GZA - Paper Plate (50 Cent Diss)

One of the most renowned and continually relevant hip-hop emcees of all time, GZA returns with his long awaited fifth solo album, “ProTools.” An original member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, GZA has established himself as a perennial force in hip-hop over his 13+ year solo career. Recently, GZA’s contributions have driven the phenomenal success of the 2008 Wu-Tang Clan reunion album “8 Diagrams” as well as two of independent hip-hop’s recent flagship releases: Think Differently Music: “Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture” and the DJ Muggs/GZA collaboration “Grandmasters.”

GZA Of Wu-Tang Disses 50 Cent & Soulja Boy
50 Cent Responds To The GZA Dissing Him & Soulja Boy
Video: GZA Disses 50 Cent Some More

The video was weird due to the random clips thrown in it, it’s 12 minutes long and should be three. 50 does address some things in the video. He says he doesn’t want to go through pushing his album back, he mentoned how many times Lil Wayne’s album was pushed back to build up anticipation. He comments on radio spins not matching album sales, and expecting T.O.S. to do better.

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Lil Wayne comes in #1 last week with 156k sold while G-Unit debuts with 102k sold to be 4th on the charts. I know less than 200k is not what people were expecting and some people are trying to blame Interscope for this. I just think it was a lack of banging singles. “Beg For Mercy, sold 377k in the first week back in 2003. Source: BillBoard

Did Young Buck’s departure play a role in the low sales? Also will the sales of this G-Unit album mean 50’s solo projects won’t be selling as much?

Paul Catsandonis, lawyer for 50 Cent ex Shaniqua Tompkins, has disclosed that his client is suing the rapper for $50 million dollars in damages resulting from a fire than destroyed the home she was living in. In the fallout, Tompkins accused 50 of setting the fire himself to avoid having to honor an agreement made between them. She has since filed a restraining order.

Source: AllHipHop

50 has counter sued for defamation seeking 20 million. More money, more problems…

50 Cent thinks we could see another MC sell a million copies in the first week before 2008 is over: him! He plans on dropping his next solo LP, Before I Self-Destruct, within the next few months.

“I want to focus on the positive, and I feel I’m one of the more vocal people in hip-hop,” he added. “Even when it’s not about music, people pay attention to me, because I have something to offer. I’ll continue to create quality music at a pace they haven’t seen.”

Full Story: MTV

Can 50 push a milli in his first week, or his ability to do that is now gone?

(stans prepare a war)

Ayo Queens get the money nigga still screamin “Paper Chasin’”
niggas is still hatin
talkin that nas done fell off with rhyming
he’d rather floss with diamonds
they pray “please god let him spit that ‘oozie in the army lining’
that ’shorty doo-wop rolling oowops in the park reclining’ ”
take twenty-seven mc’s put em in a line and they out of alignment
my assignment said she said retirement hiding behind 8 Mile and The Chronic
get rich but dies rhyming
this is high science
now add 23 more from queens to b’more
i’m over they heads like a bulimic on a seesaw
now thats 50 porch monkeys ate up at the same time

Is this a diss or people just trying to hype things up? Ok lets be serious, this is of course at least a jab. Will there be any response though?

 
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

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