What was the biggest part 50's success in the beginning

[mayweathermiami]

was it ....
dre's beats(wanksta

)...ok as it turns out dre didnt dowanksta.....but whoever did ...wow
eminem n dre cosign
shot nine times?

jarule beef?

perfect timing?
mixtapes?
grind+hustle
what do u guys think was the biggest part of 50's success in the beginning stages of his career?

 

[tw3ek]

the song in da club... and i dont think wanksta is a dre beat...

 

[memphisboi55]

ja beef and in da club.

 

[dagreatj]

eminem n dre cosign

jarule beef?

shot nine times?

 

[x Buddha Bless x]

For me it was kickin Ja Rule out the game. I never seen a dude get clowned for doin somethin(singin) n then immediately stop for the most part n try to switchup to there old ways. Then In Da Club was the peak of all that shhh, then his mixtapes good n funny n all these battles/beefs he would start n take Ls from. Tome it got to the point where it was who is he gonna diss next so that person can lyrically destroy him. Good times

 

[dynasty raider]

Originally Posted by MayweatherMiami

dre's beats(wanksta

)
eminem n dre cosign
perfect timing?
mixtapes?

Those four things are what did it for him. He had the street cred because of his mixtapes for all those years and having Em on his side got the mainstreamcrowd so he had the best of both worlds. Add a Dre beat, it's a wrap.

Now as for where he went wrong, he was just over-saturated.

 

[ac ix]

White kids started listening to rap.

 

[stoneyjax]

50s mixtapes around 01-02 was killin it

 

[metrokid26]

random diss-esq punchlines on "how to rob"
thats how i remembered his name, he really had a list of cats he dissed

 

[dynasty raider]

In the 90s I just knew him as the chubby dude that was always in The Source. Never thought I'd see him blow up like he did

 

[westroxbury011]

I have a love/hate metality when it comes to this cat.

His music is for the most part wack, but at the same time he's straight comedy. I do like Poor Lil Rich though, that songs fresh.

 

[dj236]

Winner...the Ja beef easy..



50 made the blueprint to how some up and come rappers try to get shine by dissing more mainstream artists



and it worked so well...

 

[jiggaman414]

it was all about 'In Da Club' and the Em & Dre co-sign

 

[hypebeast mcstreetwear]

Mixtapes

co-sign

Gettin shot 9x

Gettin at Industry cats

in da club

 

[limitedretroog]

He wasn't shot 9 times like he claimed, he was shot 3 times. He was shot AT 9 times...
Oh, and Wanksta wasn't a Dre beat. That song was made BEFORE he was signed to Aftermath.

 

[da sun gawd]

It's his image. He's one of the few rappers that look like they've done what they say they do and have the record to prove it. And his interviewsare always interesting

 

[pusha x vinsanity]

It was Dre's beat. Singular.

It all really started with "In Da Club."

 

[blackmagnus514]

White kids started listening to rap.
that too

but it was mainly dissing top cats in the game...namely Ja Rule...dude got his spot taken...and 50 did the same exact$#@! Ja was doing...the Em cosign made itcool cuz Em was selling great as well...then MTV pumpin In The Club...

 

[mr fizzy womack]

Originally Posted by MayweatherMiami

was it ....
dre's beats(wanksta

)
eminem n dre cosign
shot nine times?

From a marketing standpoint, that was GOLD and media ate it up. When suburban white kids co-sign your street cred, you KNOW you about to get paid.

jarule beef?

Beefing w/ the "top" artist at the time = exposure
perfect timing?
mixtapes? Without the mixtapes, he doesn't get signed and the beef w/ Ja would've been less relevant.
grind+hustle
what do u guys think was the biggest part of 50's success in the beginning stages of his career?

It was a combo of those 3 and In Da Club.

No ONE thing propelled him to the stratosphere tho.

 

[jomitm]

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it's your birthday

 

[sooperhooper]

Street Cred coupled with the line "Go Shawty, it's ya birthday".

 

[trillipinotrapstar]

In Da Club that's all followed by the help of Em and Dre.

50 and G-Unit need to be back to their 2003 form.

 

[badboyf0life420]

def eminem n dre cosign

 

[fungusfoot85]

i think it was 9-11

 

[that ether]

it def. was when he merked ja, they did him so dirty



no one would listen to anything ja put out after that

it was acutally sad how he merked murder inc, by himself