they all are from the ghetto and they all lie.
50 cent was a victim but every rap is about how he shots and kills. it’s all entertainment and who makes the best music.
Yes it matters.. I don’t buy fake jewelry n I don’t buy fake music
He has contributed to wack rap and other false lyrics in rap he ross eninem and dre rap bout doing alot of wild shit that i bet none of them do. I cant believe he is talkin does he listen to his own shit or his boss shit talkin bout killin fuckin families and massacres and yall niggas dont kill shit. Atleast ross shit is reasonable a former c.o.o sellin crack is not that crazy but 50 act like he gonna kill sumthin now
And i dont believe u
In the 1990s…it mattered. In today’s hiphop it doesn’t. I still buy Ross records. I don’t care if he was a math teacher before he became a rapper, he still raps better than Wacka Flocka, Gucci and 50. So what their stories are true, nigga that shit don’t sound good and your songs are garbage – with the exception of “I gohard in the paint”..lol
50 bitching again just make some good music nigga damn!!!
Authenticiy…? This niggah been a multimillionair for years & still raps about robbing/stealing/killing. This niggah 50 knows good a damn well that he ain’t bout 2 rob no damn body. His lyrics & his reality don’t match up. He’s a grey poupon ass niggah tryin 2 sound like he’s in the hood….
DAMN @ ER chillin and kingcjp I can’t hate on those comments. Both are true. I agree 110% with both.
And its funny that he can say this while co-signing soulja boy who all of a sudden is a blood and a killer but 2yrs ago he was a child.u cant get rich and then turn into a thug. 50 always sprayin the block eminem is always killing sumthin but the reality is he goes home and is a good father andhusband. I believe a former c.o. sells crack wayyyy before i believe these niggas is killin anybody. Sellin crack is not hard to do especially if u know addicts and dealers. em is the nicest rapper out but nothin he says is true at all
fif my nigga though 50cent is the future ya dig
50s one of the few real ones left
Look at the pot calling the kettle black. Doesn’t HE do the same thing?!
@ER chillin
you just proved 50 a hypocrite lol, good looking out.
I mean we are all adults or near adulthood hear, I think we’re smart enough to know that these artists stretch the truth and sometimes just blatantly lie altogether.
Its entertainment and if a fan believes what they hear on a song, its not the artists fault its the poor judgement of the listener.
he’s right…but it’s a business first, music 2nd…at the end of the day the exec’s and fans don’t care if it’s true or not, as long as it’s hot on the charts…i dont agree with it but we gotta learn to accept it ya knw…
and then again I’m a Fif fan til I die but he lacks creativity…i think he puts too much on the credibility and not the actual music…and on top of that he’s been rich for over 7 years now and he still hasn’t progressed as an artist…again I’m a die hard 50 fan but he needs to focus more on growing as an artist be4 he can talk about others, take notes from ur own crew Banks & Em…
ER got it bang on da head, u can’t go off on one rapper and not consider ur on music. He jus hating simple
That’s y he fell the fuck off in the first place. Saying dumb shit.
real street muzik , fuck a rapper , repect a trapper / real life street folk making street muzik for the real struggle for the real gangsta shit , for the real dealin , for the real who struggle to get by each day , fuck them rappers . pop corn faggots fuck them 9-5 working tellin lies rappers , fuck the whole music industry … HUSTLA SALUTE TO ERRONE ON THERE REAL GRIND WITH NO 9-5 doin ROUGH .. HUSTLA SALUTE’
50 100% right.. but gucci and wacka are trash! 50 the only real one left to be honest.. he was under preme and all them niggas.. but usically 50 is wack now.. he was dop 2003 and before that!
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What i dont understand is how Fif is being a hypocrite in the sense that he’s from the hood, been in situations that are well documenated, rapped about it, ppl had NO PROBLEM with it when he first came out now it’s a whole different story.
I dont understand that. If ya’ll point is that he fell off, then ok from a sales standpoint & a lyrical one he did, but he’s just providing the content that he’s been spittin since 98.
Ya’ll cant honestly expect everybody to switch up their content. It just doesnt happen with every rapper.
As you can tell ima a big Fif fan but its pretty obvious dude isnt the same & probably wont ever be the same. He should switch it up and take a cue from Jay-Z “I dont be in the project hallway talking bout how i be in the projects all day.”
hes right bout artists needing to be more authentic, but hes just saying that cuz hes not relevant no more. if authenticy is so damn important than why the hell did he jack ja rules swagger to make it big circa ’03? nigga just sayin anything to make his name matter (to lames)
Salute to my nigga, County of Kings! Always bringing the realness! Realtalk!
Cosign ER Chillin too
Curtis is workin the hustle I ain’t mad @ him!!! Mad @ the folks who fall for the Curtis, Jigga man type illusions!!!
niggas aint been really real in years… and the really real ones get years… so whats the point of speakin on negativity? SALES… and the hoes get everything but the money!!!
@ER chillin I think he’s saying it’s okay to rhyme about that stuff if that’s what you were living like at one point in your life.
Man somebody wake this fool up. Rappers have been fake, lying, stretching the truth since the start of hip hop. Including his overly exaggerated ass.
Hip Hop is about painting pictures. Hip Hop is stories of personal lives and surroundings. Do like a Spike Lee movie and Wake up 50!!!