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50 Cent Says Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” Is Just Like “Candy Shop”

9/5/08, 11:39 am EST

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50 Cent digs Lil Wayne, but he can’t help but notice the similarities between Weezy’s summer smash “Lollipop” and his own 2005 hit “Candy Shop.” “‘Lollipop’” is ‘lick lick lick lick it like a lollipop,’” 50 told Rolling Stone, singing the verse to prove his point. “And ‘Candy Shop’ is ‘I’ll take you to the Candy Shop/ I’ll let you lick the lollipop.’”

Rip-off or not, 50 is no longer spinning Wayne’s track — or any other rappers’, for that matter. “”I’m not really listening to anyone else’s records,” he says, adding that his new album, Before I Self-Destruct, will drop by the end of the year. “Now I’m in another space where I gotta make what I’m excited about.”

50 is mum on the details of his new disc — the last on his contract with Interscope Records — but he promises to shake things up. “[Other rappers] can take what I’ve done for the last five years and do their version of it and be successful with momentum,” he says. “Meanwhile, I have to reinvent the wheel.”

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fani | 10/31/2008, 3:06 am EST

i wana meet u bro

fani | 10/31/2008, 3:06 am EST

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fani | 10/31/2008, 3:06 am EST

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fani | 10/31/2008, 3:06 am EST

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fani | 10/31/2008, 3:06 am EST

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Afi K. James | 10/12/2008, 12:51 pm EST

There is nothing original about 50 to begin with. And if 50 thinks that his sales indicate that he is a good rapper, then MC hammer is the best rapper of all time due to his sales. 50 is an insecure joke.

Co-Sign.

Makes me sick that trash like this is still on the music industry, it’s fucked up.

chanell | 10/3/2008, 11:26 am EST

yo need to go head with all this 50 cent betta than lil wayne shit cuz lil wayne is on top of his game and he ant goin no where and even if lil wyane did lollipop as a newer version of candy shop then its wayy better for real.. So i Chanell say FUKK 50 cent..he just a bitch ass for real

50cent | 9/25/2008, 9:14 am EST

THE BEST RAPPAR A LIVE 50CENT TOPING NUMBER 1 WAYNE U JST A LIL BOY IN DA GAME 50 IS DA BEST

ATHIRADEE | 9/24/2008, 2:02 am EST

wat eva u say… 50 is the best rapper…u jus acn’t frget “jus a lil bit” and “in da club”…. lil wayne still needs time to get lik fiddy….newwys u rock fiddy…. my love to u……i need more fr u fiddy.. waitin fr u

Idi major kada city naija | 9/20/2008, 7:11 am EST

50 cent lil weezy is the best rapper of the year,so chill out and dont fuck with weezy because he is hitting the street very hard like never before.keep it up .one love from Bad Major…….nothing do u.

anth about hip hop and snap | 9/11/2008, 5:10 pm EST

to all the hip hop heads[you know who you is]talking down on lil wayne is a waste of time to the snap generation hes like 2 pac to them and nuthins gonna change thier minds! put it like this im over 30 but i dont wanna dance every five minutes!i wanna hear somebody with real flows! its to the point that rappers be chattin now talkin bout the same #### over and over again!!!!! you cant blame the yunguns its bet =mtv= and the radio damn!! im from the east coast but i feel like im down south thats all they play 24hrs a day!!add some substance thats what we need mix it up a little=east=south=north and west !!!thats why the young bucks dont understand rap now 8 years ago we had substance a choice !!now they force feed us with 24 hour soul train stripper music!!if they gave everybody else some air time i wouldnt complain!id never thought id live to see the day when skills on the mic would be picked over dance steps and chants and some meaningless chatter! damn!! r.i.p. hip hop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BDL | 9/10/2008, 11:15 pm EST

Creatively and even lyrically, Wayne definitely has 50 beat. After “Get Rich” 50 has really done nothing that interesting or creative. He’s a hell of a business man, but definitely not one of the top tier rappers. In sales he is, but as far as talent, no.

Lil Wayne actually brings personality not only to his music but to Hip-Hop. He may be spastic, and at times vulgar, but there’s something about him that you have to like and respect. He isn’t one of the best lyricist, even though I think he could if he put a lot more focus into it, I’ve seen flashes that he could. But he still needs some work.

So, if you are looking for the best rappers, which I believe have the all-around package (lyricism, creativity and swagger), Jay-Z, Naz, Mr. West, Andre 3000, T.I. (he actually does have something to say in his lyrics if you actually listen), Eminem, Common, Ludacris, Game, Ghostface, GZA, Ice Cube amongst a couple of others that are slipping my mind now, are by far the best. Of course you have Biggie, Tupac, Rakim, Run-DMC, LL, Snoop, Bun-B will always be at the top without question Lupe, Wayne, Juelz still have ways to go, but they are definitely going to be up there one day.

Hip-Hop is not dead, just changing. That’s how it stays alive and will continue to grow!

Ga-Babe | 9/10/2008, 12:39 pm EST

Man fifty just mad cause he aint made a hit in yrs. He has hit rock bottom just face it.Having remarks about another rapper slyrics that sound nothign like his is just childish.No spot light on you so u trynna change ppl views so the spot light is off another? I love wayne and I used to like fifty till he just got lame as fuck!!
He needs to give credit to where credit is due!
You work on that album homie and if its good you’ll get credit but I doubt it will be good.You gettin ole son retirement is an option sweetie!!

hadi | 9/10/2008, 10:18 am EST

both lil and 50 ar wack rappers
non of them deserve a credit

Muckgirl | 9/9/2008, 3:20 pm EST

MY BAD Lollipop?I WAS TYPING TO FAST…

Muckgirl | 9/9/2008, 3:17 pm EST

GO CHECK OUT SWIZZ BEATS-ITS ME BITCHES(REMIX)WITH WAYNE ON IT,HE GOT THE LILIPOP HOOK FROM HIS VERSE ON THAT SOUND!!!DO YOUR RESEARCH BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT JUST SOUND LIKE ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HATING!!!PEOPLE LIKE JAYZ AND KANYE HAVE GIVING DUDE ALOT OF RESPECT.LIKE LL-COOL J SAID ON RAP CITY…LISTEN TO WHAT YOU LIKE!!!HIP HOP ISNT DEAD IDIOTS…IT CHANGED!!!WHY SHOULD MUSIC HAVE THE SAME ESSENCE YEAR AFTER YEAR!THERE’S NO RULE OR GUIDELINES ON WHAT IS HIP HOP.

Muckgirl | 9/9/2008, 3:09 pm EST

“lil wayne has the lyrical content of a 5 year old, and about as much common sense as a 2 year old.”

THAT JUST SOUND LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS A HATER!!!PEOPLE LIKE JAYZ AND KANYE HAVE GIVING DUDE ALOT OF RESPECT.LIKE LL-COOL J SAID ON RAP CITY…LISTEN TO WHAT YOU LIKE!!!HIP HOP WILL ISNT DEAD IDIOTS…IT CHANGED!!!WHY SHOULD MUSIC HAVE THE SAME ESSENCE YEAR AFTER YEAR!THERE’S NO RULE OR GUIDELINES ON WHAT IS HIP HOP.

502finest | 9/9/2008, 2:40 pm EST

LOUISVILLE, KY….STAND UP!!!!
FIFTY is disrespecting the memory of STATIC MAJOR(RIP)!!!! HE WROTE THAT SONG. FIFTY NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING HIS OWN HITS…..ITS BEEN A WHILE!!

Charlie Brown | 9/9/2008, 1:08 pm EST

OH and one more thing. I love it how when rappers like 50 and Lil Wayne win an award they thank god. I am SURE that God completely supports you talking about murdering people, degrading women, and spending money at “da club” instead of helping the needy. Yeah this is what god hoped you would do with your money. Gods a big fan I am sure.

Anonymous | 9/9/2008, 12:58 pm EST

Wow I am so excited to hear about how much money 50 and lil wayne have, and how many women they pull, and what kind of clothes they are wearing!!! I swear it’s never been done before! HIP HOP IS DEAD. Real rap died about six or seven years ago…it’s all about marketing now. Lets have 3 catchy words and then repeat them constantly…that is your rap today. I give credit to all the so called hip hop “artists” they are very smart business men. But don’t call yourselves artists. Reinventing the wheel…really 50…really…You haven’t invented anything except proof that you don’t need skill or good lyrics to make it in the rap game today. He has no flow…lil wayne has the lyrical content of a 5 year old, and about as much common sense as a 2 year old (did you see the VMA’s? Holy god) I like how nobody can speak proper english when leaving a comment on here anymore for example: MAN FUCK ALL YALL BITCH…..NEW ORLEANS 4 LIFE AND STOP FUCKIN HATER BITCH YALL JUX MAD CUZ LIL WEEZY ANA GOT A LOT OF FLOW TO SAY AND YALL AINT BITCH.

Yeah real nice. The reason rap still exists is because people with the intelligence of a preschooler still buy the crap they put out. WOW Lollipop as another way of saying penis!!! 50 and Lil Wayne are the most clever people ever. WOW.

Ben | 9/9/2008, 12:02 pm EST

this topic brings out the intelligent people

hitman721 | 9/9/2008, 9:16 am EST

Honestly, 50 and Lil Wayne both suck. The worst most juvenile lyrics from both of their albums. Tha Carter III shows that there is no accounting for taste.

None of these so called rappers are as good as the big time legends of Hip Hop. Naz, Jay Z, Run-DMC, The Notorious BIG, Kanye West, Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, LL Cool J, and others. These guys are so bad, its very clear that real intelligent hip hop is dying. Really good rappers like Common are being ignored and thats really sad.

When Kid Rock raps, he’s got more talent and flow than 50 and Lil Wayne combined. I could go replay Devil Without A Cause more than either of their garbage. I definitely could spin BIG and Jay Z album over those two losers. Rap is dead until someone revives it intelligently. Until then, I’ll go check out the new Metallica stuff.

ryan | 9/9/2008, 8:11 am EST

i thought this idiot had to retire!

ryan | 9/9/2008, 8:10 am EST

i thought this idiot had to retire!

bezdomny | 9/9/2008, 4:55 am EST

Why is the inability to spell or communicate coherently in one’s own language a prerequisite for being a hip hop fan. You cannot go on a message board anymore without reading something like:

‘COPY OF LIL’ KIM’S MAGIC STICK! GTFOH! AND YOU JUST MAD CAUSE YOU AND YO WHOLE CREW WEAK!!!!! FLOPPED ON SITE! CLOWN!’

I actually hope most of the middle class kids (whites, blacks, asians, etc.) who write like this are simply affecting the style to be cool and they are not actually this close to being nihlingual. You can like music without copying the projections of lifestyle and artifical culture you see on the internet and MTV. Listen to Nas, Immortal Technique, The Cunninlynguists, Jedi Mind Tricks, you don’t have to be partially retarded to like hip hop, in fact, it’s an artform based on wordplay, syntex and rhythm, so instead of pretending to be a consumer of lead paint chips, grap a dictionary and learn something about poetry, that is the art after all.

dondog | 9/9/2008, 3:25 am EST

im sorry , its 9 minutes later and im still laffin at that comment… then i started rolling on the floor when i thought about 50 reinventing the wheel!!!

This is great stuff here….hip hop aint dead!!!

dondog | 9/9/2008, 3:17 am EST

hahaha

some dude said:”everyone Waz Tellin a female i take u 2 da candy shop…and everyone waz sayin he so sweet make her wanna lick tha rapper…both hot songs”
Laughing my natural black azz off!!!They Both clowns for that lollipop ish!!!

dondog | 9/9/2008, 3:17 am EST

hahaha

some dude said:”everyone Waz Tellin a female i take u 2 da candy shop…and everyone waz sayin he so sweet make her wanna lick tha rapper…both hot songs”
Laughing my natural black azz off!!!They Both clowns for that lollipop ish!!!

Dough Boy 504 | 9/9/2008, 2:49 am EST

MAN FUCK ALL YALL BITCH…..NEW ORLEANS 4 LIFE AND STOP FUCKIN HATER BITCH YALL JUX MAD CUZ LIL WEEZY ANA GOT A LOT OF FLOW TO SAY AND YALL AINT BITCH

ByTheWay | 9/8/2008, 10:50 pm EST

So because the both rapped about sex and used the word ‘lollipop’ as a metaphor for penis, Lil’ Wayne ripped of his style?

Listen, I don’t really like either artist. The truth is, 50 is a businessman. He knows that ‘beefing’ with another artist sells records. He’s just building hype.

deez nutz | 9/8/2008, 9:05 pm EST

50 my fav rapper but lil wayne u a dope head !!! but yall alwayz say yall kill, shoot , rob n dnt do shyt n 50 keep yo head up fuzz……………. ….. ….. ………………….GAME IZ DA BEST RAPPER ALIVE BITHCZZZ K.O.C SoMeRsEt n A.G (CO) OHiO BITCH

angie | 9/8/2008, 9:00 pm EST

50 is bored with his life and now he tryin to get everybodys attention since nobody cares about him one way r tha other…and as far as lil wayne goes he is tha best rapper alive. he reppin our city fuck u haters and stay off his dick its as simple as that and if u dont like it, then FUCK U
NEW ORLEANS ALL FUCKIN DAY!!!!!

Anonymous | 9/8/2008, 7:38 pm EST

50 is bitch just the way he stole jarule style

Carl Joe | 9/8/2008, 6:54 pm EST

I would go for Lil Wayne of course!! his badd ass!!!! His undefeatable!!! I am a BIG FAN of his…I listen to his every song…I am From Hooper Bay Alaska….This is going out to the fans of Lil Wayne!!! Woop-That-Trick!.!.!.! Aight Peace….

nate | 9/8/2008, 6:18 pm EST

both lil wayne and 50 cent suck ass. why is there an article about either one?

ps - anyone who considers lil wayne to be the best rapper alive needs to have their head checked.

NaS is the best in the game right now.

brandon hoelscher | 9/8/2008, 6:14 pm EST

if u spark it up he’ll put yo ass out who was it again thass right lil-wayne da carter 3 best gangsta alive…

brandon hoelscher | 9/8/2008, 6:10 pm EST

lil-wayne’s da best rappa alive many freestyle’s i mean he’s undeafeatable……fuck crips bloodz up so go lil-wayne

Anonymous | 9/8/2008, 2:14 pm EST

Does he really believe the crap that comes out of his mouth or is he just hoping that maybe the general public will buy it??

WTF? | 9/8/2008, 1:51 pm EST

Wow, I can’t wait to hear another 50 cent record about ho’s and money and sex….
This mc is one of the most overrated artists out there,
right behing lil wayne and all of that other garbage they call hip hop…

Garbage | 9/8/2008, 1:49 pm EST

Both of these mc’s: Lil Wayne
and 50 Cent are complete garbage.
They both suck, so who cares
who ripped off who?
WOW!! 50 Cent invented lollipop!
So what? They’re clowns.

finfin | 9/8/2008, 11:10 am EST

i love lil wayne

Ryan | 9/8/2008, 10:25 am EST

Oh, whatever. Like 50 Cent was the first rapper to ever rap about having sex…reinvent the wheel, geez. Where 50 is not bringing anything new at all to the table, Wayne is. The Carter III is the best album I have heard in a long time, but hey, interested to see what 50’s album is like. I’ll give it a chance.

COCO DE CHANEL | 9/8/2008, 8:57 am EST

MY JESUS 50,,,, GET A GRIP AND SMARTEN UP……LIL WAYNE HAS TAKEN OVER THE RAP GAME…..

lil waynes wifey | 9/8/2008, 4:17 am EST

fuk u 50 u hoe

lil waynes wifey | 9/8/2008, 4:17 am EST

fuk u 50 u hoe

lil waynes wifey | 9/8/2008, 4:17 am EST

fuk u 50 u hoe

YuNg GeNeraL | 9/7/2008, 9:47 pm EST

everyone Waz Tellin a female i take u 2 da candy shop…and everyone waz sayin he so sweet make her wanna lick tha rapper…both hot songs

rap not art? | 9/7/2008, 4:44 pm EST

Rap not art?

An argument that many non fans of rap often use when citing their grievences with the genre.

Its more commonly thought that art can be anything. But does that mean that anything you do is art?

I have always felt that art is a connection. Its a genuine expression that comes through you. Its something that comes through the heart. A connection to something bigger than oneself.
If you take it on these merits it immediately separates the tupacs and biggies from the 50s and nellys.

In the mainstream rap is focused on superficiality (tho shall not bear falls idols) aspiring to big cars and gold chains and scoring pussy. These things are held up as ideals. I believe that the more we focus on items or scoring pussy or making money and the less we focus on bettering our lives, the easier it becomes to break our connection to true creativity.

Rap has had some of the truest modern art of our time but the genre is permeated with insincerity.

In the words of dead prez “If I feel it I feel it, If I don’t I don’t. If it aint really real than I probably wont”

J | 9/7/2008, 4:43 pm EST

They both are awful.

Kat | 9/7/2008, 4:42 pm EST

Hardly, Fifty.

ian | 9/7/2008, 3:58 pm EST

50cent is just trien to take credit because he know that everybody knows that his carrer is at its end(rapping that is)

Mr Quick | 9/7/2008, 3:49 pm EST

Poor idiot, the “Lolipop” concept predates this pathetic moron by more than 40 years with Millie Small’s “My Boy Lollipop” a huge hit from 1960… Pretty soon this jerk is going to say he invented Rap.

fodleg | 9/7/2008, 2:56 pm EST

50 cent is living proof that people with handicaps can rap-or not

Honesty | 9/7/2008, 2:29 pm EST

To Jesse & Sal: Rap has mattered sinced the day the first rap verse was unleashed! Don’t speak about what you don’t understand.

To Fifty: Stop bitching……it doesn’t look good on you!

hOT MESS | 9/7/2008, 2:01 pm EST

Wikipedia is not a reliable source. ANYONE can add info to that site without being a substantial claim.

smh

brnvonne815 | 9/7/2008, 1:58 pm EST

If that was even true, Lil Wayne still murdered it. Lollipop was the perfect intro to get us ready for the The Carter III, and to me the Candy Shop was just too light weight. Lil Wayne came once again with that fire.

star | 9/7/2008, 1:56 pm EST

50 stop acting like the lil bitch you are

star | 9/7/2008, 1:51 pm EST

50 is always whining and crying about something. All I can say is stop acting like a lil bitch

da realness | 9/7/2008, 1:41 pm EST

@THE F*CKIN TRUTH

so true so damn true.

ktb | 9/7/2008, 1:22 pm EST

50 didnt copy candy shop from lil kim
Magic stick is his song that he wrote for lil kim
He owns the song and all the rights

DaBay | 9/7/2008, 12:34 pm EST

For all you a**holes saying rap isn’t an art? Why not? Can you do it with such skill and dexterity? The answer is most likely HELL NO! Who are you to determine what art is anyway? Are you a professional art critic? Why are you even on here if you don’t care for rap? You sound stupid so STFU!

malakidagod | 9/7/2008, 12:22 pm EST

50 u r really losin ur appeal by talkin smack like u da shit n by da way i nliked lollipop better than candy shop

THE F*CKIN TRUTH | 9/7/2008, 12:08 pm EST

all you that think lil wayne is the best alive & 50 is wack your entitled to your opinion but on some real ish, ya’ll need to drop the pipe & clear your heads! listend to lil wayne before he became mr carter 1, 2 & 3, he was actually following now he’s just a coke head dumb ass.
any artist that came out after 99 with a couple exceptions is pure garbage, but you young cats don’t see that because you was raise by garbage & to listen to garbage, take away the beat & listen to the words, you might not hear shit!

Shica | 9/7/2008, 12:07 pm EST

Too Bad Lil’ Wayne’s Did Way Better…This Man Loves To Bitch, And The 2 Songs Are Nothin’ A like, By The Way Lil’ Wayne Is A Real Rapper!!!

KP | 9/7/2008, 11:53 am EST

50 is garbo! he says wayne copied his candy shop…ok, where did he copy 21 questions? Ja Rule-Down Ass Bi—….everytime he’s in the lab, he starts some kiddy shit..clownnig– #1

HotChocolate | 9/7/2008, 11:50 am EST

Lil Wayne = The Best Rapper Alive
50 Cent = Wack And Bitter About It

WOW | 9/7/2008, 11:43 am EST

These Current Rap Fans are so damn stupid.
“Lolipop” is obviously a rip off of “Candy Shop”. The only difference is 50 Cent raps on his song and Lil Wayne sings on the majority of his and its still considered hip hop. WTF? AND NEWSFLASH, 50 CENT WROTE “MAGIC STICK”.

rj | 9/7/2008, 11:32 am EST

i never 4 a second thought either of these 2 songs were simular,when i heard lollipop the song candyshop never entered my mind,50 is trippin..

rj | 9/7/2008, 11:32 am EST

i never 4 a second thought either of these 2 songs were simular,when i heard lollipop the song candyshop never entered my mind,50 is trippin..

Ni | 9/7/2008, 11:14 am EST

@ 50 WACK: You are right, he is complaining about something that he is entirely guilty of doing himself! is he for real?

dwight | 9/7/2008, 11:11 am EST

ya actually think Wayne is the best rapper alive how old are you 5 he has even stated that he can’t mess with some rappers and that he wont try them because they will destroy him

LeeLeeCakes | 9/7/2008, 11:09 am EST

Yet ANOTHER person 50 has an issue with! Big surprise here.

demetria | 9/7/2008, 11:05 am EST

Negro plzz…didn’t u listen to Weezy the last time… “Stop hatin on a nigga, that is a weak emotion, the lady of a nigga”

Kandy | 9/7/2008, 11:04 am EST

you suck and your next track will too

50 WACK | 9/7/2008, 11:02 am EST

Trick please!!! That wack behind Candy Shop was a COPY OF LIL’ KIM’S MAGIC STICK! GTFOH! AND YOU JUST MAD CAUSE YOU AND YO WHOLE CREW WEAK!!!!! FLOPPED ON SITE! CLOWN!

CDC | 9/7/2008, 10:19 am EST

50 needs to quit with the ridin everyone elses dick, lookin for any reason to jump on anyone in the game. 50 used to be the shit, and hes just pissed lookin for a way to get his name back out there. He made one allright album and thinks hes God to the rap game and has to right to be sayin everyone is goin off of his shit. C’mon 50, thats some ignorant shit your tryin to play there. And the bet between 50 and Kanye was sales in the first week, and Kanye clearly murdered him in that bet. So his ass needs to do us all a favor and get out of the fuckin game and quit crowdin everyone with your ignorant, self absorbed, bullshit talk.

Famiry | 9/7/2008, 8:59 am EST

They’re both equally talentless! They should just give each other some hugs!

Famiry | 9/7/2008, 8:59 am EST

They’re both equally talentless! They should just give each other some hugs!

L.A.X! | 9/7/2008, 8:30 am EST

wikipedia! proof 50 sold over 5 million woldwide according to vivendi(source) Go Look It Up, Altough it was a publicity stunt, 50 killed kanye in sales! kanye only beat 50 in the fist week! stop hating, 50 is a hitmaker, and a genius……

Jables | 9/7/2008, 3:11 am EST

Reinvent the wheel? Nah… no one’s even expecting you to write a half-decent song, so don’t worry. You can go back and continue to write songs about candy. Or… wait! Was that a penis reference??? 50, you metaphor wizard…

DJ Mentalbeats | 9/7/2008, 2:20 am EST

50 Cent, Lil’ Wayne are modern day Stepin Fetchits just like the rest of these crappers. No one of them are talking about anything of substance. They all sound as if they done one too many lines of coke (and I don’t mean the soft drink).

BIG H. | 9/6/2008, 11:04 pm EST

They all say bad things about hip hop back in the days but now the reality is just that..the number 1 music in the world.Who says 50 cent is wack shirt it up m%%%%%%f%%%%%%.and Lil´Wayne is also a big artist like 50 cent.they are good ya heard…ha.hahahahahahaha

Southern Gal | 9/6/2008, 8:56 pm EST

I wish 50 would get off my nuts. Wayne da shit,DA BEST RAPPER ALIVE BIIIITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! . That 50 a hata and he childish.WHACK ASS!

camacho play | 9/6/2008, 3:25 pm EST

lil wayne is da best rapper in the whole world

BDL | 9/6/2008, 2:01 pm EST

I’m tired of people dismissing or questioning Hip-Hop/Rap as music or art! Just because you don’t like it or don’t think it takes talent to actually come up with the metaphors or free styling that rappers do, doesn’t mean it isn’t art or music. Keep your ignorance to yourself!

Chuck t | 9/6/2008, 12:52 pm EST

didnt 50 have to retire after losing his bet with kanye??? doen no one remember??

wow... | 9/6/2008, 12:06 pm EST

Lil Wayne doesn’t even write his own music, just letting you know. Nice job people, nice job.

Nicole | 9/6/2008, 12:00 pm EST

Why is it the only attention 50 Cent gets nowadays is when he says something negative about someone else? Why doesn’t he go back to making good music and get attention that way?

David Beckham | 9/6/2008, 10:46 am EST

50 cent is a great artist..why all the hate?..i hope N’sync comes back

gagamen | 9/5/2008, 11:40 pm EST

How can you say lil wayne is a talentless hack!!! He may be a nit amusing and playful,but hi music is so unique and his songwriting is at a class of its own.Lil wayne is unique!!Thats why that carter 3 was such a mega-hit

Sal | 9/5/2008, 11:10 pm EST

Why is rap considered music…or art?

Hip-Hop | 9/5/2008, 10:28 pm EST

It’s funny to hear people say 50 is wack and rap is dead. You clowns are not hip hop fans the only hip hop you know is what MTV, top 40 radio or sites like this tell what hip hop is or play. You listen to songs the radio plays and think that is hip-hop. You don’t listen to mixtapes and majority can’t relate to aggresive lyrics. If 50 was a new artist right now everyone would love him. Now that he has made so much money people want to hate. You all will be hatin’ on Lil Wayne in couple years saying the samething about him like you do 50.

waynes1girl | 9/5/2008, 10:21 pm EST

weezy is da best rapper alive period…50 cent is wack

def Jazz | 9/5/2008, 8:38 pm EST

What the fuck 50? 50 cent is just jealous cuz Lil Wayne can actually make music, not this shit 50 is making. He was good on Get Rich or Die Tryin’ but now he blows.

BA | 9/5/2008, 8:34 pm EST

He’s got to be the most overrated artist of this decade, i mean nobody ever talks about his actual music. It’s more his story, his name, his image. It’s rather remarkable he still has a career.

christa | 9/5/2008, 6:41 pm EST

i hate 50

thewufs | 9/5/2008, 4:38 pm EST

Ok, 50 is garbage. Rap is dead. At least Wayne cares about the music. The gorilla has admittedly said he does in solely for the money. His bet with Kanye ( the much more worthy and talented) blew up in his face and he has the balls to blame it on his label’s lack of marketing. 50 cent is laughable. Ha!

Bangkok Dangerous | 9/5/2008, 4:24 pm EST

Right on 50! Don’t let any man take away your songs about candy. Wait, why is a grown man singing about candy?

G-Blew It | 9/5/2008, 3:39 pm EST

Congratulations! You both wrote horrible songs about candy

Jesse | 9/5/2008, 3:16 pm EST

remember when rap mattered? yeah, me neither..

moe | 9/5/2008, 2:31 pm EST

There is nothing original about 50 to begin with. And if 50 thinks that his sales indicate that he is a good rapper, then MC hammer is the best rapper of all time due to his sales. 50 is an insecure joke.

Mike | 9/5/2008, 2:22 pm EST

Isn’t “Candy Shop” a remake of “Magic Stick”?

CT | 9/5/2008, 2:19 pm EST

50 was #1 in Europe and beat Kanye..that was his “reason” for not retiring. That and the fact that his statement was purely a publicity stunt never having any intentions of actually retiring.

50 vs. Lil' Wayne | 9/5/2008, 12:59 pm EST

As much as I can’t stand 50 anymore, he has a point about Lil’ Wayne. Both songs suck, but Lil’ Wayne is a talentless hack with face tatoos. 50 at least was good for a year or 2 before he started regurgitating the same record back to us.

matt | 9/5/2008, 12:25 pm EST

Ummm what happened to him retiring because Kanye West beat him out last year??????

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