With a new mixtape due this Friday, his Street King energy drink and charity campaign fresh on his mind, and a long-awaited fifth album still in the works, 50 Cent sat down with XXL magazine recently to talk about the state of hip hop and what music's been missing.
"The whole culture, I think, is a little…confused. It’s not what I fell in love with, you know?" 50 said of hip hop in 2011. "So my job is to make an album that doesn’t have any holes in it, that is a representation of all of the elements I fell in love with."
The G-Unit general said that he used to hear music on the radio that inspired him and even made him jealous. Not so much anymore.
"When I was in the mixtape circuit, there was a lot going on. I was able to take things that I wish I made myself and do ’em over. Now it’s not a lot of sh*t out there I would do over. I’m like, 'Nah, that ain’t even it right there,'" he said. "When Black Rob had 'Whoa!,' I wish that was my record. I wish 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See,' by Busta Rhymes, was my record. F***in’ 'Lean Back,' I wish that was mine. You see what I’m saying? And you know me andFat Joe don’t get along."
In pursuit of worthy competition, 50 said he's decided to look in the mirror.
"For me, I’m still up against what I’ve done. So in order to top it, I know it’s a difficult task," he said. "You know, I see the bloggers. My audience hasn’t grown with me. They keep saying, “Aw, man, I want the old 50!” ’Cause those people, it would take them on a safari. I was bringing them close enough to the animals, without being able to get hurt. I was taking them into my neighborhood, where you can very well get your ass killed...
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