What's It Like Working With 50 Cent? - Kotaku Comments

What's It Like Working With 50 Cent?

Mr.SithNinja — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:26:51 MDT

@KM91: Hilton....hotel....anything?.... World wide hotel chain... ring any bells?....

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Mr.SithNinja — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:26:37 MDT

'As a gamer, I want more than just a core experience'.

That has publisist quote written all over it.....

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SilentAssassn87 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:57:57 MDT

Playing Madden "insert two digit year" or NBA "same thing" only does not make him a gamer. Farewell "gamer" title, it was nice being able to call myself one...but no more :*(. 50 you bastard... you killed a joy for me!

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R3load — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:08:15 MDT

@KM91: Was she not born into money? Sometimes I forget. Shes damn sure not an entrepreneur though. Shes so rich she could probably buy herself some more money. Lol. I know I've heard that somewhere.

R3load

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R3load — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:05:48 MDT

@Voteforme2020: I'm sorry.. being rich =/= smart. He has a corporation behind him that made him rich. He's not any smarter (or dumber) than the common man. Difference is that he has an exploitable talent.

You surely are right bro, being rich does not mean you are smart. Sure he has a corporation behind him, what business man/woman doesn't? The thing is, however, how do you keep stacking money on top of money? How do you keep you buisness growing? Most importantly, how do you keep everyone from robbing you blind?

Never have I said he was smarter than the common man, I said he was smarter than you might think, big difference. He does have an exploitable talent, too bad it makes next to no real money according to the rappers themselves, this is why they are retiring the mic early and focusing on producing, clothing, shoes, movies, games (as we see here), books, video biographies, Reality television, etc. Trust me dude, he knows what hes doing. Hes not a common business man, hes an entrepreneur.

@mrplow8: I don't think he's stupid because of his rapping. You've obviously never heard this guy talk. He's borderline retarded.

To be honest I have heard him speak, I have never heard him speak outside of the public camera though. Not trying to take up for him or anything since hes not giving me any money, I can't call upon his intelligence based on that because sometimes he seemed ignorant and arrogant, while other times he actually sounds like a human being and makes sense. I doubt I would hang with him. Lol.

@KeroseneClimax:

Lol. Britney Spears. Look up Britney's progress and look up 50 cents progress. No comparison.

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Witzbold — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:01:53 MDT

@KM91: I think thats more "Daddy`s" muniez than hers really.

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KM91 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:42:18 MDT

@R3load: You can make millions of dollars and still bee an idiot. Just look at Paris Hilton.

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Fyren — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:20:35 MDT

@Zero_: As much as I hate his attitude and ego that was brought upon by "In the Club", his mixtape scene was no laughing matter; he created the market and just sapped the living shit out of it and was lyrically explosive.

Then he got shot and beefed with every organism, and makes 50 million a year just for shits and giggles.

/tear

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Asurastrike — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:46:20 MDT

Didn't 50 cent say he isn't a gamer, but his kid is?

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Azraeus — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:43:47 MDT

@Doomstink: Yeah, I do seem to remember something involving Britney where I used to beat...wait, there was no pad or dancing. Sorry. I'm thinking of something else.

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ElReyMysterioso-PBUH — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:39:09 MDT

"As a gamer, I want more than just a core experience'" - I sure hope the rest of the game reflects the authentic, from-the-streets approach and lack of unnecessary ornamentation of that line. 'Cause that's what Fiddy Cent is all about, yo. And turn up the bass to 11.

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Doomstink — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:27:42 MDT

@PSN ID: Kadaj24:

You know it the same way everyone knows it. Either you, or your friends, were too cheap to buy a legit DDR pad for your home console version and somehow wound up with the $9.99 Britney's Dance Beat pad. Hell, that's how I know what the game is. I wasn't going to shell out more than $10 for a dance pad.

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FP_slomo788 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:35:46 MDT

@Rowd: I decided not to come back to this thread because I was too tired to try to convince them. Thanks for also having some common sense.

He didn't become millionaire by selling guns or illegal substances, but since he's a rapper and he acts this role in interviews he HAS GOT to be dumb. I know people that have been in the business for a long time that didn't want to invest in that Vitamin Water affair and that are eating their hands because of what 50 made out of the deal. There are many rappers and many producers. Not many make it like Wyclef, Diddy, Jay-Z and 50. If they were so dumb that they needed people to guide them through every step of being almost billionaires, I'm sure they'd lose most of that money just in paying those guys.

I loved his first album (still do), but I'd understand if someone was not impressed by him from then on. But to call the man stupid because of what he says in interviews? All I'm saying is even Bill Gates couldn't sell a bad game to people like 50 did. I wouldn't look at just what he says but the consequences of them. His last album was utter shit. It still managed to sell fucktons (at least in the beginning) just by "provoking" Kanye. Was the statement dumb? The words were dumb, because "Stronger" was topping charts. But what happened? He sold his shit.

Now keep on debating how he's a gamer or not, how his son is a gamer or not, while all he's doing is advertising. We'll see what happens when his game comes out.

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C0MB1N3 C0MPL3X — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:13:16 MDT

I am what I am too Fiddy.

I am what I am too.

C0MB1N3 C0MPL3X

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excel_excel — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:09:44 MDT

Fiddy Cent: "Yo bitches, yeah check this shit, ya see this video game thing, I want it to be like all cool and shit"
Julian Widdows: "Mr. Cent we are doing are hardest to..."
Fiddy Cent: "SHUT YO' MOUTH HO! YOU WILL SPEAK WHEN SPOKEN TO!"
Julian Widdows: "but you were talking to me...Mr.Cent"
Fiddy Cent: "don't you be disrespecting me...NO ONE DISRESPECTS FIDDY CENT!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I WAS SHOT?? DO YA? NINE FUCKING TIMES! WAAARRGHH!!! BUY MY ALBUM!!"

Julian Widdows: "The guy's a gamer, which in and of itself is actually an advantage because he came in with a very honest, very open opinion - 'As a gamer, I want more than just a core experience'."

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Jesu — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:54:57 MDT

I'd like something a little bit more ...maybe some chicken.

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excel_excel — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:48:53 MDT

@Deekman: I am what I am, and that's all I am!!

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Rowd — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:46:00 MDT

@KeroseneClimax:
No, the man is smart. He puts on this act because it makes all the gangbangers latch on to him, but really, he knows how to market himself. He's BUILT himself up this way for sales. And you know he made 400 million bucks on the Vitamin Water buyout? Either he's smart enough to get a REALLY good financial advisor, or he knows his shit. Because 400 mil is 400 mil.

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Deekman — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:25:22 MDT

Not until I heard the story line was I looking forward to this game.

Isn't "I am what I am" popeyes motto?

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Zero_ — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:37:35 MDT

The dude got shot. That is all.

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Firenfunk — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:19:51 MDT

As a gamer, I have to say I have no idea what is meant by "core experience". Sounds like marketing jargon to me. Could anyone please educate me as to what is meant here? I need to know, otherwise I wouldn't be able to answer if anyone asked me if I wanted more than that. Or not. And that would, needless to say, be terrible.

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KeroseneClimax — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:18:07 MDT

@ThatsMrOffDutyNinja: What? You mean to tell me you've never played the "greatest" game ever made? Surely you've heard of Britney's Dance Beat. All the cool kids were playing it back in the day.

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Antihippy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:52:09 MDT

@Lokno: The iron in his bling is not 10 times its value?

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Antihippy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:50:12 MDT

@slomo788: "His success as an artist and an entrepreneur show how vastly dumb his fan are."

Fix'd.

Youknow what I want in this game?

Freestyle time.

Like bullet time, but you kills enemies with horrible lyrics and terrible rhyme.

It will have Parappa the Rapper style controls.

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Lokno — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:37:23 MDT

Wait, "I am what I am" and no one makes a Popeye joke? Big fail people.

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MetaKz — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:44:05 MDT

Whoa... "I am what I am." That's deep!

What's next?! "You ain't hot cuz you not?!"

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Allcars — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:16:32 MDT

Is anyone really looking forward to this game? Because I for hell am not...

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Pinhead — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:53:47 MDT

I hate it when people say "in and of itself"...

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slice156 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:41:32 MDT

He sound like he got down syndrome, his voice is like that William Hung guy. Gangsta died with Tupac and Eazy E. It's hard out here for you wanna be pimp, tryin' to get all the money has a whole lot a unit members jumpin' ship. there hasen't been any breakout artists at all in New Yawk, they should be makin' Paul Wall or Lil' Flip games. All the noise is coming out the south. "Smoke some bitch" long live Pimp C.

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slice156 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:01:24 MDT

Should have taken one of those bullit's to the bawls and the doctors would have realized he don't have any, or he would have a squeaky voice too and could sign with the guys who do the chipmunk albums..gee u nut.

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PSN ID: Kadaj24 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:35:05 MDT

@ThatsMrOffDutyNinja:
Britney's Dance Beat for PS2. How the FVCK do I know that?

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:13:09 MDT

@KeroseneClimax: What was this Brittney game you speak of? I need to play it NOW.

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:10:57 MDT

@Smooty: Yeah I thought i could make that joke but then I took a second and I thought it was just as bad when I read it from you ^_^ I kid, I kid.

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Fyren — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:42:48 MDT

Fiddy, the reason why apocalypse is impending.

Stop giving this guy your money!. Do you like to see your hard earned money being thrown out the window?

Fyren

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Onegai — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:18:28 MDT

Wait? Didnt you guys have some report saying that he WASNT a real gamer, but his son was. WTH?

I can't trust T.V. or Internet anymore....

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thatwhichdoesnotkillme_onlyprolongstheinevitable — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:05:58 MDT

50$ says the sequel reviews better than the original

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mrplow8 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:50:27 MDT

@Cchrist:
That won't be hard, since I've never bought one of his games even once. So I guess I'll just keep doing that.

@R3load:
I don't think he's stupid because of his rapping. You've obviously never heard this guy talk. He's borderline retarded.

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Voteforme2020 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:37:00 MDT

@R3load: Oh, and just a fun bit of trivia: I actually like rapping and listening to rap. Granted, I'm not as talented as .50, but I'm decent.

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KeroseneClimax — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:26:19 MDT

@R3load: Point being? Even before Britney Spears went bat-shit crazy, she had numerous books, fragrance lines, dolls, games, DVD's and music based on her, but she still sounds like an ignorant airhead in interviews. Do we even have to mention George W.Bush? This guy is the president of the United States and an owner of a baseball team, yet his frequent butchery of the English language helped coin the phrase 'bushism'.

Just because 50 cent can sell albums and is being thrown million dollar deals left and right, doesn't make him an overnight genius. He's a good hustler that can sell his mediocre music to a gullible audience. That is all. Even though I don't like 50 cents music, I refuse to refrain from calling him a fool when he continuously projects himself as one on stage and off.

Bill Gates is a smart entrepreneur. This guy, like Bush and Britney, is a dumb entrepreneur with smart people around him who know how to market him and his endeavors.

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Voteforme2020 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:24:46 MDT

@R3load: @slomo788:

I'm sorry.. being rich =/= smart. He has a corporation behind him that made him rich. He's not any smarter (or dumber) than the common man. Difference is that he has an exploitable talent.

Voteforme2020

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FP_slomo788 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:10:03 MDT

@artistpavel: Trust me even if you went back to that lifestyle you wouldn't find it. Now it's all about getting people's IQs down while hearing nonsensical phrases like "Superman that hoe!" and dancing like clowns. Even talented rappers like 50 have to spew shit now because that's what sells on iTunes.

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artistpavel — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:57:23 MDT

At least, when his music was playing in da clubs, I was dating hot party girls, so I liked .50 tunes back then. I wish I haven't traded that lifestyle for being a gamer.. ah nostalgia

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TheEngineer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:55:32 MDT

@bighit006:
Yo dawg, G's play video games too!

TheEngineer

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PooPooKaKaBumBum — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:46:29 MDT

Could they have picked a worse picture?

He looks like a stupid, stupid man.

PooPooKaKaBumBum

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human3rror — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:37:09 MDT

@Mortos: wow, that's morose. it is what it is i suppose.

bet you'd dive in head first if you were given the op to have a game built off of you...

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Mortos — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:32:39 MDT

Just another reason to wish he hadn't survived that shooting

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bighit006 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:25:50 MDT

@Cchrist:

his street cred would take a beating if he admitted to playing games instead of busting caps yo.

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R3load — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:14:54 MDT

@Voteforme2020: Trust me, hes alot smarter than you would think. I know his rapping about guns, whores, and money all the time, mixed with you probably not liking most rap in the first place makes it easy to label him as "dumb", just remember that he is a multi-million dollar entrepreneur.

R3load

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Mr Fortitude — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:14:16 MDT

@kidnicky: "Noone would ever be playing like Soul Calibur IV or something and pull a huge combo and be like "Holy shit,dude,I'm enjoying this core experience!!!"

I lol'd, no seriously I really did.

Mr Fortitude

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kidnicky — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:07:04 MDT

I want to see video of Fiddy saying 'As a gamer, I want more than just a core experience'.
Never happened. I actually play video games,and I'm not sure what the hell it means,so I doubt Fiddy (Who doesn't even like video games according to the earlier article) would. Noone would ever be playing like Soul Calibur IV or something and pull off a huge combo and be like "Holy shit,dude,I'm enjoying this core experience!!!"

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FP_slomo788 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:05:51 MDT

@Voteforme2020: His success as an artist and an entrepreneur show how vastly dumb he is.

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Cchrist — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:05:07 MDT

@mrplow8: Stop buying his game over and over and over again then!

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FanDam — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:03:31 MDT

I believe the "crazy game head" quote more. This is just something fabricated so the PR people can spin 50's involvement in a positive way.

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mrplow8 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:01:11 MDT

As a gamer, I don't want 50 Cent in my games.

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Voteforme2020 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:58:10 MDT

Well, Fitty's always been an honest (if slightly dumb) guy. I aspect the same from the game (with out the honesty).

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Bissrok — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:53:45 MDT

Wait... who?

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PSN ID: Kadaj24 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:45:41 MDT

Wow he sure gave them some very helpful input/advice. He's really creative with what he wants for the game. **immense sarcasm**

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vicmasterinc — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:41:24 MDT

i read to story plot and laughed so hard in amusement and amazement that i defintly will be checking it out

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Smooty — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:33:32 MDT

@ThatsMrOffDutyNinja: Don't you mean "$0.50 cent bin?"

/sorry
//stop, banhammer time
///it's been fun

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(俗・ ) Grey Gecko — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:30:51 MDT

@mowh: dont worry...the explosive pinguin is always waching

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Cchrist — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:27:37 MDT

@Cchrist: Shit sorry i didn't read the last sentance...

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Cchrist — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:19:27 MDT

Hey didn't he just say he wasn't a gamer? That he only played with his son and got his ass handed to him?

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:15:16 MDT

@mowh: No want that. That = BanHamma'

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i_9 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:13:02 MDT

Incoming ignorant/racist comments...

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TheEngineer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:12:33 MDT

"You know, it looks really cool, I'd like something a little bit more."

These programmers are going to learn how to work with some very vague goals.

TheEngineer

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:12:09 MDT

As a gamer I want a good game. Seems like we can;t get what we all want Fiddy.

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:10:45 MDT

Can't wait, for this game to drop in the $0.99 cent bin.

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