50 cent's new album the massacre has leaked

the one I'm curious to hear is "A Baltimore Love Thing", partly because of the title obviously, but also because 50 has said in a bunch of interviews that it's his favorite song and his description of it sounds pretty interesting:

"Well, A Baltimore Love Thing is, it's titled that because in Baltimore the heroin addiction rate is really high. So the song is about the relationship between an addict and the drug. I give this drug a motion, feelings and at some point in the song, the drug actually becomes mad at the addict for trying to leave. It's like a real vivid description of what it would be like if it was human."

so if anyone has that one, yousendit to me or something.

that sounds like it has the potential to be crazily corny.

I really like the concept of Baltimore Love Thing - its good but not as good as I hoped it would be. I think the beat is good but the concept he's got going calls for a darker Dre or Scott Storch beat. Or actually I think a really creepy DJ Paul/Juicy J beat would have really worked well here.

I like Candy Shop too. I don't see what the problem is. Another catchy G-Unit hook. Olivia seems to fit like a glove as the G-Unit chick as far as I can tell. Hell she's already been in ALL their videos. That beat is some scary shit too. I like how Scott Storch is sorta sinking further into himself as a producer.

Thats all I've heard so far but I think I'll like it. I think I'll like pretty much anything thats gonna have Dre, Eminem, Scott Storch, Hi Tek doing beats. And I think the G-Unit cats (some more than others obv) are pretty clever myself.

For one thing, it sounds exactly like Magic Stick.

he has the TWO best 50 singles out now!

http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000840.html

Shooting Outside Hot 97 Tonight, After 50 Cent Interview Attacking Game

NY's Fox 5 News is reporting a shooting outside Hot 97 tonight. No details yet, but many of you will be aware that 50 Cent and G Unit were there tonight, stirring up lots of drama on Flex's show. I'll post details as I get them.

(Most of 50's comments tonight were aimed at Game, and they were not of a friendly sort. I'm sure the audio will be all over by tomorrow. EDIT: in fact, MTV is already on it. Shaheem is on point.)

EDIT: Fox had another report from Lisa Evers, who hosts "Street Soldiers" at Hot.. she was in the building when it happened, and was told to evacuate along with everyone else who was running out of the building, saying there was a shooting. 50 and his entourage were not hit, they were shuffled out of a back entrance. A 20 year old male was shot in the leg and thigh, and is expected to recover... that's about all she had.

11:30 PM EDIT: Game's brother Big Fase is posting on Game's Black Wall Street website, saying:

"them hoe ass niggaz security shot my lil homie. its all bad @the radio station."

[second post]
he got shot 3times.he is ok.
it wasnt 50cent security,it was 1 of his niggaz though.
im holdin 50cent responsible.

Also on blackwallstreet, someone posted a report that Sway gave on KMEL:

"Game came to the building with BWS and in the end one of BWS was shot 2 times but will be ok. Also said that 50 is going to diss eminem and dre and he wants nothing to do with interscope. MTV will have and interview but not all questions will be shown"

SOHH is reporting the victim was one of 50's security.

1:30 EDIT: Here is the audio of the interview, and here is the moment when 50 was told of the shooting and ushered out of the studio.

Whatever the details turn out to be, after the blissful nostalgia of our Public Enemy weekend this sure is a sobering return to reality. As Mr. Fishburne said: Welcome to the desert of the real. And it almost seems tragically poetic that all this takes place as hip-hop activists plan a protest against Hot 97's misrepresentation of hip-hop, this friday at Union Square.
Posted by jsmooth995 at March 1, 2005 12:55 AM | TrackBack

-50 about the backlash, from the interview.

Also also - I guess Lloyd Banks is on record as hopping on board the Nas beef bandwagon, going so far as to say (in a concert @ Toad's Place last weekend) that he's a better lyricist than Nas (or something to that effect).