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One of the silliest rap feuds of the past few years is the ongoing struggle
between G Unit co-founder 50 Cent and former member Young Buck. Fiddy claims
he's upset that Buck complains about not receiving royalty checks and
fraternizes with known G Unit enemies like Lil Wayne though it can't help
that Buck has always been the group's critical favorite and secret weapon.
Completed before his recent ouster, T.O.S. devotes no less than four tracks
to Buck, and while he doesn't deliver any unforgettable verses, his raspy
marble-mouthed delivery is a welcome respite from the rap-by-numbers
approach of Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. In fact, T.O.S. would simply be a
middling posse record if it didn't further undermine its own cred by
constantly referencing better rap songs: "I Like The Way She Do It" is a
pale re-write of Ice Cube's already tepid "You Can Do It," and "Money Make
the World Go Round" lifts lines from Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M." The only
time T.O.S. comes alive is on the Swizz Beatz-produced "Get Down," which
recalls some of Beatz' lo-fi hits from the Ruff Ryders days, and "Piano
Man," where Buck declares he can "fill up the door panels and stuff the
floorboards / I can fit a hundred in a Honda Accord." Without Buck's cheeky
wordplay, G Unit's next record will be like a three-legged pet without the
underdog charm.
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Track List
- Straight Outta Southside (Album Version (Explicit))
- Piano Man featuring Young Buck (Album Version (Explicit))
- Close To Me (Album Version (Explicit))
- Rider Pt. 2 featuring Young Buck (Album Version (Explicit))
- Casualties Of War (Album Version (Explicit))
-
You So Tough (Album Version (Explicit)) (track not available in Rhapsody)
-
No Days Off featuring Young Buck (Album Version (Explicit)) (track not available in Rhapsody)
- T.O.S. (Album Version (Explicit))
- I Like The Way She Do It featuring Young Buck (Album Version (Explicit))
- Kitty Kat (Album Version (Explicit))
- Party Ain't Over featuring Young Buck (Album Version (Explicit))
-
Let It Go featuring Mavado (Album Version (Explicit)) (track not available in Rhapsody)
-
Get Down (Album Version (Explicit)) (track not available in Rhapsody)
- I Don't Want To Talk About It (Album Version (Explicit))
- Ready Or Not (Album Version (Explicit))
- Money Make The World Go Around (Album Version (Explicit))
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