Dont get me wrong, I dig 50's style and music, but am I the only muthafucka that thinks dude is overrated like no other? He tight and all, but he aint the next 2pac or anything. Look at it this way, he blew up because he came in with perfect timing and had perfect placement.
TIMING = Jay-Z and Nas beef was done, so there really wasn't anybody in the forefront there. Somebody's always gotta be the big star of the time and 50 came when there wasn't one so he obviously became it.
PLACEMENT = He's with Dr. Dre and Eminem, do I need to say more?
But on the real, are his lyrics really amazing? Not really IMO. I can name 4 cats off the top of my head that would eat him up on the mic, all from the LA area. I.E. Crooked I, Sly Boogy, Ras Kass, and Roscoe.
And for the fools that be talking like "50 been around a very long time now," well take that time and double it and you get how long C-Bo has been around! And how often does C-Bo just go at people for no reason? Never really. He went after Master P for biting his shit. Now he's going after Ja Rule because their crews had some kind of altercation at Roscoe's in LA. Dudes on dubcc.com be clowning bo for saying that shit and saying C-bo aint as big of a crip as he claims to be. What the fuck is that? How would they even know? Dudes been in and out of jail for the past 15 years.
That's just my opinion on the situation though.