Sun 4 Oct 2009
Mikey: After weeks of rumors and anticipation, 50 Cent and Hot 97’s This is 50 Festival went down at Governor’s Island, NY Saturday night. Herds of Tri-State area Hip-Hop fans boarded ferries to see performances from the all star line up of of G-Unit, Wale, Kid Cudi, Jim Jones, Juelz, Maino, and D-Block with many suprise guests including Cory Gunz, Papoose, Uncle Murder, and Wylcef Jean.
(Jim Jones, Juelz, Maino, D-Block, & Kid Cudi after the jump)
October 4th, 2009 at 10:41 am
50’s career is over. I don’t care what nobody says, as for making good music his career is done, u can have all the $$$, the book deals, album sales, acting roles, whatever, this nigga ain’t true to his art no more. It’s all about the money for him and that’s cool, but he won’t ever go down as nobodies best in history and should not be in mtvs top 10 mcs at all. I’m sure all u 50 stans would disagree but it’s cool, but let’s compare tupac to 50. Both similar careers as for $$$, acting roles, etc. But 1 thing 2pac always did was put out quality music, he never lost his love for his art. That’s y he’s considered one of the greatest of all-time. A true legend, 50 is a true gimmick.
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big Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
If this is how you feel about 50 I wonder how you feel about Jay-Z!!
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Wack Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Seriously how can you say that when 50 is the only superstar still consistently putting out quality, FREE mixtapes of material. He has the radio singles or whatnot like everyone else but he NEVER stopped making raw shit. For every Curtis album (it had alot of uninspired material on there), theres his other albums and classic mixtapes to look too. 50 isn’t done until he opts out, despite everything he’s a Hip Hop powerhouse.
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Rich Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
the thing about it is that the talk was 50 cant go back to his hood …he did that ..and the talk was he has no respect in the game and is a loner he proved the haters wrong again so they cant say anything bad now except straight hate on him 50 wasted time on rick ross he wasted time with kanye ….those were two mistakes along with curtis and beefing with so many people but he is a legend and a great mc nuff said
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JayT. Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
that was a great essay
youre a great writer
you should go into poetry
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John doe Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Tell em’ y u mad stan???
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Triune Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 11:05 am
1st off, how is his career over? Niggas be saying wild shit just for reaction. I ain’t even feeling his lastest material, but I do know one thing, 50 is one “I Get Money” and one classic album away from everybody being on his team again. They love you then they hate you then they love you again.
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October 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
I was at this show; pretty damn good 50! But I’m sorry Dip Set need to leave the Hova comments alone it does nothing for them! Seriously! Juelz freestyle let me know just how far from the Weezy he is. By the way I happened to listen to Either the other day and all the dipset Jayz jokes came from one song. Damn it a shame they couldn’t start the Camel talk or the JJ Evans on their own.
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October 4th, 2009 at 11:59 am
50 Cent is the King of the NY “HIP HOP SCENE” Jay-z is the King of Madison Square and Wall Street… Deal with it!!
Thats just what it is!!
He’s branded himself right out of the heart and soul of the culture!
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October 4th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Crowd wasn’t feeling kid cudi….?
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October 4th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
he got gunit, dblock dipset, pap n murda 2 come out
dat was a gud luk
but i just dont like that 50 doesnt let banks or yayo perform their own joints
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JayT. Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
my bad dey did perform
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October 4th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
JR WRITER-GET EM! GET EM! HA ! THATS MY SHIT.
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October 4th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
crowed was dead..i had fun tho..
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jenn Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
i was at that show and the crowd was dead by the time 50 came out cuz we waited 5 hours to see him…by that time,everyone was either stoned or drunk…lol
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October 4th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I’m really feeling that new Mr. Finley track “Sin City.” I’m not even from Vegas, but if I was this would be blasting through my radio 24/7.
Here’s the YouTube video to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjF4D2Vuc3w
I also found him on MySpace.com:
http://www.myspace.com/mrfinleymusic
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October 4th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
thats a big look for New York.. Big ups to everyone who made the event possible.. best picture ive seen so far is the one with d-block, g-unit & maino… hopefully some joint projects come out of this..
oh and joe buddens & lloyd banks.. hopefully they squashed that little beef they had.
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October 4th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
didnt go to the show being that im not from new york but i think its a good look for 50 and everybody involved for getting some shine especially cory gunz
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October 4th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
From this video, it looked very boring out there. Hardly see any hands up from the crowd. they just standing.
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October 4th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Damn.. New York City needed this badly. Fif destroyed New York hip hop by beefing now’s he’s tryin to rebuild it. It’s a good look. It good to see all those dudes unite because they’re talent put together is better than South and West Coast hip hop. Do this more often and the East coast will be back on top!
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October 4th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
A Lot of C & D List Rappers Here!!
Where is Jeezy, Nas, Jay, Cam, Fab….Etc.
WTF!!!
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BIG SWIFT Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:53 am
C&D RAPPERS TO YOU BUT TO NEW YORK THESE GUY’S CELEBS.”JEEZY” THAT DUDE IS FROM ATL NOT NEW YORK HOMEY.YOU SO DUMB YOU AINT SEE IT WAS A NEW YORK MOVEMENT.MOSTLY ARTIST WHO GOT THERE BUZZ IN THE NEW YORK MIXTAPE SCENE.WHY JAY-Z AINT DO THIS ALONG TIME AGO?RAPPERS FROM THE SOUTH BEEN DROPPIN BRICKS LATLY.RADIO SINGLES WITH A LIL BUZZ BUT NO RECORD SALES.PEEP IT NYC RAPPERS HIP HOP SALES HAVE BEEN GOOD FROM RAEKWON,JADAKISS,FABOLOUS,METH & RED AND OF COURSE JAY-Z.WE MAKE THE BEST SHISSSSSSSS RIGHT NOW.
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October 4th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Nice to see that NY unity on stage,big up Mr 1/2 dollar.
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October 4th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Looked like fun at 50’s Hip Hop Festival.
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October 4th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
that second videos performance was terrible.
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October 4th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
There is no escape! G-Unit Forever!
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October 4th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I WAS @ THE CONCERTTT! iT WAS HOTT! SHOUT OUT 2 JUELZ HE IS SOOO FXn SEXXY! ii LOVE HiM! i WAS LIKE THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNEW HiS FOREVER HARLEMM!! .. yall BETTER GO DWNLOAD THAT SHxT!
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October 4th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
No extremist views here. Yes seeing many of NY’s talented artists together was a great moment but I wonder if 50 genuinely wants NY united or if this is merely realization that his Beef = Success formula has run its course?
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October 4th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Yall gotta go to realtalkny and watch the videos of the performances. Kid Cudi got a cool response. Wale, a lil bit. Shoulda performed better songs
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October 4th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Dipset in dipshit. Damn they are corney!!! Miss info was the crowd even moving when dipset was out there or were they in a timeout like 50?
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October 4th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
crowd looks dead.
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October 5th, 2009 at 10:03 am
The real ballers be residing in the west!!!
http://twitpic.com/k2e3f
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October 6th, 2009 at 10:19 am
i like dat baby by me joint but the mic was too loud and da hypeman (Yayo) ain’t suppose to be yelling and all hype on da parts that he was
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