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interview mit fuffzich:
Were you shocked [about The Game’s album success]?
I wasn’t shocked. I was kinda anticipating doing well, because I was on the record.
Besides that, do you think that [The Game] would have been able to carry himself if you weren’t on the record?
(Long pause) I think that he’s a really talented writer and I think in the future they’re going to get see him by himself and they’ll learn to love him.
I was at The Game’s album release party and I didn’t see anyone from Aftermath?
You must have been in New York. Aftermath is based in Los Angeles.
True.
So the entire staff is based in L.A.
Okay.
Look. When my record sold, I hadn’t talk to Dr. Dre until after my second week of sales. So, there were no album release parties on my record.
Will there be one for this one?
Probably not.
That’s not something that you’re into?
I never had a platinum party. If I did, I would have had to do it the first week.
Right now, you’re leading in a Vibe.com poll that asks, “Which rap artist will dominate music in 2005? “ The Game is second and you’re first right now.
That’s great. Do you understand that? My competition is me. Do you see that?
I probably know the answer to this, but are you confident that your new album will be as successful as the last?
Absolutely, I think better. I did everything on my first album for the first time. This time, I’m a little more experienced. I know what to expect. I figured out that there’s four things that it takes for you to be a celebrity or a star. That’s quality in material, performance, appearance and personality. And I found my comfort zone.
Now, they’re actually going to get to see more of me. In the beginning, you don’t know exactly what to allow people to see and what you shouldn’t allow them to see. And now I’m to the point to that it doesn’t matter… I’m content with where I’m at. It’s not even about finances at this point. It’s more about what I want to do creatively.
What do you want to do creatively?
Man, I want to… (50 never answers the question) They think it’s 2005, it’s 2050.
Yeah, somebody put that on [vibe.com]. Was that you?
I probably did. I don’t know if I told somebody to do it or not, but I’ll take credit for that one.
What does the “King of New York” title mean to you?
It doesn’t mean much. It says that you’re from New York and you’re in a great space creatively. It’s almost like a Grammy. They give it to you. It’s a status situation, but it does nothing for you. I get excited when the checks come.
I believe I didn’t receive a Grammy Award because my music is aggressive. So me being who I am, it didn’t allow me to win best new artist. Even when I outsold everything that was released that year. And I outperformed them as far as touring. So I continue to build projects and become such a stronger force in the actual music business that creatively, I try to keep coming up with stuff until I have a box full of their trophies.
So, you don’t desire to have the title?
The title isn’t really giving. You’ll have a guy selling 500,000 records saying he’s the “King of New York.”
So the bottom line is the checks?
Yeah, because you know what? For me it’s not just the checks. Creatively the biggest thing about creating music is, for me, to have the most people enjoy the music. So them purchasing the CD is an indication of people having the music.
So I feel like when you sale a lot of records, it’s not about the actual money. It’s about you actually reaching that many people- music wise.
I want to go back to last year, the 2004 elections and the “Vote or Die” campaign. Is it true that you didn’t vote, but you participated in the campaign?
Yeah, I didn’t. I didn’t vote because I actually had to have papers filed. I’m a convicted felon. Now I totally retained my right to vote and I can actually vote the next election.
Were you upset, was voting something you really wanted to do?
Yeah. Puffy even contacted me to be apart of it. In his conversation he was like he wanted to get more and more people to get out there and vote- the youth the younger generation. He was saying how important it was for them to see me actually involved with it and it takes a whole different demographic of people that’ll just be excited and more receptive to the idea.
Do you think the campaign failed? I don’t know who you were going to vote for, but a lot of people thought they were going to get Bush out of office.
I think it was a positive thing. It still got more people to go out and vote. The more people you get to exercise their right the better. People used to sit back and be upset about it and don’t do nothing about it.
I know that you’ve said that the media really highlights the beef. But it’s hard to not acknowledge the things that you put on wax, which gets out to everybody. I want to talk about the situation with New York not supporting you.
I said that wrong, when I said that. New York City, the consumers, regular New York City people, that just live in New York- support me. They buy my records. It’s the creative New York City. People who are aspiring artist, people who are…
Aspiring artist?
Yeah, they want to be artist.
Aspiring artist feel they have to attack 50?
You know music is based in New York? So all the major companies office space, representation, employees are at your access in New York. If you’re trying to be an actor, you should be heading toward Los Angeles. That’s where TV and Movie is. But in New York you should be here for music. And I’m based in New York City so the buzz got created on the streets of New York. It got me on Eminem’s radar in Detroit and Dr. Dre’s radar in Los Angeles. They were aware of that. People in New York City in the music business don’t like 50 Cent.
Why?
Because of my background. I think they were more afraid of the aura around me from where I come from.
Is it that different?
I think it’s a big difference from anyone coming from New York. Even New York City being a hometown market for me, my records go across the country faster than New York. New York City catches up. You know how you hear the radio playing and you hear 50 Cent all the time? You like, “Damn he’s all over the radio.” That’s because they’re catching up to the rest of the country at that point. They’re not giving me the initial support in the beginning. They jump on after the rest of the country is far out ahead of them.
I’m watching it, because I get a chance to look at the BDS report. I see where my record starts in certain places. I got a stronger response to a new record coming out than New York City. Everybody feels like a star in New York, if they don’t have what it takes, their homeboy do.
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