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Artist: 50 CentEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Music Label: Aftermath
Product features:
- 50 CENT CURTIS
- Intro
- My Gun Go Off
- Man Down [Censored]
- I'll Still Kill
- I Get Money
- Come & Go
- Ayo Technology
- Follow My Lead
- Movin on Up
- Straight to the Bank
- Amusement Park
- Fully Loaded Clip
- Peep Show
- Fire
- All of Me
- Curtis 187
- Touch the Sky
Free Music Notes for Curtis
Free Music Review: 50 Is Back & More Original Than Ever
Hit: 5 Stars
Everyone knows about "the battle" of the two biggest selling hip hop artist by now, that being 50 Cent and Kanye West. Their albums are being dropped on the same day. And with that Fiddy also dropped a famous quote that most people know by now, creating the battle of who is bigger and better. That quote being "If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer write music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out anymore solo albums."
I am an unbiased listener and reviewer who buys both 50's and Kanye's albums, and respect both men. I have to say however that I know 50 Cent is the bigger artist and the better selling between the two. My predictions is that 50's third studio release "Curtis" will outsell Kanye's "Graduation". I had the opportunity to pick up both in Japan before they were released in the states because of the difference in time by 13 hours.
My report is that while Graduation is a tight album, there are no singles or songs on the record that just jump out at me and leave me breathless. It's the same game that has been done before, and Kanye has nothing new to offer his listeners. The same sound production and delivery of lyrics. Kanye is still sampling songs, especially old skool soul.
On the other hand 50 Cent comes at us fresh, with a new look and new take. Sha Money XL is nowhere to be found, and Dre and Eminem only each produced one song on the album. 50's music is all original working with a whole new team of various producers. His sound still remains hard though and lyrically he is still on top of his game. Many people were bootlegging both of these albums before their release. Maybe some of the songs are different and some remained the same, but it made me nervous because people were saying on both ends that both albums were a dissapointment. I am relieved to say that isn't the case with either. 50 Cent still sits in his throne as the king of New York and everyone is going to still try to knock him off top.
The introduction track sounds on Curtis sounds a lot like a Guy Ritchie movie such as "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels", the excerpt isn't as memorable as a coin dropping but it is cool. It comes courtesy from a movie called "Shooters" in which you can hear some Londoners talking about guns and trying to make a firearm sell. The first song on the album "My Gun Go Off" gets the album off to a great start, as gritty as "In My Hood" from "The Massacre" but not as serious, and also every bit as good as "What Up Gangsta" from "Get Rich or Die Tryin'".
The third track "Man Down" is said to be Dre's favorite song off the album, the song has been censored for its coarse language, even on the explicit content version, a usual expected sound from 50. "I'll Still Kill" feat. Akon is a definitely a bangin' track. The beat is heavy and poundin'. I like Akon's vocals a lot, he provides for a great chorus, to me he is like the new Nate Dogg that appears everyone is trying to get him to lace the track with something smooth. Not the usual 50 song.
On "I Get Money" 50 is running New York. The music is a fusion of old skool music production with contemporary bass hits. Tight! "Come & Go" has Dre providing the hook on what sounds like a slower version of "What Up Gangsta". "Ayo Technology" produced by Timbaland and feat. Justin Timberlake is a fire song. This was a good choice for a single and it was a great video too. It's hot. This song is a prime example of exactly how different this entire album is from the prior releases. 50 is not coming at us with the same old retired, recycled garbage and it works so well.
"Follow My Lead" featuring Star Trak's Robin Thicke is the slow jam on the album for the girls to really appreciate, the keys are smooth as hell, this one has to be listened to.
"Mobin On Up" brings us back to a hardened New York style beat. Fiddy doesn't like to be called a "gangsta rapper" but this song is so gangsta.
"Straight to the Bank" The first single off the album. I like the song, but the chorus to me I don't like to listen to too much. Overall it's cool. A love it or hate it song. "Amusement Park" cann be considered the 2007 version of "Candy Shop", a song about loving the ladies.
"Fully Loaded Clip" to me is 50's most dangerous song on the album, I think more so than Man Down. It makes referrences to rap artist with their Hollywood relationships. While these artist are playing lovey dubby, 50 is in his kitchen cookin' coke, shining his 9mm, and loading up preparring for a firefight.
"Peep Show" feat. Eminem is a clubbing track. Don't get it twisted though, it's more suitable for a gentleman's club rather than a dance/night club.
"Fire" 50, Young Buck, and Nicole Schezinger makes it hot with synths, rhymes, and the sexy vocals of a woman. Raps are about women and sexual content, as expected no less. "All of Me" with Mary J. has some nice vocals from the Queen and the next track "Curtis 187" both are two more soon to be New York classics. This is Hip Hop, those who thinks it is dead need to look no further.
"Touch The Sky", not to be confused with Kanye's song of the same name bares no resemblance. A cool song to put closure to a great album. "Put your hands up high" and celebrate, Fiddy is back and is bigger, badder, and grittier than ever. Everyone loves to hate on the top dawg and want to see him fall, but let me tell you he isn't going anywhere anytime soon!
Curtis Poster
THIS CD INCLUDES A FREE RINGTONE AND MOBILE PHONE WALLPAPER (please see insert for details) The Superstar Rappers Third Album Includes Production from Dr. Dre, Eminem and Timbaland, and more.CURTIS (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), features guest appearances by Eminem, Timbaland, Akon, Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke, and Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls.
50 has 2 HOT tracks leading up to the release of Curtis! Both have taken the radio airwaves by storm: "AYO TECHNOLOGY" featuring JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and TIMBALAND - produced by TIMBALAND, and "I GET MONEY!" Curtis continues 50 Cent's phenomenal rise from the mean streets. His official debut album, 2003's Get Rich Or Die Tryin.., sold 872,000 units in the first four days of its release, making it the fastest-selling debut disc in the SoundScan era (since 1991). The album was the biggest seller of 2003 and is currently ten times platinum worldwide. Later that year, The New Breed, a DVD with a bonus CD including new songs, charted #2 Pop and #1 R&B/Hip-Hop. His second album, 2005's The Massacre, was the second biggest-selling album of the year and is now seven times platinum worldwide. Since he first dropped his bombs on the music world, 50 has earned 11 Grammy nominations, from Best New Artist to Best Rap Album for each of his first two efforts. Attesting to his worldwide popularity, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' hit #2 in the U.K. and #1 in Australia while The Massacre went #1 in both those countries, #2 in Sweden, and is the biggest-selling rap album in India, where it has been certified double platinum, selling more than 2,000,000 copies. Back in the U.S., 50 has scored three singles claiming the #1 spot across the charts -- R&B/Hip-hop, Rap, and Pop: "In Da Club," "Candy Shop," and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg). Three more went Top 3 across the board: "P.I.M.P," "Just A Lil Bit," and "Disco Inferno." Yet another four were Rap Top 10s: "Wanksta," "Outta Control (Remix)," "Window Shopper," and "Best Friend." Four of the above have been certified digital gold: "In Da Club," "Candy Shop," "P.I.M.P," and "Disco Inferno." From music to movies, video games to books, a clothing line to footwear, 50 has taken street culture by storm. But as Curtis proves, and as he says in ..Straight to the Bank,.. 50 Cent wants even more.
If you believe everything you hear, Curtis is 50 Cent's bid to be hip-hop king--the rumor goes that he issued it the same day Kanye West released his Graduation CD to spawn a sales race and thus, a) establish superiority, or b) retire with his head hung low. But here's what might not have occurred to 50: Given enough talent and a fully loaded speed-dial--the kind that can raise Timbaland, Akon, Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, and Eminem faster than the sickest rapper can stitch together a verse--it's possible for two diabolically good discs to drop the same day. Forgetting the Kanye competition for a moment, Curtis might come up short in a race with its creator's other albums--the rawness and reach of Get Rich Or Die Tryin' isn't here. But certain cultural moments (who would refute that the release Get Rich? was one?) can't be replicated, and what Curtis lacks in credible grit, it more than makes up for in finesse. Never let it be said that you can't be fierce and flow at the same time: "I Get Money" glides back to the old school in sound--there's a house party happening behind this track--but sends out a modern message, "I'll Still Kill," with Akon, underscores 50's continued thug-hood with a lethal hook, and "Follow My Lead," with the smoothie Robin Thicke, is a finger-popper worth 100 plays for its sly mood alone. May the best rapper, if there is one, keep rapping. --Tammy La Gorce
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