50 Cent on New Music, Business, and the Recession
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50 Cent is a smart business man. Relax and take notes…
“I’m waking up in a room that was previously Mike Tyson’s bedroom, a fighter who earned over $500 million in his actual career, and when I purchased his house from him he was in bankruptcy,” said 50. “If that’s not a strong enough reminder for you, I don’t know what’s going to remind you to be aware of where you are financially and make conscious decisions.”
More on 50’s upcoming album Before I Self Destruct and the business plan behind the music:
“Pushing it back was to position myself a little better. I want to make sure (buyers) hear some things before I actually get my CD physically on sale,” he said.
In an era that has seen the decline of CD sales in favor of digital ones, it’s important that artists promote their product most efficiently. 50 has even taken advantage of the shifting methods of promotion, using his new reality MTV show, “The Money and the Power” to push his single “Get Up” .
“Of course it helps to have ‘Get Up’ as theme music for my new show. When they run the commercial spots and all those different things it’s a consistent reminder (about) the song.”
Despite the way things seem to be going for the mogul rapper, Fif still feels as if he will continue to make good business decisions in the future.
“Even if I’m not as relevant as I was when I dropped ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin,’ five years from now I’ll still be creating a platform for new artists to come through.”
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I’m a big 50 fan (excluding the Curtis album). Despite what haters say bout him he’s a smart dude and a good buisiness man, he knows what he’s talkin bout.
Also, Before I Self Destruct is gonna be a dope album, Im seein Get Rich or Die Tryin part. 2 Real talk
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50 cen is the big man i like is music