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12/01/2005
11/09/2005
Curtain Call to be in Stores December 6th!
Just in time for the holidays, Eminem will be releasing his first collection of hits entitled Curtain Call on December 6th. Eminem is still putting the final touches on the song selection, but you can already secure your copy by pre-ordering now. In addition to the hits that are sure to be included on this CD, there will also be brand new unreleased songs. Pre-order purchasers will also be entered into a contest to win one of five autographed CDs or an autographed track jacket! Go to Eminem.com now to hear the new song "When I'm Gone" In other Eminem news: Apple has been slammed with a cease and desist regarding its Eminem iPod ad, by footwear maker Lugz. At issue is the way the Eminem ad looks. Many observers have remarked a some similarity between the ad and a 2002 campaign mounted by Lugz. Lugz last week issued a cease and desist letter to Apple and its ad agency TBWA/Chiat/Day, calling Apple's hard-won spot a "rip-off". The Eminem ad also featured a man (Eminem) in silhouette in an urban environment with rap music and a similar colour scheme. Lugz called the similarity between the two ads an "unfair use of creative and intellectual property", the New York Daily News reports. However, while the Apple ad features the iPod and paint splashes, the Lugz ad used a ribbon as its theme.
Radio Music Awards - 50 Cent Nominated
50 Cent, Ciara, Usher, Kelly Clarkson and Mariah Carey are among the top contenders for this year's Radio Music Awards, which will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on December 19 at 9 p.m. on NBC. Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is up for the most Song of the Year nominations, hitting across adult hit, mainstream, rock, and active/alternative rock formats. ... Mariah is doing an in-store at the Los Angeles Virgin Megastore on November 15, the day her Emancipation of Mimi album will be re-released. She'll start signing copies beginning at 7 p.m. that night, but you'll have to get a wristband to be in the line, so get there early.
50 Cent, DVD, OST, Video Game and More
Next week, an unauthorized documentary about 50 Cent hits stores. The "50 Cent: Refuse To Die" DVD comes out on Tuesday, November 8th. The documentary includes interviews with the rapper's grandfather, Treach from Naughty By Nature and DMC from Run-DMC, reports RollingStone.com. Can't wait to hear "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" the original soundtrack to 50 Cent's new movie? Now through November 7th, fans can hear the entire "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" soundtrack before it hits stores, courtesy of MTV.com's The Leak. To listen to the "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" soundtrack, visit MTV.com. The soundtrack will be released this Tuesday, November 8th. 50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin' movie was recently screened for a small group of journalists in New York City. In related news, promotional posters for Get Rich Or Die Tryin' created controversy for its graphic use of guns. Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the film, has since pulled the posters from the market. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' hits theaters November 9th. 50 Cent will also star in his own video game. "50 Cent: Bulletproof" for PlayStation 2 and Xbox will let players blast bullets through the streets of New York, with G-Unit at their side. Written by Terry Winter, whose credits include "The Sopranos," "Bulletproof" depicts what the game's creators say is a scenario that could have played out if 50 hadn't gotten into music. The action is full of enough brutal kills that the game easily racked up an M rating. But aside from letting players indulge 50 in his less gentle side, the game will serve as the closest thing 50 has released to a box set. Topped with three tracks recorded exclusively for the game, "Bulletproof" will also include 10 exclusive remixes to songs that have only appeared on 50's mixtapes. Also in the game are songs from 50's official albums and more than a dozen 50 and G-Unit videos. The official track count is 53 songs from 50, 20 from G-Unit, 10 from Lloyd Banks, 10 from Young Buck and four from Tony Yayo, plus 47 tracks from DJ Sha Money XL and 15 videos from 50 and G-Unit. The entire collection is available to players at any point in the game; all gamers have to do is have 50 access his G-Pod. "50 Cent: Bulletproof" will be available for PS2 and Xbox on November 22. Major retailers are offering a never-before-released DVD of 50's 2003 European tour called "No Fear, No Mercy" to consumers who pre-order the game. 50 Cent and G-Unit will be performing in Vancouver on December 3. There has been no mention of any other dates so Vancouver might be the one lucky city in Canada deserving of Fiddy and G-Unit's presence.
50 Throws $12.000 to Fans
Generosity almost caused a riot as 50 flung Benjamins at his fans.FOR all of the action in "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " - blazing gunplay, tire-screeching getaways, prison-shower knife fights - there was one memorable face-off that was never committed to celluloid. The antagonists were the film's leading man, the rap superstar Curtis Jackson (known to fans as 50 Cent), and its Irish director, Jim Sheridan. It happened when a mob of teenagers showed up to catch a glimpse of Mr. Jackson while he was shooting a scene on a New York street, and he decided to let them know how much he appreciated their support."I got carried away," said Mr. Jackson, describing how he reached into his pocket, pulled out $12,000 and began flinging bills into the crowd. Where Mr. Jackson saw excited fans, however, all Mr. Sheridan could see was a dangerously escalating fervor."I was going to everybody and saying, 'You've got to stop this,' and nobody was saying no, so I just lost my head," said Mr. Sheridan."Jim screamed at me," said Mr. Jackson, a trace of regret in his voice. "But I deserved it. Right, Jim?""The kids were going insane, 50," replied Mr. Sheridan. "I thought someone was going to get injured."Of course, even back in the fall of 2004, when "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " was first announced in the film industry trade papers, there was a sense in Hollywood that Mr. Jackson and Mr. Sheridan made an odd pairing. They couldn't have come from more distant worlds. Over the past 16 years, Mr. Sheridan has made five critically acclaimed films - including emotionally raw independent gems like "My Left Foot" and "In the Name of the Father." "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " is the first that he did not at least have a hand in writing and that isn't told from the perspective of a character who speaks, as he does, with an urban Irish brogue. As for Mr. Jackson, many of the key details in "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " are taken straight from his well-known, thug-themed Horatio Alger life story.Written by Terence Winter (an Emmy-winning writer for "The Sopranos"), the movie follows a sensitive young boy who loses the only parent he has ever known - his drug-dealing mother - and soon ends up a pint-size narcotics salesman on the streets of Queens. Over the course of nearly two hours, Mr. Jackson's character spends time in prison, survives being shot nine times at close range with a 9-millimeter pistol and turns his life around by converting his gangster war stories into hard-bitten lyrics for catchy rap songs. "It's about a guy who," Mr. Sheridan said, "in the middle of the movie has to commit to creativity rather than anything else."Moments such as that have become something of a Jim Sheridan specialty, featuring in "My Left Foot," "In the Name of the Father" and "The Boxer." But all three of those movies were anchored by Daniel Day-Lewis, a stage-trained, Academy Award-winning actor who, if necessary, will take 72 hours to prepare for a scene. Mr. Jackson, on the other hand, learned about being in front of a camera from starring in rap music videos, a skill that relies heavily on stylish clothes, swagger, lip synching and the ability to flash menacing glances directly into the lens of the camera.Mr. Sheridan was watching the video for Mr. Jackson's 2003 hit song "P.I.M.P.," from his hugely successful "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " album, when he noticed Mr. Jackson was holding his own as he bobbed alongside Snoop Dogg, a rapper turned scene-stealing actor. "I just had an instinct about 50 - I just thought he had enough charisma to do the movie," said Mr. Sheridan. He was so confident about his ability to coax a performance out of Mr. Jackson that he promised him at their first meeting, "If you don't get it right in the acting, it'll be my fault, not yours."Throughout "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," though, there were moments when Mr. Jackson needed more than his trademarks - submerged intensity, a cold stare and a mush-mouthed delivery - to sell a scene. It was during these times that Mr. Jackson took comfort in the power of the 50 Cent lore. "There are things that are easier for the general public to believe based on their perception of me as an artist," said Mr. Jackson. But some of the lore is true - like the moment he had to hand over his diamond jewelry when being booked into a state penitentiary - and he tapped into those memories for the role. And the post-ambush hospital scenes, in which he spent eight hours lying motionless, his eyes closed the entire time, hooked up to fake ventilator tubes and splattered with fake blood? "My imagination was running all over the place," he said. "When it was over, I was in a mood. For me, that part was difficult, because I'd been in that position before, but I wasn't conscious."If moviemaking is the world Mr. Sheridan can school Mr. Jackson in, marketing is the arena in which Mr. Jackson has the confidence of a heavyweight champion. According to an estimate in The New York Times, 50 Cent is worth $50 million, and his rap name has been used to hawk everything from a line of Reebok sneakers to wristwatches to "50 Cent: Bulletproof," his new video game. In the United States alone, his albums have sold more than 19 million copies, and he is the first act since the Beatles to have four songs in the Top 10 at the same time on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.Back in 2003, Mr. Sheridan's quasi-autobiographical film "In America," starring actors little known outside the art house circuit, opened in 11 theaters. On Nov. 9, "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " will be shown nationwide, on 1,500 screens. At that point, Mr. Jackson will have already spent a weekend at Las Vegas's Monte Carlo Hotel, wooing disc jockeys from around the country at a special radio junket; he will have completed four MTV half-hour specials, as well as a raft of 30-to-45-second MTV promotional spots; and he will have kicked off a monthlong "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " promotional radio contest with a prize of $1 million. Hoping to grab the attention of moviegoers outside his youthful fan base, he will submit to the four-women-chattering-at-once antics of "The View" as well as show up on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," where he will no doubt be expected to perform a hip-hop pas de deux with the dance-happy hostess."He works very, very hard - he's determined, very focused and has huge self-esteem," said Mr. Sheridan, recalling how his star dutifully performed scenes over and over again while Mr. Sheridan shouted "Stand still!" "Don't move!" "Stay focused!" "The hardest thing for him to do was to find deep anger. He'd do it as well as he could, and it works, but it's not something that he accessed very readily.""I think it's protective: I think it's about him always being in control, whereas I can lose my temper easily," he adds. "A drama queen."
50 Cent Shows Soft Side in Get Rich or Die Tryin'
NEW YORK (Nov. 7) - Amid the point-blank shootings, nude scuffling and desperate partying, the most shocking image in the movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin"' is the tear that rolls down the cheek of the baddest man in gangsta rap, 50 Cent.The bullet-scarred, tattooed king of the hip-hop charts did not resort to tricks to achieve the moment. As in other aspects of his life, he was motivated by the fear of failure."I spent the majority of my life trying to figure out how not to cry in situations. I had anxiety about having to get that done," the 29-year-old New Yorker told Reuters about the scene in the movie based on his life, which opens on Wednesday."If I don't pull this off people will look at me and say, 'Told you.' What helped me cry in that scene was me thinking about people viewing me as a failure."The film, which Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson describes as "75 percent factual," tells the tale of an orphaned boy named Marcus who follows into his mother's violent world of drug dealing before devoting himself to rhymes and rap. The movie's title is the same as his debut CD, which sold more than 7 million copies.The first artist to have four songs in the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 since the Beatles in 1964, 50 Cent, who took the name of a fabled Brooklyn thief, hooked up with esteemed director Jim Sheridan, an unlikely kindred spirit, to try and extend his empire into the movies.Sheridan was keen to collaborate and used his connection to another superstar of the music world to seal the deal."I've liked rap music for 10, 15 years," said 56-year-old Irishman Sheridan, director of such esteemed films as his debut feature, "My Left Foot" (1989) and "In America" (2003) and recipient of six Academy Award nominations."Bono knew that and told (music executive and the film's producer) Jimmy Iovine, who got me the script. Then I met 50 and it was like I'd known him for a hundred years."I just knew his world. It was like the world I grew up in in Dublin. I knew gangsters and drugs and I was even in a band. It was like he was a long lost brother."Sheridan takes no credit for steering 50 Cent through his emotional scene. "I just said, 'Take one' and he was crying.""We the odd couple, me and Jim," says 50 Cent, who was once shot nine times on the street in front of his grandparents' house."Jim Sheridan came to me before we began the film and said, 'You know, a lot of people want to see this film not be good. You have to be 110 percent here every day on every shot.'"I put everything I could put into the project and I can't wait to see the general public's response to it," he said about his acting debut.'EXORCISM'The rapper, is surrounded by quality talent, from villainous Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, known for his role in HBO's "Oz," to love interest Joy Bryant, drug gang godfather Bill Duke and prison buddy Terrence Howard, star of the indie hit "Hustle & Flow," and featured in "Ray."The script was written by Terence Winter, a two-time Emmy winner for "The Sopranos," who interviewed the rapper about his life for 10 weeks during his Rock the Mic tour last year.Rated R, the film rises above the standard genre piece imbued with realism, intelligence and the raw charm of its star."For me, doing this film is a way of bringing my base closer and to actually broaden my base," 50 Cent said, his baseball cap twisted to the side over his cloth skull cap."There's people out there that don't view hip-hop as a genre of music for entertainment but can sit and watch a film based on my life because there's a curiosity about me."While his rap lyrics paint a crude picture of drug dealing and violence, the movie shows one can rise above."These are the mistakes I made in my life. These are the things I was subjected to," he said. "I had no choice. The things you go through determine who you are."Sheridan said rap is an outlet. "It's like an exorcism. Once you express violence, you kind of defuse it in a way.Fatherhood is a turning point in the film and in his life."My boy is the reason why I write music," he said. "Ahead of that, if I got in trouble and had to go into a program or to jail it was just something I had to do. When he came into the picture if I wasn't physically available to provide for him no one else would."He just turned 9. Marquise," he said, raising from the comfy hotel suite armchair and pulling off his thick hooded sweatshirt to show the name tattooed down his right arm.The rapper is enjoying the fruits of his success, including a $4 million Connecticut mansion he owns that used to belong to boxer Mike Tyson, but says he fights to conquer his fear of failure."When you grow up without finances, finances seem like the answer to all your problems," says 50, who has his own clothing line, a video game coming out and also produces other rap hits."I go to sleep in the home of a man who lived there before me and made $500 million, and he no longer has it. That's an example of no matter how successful you are, you have to be on point with your business."
Several Curtain Call Versions Will Be Available
Eminem just announced that the album will be available in a special two-disc edition that beefs up his collection of greatest hits with a disc devoted to his memorable collaborations. A final track list has yet to be decided, but expect to find Em's landmark duet of "Stan" at the Grammy's with Elton John on the CD. The set will also feature three new tracks, including the single "When I'm Gone". December 6, 2005 is the release date.
Philadelphia Has No Love for 50 Cent
Movie billboards advertising 50 Cent's new semiautobiographical film, Get Rich Or Die Tryin,' are quickly being removed in Philadelphia. According to the Associated Press, 21 billboards featuring 50 holding a gun in one hand and a microphone in the other have already been ordered down in response to protests from various community groups. "The message could be 'rob to get rich,'" said Bilal Qayyum, who heads up an anti-violence group Men United for a Better Philadelphia. "It's a very offensive message that is part of a mind-set that says you can solve problems with violence." According to Qayyum, Clear Channel Outdoor, the company responsible for putting up and taking down billboards, have been totally cooperative in honoring these requests. "They showed corporate responsibility," the activist said. In late October, Paramount Pictures agreed to remove some of these same movie billboards after fielding numerous complaints and protests from community activists in a South Los Angeles neighborhood. In this particular case, billboards had been placed in front of area schools where gang and gun violence are prevalent.
Sheridan Worried About 50's Safety After Shooting Incident
Movie maker JIM SHERIDAN feared life would imitate art on the set of gritty new rap movie GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' after one of his star 50 CENT's rivals was shot in a street fight.The Irish director feared there would be repercussions after 50's one time protege-turned-rival THE GAME's entourage was shot at during a scuffle earlier this year (05).Sheridan says, "Everybody was wearing bullet-proof vests."But the movie-maker insists he never felt threatened while working with one of the rap world's most controversial figures: "I've filmed in Belfast (Northern Ireland); you get used to it."
11/03/2005
Celebrity Softball Challange
Motorola, Inc. is sure to turn heads at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show this year as it showcases the Birdcage75 Concept Car featuring the latest in auto couture -- Motorola's blnc IHF1000 Bluetooth(R) Car Kit. The car kit wirelessly transfers calls from a compatible Bluetooth enabled mobile phone to the vehicle's audio system without interruption, and is one of the first steps in Motorola's vision for Seamless Mobility.
Motorola's new products will be put to the test by a host of celebrities, participating in the first-ever Motorola and Unique Autosports Celebrity Softball Challenge at 4:00 p.m. PST on Nov. 2 at the UNLV Softball Facility.
The IHF1000 car kit and Bluetooth enabled phones in Cano's car will keep celebrities like Will Castro, Busta Rhymes, Tony Stewart, Gary Sheffield, Jason Giambi and Vida Guerra connected hands-free and wire-free, as they cruise down the Las Vegas Strip and arrive in-style for game day.
During the 1st Annual Motorola and Unique Autosports Celebrity Softball Challenge, Castro and Busta Rhymes will lead the East Coast Team as they compete against Ryan and the West Coast Customs Team. A portion of the proceeds from the star-studded event will be donated to The Teddy Fund & Attention-Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD).
Motorola's new products will be put to the test by a host of celebrities, participating in the first-ever Motorola and Unique Autosports Celebrity Softball Challenge at 4:00 p.m. PST on Nov. 2 at the UNLV Softball Facility.
The IHF1000 car kit and Bluetooth enabled phones in Cano's car will keep celebrities like Will Castro, Busta Rhymes, Tony Stewart, Gary Sheffield, Jason Giambi and Vida Guerra connected hands-free and wire-free, as they cruise down the Las Vegas Strip and arrive in-style for game day.
During the 1st Annual Motorola and Unique Autosports Celebrity Softball Challenge, Castro and Busta Rhymes will lead the East Coast Team as they compete against Ryan and the West Coast Customs Team. A portion of the proceeds from the star-studded event will be donated to The Teddy Fund & Attention-Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD).
VH1; All Eyes On 50 Cent
The idea for the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin' was hatched the week 50 Cent's debut first topped the charts in 2003. Curtis Jackson III was certainly an MC with a story to tell -- the former crack-dealer's musical career nearly came to a premature end when he was shot nine times. So it seemed only natural to turn it into his first starring vehicle. With his scarred good looks and quiet mumble, it turns out that Fiddy is an on-screen natural. He spoke to VH1 about having to cry on cue and how he ended up doing his first nude scene. Click here to read the full story.
In related news, promotional posters for Get Rich Or Die Tryin' created controversy for its graphic use of guns. Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the film, has since pulled the posters from the market. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' hits theaters November 9th.
In related news, promotional posters for Get Rich Or Die Tryin' created controversy for its graphic use of guns. Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the film, has since pulled the posters from the market. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' hits theaters November 9th.
New Bacharach Album Charged With Politics
The new album titled "At This Time" arrives in stores today with some intriguing attributes. Beats crafted by AFtermath CEO Dr. Dre on three tracks. Politically charged lyrics, among them a bruising attack on the Bush administration. And the record label that's releasing the CD stepped in to ask the artist to tone down the raw language.
Most intriguing is that that artist is none other than 77-year-old Burt Bacharach, a songwriter best known for his polished love songs and elegant orchestrations. Some of his tennis partners are going to be a bit rattled by all of this.
Bacharach is one of the most famous composers in the world and in his sixth decade in the business. He has won six Grammys and three Oscars. He's collaborated on 48 Top 10 hits but along the way wrote the lyrics to exactly zero of them. Old partner Hal David was the word man on "Walk on By," "The Look of Love," "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and most of the other signature works in the Bacharach songbook.
Most intriguing is that that artist is none other than 77-year-old Burt Bacharach, a songwriter best known for his polished love songs and elegant orchestrations. Some of his tennis partners are going to be a bit rattled by all of this.
Bacharach is one of the most famous composers in the world and in his sixth decade in the business. He has won six Grammys and three Oscars. He's collaborated on 48 Top 10 hits but along the way wrote the lyrics to exactly zero of them. Old partner Hal David was the word man on "Walk on By," "The Look of Love," "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and most of the other signature works in the Bacharach songbook.
Aftermath Updates
There's a new The Game interview. He talks about Waist Deep, his new movie and how it is coming along and that he's also making the soundrack for the movie. He is four songs into his newest album The Doctor's Advocate and right now he is only working with Dr. DRE and wanted to keep the other producers secret. Click here for more information. The Game was in attendance at Nas and Damian Marley's video shoot for Road To Zion, from Damian Marley's album Welcome To Jamrock.
In other Tha Game news: He was arrested Friday on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in North Carolina. He's accused of rowdy behavior and refusing to remove a Halloween mask in the Four Seasons Town Centre shopping mall in Greensboro, NC. Police said they will conduct an internal investigation, as they do in all cases where officers use force.
Busta was on tour and wore a big, white T-shirt that read "The Big Bang," due for release early next year. "Flipmode Aftermath is official," Spliff Star hyped. Beats off the upcoming album sounded digital and crispy, a synthesis of dancehall and the "Virginia Bounce" popularized by Missy Elliott and the Neptunes. The 75-minute set also included plenty of classic grooves, such as "Woo-Hah!! (Got You All in Check)," off 1996's "The Coming." Be on the look out for more information on "The Big Bang" soon.
Lil' Jon released a statement, which will clarify months of speculation about the status of his protege, Lil' Scrappy. Jon announced that his BME Recordings is currently negotiating a deal with 50 Cent's G-Unit Records. "We entered a mutually beneficial agreement based on each company's creative strengths," Lil' Jon told AtlantaUrbanMix.com. "On a artist by artist basis, BME will help solidify G-Units artist in the South, where BME has a stronghold. I'll also do production for them, and G-Unit is gonna help market some artists signed to BME; the first being Lil Scrappy." Though full details about the deal were not available at press time, both labels did confirm that the arrangements are in final negotiation stages.
Dr. Dre is about to release his album "Detox" in 2006 and The D.O.C. currently is writing rhymes for "Detox." "The whole family is gonna be on there," Scott Storch said. "If not the last Dre album, this is gonna be one of the last Dre albums we're gonna get. So he's putting a lot into it. It's just a matter of making a classic experience" . (Aftermath Music Forum)
50 Loads Up 'Bulletproof' Video Game With New Songs
He may have been shot nine times, but now he's getting a chance to fire back — virtually.
Capping off a November of expanded horizons that has him making his big-screen acting debut.
"50 Says He's No 'Super Actor' — And Tells Em He's Not A Sucker"), 50 Cent will also star in his own video game. "50 Cent: Bulletproof" for PlayStation 2 and Xbox will let players blast bullets through the streets of New York, with G-Unit at their side. Written by Terry Winter, whose credits include "The Sopranos," "Bulletproof" depicts what the game's creators say is a scenario that could have played out if 50 hadn't gotten into music. The action is full of enough brutal kills that the game easily racked up an M rating.
But aside from letting players indulge 50 in his less gentle side, the game will serve as the closest thing 50 has released to a box set. Topped with three tracks recorded exclusively for the game, "Bulletproof" will also include 10 exclusive remixes to songs that have only appeared on 50's mixtapes. Also in the game are songs from 50's official albums and more than a dozen 50 and G-Unit videos.
The official track count is 53 songs from 50, 20 from G-Unit, 10 from Lloyd Banks, 10 from Young Buck and four from Tony Yayo, plus 47 tracks from DJ Sha Money XL and 15 videos from 50 and G-Unit. The entire collection is available to players at any point in the game; all gamers have to do is have 50 access his G-Pod.
MTV News was given an advance copy of one of 50's three exclusive tracks: "I'm a Rider." In between promising to shatter glass jaws and offering his prison number to verify his past, 50 holds forth on his high self-esteem: "I'm a rider/ Whether I'm in or out I'm me/ Whether I'm locked or I'm free/ Wherever I'm at I'm who I be/ You know you want to be a rider like me."
50 also made sure the game's action is as in-your-face as possible. Producer Andre Emerson said 50 tested the game backstage numerous times and signed off on its signature killing moves. During one demonstration, 50 showed he's a man of the people, asking Emerson to demo the game for him not on a high-end TV but on the type of average set most of his fans would use to play the game.
Emerson said 50 approved the game from top to bottom, though the producer said 50 acknowledged that his son and Yayo are the bigger gamers in G-Unit's extended family. "50's more of a 'Space Invaders' and 'Tetris' guy," Emerson said.
"50 Cent: Bulletproof" will be available for PS2 and Xbox on November 22. Major retailers are offering a never-before-released DVD of 50's 2003 European tour called "No Fear, No Mercy" to consumers who pre-order the game.
Here are the game's 13 exclusive 50 Cent songs and remixes, according to the game's publisher, Vivendi Universal:
"Pimp Pt2"
"I'm a Rider"
"Maybe We Crazy"
"Don't Make Me"
"Grew Up"
"Hit Your Ass Up"
"Hole in Yo Back"
"I Run NY"
"I Warned You"
"Simply the Best"
"Southside G Unit"
"When You Hear That"
"Why Ask Why"
Game Has Legalties Problems and will Release DVD
Aftermath artist The Game was arrested in North Carolina last Friday. The West Coast Emcee was accused of disturbing the peace at the Four Seasons Town Center mall.
The police say The Game and his entourage wore masks and yelled out profanities in the middle of the mall. They also say the rapper and his crew acted erratically and resisted arrest.
The Game disagrees.
“I got arrested for signing autographs,” Game says about his arrest
“Signing little girls autographs got me arrested in North Carolina,” he adds.
One of the members in The Game’s posse was able to videotape the encounter with the police.
On the tape, Game is seen with an officer. The police officer sprays mace on Game and his entourage. The tape also shows The Game falling to the ground after the police subdue him with the spray.
“It’s just unfair, man. The behavior is unfair,” Game said.
The Game was hesitant in claiming it was a racially motivated arrest.
“I would play the [race] card but I think we use that too much, man. But, I don’t know, man.”
So, what will The Game do now?
“I got to bring up a case,” he said. “As soon as I wake up in the morning, I’ll be on the phone with my lawyers,” he claimed.
The police department will look into the matter.
“Whenever there’s a use [of] force, regardless of where it occurs or when it occurs, we always initiate an internal investigation and that’s exactly what will happen in this case,” a representative of the police station said.
The use of pepper spray in the incident is causing the police to take a closer look at this situation.
“There was a use of force and we made an arrest for two individuals who are part of the rap group The Game. When we applied pepper spray to those folks, that automatically means we will initiate an investigation to determine whether that was justified,” the rep said.
In other Game news, he will release “Stop Snitching, Stop Lying” about his on-going beef with 50 Cent and G-Unit. The DVD will contain several altercations between the two camps
The police say The Game and his entourage wore masks and yelled out profanities in the middle of the mall. They also say the rapper and his crew acted erratically and resisted arrest.
The Game disagrees.
“I got arrested for signing autographs,” Game says about his arrest
“Signing little girls autographs got me arrested in North Carolina,” he adds.
One of the members in The Game’s posse was able to videotape the encounter with the police.
On the tape, Game is seen with an officer. The police officer sprays mace on Game and his entourage. The tape also shows The Game falling to the ground after the police subdue him with the spray.
“It’s just unfair, man. The behavior is unfair,” Game said.
The Game was hesitant in claiming it was a racially motivated arrest.
“I would play the [race] card but I think we use that too much, man. But, I don’t know, man.”
So, what will The Game do now?
“I got to bring up a case,” he said. “As soon as I wake up in the morning, I’ll be on the phone with my lawyers,” he claimed.
The police department will look into the matter.
“Whenever there’s a use [of] force, regardless of where it occurs or when it occurs, we always initiate an internal investigation and that’s exactly what will happen in this case,” a representative of the police station said.
The use of pepper spray in the incident is causing the police to take a closer look at this situation.
“There was a use of force and we made an arrest for two individuals who are part of the rap group The Game. When we applied pepper spray to those folks, that automatically means we will initiate an investigation to determine whether that was justified,” the rep said.
In other Game news, he will release “Stop Snitching, Stop Lying” about his on-going beef with 50 Cent and G-Unit. The DVD will contain several altercations between the two camps
50 cent talks new movie to comingsoon.net
50 Cent: For A Few (Half) Dollars More
Sometimes, it's hard to believe that it's only been three years since 50 Cents' platinum selling debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" hit the street. To many, he's still considered an overnight sensation, but then, you see Get Rich or Die Tryin', the movie based on 50's life, and you realize that the rapper has been working his whole life to get to this point. Much of that was time spent doing some less than legal activities before finally turning legit thanks to his music.
The movie is already being compared favorably to 8 Mile starring one of 50's benefactors, Eminem, but as ComingSoon.net found out recently when we interviewed 50 Cents AKA Curtis Jackson, he's not quite as angry and a lot friendlier than his "partner in crime."
CS: Can you talk a bit about how this project came about, as far as who came up with the idea to turn your life story into a movie?
50 Cent: Actually [Interscope Records president] Jimmy Iovine approached me with that after the first week of sales on "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" and he probably had the projections for the next week that made him know that I was going to be big. And it was just an idea at that point, and up until I actually read the screenplay. He said "Let's just see what we come up with."
CS: Why did you want to do this film at this point in your life?
50 Cent: I feel like it gives everyone a really good description of what my life has been like. If they know the things that I've been through in my past, it'll help them make judgment on the things they see me do in the future.
CS: Did you personally pick Jim Sheridan and screenwriter Terence Winter to make this movie?
50 Cent: Actually, me and Jimmy Iovine picked Terry to do the script. After we got the screenplay, we was able to get Jim [Sheridan] involved.
CS: How closely did you work with Terence on the screenplay?
50 Cent: He actually traveled with me for two months, compiling information to create it.
CS: How close is the movie to your actual life?
50 Cent: It's about 75% factual.
CS: Since it's based on your life, why did you change the name of your character?
50 Cent: 75% of the facts that you see in the film are based on something that I told Terry Winters about my life, but it's not actually my life. We didn't go shoot in the areas where it actually took place. We didn't say things exactly the way I would have said them. I still had to learn the dialogue and come in and deliver it on point.
CS: When you were 12, did you really say you were going to be a gangster?
50 Cent: Not a gangster, but "I'm going to get me some money."
CS: How accurate was the portrait of your mother? Did she really die that way?
50 Cent: Yeah, pretty accurate. They just put something in her drink and turned on the gas to cut off her oxygen. [In the movie], they used gasoline to make it more visual, 'cause you can't see the gas. I don't know exactly what they used.
CS: Did you ever figure out who your father was?
50 Cent: That's the inaccurate part. I really have no interest in meeting my father. My mother, when I was younger, she used to tell me things to make me feel special about not having my father be around, cause I'd ask questions, and she told me that I was born through the immaculate conception.
CS: What do you think your mother would think of this film if she were alive?
50 Cent: If she was here, it would be a different film, but I think she would appreciate it. She'd like it 'cause it immortalizes her.
CS: Someone mentioned that the movie had a lot of Shakespearean overtones. Is that something you were aware of?
50 Cent: That's the things that Jim brought to the film, the changes that he authored. He would make references to those things while he was actually doing it. Because he has such a strong history of it, he can modify things in a way where it's today, but it actually has those points to it and those qualities.
CS: How daunting is it to play yourself?
50 Cent: I think it's a great opportunity for me to draw my base closer to me and even broaden it, 'cause it's people who don't choose hip hop as a form of entertainment, they can watch a film loosely based on my life story.
CS: Is this movie a way for you to reinvent yourself?
50 Cent: Well, you know, it's an opportunity for me to let a lot of people judge me. I'd rather them judge me on this film than the information they've received prior to this.
CS: As a first time actor, what things were you nervous about going into this?
50 Cent: I was nervous about having to cry on queue. That's difficult.
CS: Was it painful to relive scenes from your life when making this movie?
50 Cent: I mean, it's therapeutic, not just the shooting part, more just dealing with feelings that you actually felt before, sitting there getting yourself back into that mood, into that zone. Some people may feel like it's easier to act in a film that's based on your life story, but it's more difficult to get away from those emotions once you've actually felt and actually been in that scenario. Cause the scenes are shot out of sequence, one scene you're doing something that's got you crying in the couch in the Poconos, and the next moment, it's comedy.
CS: And you haven't cried since then?
50 Cent: It's been a long time. I've had reasons to… I just haven't done it 'cause I've kind of conditioned myself to deal with those feelings in another way.
CS: Did Jim Sheridan push you a lot?
50 Cent: Well, Jim, he worked with me. We only worked five days a week, two days we was off. I spent some of that time actually with Jim preparing for the next five days.
CS: Were you nervous about doing the shower scene?
50 Cent: Actually, they gave us these biker shorts, and we were supposed to do the scene from the waist up and then we came in and Jim shot it and was like "This is not going to work." He called me to the side and said "50, do you think you can take it off?" and I was like "What?" Then he said "50, just take it off. If you do it, then everybody else will do it" I did it, Terence was with it and we just did it.
CS: Do you work out a lot?
50 Cent: No, I didn't work out much while I was actually on the movie set cause of the hours. It was getting up so early, sometimes 6:30 and we were sitting there for a long period.
CS: What do you think about your status as a sex symbol?
50 Cent: I dunno. I think my love scenes and the nudity in the film will only enhance that.
CS: Are you at all worried about having your movie compared to Eminem's movie "8 Mile"?
50 Cent: I think it's always good to be compared to successful projects so being compared to Eminem's "8 Mile," I don't mind it at all.
CS: What do you think is the biggest misconception about you?
50 Cent: The biggest misconception is that I have bad intentions. By me not sugar coating it and giving a politically correct answer all the time, people pass judgment on me over and over. 'Cause different media outlets and publications publicize things about me, and people take those things for pure fact, and they read it and they assume who I am without actually experiencing being around me at any point.
CS: Jamie Foxx recently said that he enjoyed the music business more than movie business because his love life improved, and it's more fun. Do you think that's true?
50 Cent: I think that music touches people a little closer than film does, and I mean, I only say that because people will jump out of cars and other things and run behind the car when they see you when you're really generating a lot of interest through being a musician, but they don't do that after their favorite actors arrive. Because by the time you've become a great actor, you've been six or seven different people in front of them, so they don't quite know who you are. They just know they liked your performance in that actual film. In music, they interpret the things you say as if it's exactly you, so they like you when they see you.
CS: Are you thinking of doing any other movies after this?
50 Cent: There's a possibility if I come across a screenplay as exciting to me as my life story, I'll do it.
CS: So many rappers have made the transition to acting this year, and rappers like Ice Cube and LL Cool J have actually made careers for themselves as actors. Have you thought about making a career out of acting or do you want to continue rapping and just do it once a while?
50 Cent: This is a great film. If I find something else, I'll commit to it if it was a screenplay exciting enough, but I got the best selling album this year, and I'm comfortable with the success on the music level. This project is just an opportunity to show them something to make reference to of who I am.
CS: What's the first movie that you can remember seeing that made a big impression growing up?
50 Cent: It would have to be "Krush Groove" maybe, because back then I was really into Run-DMC. "Tougher than Leather," too.
CS: Was seeing rappers on the big screen convince you that it was something that maybe you'd want to do?
50 Cent: Not then. Back then it was just because I enjoyed it. I would do it, play with it. It wasn't until my son actually came into the picture that I decided to start writing music full-time.
CS: Do you think you'll see the day when you won't rap anymore?
50 Cent: It's a possibility, but not in my near future. Of course, in the future, there'll be a point where I'm not running around rapping. I'll be executive producing. That's why I set up all the companies I set up. I established G-Unit records after selling 11 Million Records with "Get Rich or Die Tryin'", then move forward to release "Beg For Mercy," scanned 3.5 Million Records, and I'm currently at 6.7 Million records sold on "The Massacre."
CS: Where do you get this confidence for your work that everyone always talks about?
50 Cent: At one point, I was the only one that believed I was good. For a LONG period of time. My grandparents, I love them to death, but they thought I was a little off. After losing the opportunity to write music through Columbia Records and just being by the radio mumbling, because sometimes I don't write the lyrics down so I say the phrases over and over to myself until I know them in my head. And they just see me over there just…"What is he doing?"
CS: What did it feel like when you were shot?
50 Cent: Your adrenaline is pumping. You know your life is in danger 'cause you just heard a gunshot.
CS: But is it really like your whole life flashes in front of you?
50 Cent: Well, not in mine. That's in the movies.
CS: Did you ever see the person who shot you afterwards?
50 Cent: Nah, karma caught up with him before I could meet him and he got shot himself.
CS: Do you think violence is going to continue being a part of your life where you're worried someone else might take a shot at you?
50 Cent: I know that I'm more relevant in the environment that I come from, because they know that I'm from that. Two things happen when you become successful and you're from the bottom. People either are inspired by it or they envy it. Those are the facts, you know, so knowing the possibilities, I take precautions that probably a person who hasn't come from there probably wouldn't bother to take.
CS: So do you think it's a joke that they took those billboards down near schools in L.A?
50 Cent: You know what? They'll pick those billboards. I like to think, for a moment, that they're just being prejudice towards music because music is an artform that has standards placed on it that no other form of entertainment has. You haven't seen a gun on the cover of a CD since 1997, KRS-One's "Criminal Minded," but if we go into our local Blockbuster or any place else where we rent DVD's and movies from, we'll see a firearm and other weapons used as marketing tools on the cover of these projects consistently all over the place. So when they pick me and say "Oh, this is violent because he has a gun" but they had nothing to say about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" or anything else they've seen, I'll say that I'd like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and sayin' that it's just being prejudice towards me comin' from music, and not prejudice to my skin complexion.
CS: After growing up in this poor area, how important is money to you nowadays?
50 Cent: Just as important as it is for you. When I wake up in the morning, when I'm at home, I wake up in a house that the man who owned it before me, earned $500 million in his career and he doesn't have that money anymore, so it reminds that I have to be conscious of everything that I'm doing, regardless of how successful you become.
CS: What's your next goal?
50 Cent: I just made new investments with a company called GamerGraffix.com. They actually come up with the new cool things for games. Just to brief you on what's going on with me at the end of this year: November 8th, the soundtrack to the film is released on G-Unit Records, my record company; November 9th, the film hits box office; November 10th, my new sneaker the G63 through RVK comes out; and November 15th, my video game "Bulletproof" hits stores.
Sometimes, it's hard to believe that it's only been three years since 50 Cents' platinum selling debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" hit the street. To many, he's still considered an overnight sensation, but then, you see Get Rich or Die Tryin', the movie based on 50's life, and you realize that the rapper has been working his whole life to get to this point. Much of that was time spent doing some less than legal activities before finally turning legit thanks to his music.
The movie is already being compared favorably to 8 Mile starring one of 50's benefactors, Eminem, but as ComingSoon.net found out recently when we interviewed 50 Cents AKA Curtis Jackson, he's not quite as angry and a lot friendlier than his "partner in crime."
CS: Can you talk a bit about how this project came about, as far as who came up with the idea to turn your life story into a movie?
50 Cent: Actually [Interscope Records president] Jimmy Iovine approached me with that after the first week of sales on "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" and he probably had the projections for the next week that made him know that I was going to be big. And it was just an idea at that point, and up until I actually read the screenplay. He said "Let's just see what we come up with."
CS: Why did you want to do this film at this point in your life?
50 Cent: I feel like it gives everyone a really good description of what my life has been like. If they know the things that I've been through in my past, it'll help them make judgment on the things they see me do in the future.
CS: Did you personally pick Jim Sheridan and screenwriter Terence Winter to make this movie?
50 Cent: Actually, me and Jimmy Iovine picked Terry to do the script. After we got the screenplay, we was able to get Jim [Sheridan] involved.
CS: How closely did you work with Terence on the screenplay?
50 Cent: He actually traveled with me for two months, compiling information to create it.
CS: How close is the movie to your actual life?
50 Cent: It's about 75% factual.
CS: Since it's based on your life, why did you change the name of your character?
50 Cent: 75% of the facts that you see in the film are based on something that I told Terry Winters about my life, but it's not actually my life. We didn't go shoot in the areas where it actually took place. We didn't say things exactly the way I would have said them. I still had to learn the dialogue and come in and deliver it on point.
CS: When you were 12, did you really say you were going to be a gangster?
50 Cent: Not a gangster, but "I'm going to get me some money."
CS: How accurate was the portrait of your mother? Did she really die that way?
50 Cent: Yeah, pretty accurate. They just put something in her drink and turned on the gas to cut off her oxygen. [In the movie], they used gasoline to make it more visual, 'cause you can't see the gas. I don't know exactly what they used.
CS: Did you ever figure out who your father was?
50 Cent: That's the inaccurate part. I really have no interest in meeting my father. My mother, when I was younger, she used to tell me things to make me feel special about not having my father be around, cause I'd ask questions, and she told me that I was born through the immaculate conception.
CS: What do you think your mother would think of this film if she were alive?
50 Cent: If she was here, it would be a different film, but I think she would appreciate it. She'd like it 'cause it immortalizes her.
CS: Someone mentioned that the movie had a lot of Shakespearean overtones. Is that something you were aware of?
50 Cent: That's the things that Jim brought to the film, the changes that he authored. He would make references to those things while he was actually doing it. Because he has such a strong history of it, he can modify things in a way where it's today, but it actually has those points to it and those qualities.
CS: How daunting is it to play yourself?
50 Cent: I think it's a great opportunity for me to draw my base closer to me and even broaden it, 'cause it's people who don't choose hip hop as a form of entertainment, they can watch a film loosely based on my life story.
CS: Is this movie a way for you to reinvent yourself?
50 Cent: Well, you know, it's an opportunity for me to let a lot of people judge me. I'd rather them judge me on this film than the information they've received prior to this.
CS: As a first time actor, what things were you nervous about going into this?
50 Cent: I was nervous about having to cry on queue. That's difficult.
CS: Was it painful to relive scenes from your life when making this movie?
50 Cent: I mean, it's therapeutic, not just the shooting part, more just dealing with feelings that you actually felt before, sitting there getting yourself back into that mood, into that zone. Some people may feel like it's easier to act in a film that's based on your life story, but it's more difficult to get away from those emotions once you've actually felt and actually been in that scenario. Cause the scenes are shot out of sequence, one scene you're doing something that's got you crying in the couch in the Poconos, and the next moment, it's comedy.
CS: And you haven't cried since then?
50 Cent: It's been a long time. I've had reasons to… I just haven't done it 'cause I've kind of conditioned myself to deal with those feelings in another way.
CS: Did Jim Sheridan push you a lot?
50 Cent: Well, Jim, he worked with me. We only worked five days a week, two days we was off. I spent some of that time actually with Jim preparing for the next five days.
CS: Were you nervous about doing the shower scene?
50 Cent: Actually, they gave us these biker shorts, and we were supposed to do the scene from the waist up and then we came in and Jim shot it and was like "This is not going to work." He called me to the side and said "50, do you think you can take it off?" and I was like "What?" Then he said "50, just take it off. If you do it, then everybody else will do it" I did it, Terence was with it and we just did it.
CS: Do you work out a lot?
50 Cent: No, I didn't work out much while I was actually on the movie set cause of the hours. It was getting up so early, sometimes 6:30 and we were sitting there for a long period.
CS: What do you think about your status as a sex symbol?
50 Cent: I dunno. I think my love scenes and the nudity in the film will only enhance that.
CS: Are you at all worried about having your movie compared to Eminem's movie "8 Mile"?
50 Cent: I think it's always good to be compared to successful projects so being compared to Eminem's "8 Mile," I don't mind it at all.
CS: What do you think is the biggest misconception about you?
50 Cent: The biggest misconception is that I have bad intentions. By me not sugar coating it and giving a politically correct answer all the time, people pass judgment on me over and over. 'Cause different media outlets and publications publicize things about me, and people take those things for pure fact, and they read it and they assume who I am without actually experiencing being around me at any point.
CS: Jamie Foxx recently said that he enjoyed the music business more than movie business because his love life improved, and it's more fun. Do you think that's true?
50 Cent: I think that music touches people a little closer than film does, and I mean, I only say that because people will jump out of cars and other things and run behind the car when they see you when you're really generating a lot of interest through being a musician, but they don't do that after their favorite actors arrive. Because by the time you've become a great actor, you've been six or seven different people in front of them, so they don't quite know who you are. They just know they liked your performance in that actual film. In music, they interpret the things you say as if it's exactly you, so they like you when they see you.
CS: Are you thinking of doing any other movies after this?
50 Cent: There's a possibility if I come across a screenplay as exciting to me as my life story, I'll do it.
CS: So many rappers have made the transition to acting this year, and rappers like Ice Cube and LL Cool J have actually made careers for themselves as actors. Have you thought about making a career out of acting or do you want to continue rapping and just do it once a while?
50 Cent: This is a great film. If I find something else, I'll commit to it if it was a screenplay exciting enough, but I got the best selling album this year, and I'm comfortable with the success on the music level. This project is just an opportunity to show them something to make reference to of who I am.
CS: What's the first movie that you can remember seeing that made a big impression growing up?
50 Cent: It would have to be "Krush Groove" maybe, because back then I was really into Run-DMC. "Tougher than Leather," too.
CS: Was seeing rappers on the big screen convince you that it was something that maybe you'd want to do?
50 Cent: Not then. Back then it was just because I enjoyed it. I would do it, play with it. It wasn't until my son actually came into the picture that I decided to start writing music full-time.
CS: Do you think you'll see the day when you won't rap anymore?
50 Cent: It's a possibility, but not in my near future. Of course, in the future, there'll be a point where I'm not running around rapping. I'll be executive producing. That's why I set up all the companies I set up. I established G-Unit records after selling 11 Million Records with "Get Rich or Die Tryin'", then move forward to release "Beg For Mercy," scanned 3.5 Million Records, and I'm currently at 6.7 Million records sold on "The Massacre."
CS: Where do you get this confidence for your work that everyone always talks about?
50 Cent: At one point, I was the only one that believed I was good. For a LONG period of time. My grandparents, I love them to death, but they thought I was a little off. After losing the opportunity to write music through Columbia Records and just being by the radio mumbling, because sometimes I don't write the lyrics down so I say the phrases over and over to myself until I know them in my head. And they just see me over there just…"What is he doing?"
CS: What did it feel like when you were shot?
50 Cent: Your adrenaline is pumping. You know your life is in danger 'cause you just heard a gunshot.
CS: But is it really like your whole life flashes in front of you?
50 Cent: Well, not in mine. That's in the movies.
CS: Did you ever see the person who shot you afterwards?
50 Cent: Nah, karma caught up with him before I could meet him and he got shot himself.
CS: Do you think violence is going to continue being a part of your life where you're worried someone else might take a shot at you?
50 Cent: I know that I'm more relevant in the environment that I come from, because they know that I'm from that. Two things happen when you become successful and you're from the bottom. People either are inspired by it or they envy it. Those are the facts, you know, so knowing the possibilities, I take precautions that probably a person who hasn't come from there probably wouldn't bother to take.
CS: So do you think it's a joke that they took those billboards down near schools in L.A?
50 Cent: You know what? They'll pick those billboards. I like to think, for a moment, that they're just being prejudice towards music because music is an artform that has standards placed on it that no other form of entertainment has. You haven't seen a gun on the cover of a CD since 1997, KRS-One's "Criminal Minded," but if we go into our local Blockbuster or any place else where we rent DVD's and movies from, we'll see a firearm and other weapons used as marketing tools on the cover of these projects consistently all over the place. So when they pick me and say "Oh, this is violent because he has a gun" but they had nothing to say about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" or anything else they've seen, I'll say that I'd like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and sayin' that it's just being prejudice towards me comin' from music, and not prejudice to my skin complexion.
CS: After growing up in this poor area, how important is money to you nowadays?
50 Cent: Just as important as it is for you. When I wake up in the morning, when I'm at home, I wake up in a house that the man who owned it before me, earned $500 million in his career and he doesn't have that money anymore, so it reminds that I have to be conscious of everything that I'm doing, regardless of how successful you become.
CS: What's your next goal?
50 Cent: I just made new investments with a company called GamerGraffix.com. They actually come up with the new cool things for games. Just to brief you on what's going on with me at the end of this year: November 8th, the soundtrack to the film is released on G-Unit Records, my record company; November 9th, the film hits box office; November 10th, my new sneaker the G63 through RVK comes out; and November 15th, my video game "Bulletproof" hits stores.
50 Cent And Jim Sheridan Defends 'Get Rich' Posters
50 Cent turns a blind eye to all the controversy surrounding his 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' movie posters, citing that the poster is merely a marketing tool. "When you go to a Blockbuster or a local video store where you can rent DVDs or cassettes, you'll be able to find hundreds and hundreds of references to weapons used on the covers to market the actual film, and nobody had a problem with any of them until they see 50 Cent with a gun because there are different standards based on music. If you went into a music store, you wouldn't find many CDs distributed through a major record company that had those images, so I understand why they're saying those things but it's absolutely nonsense," he explained to Reuters.
50 Cent Open To Doing Business With Jadakiss
If Jay-Z and Nas can put aside their differences, why can't Jadakiss and 50 Cent? In hip-hop, anything can happen.
On Monday in New York, 50 told MTV Radio that there's really no bad blood between Jada and him. "Jadakiss, I don't resent him to the point where I'd absolutely like to see him suffer," 50 said.
Last week on New York radio station Hot 97, 50 said that he'd even like to help Jada make his next record.
"I didn't say I would sign him," he said to MTV Radio about the once seemingly far-fetched rumors of Kiss coming to G-Unit Records. "I said I didn't dislike him."
While 50 didn't clarify exactly what his intentions for Jada were, he did allude to the fact that he was open to doing business with the man he's dissed on records, in a music video and on the cover of his current mixtape.
"There are other options and opportunities that may open up for [Jada] in the future," 50 said. "If he's smart enough to explore them, there is a possibility. I'm trying to build my company as fast as possible. There's unlimited possibilities.
"I only wrote two lines about Jadakiss [on 'Piggy Bank']," 50 continued (see "50 Mocks Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Game, Nas In 'Piggy Bank' Video"). "I said, 'I'll do your little ass like Jay-Z did Mobb Deep,' and that was put you on the Summer Jam screen. That wasn't a disrespectful-enough insult to stop Mobb Deep from doing business with me, and they made the best-performing record of their career with 'Outta Control.' It went to the top 10 in all formats."
Although Jada could not be reached for comment, his LOX partner Sheek Louch said, "50 will never put out a Kiss record. Ever."
One person 50 is definitely going to be working with is Mase. In fact, the two have already knocked out some songs. While Mase has confused and angered some fans with his return to his Murda Mase M.O. of harder raps — Mase has dissed Diddy, Brandy, Fabolous, Loon, the New York Knicks' Quentin Richardson and even dropped lines like "I'll have hoes back of the church humming your name" — 50 says when he started putting out new material by the pastor on the mixtapes he expected some backlash. But 50 also says everyone can calm down — it's all for the greater good.
"That's actually my idea," 50 said about Mase going back to "Murda." "I'm actually not supposed to say this, but I'mma say it anyway. Me and Mase sat down and had conversations. I told him, 'When you were writing Murda Mase material you sold 4 million records. If you can sacrifice for a moment ... having people being confused with what your intentions are and have them think that maybe 50 is so evil you went from God to the G-Unit, that he got you thinking like that, it'll all be for a greater win when you generate that interest of [millions] of people to deliver a record that has a positive message.' "
50 stressed that Mase's new album won't just be all Murda.
"What you gonna hear when you hear Mase's new record is the production caliber of a Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre with a more positive message. The concept of it is the phases he's gone through in his life. Right now he's trying to create the Murda Mase portion of it. While he's doing it, I'm taking the pieces of it and putting them on the [mixtape] circuit so they can hear it. These things have been surfacing on radio. It's such a dramatic change, like 'Wow, you got a minister talking aggressive.' If you can get the kid that's listening to that aggressive music to hear and understand your positive message, he actually did something."
50 says that despite his master plan, he still expects some people to shun Mase when his album drops. Nonetheless, he anticipates big album sales.
50, Mase, the G-Unit, Mobb Deep and M.O.P. are all featured on the soundtrack to "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," due November 8 (see "New 50 Music Hits Airwaves; MC Admits That He Too Was Once A Window Shopper"). The film hits theaters the following day.
On Monday in New York, 50 told MTV Radio that there's really no bad blood between Jada and him. "Jadakiss, I don't resent him to the point where I'd absolutely like to see him suffer," 50 said.
Last week on New York radio station Hot 97, 50 said that he'd even like to help Jada make his next record.
"I didn't say I would sign him," he said to MTV Radio about the once seemingly far-fetched rumors of Kiss coming to G-Unit Records. "I said I didn't dislike him."
While 50 didn't clarify exactly what his intentions for Jada were, he did allude to the fact that he was open to doing business with the man he's dissed on records, in a music video and on the cover of his current mixtape.
"There are other options and opportunities that may open up for [Jada] in the future," 50 said. "If he's smart enough to explore them, there is a possibility. I'm trying to build my company as fast as possible. There's unlimited possibilities.
"I only wrote two lines about Jadakiss [on 'Piggy Bank']," 50 continued (see "50 Mocks Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Game, Nas In 'Piggy Bank' Video"). "I said, 'I'll do your little ass like Jay-Z did Mobb Deep,' and that was put you on the Summer Jam screen. That wasn't a disrespectful-enough insult to stop Mobb Deep from doing business with me, and they made the best-performing record of their career with 'Outta Control.' It went to the top 10 in all formats."
Although Jada could not be reached for comment, his LOX partner Sheek Louch said, "50 will never put out a Kiss record. Ever."
One person 50 is definitely going to be working with is Mase. In fact, the two have already knocked out some songs. While Mase has confused and angered some fans with his return to his Murda Mase M.O. of harder raps — Mase has dissed Diddy, Brandy, Fabolous, Loon, the New York Knicks' Quentin Richardson and even dropped lines like "I'll have hoes back of the church humming your name" — 50 says when he started putting out new material by the pastor on the mixtapes he expected some backlash. But 50 also says everyone can calm down — it's all for the greater good.
"That's actually my idea," 50 said about Mase going back to "Murda." "I'm actually not supposed to say this, but I'mma say it anyway. Me and Mase sat down and had conversations. I told him, 'When you were writing Murda Mase material you sold 4 million records. If you can sacrifice for a moment ... having people being confused with what your intentions are and have them think that maybe 50 is so evil you went from God to the G-Unit, that he got you thinking like that, it'll all be for a greater win when you generate that interest of [millions] of people to deliver a record that has a positive message.' "
50 stressed that Mase's new album won't just be all Murda.
"What you gonna hear when you hear Mase's new record is the production caliber of a Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre with a more positive message. The concept of it is the phases he's gone through in his life. Right now he's trying to create the Murda Mase portion of it. While he's doing it, I'm taking the pieces of it and putting them on the [mixtape] circuit so they can hear it. These things have been surfacing on radio. It's such a dramatic change, like 'Wow, you got a minister talking aggressive.' If you can get the kid that's listening to that aggressive music to hear and understand your positive message, he actually did something."
50 says that despite his master plan, he still expects some people to shun Mase when his album drops. Nonetheless, he anticipates big album sales.
50, Mase, the G-Unit, Mobb Deep and M.O.P. are all featured on the soundtrack to "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," due November 8 (see "New 50 Music Hits Airwaves; MC Admits That He Too Was Once A Window Shopper"). The film hits theaters the following day.
10/29/2005
50 Cent Wants to Buy Interscope
50 CENT wants to buy Interscope Records - because he claims he generates most of the labels income.He has branched out into a range of business interests since achieving musical success, and he now dreams of owning the company which distributes his work.
He tells Maxim magazine, "I'd really like to be able to afford Interscope Records. I'm making 70 per cent of the black music at Interscope, and I'm growing.
"If I keep the pace I'm at now for the next three years, eventually I'll own it...
"Once you make the right offer, everything is for sale."
50 Cent Admits he was Once a Window Shopper
As the release dates of 50 Cent's new film, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," and its accompanying soundtrack draw closer, the rapper is in full hype mode, with a host of appearances and new music.
Last weekend, a record called "I Don't Know" which Fif's "Get Rich" character, Marcus, actually raps part of in the movie — aired and hit the Internet. The song features 50, Lloyd Banks, Prodigy, Spider Loc and Mase, the latter of whom takes a jab at Loon and Fabolous — "I don't know why Loon and Fabby won't just call me their daddy" — as well as "CB4 gangstas in Harlem" who keep coming at him. They all rap from the perspective of men who are being interrogated by the police but are unwilling to cooperate.
50's current single from the soundtrack, of course, is "Hustler's Ambition" (see "50 Says He's No 'Super Actor' — And Tells Em He's Not A Sucker"). If it weren't for another MTV film starring his "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " co-star Terrence Howard, Fif said the single's title would have been the name of the movie as well.
" 'Hustle & Flow' was coming [out]," he said about the title change. "My initial title for ['Get Rich'] early on was 'Hustler's Ambition.' I wrote the song during a break [in filming]. We cut, and I went back to the trailer and wrote the record."
Naturally, filming the movie motivated 50 to write other songs for his soundtrack.
"A lot of songs," he insisted. " 'Window Shopper' is inspired by a scene where a young version of my character is looking through a [store] window at shoes, right before he decides to start hustling. I kind of took it and made it relevant to 50 Cent because I know that the general public isn't going to expect less than the best material from 50 Cent. They're not going to understand that I wrote that in character if I'm saying things away from what they've already assumed I am and what they already used to."
Keeping in step with his m.o., in the chorus of one version of "Window Shopper" that's playing on the radio, 50 calls out his rivals Ja Rule, Nas, Fat Joe and Jadakiss as window shoppers. (Another version doesn't mention their names at all.)
"Yeah, yeah, it makes [the song] more relevant to 50 Cent when I start mentioning Ja, Jadakiss, Joe and Nas," he explained.
"It's weird because at [one] point in my life, I was a window shopper," he added. "But I was a kid then. It's time for me to grow up and move on. You too old to be a window shopper these days, man."
Check out the video for "Window Shopper" here.
But while prepping his new music and his film debut, 50 still took time to offer some words to Dr. Dre. During an interview with BBC Radio, he urged Doc not to work on Game's follow-up to The Documentary, which is currently under way with producers like Just Blaze and Cool and Dre. 50 said to the best of his knowledge, Dr. Dre is not working on the LP.
The soundtrack to "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " comes out November 8, and the film drops the next day.
Last weekend, a record called "I Don't Know" which Fif's "Get Rich" character, Marcus, actually raps part of in the movie — aired and hit the Internet. The song features 50, Lloyd Banks, Prodigy, Spider Loc and Mase, the latter of whom takes a jab at Loon and Fabolous — "I don't know why Loon and Fabby won't just call me their daddy" — as well as "CB4 gangstas in Harlem" who keep coming at him. They all rap from the perspective of men who are being interrogated by the police but are unwilling to cooperate.
50's current single from the soundtrack, of course, is "Hustler's Ambition" (see "50 Says He's No 'Super Actor' — And Tells Em He's Not A Sucker"). If it weren't for another MTV film starring his "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " co-star Terrence Howard, Fif said the single's title would have been the name of the movie as well.
" 'Hustle & Flow' was coming [out]," he said about the title change. "My initial title for ['Get Rich'] early on was 'Hustler's Ambition.' I wrote the song during a break [in filming]. We cut, and I went back to the trailer and wrote the record."
Naturally, filming the movie motivated 50 to write other songs for his soundtrack.
"A lot of songs," he insisted. " 'Window Shopper' is inspired by a scene where a young version of my character is looking through a [store] window at shoes, right before he decides to start hustling. I kind of took it and made it relevant to 50 Cent because I know that the general public isn't going to expect less than the best material from 50 Cent. They're not going to understand that I wrote that in character if I'm saying things away from what they've already assumed I am and what they already used to."
Keeping in step with his m.o., in the chorus of one version of "Window Shopper" that's playing on the radio, 50 calls out his rivals Ja Rule, Nas, Fat Joe and Jadakiss as window shoppers. (Another version doesn't mention their names at all.)
"Yeah, yeah, it makes [the song] more relevant to 50 Cent when I start mentioning Ja, Jadakiss, Joe and Nas," he explained.
"It's weird because at [one] point in my life, I was a window shopper," he added. "But I was a kid then. It's time for me to grow up and move on. You too old to be a window shopper these days, man."
Check out the video for "Window Shopper" here.
But while prepping his new music and his film debut, 50 still took time to offer some words to Dr. Dre. During an interview with BBC Radio, he urged Doc not to work on Game's follow-up to The Documentary, which is currently under way with producers like Just Blaze and Cool and Dre. 50 said to the best of his knowledge, Dr. Dre is not working on the LP.
The soundtrack to "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " comes out November 8, and the film drops the next day.
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the Game Got Arrested
Members of "The Game's" entourage shot video of the arrest, which shows many of the members getting peppered sprayed.
Greensboro, NC -- An argument over a Halloween mask turned into a big scene at Four Seasons Towne Center tonight. And the rapper "The Game", also known as Jayceon Taylor ended up behind bars.
In a videotape shot by a member of "Taylor's' entourage, we don't see the argument or what led up to Taylor's group being confronted. But you can see police start to arrest Taylor.
Then it appears the officer moves toward the crowd, pepper spraying several people. He even sprays the camera taking this footage.
As the video continues, Taylor is put in handcuffs and escorted out of the mall.
WFMY News 2 caught up with Taylor right after he bonded out of jail on resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges.
To see a statement from "The Game" as well as from the Greensboro Police Department, just click on the video link.
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In a videotape shot by a member of "Taylor's' entourage, we don't see the argument or what led up to Taylor's group being confronted. But you can see police start to arrest Taylor.
Then it appears the officer moves toward the crowd, pepper spraying several people. He even sprays the camera taking this footage.
As the video continues, Taylor is put in handcuffs and escorted out of the mall.
WFMY News 2 caught up with Taylor right after he bonded out of jail on resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges.
To see a statement from "The Game" as well as from the Greensboro Police Department, just click on the video link.
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10/28/2005
Game Signs Shyne to BlackWallStreet
The Game isn't letting 50 Cent's recent signings of Mase, Mobb Deep and MOP (nor the rumors that he's signing Kool G Rap, Beanie Siegel, Lil Scrappy) upstage his CEO hustle.
The Black Wall Street CEO has signed New York rapper Shyne to his Black Wall Street East label, along with Charlie Baltimore.
Eastwood and Techniec are also signed to the Black Wall Street and form The Black Gang with Game, the group that was formally called M.O.B. The Black Gang stands for “The Black Lives American Couldn't Kill Gang.”
Shyne is still incarcerated and is scheduled for release in 2009, however the Free Shyne campaign is in full swing.
Meanwhile, The Game has begun work on the follow up to his multi platinum debut The Documentary titled The Doctors Advocate, which will be released under Black Wall Street and Aftermath.
"It's the same format at The Documentary. If it aint broke don't fix it," Game stated. "I am still with Dre and I'm working with some of the best producers."
The Black Wall Street CEO has signed New York rapper Shyne to his Black Wall Street East label, along with Charlie Baltimore.
Eastwood and Techniec are also signed to the Black Wall Street and form The Black Gang with Game, the group that was formally called M.O.B. The Black Gang stands for “The Black Lives American Couldn't Kill Gang.”
Shyne is still incarcerated and is scheduled for release in 2009, however the Free Shyne campaign is in full swing.
Meanwhile, The Game has begun work on the follow up to his multi platinum debut The Documentary titled The Doctors Advocate, which will be released under Black Wall Street and Aftermath.
"It's the same format at The Documentary. If it aint broke don't fix it," Game stated. "I am still with Dre and I'm working with some of the best producers."
50 Cent says he stopped Dr. Dre from working with The Game
50 Cent appeared on WQHT today and challenged the station, The Source Magazine and other artist. In perhaps his most surprising interview of this year 50 called into Hot97 to set the record straight on his thoughts on a few things like the signing of former Pastor and Harlem bred rapper Murder Mase and more. 50 cent was challenged by morning show host Miss Jones on a recent mixtape he produced for a Mase track that has lyrics that she feels advocate the killing of Children. 50 cent said he did not advocate it but it was something that was really happening in the streets, the host said the end of the song had a chorus that lyrically called for it as a tactic. 50 Cent said, “don’t challenge me but the station needs to challenge itself and not play his music”. 50 clarified that he was not saying don’t play any of his music but that his Mixtape music was geared for thugs and other street urchins not radio. So while the song may be dangerous the station is irresponsible by playing it. The host agreed.
50 main purpose was to address rumors involving other artist. 50 Cent said that Mase will be making violent music again to show his other side before his ministers duties and that is what G-Unit will focus on for the artist.50 feels that offers a more complete Mase image and it will be true to him, he said he hope to just reach a portion of the Mase fans that once brought 4 million copes of the music. 50 Cent also addressed the rumor that he has stopped Styles P album from coming out and in fact he wants to make Jadakiss next album.
50 said that he wears his nickname Curtis Interscope Jackson as a badge of honor and that he does have a lot of influence in Interscope, so much influence that he has stopped Dr.Dre from working on The Games new album. Game new album entitled The Doctors Advocate would not feature any appearance of 50 Cent and his former G-Unit group members or any production from Dre.”The Game already knows this and decided to keep the name of the album the same as not to cause a stir” but there will be no Dre production on it because of the feud with he and Game.
50 said he has no compassion because nobody had compassion for him growing up but he was looking for any feuds and said that he had no plans to challenge Jay z and hopes that he and Nas work together. Morning Show Host Miss Jones than asked to work with 50 Cent in the future and if it was possible that she could get signed. 50 Did not agree but Hot97 and 50 announced their 10,000 dollar giveaway promotion and that the two were united in distrust against the Source Magazine who did a unflattering feature on both hot97 Payola and the G-Unit camp in the latest magazine on stands now.
50 main purpose was to address rumors involving other artist. 50 Cent said that Mase will be making violent music again to show his other side before his ministers duties and that is what G-Unit will focus on for the artist.50 feels that offers a more complete Mase image and it will be true to him, he said he hope to just reach a portion of the Mase fans that once brought 4 million copes of the music. 50 Cent also addressed the rumor that he has stopped Styles P album from coming out and in fact he wants to make Jadakiss next album.
50 said that he wears his nickname Curtis Interscope Jackson as a badge of honor and that he does have a lot of influence in Interscope, so much influence that he has stopped Dr.Dre from working on The Games new album. Game new album entitled The Doctors Advocate would not feature any appearance of 50 Cent and his former G-Unit group members or any production from Dre.”The Game already knows this and decided to keep the name of the album the same as not to cause a stir” but there will be no Dre production on it because of the feud with he and Game.
50 said he has no compassion because nobody had compassion for him growing up but he was looking for any feuds and said that he had no plans to challenge Jay z and hopes that he and Nas work together. Morning Show Host Miss Jones than asked to work with 50 Cent in the future and if it was possible that she could get signed. 50 Did not agree but Hot97 and 50 announced their 10,000 dollar giveaway promotion and that the two were united in distrust against the Source Magazine who did a unflattering feature on both hot97 Payola and the G-Unit camp in the latest magazine on stands now.
BME and G-Unit to Form Alliance
Rapper/Producer Lil' Jon released a statement today, which will clarify months of speculation about the status of his protege, Lil' Scrappy. Jon announced that his BME Recordings is currently negotiating a deal with 50 Cent's G-Unit Records.
"We entered a mutually beneficial agreement based on each company's creative strengths," Lil' Jon told AtlantaUrbanMix.com. "On a artist by artist basis, BME will help solidify G-Units artist in the South, where BME has a stronghold. I'll also do production for them, and G-Unit is gonna help market some artists signed to BME; the first being Lil Scrappy." Though full details about the deal were not available at press time, both labels did confirm that the arrangements are in final negotiation stages.
The statement officially ends months of speculation about whether or not Scrappy will be leaving BME to become a G-Unit Soldier. While the "Prince of Crunk" denied such rumors in an interview with Ozone Magazine last month, 50 Cent reportedly made it official during a recent interview on BBC's Radio 1 Rap Show in London. During the October 15 interview, 50 told host Tim Westwood that Lil' Scrappy was "coming over to G-Unit." Reps for G-Unit Records declined requests for a comment.
Founded in 2002 by Lil' Jon and childhood friends Vince Phillips, Emperor Searcy, and Rob Mac, BME is preparing new releases from Trillville, Lil' Scrappy, Bohagon and E-40.
"We entered a mutually beneficial agreement based on each company's creative strengths," Lil' Jon told AtlantaUrbanMix.com. "On a artist by artist basis, BME will help solidify G-Units artist in the South, where BME has a stronghold. I'll also do production for them, and G-Unit is gonna help market some artists signed to BME; the first being Lil Scrappy." Though full details about the deal were not available at press time, both labels did confirm that the arrangements are in final negotiation stages.
The statement officially ends months of speculation about whether or not Scrappy will be leaving BME to become a G-Unit Soldier. While the "Prince of Crunk" denied such rumors in an interview with Ozone Magazine last month, 50 Cent reportedly made it official during a recent interview on BBC's Radio 1 Rap Show in London. During the October 15 interview, 50 told host Tim Westwood that Lil' Scrappy was "coming over to G-Unit." Reps for G-Unit Records declined requests for a comment.
Founded in 2002 by Lil' Jon and childhood friends Vince Phillips, Emperor Searcy, and Rob Mac, BME is preparing new releases from Trillville, Lil' Scrappy, Bohagon and E-40.
Dr. Dre Consultant for 50 Cent Movie
Jim Sheridan was so determined to make sure he understood rap culture when teaming up with 50 Cent for new movie Get Rich Or Die Tryin' he hired Dr. Dre as a consultant. He shocked many movie experts when he signed up to direct the urban drama, loosely based on 50 Cent's life.
But Sheridan insisted from the start he was the perfect choice to take charge of the gritty project. He says, "I grew up in an area of Dublin that was very poor, and there was lots of heroin. I had fights with kids, addicts, and I had to defend myself."
As well as hiring Dr. Dre as an unofficial adviser, Sheridan allowed his stars to coach him on ghetto language he didn't understand and he even researched the history of slavery "to understand where some of the attitudes come from." (WWN)
But Sheridan insisted from the start he was the perfect choice to take charge of the gritty project. He says, "I grew up in an area of Dublin that was very poor, and there was lots of heroin. I had fights with kids, addicts, and I had to defend myself."
As well as hiring Dr. Dre as an unofficial adviser, Sheridan allowed his stars to coach him on ghetto language he didn't understand and he even researched the history of slavery "to understand where some of the attitudes come from." (WWN)
Spike Video Game Awards
Even digitized versions of 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Diddy are cleaning up at award shows. All four artists have been nominated for Spike TV's Video Game Awards 2005 for their roles in games like 50 Cent: Bulletproof. The awards show, set to take place November 18 at Gibson Amphitheater in LA, will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.
50's game received nods for Best Action Game, Best Performance by a Human - Male, Best Cast, Best Supporting Male Performance, Best Soundtrack and Best Original Song. Dre and Eminem got nods for Best Supporting Male Performance for their roles in Bulletproof, while Diddy was nominated in the same category for his role in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. Jessica Alba even received two nominations for her role as Invisible Woman in Fantastic 4: Cyber Vixen of the Year and Best Performance by a Human - Female.
"Getting Up Anthem: Part 1" by Talib Kweli and Rakim in Getting Up as well as "Maybe We Crazy" by 50 Cent in Bulletproof and "When I Get Angry" by Spider Loc in Madden NFL 6 were nominated for Best Original Song. The soundtrack for Bulletproof is up for Best Soundtrack.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra, Xzibit and Ozzy Osbourne are set to appear at the event, while presenters and celebrity attendees will be announced soon.
The venue itself, meanwhile, will feature a slew of 100-foot-tall walls of video screens, skybox audiences, and game-versus-game iconoclastic graphics.
50's game received nods for Best Action Game, Best Performance by a Human - Male, Best Cast, Best Supporting Male Performance, Best Soundtrack and Best Original Song. Dre and Eminem got nods for Best Supporting Male Performance for their roles in Bulletproof, while Diddy was nominated in the same category for his role in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. Jessica Alba even received two nominations for her role as Invisible Woman in Fantastic 4: Cyber Vixen of the Year and Best Performance by a Human - Female.
"Getting Up Anthem: Part 1" by Talib Kweli and Rakim in Getting Up as well as "Maybe We Crazy" by 50 Cent in Bulletproof and "When I Get Angry" by Spider Loc in Madden NFL 6 were nominated for Best Original Song. The soundtrack for Bulletproof is up for Best Soundtrack.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra, Xzibit and Ozzy Osbourne are set to appear at the event, while presenters and celebrity attendees will be announced soon.
The venue itself, meanwhile, will feature a slew of 100-foot-tall walls of video screens, skybox audiences, and game-versus-game iconoclastic graphics.
Yayo vs. the Source
Tony Yayo has had it with The Source magazine. SOHH.com reports that the MC is not pleased with the publication’s November cover, emblazoned with the headline “G-Unot” to describe its feature article on the perceived slippage of 50 Cent’s G-Unit crew of emcees.
"My response is no more passes cause I sat back and I gave [Source Chief Brand Executive Raymond "Benzino" Scott] a pass," Yayo told SOHH.com. "He disrespected me by doing that. I'm bigger than that. Anybody who has to use a magazine as a weapon is soft. He can't even go through [his hometown of] Boston. They set his car on fire. I'm doing a show in his town tomorrow. I'll say what I gotta say there."
According to SoundScan, Yayo’s latest album, “Thoughts of a Predicate Felon,” sold 214,687 copies during the week of its Aug. 30th debut. The Source calls those numbers weak in comparison to previous sales debuts from G-Unit artists, further underscoring their notion that the crew is falling off.
"Dudes is haters," says Yayo says in response. "I did 215 [215,000 units] my first week with Kanye West [debuting as well]. My second week I dropped down to I think it was 60, by 33 percent something like that. Kanye West dropped down to the same numbers, but ain't nobody say nothing to him about it. But it's me, so they're like, 'Ohhh, Interscope is buying my records.' That's what he was saying to try to assassinate my character. I could have did more than 215,000," he adds. "I dropped the same day as Kanye – he's a Grammy Award winner and had way more promotion than me. [He had] Pepsi commercials, all kinds of things that I couldn't do. That was one of the biggest numbers that came out this year. Everybody else that came out was doing 100,000 and change. I did 215 with a Grammy award winner."
"My response is no more passes cause I sat back and I gave [Source Chief Brand Executive Raymond "Benzino" Scott] a pass," Yayo told SOHH.com. "He disrespected me by doing that. I'm bigger than that. Anybody who has to use a magazine as a weapon is soft. He can't even go through [his hometown of] Boston. They set his car on fire. I'm doing a show in his town tomorrow. I'll say what I gotta say there."
According to SoundScan, Yayo’s latest album, “Thoughts of a Predicate Felon,” sold 214,687 copies during the week of its Aug. 30th debut. The Source calls those numbers weak in comparison to previous sales debuts from G-Unit artists, further underscoring their notion that the crew is falling off.
"Dudes is haters," says Yayo says in response. "I did 215 [215,000 units] my first week with Kanye West [debuting as well]. My second week I dropped down to I think it was 60, by 33 percent something like that. Kanye West dropped down to the same numbers, but ain't nobody say nothing to him about it. But it's me, so they're like, 'Ohhh, Interscope is buying my records.' That's what he was saying to try to assassinate my character. I could have did more than 215,000," he adds. "I dropped the same day as Kanye – he's a Grammy Award winner and had way more promotion than me. [He had] Pepsi commercials, all kinds of things that I couldn't do. That was one of the biggest numbers that came out this year. Everybody else that came out was doing 100,000 and change. I did 215 with a Grammy award winner."
2 Rumors not True
1st off, Daz Dillinger and Kurupt appeared on Julio G's show on KDAY to talk about all their ongoing projects and Kurupt mentioned that Nate Dogg was now officially signed to Aftermath! This rumor is not true.
Another funny rumor is that 50 Cent and The Game will be in the near future dropped from Aftermath and that Game already has been and 50 will be after the movies release. This rumor about 50 and Game being dropped is false. Aftermathmusic.com - ain't gonna be nuthing after that.
Another funny rumor is that 50 Cent and The Game will be in the near future dropped from Aftermath and that Game already has been and 50 will be after the movies release. This rumor about 50 and Game being dropped is false. Aftermathmusic.com - ain't gonna be nuthing after that.
1 Year Shade45
In honor of his SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel's first anniversary, Eminem will be making appearances on the station over the next few days to celebrate its success.
October 27 is the official one-year anniversary of Shade 45, an uncensored and commercial-free hip hop channel produced by Eminem. Launched in October 2004 at Em's Shady National Convention in New York City, the channel has since featured in-studio interviews with Donald Trump, Jay-Z, Ludacris and others, and provided exposure for breakthrough artists like Paul Wall and Mike Jones.
October 27 is the official one-year anniversary of Shade 45, an uncensored and commercial-free hip hop channel produced by Eminem. Launched in October 2004 at Em's Shady National Convention in New York City, the channel has since featured in-studio interviews with Donald Trump, Jay-Z, Ludacris and others, and provided exposure for breakthrough artists like Paul Wall and Mike Jones.
10/27/2005
Stat Quo to be on Disturbing tha Peace
Stat Quo will join Ludacris for the second Disturbing Tha Peace Records album, titled Ludacris Presents… Disturbing Tha Peace. The disc, which will also be available with a limited-edition DVD of music videos, will hit stores on December 13, according to Billboard.com.
50 Cent; Bulletproof Feature Preview
Bulletproof has been the subject of much speculation since it was first announced earlier this year. The prospect of a video game starring a popular rapper caused more than a few eyes to roll in the wake of less-than-stellar video game offerings that have tried to capitalize on a musician's appeal. Stylish but obviously CG trailers for the game did nothing to quell doubts that the title would coast on 50's appeal, rather than gameplay. However, 50's involvement with the game, as well as that of developer Genuine Games' experienced team, has resulted in a very surprising twist to this tale: Bulletproof actually looks like it might be a more-than-passable entry in the third-person action genre. After getting a demo and some exclusive hands-on time with the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game, we're pleasantly surprised to report that 50 Cent: Bulletproof is shaping up to be a strong title capable of gaining notoriety because of its presentation and gameplay, not just its star. Gamestar.com get an exclusive hands-on of the surprising action game from VUG starring 50 Cent.
10/26/2005
Paramount, 50 Cent Criticized Over 'Get Rich' Movie Advertisements
Paramount, MTV, Interscope Records and 50 Cent are coming under fire by a coalition of Los Angeles community leaders, activists and concerned parents over advertisements for 50 Cent’s new movie, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.”Billboards, posters and other ads depict the best-selling rapper brandishing two handguns as a promotion for the upcoming film, which is based loosely around his rise from the streets of Queens, New York to the top of the music industry.The ads are also receiving major promotion on the internet, as the campaign is being served through Google’s targeted affiliate advertising program.The boycott is being led by Project Islamic HOPE, The National Action Network, Justice For Murdered Children, the local NAACP, Stop The Violence Increase The Peace and Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson."Gun violence is one of the leading causes of death for young black males in South Central Los Angeles and across urban America,” Najee Ali of Project Islamic HOPE said in a statement. “It's irresponsible for Paramount Pictures to promote and market a movie that glorifies carrying guns.”According to recently released statistics, there were 379 homicides in Los Angeles as of Oct. 8, 2005, down from the previous year. But according to reports, guns were used in 71 percent of murders.The group is demanding that the ads featuring the rapper brandishing the weapons be immediately pulled from the marketplace.“Guns are weapons of mass destruction that are used to kill people,” Ali continued. “We demand that Paramount Pictures remove these negative images of death and destruction, images that our young children are influenced by.”Representatives for Paramount were not available at press time.
50 Cent Prepares for Weekend Promotional Blast
Details leaking from rapper 50 Cent's weekend promotional bash to trumpet his movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" could get the attention of watchdogs of the broadcasting industry.Spies tell me 200 of the top hip-hop deejays around the country were flown in on somebody's dime for a weekend of decadence.The itinerary included free booze stops Friday and Saturday at OPM, the nightclub at the Forum Shops at Caesars, and Crazy Horse Too, the strip club.Prepaid lap dances were part of the latter.Back in July, Sony BMG agreed to pay a $10 million fine for what New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer called widespread payola schemes that implicated Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez.50 Cent motored around in an armored vehicle with fellow rappers Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and Mobb Deep and their security personnel.Five custom buses were to transport the deejays to the various party hot spots.The rapper's handlers rented out OPM's VIP Orchid Room for both nights and prepaid for 100 bottles.The advance team's most unusual request: OPM and the Crazy Horse were asked not to play any songs by 50's rivals Fat Joe, Game and Ja Rule.A Crazy Horse source tells me the club called in an extra 60 dancers on top of its usual stable of 250 to be available for the Paramount Studio/Interscope Records party.
Tony Yayo Takes Aim At Benzino, Plans Video Game
In between two concert dates, Tony Yayo took the time to chat with SOHH.com and address The Source Magazine's G-Unot cover and his disappointing album sales.Yayo phoned into Star and Bucwild's morning show last month and told (New York) Power 105.1's audience that he warned Source Chief Brand Executive Raymond "Benzino" Scott never to write about G-Unit again. According to Yayo, Benzino was shook and wanted to talk with the G-Unit rapper. Several weeks later, The Source released its November issue, taunting "G-Unot" on the cover."My response is no more passes cause I sat back and I gave him [Benzino] a pass," Yayo told SOHH.com. "He disrespected me by doing that. I'm bigger than that. Anybody who has to use a magazine as a weapon is soft. He can't even go through Boston. They set his car on fire. I'm doing a show in his town tomorrow. I'll say what I gotta say there.Upon dropping Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon on August 30th, Yayo sold 214,687 CDs in his first week according to Nielsen's SoundScan. In the G-Unot issue, The Source notes the sales numbers and claim it's an indicator that the G-Unit brand is slipping. Yayo disagrees."Dudes is haters," says Yayo. "I did 215 [two hundred and fifteen thousand units] my first week with Kanye West [debuting as well]. My second week I dropped down to I think it was 60, by 33 percent something like that. Kanye West dropped down to the same numbers, but ain't nobody say nothing to him about it. But it's me, so they're like, 'Ohhh, Interscope is buying my records.' That's what he was saying to try to assassinate my character."I could have did more than 215,000," he adds. "I dropped the same day as Kanye-he's a Grammy Award winner and had way more promotion than me. [He had] Pepsi commercials, all kinds of things that I couldn't do. That was one of the biggest numbers that came out this year. Everybody else that came out was doing 100,000 and change. I did 215 with a Grammy award winner."Yayo is presently touring the country as part of his "Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon" tour. The Queens, NY rapper is also prepping the release of Free Yayo, a video game soon to be available on wireless phones. He's also in talks to release his own liquor, start an adult entertainment agency and is soon to appear in 50 Cent's Bulletproof video game and Get Rich Or Die Trying soundtrack.Get Rich Or Die Trying's soundtrack features Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Olivia, Mobb Deep and M.O.P. is scheduled to hit stores November 8th.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Soundtrack Leaked
Earlier today the official soundtrack for rap artist "50 Cent"'s upcoming movie 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' (named after his debut-CD under Shady/Aftermath) leaked. The full version of the soundtrack is available for download. Please go out and buy it when it comes out, support Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit.
50 Cent Shot By "Hommo" Reveals Tell-All Book
Brooklyn stick-up kid Darryl "Hommo" Baum has been revealed as the man who shot 50 Cent nine times back in 2000.Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson was shot near his grandmother's house in Jamaica, Queens in May of 2000. At that time, police told SoHH.com exclusively that 50 and an associate, 22-year-old Alton Brown, were sitting in a parked car in the Jamaica section of Queens, when an unknown assailant pulled up beside them in a blue General Motors car and fired nine shots with a 9MM handgun. Brown sustained a gunshot wound to the hand while 50 was wounded once in each leg and once in the jaw.After the shooting, the victims drove themselves to a nearby hospital. The suspect was described as a Black male in a black short-sleeve shirt with a stocky build.In the new book, Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip-Hop Hustler, author Ethan Brown reveals that Baum, whose alias is short for Homicide, was indeed 50's shooter. Baum was later shot to death in June 2000 -- just three weeks after shooting 50 .In interviews and songs like 2003's "Many Men" off Get Rich or Die Trying, 50 Cent has hinted that Baum's murder was in retaliation for shooting him. However, author Ethan Brown tells that Baum, then 34, was killed because one of his street accomplices had murdered a member of Brooklyn's Cash Money Brothers crew.Meanwhile, Mike Tyson, as close friend of Baum, was so devastated by the murder that he stopped training for his fight against Lou Savarese. Tyson still won the fight, knocking out Savarese after 12 seconds of the first round. As previously reported by SOHH.com, Baum lived with Tyson prior to being killed.Brown's book shows how the streets and housing projects of Southeast Queens influenced the borough's most prominent emcees. The book documents 25 years, starting with the crack era until Jam Master Jay's murder and the on-going feud between Ja Rule and 50 Cent.Also in the book, Queens native Russell Simmons comments that he doesn't support convicted drug lord Kenneth Supreme McGriff."I'm not standing up for 'Preme," Simmons stated, noting that he'd rather fight for animal rights than for a drug kingpin. "I can't stand up for Supreme. I hope he's innocent. I hope he didn't hurt anyone."The book also features an interview with Irv Gotti as well as details the careers of legendary Q Borough hustlers like Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols, Gerald "Prince" Miller and Thomas "Tony Montana" Mickens.