50 Cent's Hot Fall
New film, new albums, new feuds: How 50 stays on top
Rapper 50 Cent has had only one day off this summer. It was July 9th, the day after he wrapped his starring role in his first feature film, Get Rich or Die Tryin', and the day before he hit the road with Eminem and G Unit on the Anger Management Tour.
Things aren't slowing down any time soon. On August 9th, 50 released his autobiography, From Pieces to Weight. In November, he will launch a Reebok shoe line and star in his own video game, Bulletproof. He's also preparing three new albums: a rerelease of this year's The Massacre, the soundtrack to the Get Rich movie and a new studio album. And despite Eminem's decision to cancel the European leg of Anger Management, 50 has booked his own overseas tour.
On the surface, the rerelease of The Massacre, out September 6th, looks like an attempt to squeeze some more money out of the holiday season. It has no new music except a remix of "Outta Control." But it does feature a bonus disc with videos for all twenty-one songs. Retailers anticipate big sales for the new disc. "It's a collectors' piece," says Virgin Megastore product manager Carlos Adams. "It will definitely drive traffic into stores."
50 says he originally planned to release the videos on the first version of the album but didn't have enough time to make them. "I got tied up because I had to go to Toronto to shoot my film," he says. The videos range from the clever mix of animation and black-and-white footage in "I Don't Need 'Em" to the low-budget, semi-porn clip for "Disco Inferno."
50's goal was to show what was going through his head when he wrote the songs, as honestly as possible. "MTV won't even play a record called 'Gunz Come Out,'" he says. "This is my chance to create a visual for it -- an uncensored film."
Get Rich or Die Tryin', loosely based on his life story -- including his mother's murder, his crack dealings in Queens, New York, and finding his salvation in hip-hop -- hits theaters in November. 50 says the soundtrack will feature at least five new tracks, including "What If," "Best Friend" and "Get Low." "I wrote the music in character," he says. "It's got a different feel to it -- it's soulful." On August 19th, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 50 got his own sneak preview of Get Rich and now plans to write the movie's theme song. "Eminem raised the bar with 'Lose Yourself' [from 8 Mile], and that was written after he saw the film," says 50. "Hopefully I can write something to put the entire film in a nutshell." Quincy Jones wrote the movie's score. "It don't get no bigger or better than Quincy," says 50. "I figure I'd start at the top and try to stay there."
Amid all these preparations, 50 still makes time to fuel his notorious hip-hop feuds. In the new video for "Piggy Bank," he takes swipes at Nas and Jadakiss. And Lil' Kim reportedly raps on her upcoming record about how 50 can't be "street" while residing in his Connecticut mansion. "I guess she figures she'd do it right before she went to jail -- she'll feel safe in there," says 50. "But she should talk to Ja Rule. He'll tell her that it's not a good idea to go directly against me."
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New film, new albums, new feuds: How 50 stays on top
Rapper 50 Cent has had only one day off this summer. It was July 9th, the day after he wrapped his starring role in his first feature film, Get Rich or Die Tryin', and the day before he hit the road with Eminem and G Unit on the Anger Management Tour.
Things aren't slowing down any time soon. On August 9th, 50 released his autobiography, From Pieces to Weight. In November, he will launch a Reebok shoe line and star in his own video game, Bulletproof. He's also preparing three new albums: a rerelease of this year's The Massacre, the soundtrack to the Get Rich movie and a new studio album. And despite Eminem's decision to cancel the European leg of Anger Management, 50 has booked his own overseas tour.
On the surface, the rerelease of The Massacre, out September 6th, looks like an attempt to squeeze some more money out of the holiday season. It has no new music except a remix of "Outta Control." But it does feature a bonus disc with videos for all twenty-one songs. Retailers anticipate big sales for the new disc. "It's a collectors' piece," says Virgin Megastore product manager Carlos Adams. "It will definitely drive traffic into stores."
50 says he originally planned to release the videos on the first version of the album but didn't have enough time to make them. "I got tied up because I had to go to Toronto to shoot my film," he says. The videos range from the clever mix of animation and black-and-white footage in "I Don't Need 'Em" to the low-budget, semi-porn clip for "Disco Inferno."
50's goal was to show what was going through his head when he wrote the songs, as honestly as possible. "MTV won't even play a record called 'Gunz Come Out,'" he says. "This is my chance to create a visual for it -- an uncensored film."
Get Rich or Die Tryin', loosely based on his life story -- including his mother's murder, his crack dealings in Queens, New York, and finding his salvation in hip-hop -- hits theaters in November. 50 says the soundtrack will feature at least five new tracks, including "What If," "Best Friend" and "Get Low." "I wrote the music in character," he says. "It's got a different feel to it -- it's soulful." On August 19th, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 50 got his own sneak preview of Get Rich and now plans to write the movie's theme song. "Eminem raised the bar with 'Lose Yourself' [from 8 Mile], and that was written after he saw the film," says 50. "Hopefully I can write something to put the entire film in a nutshell." Quincy Jones wrote the movie's score. "It don't get no bigger or better than Quincy," says 50. "I figure I'd start at the top and try to stay there."
Amid all these preparations, 50 still makes time to fuel his notorious hip-hop feuds. In the new video for "Piggy Bank," he takes swipes at Nas and Jadakiss. And Lil' Kim reportedly raps on her upcoming record about how 50 can't be "street" while residing in his Connecticut mansion. "I guess she figures she'd do it right before she went to jail -- she'll feel safe in there," says 50. "But she should talk to Ja Rule. He'll tell her that it's not a good idea to go directly against me."
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