50 Cent Not Won Over By West’s New Lp

50 CENT is unconvinced by fellow superstar KANYE WEST’s change of musical direction - hinting the STRONGER star should stick to rapping instead of singing on his new album. West sings throughout forthcoming LP 808s & Heartbreak with the help of Auto-Tune - leaving the majority of the rapping to guest stars Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. But former rap rival 50 Cent is not won over by the T-Pain produced project - although he concedes the idea is “interesting”. He tells MTV.com, “I heard, like, seven songs. There’s a place for it. I think people will enjoy it if you’re actually in love or going through something. I think Kanye’s going through an interesting point in his career. “I don’t think the public will forgive (West) for it, but it’s interesting. I think it’s T-Pain’s record, but I’d rather buy it from T-Pain.”

50 Cent Pushes Back Album, Reveals Addition Of Bonus DVD

50 Cent’s label, Interscope Records, announced Friday (November 14) that the rapper’s upcoming fourth album, Before I Self Destruct, has been pushed back to an unspecified date in “early 2009.”

According to the label, although 50 has been rushing to get his album finished for a December release, it’s yet to be complete. With the deadline to secure advertising and retail placement for the album imminent, he decided to move to a date in early 2009.

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Donald Trump Mocks 50 Cent:The Money And The Power: “It Will Fail”

Apparently the business world frowns upon biters as much as hip-hop used to. Donald Trump recently poked fun at 50 Cent and Diddy for producing spin-offs of his hit television show, “The Apprentice.”

“The Apprentice” features business executives in-training as they compete for a job as Trump’s apprentice. Meanwhile, Diddy recently wrapped “I Wanna Work For Diddy,” a VH1 series in which he searches for a personal assistant. MTV is also capitalizing off a Trump-like show with “50 Cent:The Money And The Power.” The series features business hopefuls competing to win a $100, 000 investment from Fif himself. Trump briefly addressed Fif and Diddy during an “Inside City Hall” interview on NY1 last night (11/12).

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50 Cent Stole A Dr. Dre Beat From Eminem?

Recently, 50 Cent explained that he had spent some time over in Detroit at Eminem’s home to work on a few songs together - one of which yielded the highly anticipated “Norman Bates Motel” .

Now, 50 is revealing more details of the visit, saying he literally stole a beat from Eminem’s computer. “I did a song produced by Dr. Dre,” 50 said to MTV News. “I got the production from Detroit, because Dre was working with Em right before I got out there. I just missed him. I went through Em’s computer and found what I needed. Yes, I did. I got me the record I needed. I was like, ‘Wait till they hear this.’ I wrote it; Em heard it. He was like, ‘You gotta keep that for yourself. This is too crazy.’ First, I think he was gonna take it from me, then he was like, ‘He gotta use that for himself.’ ”

50 added, “I think [Eminem's manager] Paul [Rosenberg] wanted him to take it.”

The unnamed track should appear on 50’s upcoming album Before I Self Destruct, which is tentatively scheduled for a December release.

Source: HHDx

50 Uses Will Smith As Inspiration To Get Up

For his new video 50 Cent used some inspiration from the Will Smith movie, I Am Legend. “we came up with a concept for it, just a little more futuristic. I took a scene that I seen in a Will Smith film, ‘I Am Legend.’ 50 told MTV “..It’s a collage that I thought was interesting” . 50 continued “In the beginning of ‘I Am Legend,’ New York City was desolate, like everything was just gone. Instead, that’ll be Los Angeles. … There was a scene, one of the creatures was running into the glass, and I kinda re-created that in my own way”

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50 Cent, Beyonce, Others To Perform At ‘TRL’ Finale

After 10 years and more than 2,200 shows, MTV’s “Total Request Live” (TRL) is finally coming to an end, as previously reported, and they’ve lined up a slew of acts to go out with a bang.

MTV recently announced a huge line-up to perform for the show’s conclusion on Sunday, November 16th.

Beyoncé will lead the way for the celebration, giving the live audience a glimpse into why she is one of the top selling artists of our time, while 50 Cent, the Backstreet Boys, and Fall Out Boy are all onboard as well.

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