Curtis

Last year MTV had this show that was supposed to be this barber shop in NYC where the barbers spent the days talking hip hop and cutting snaps on each other to pass the time. In terms of realness it's up there with those other shows MTV has where the rich white kids do rich white kid things but in terms of horrible TV this was one of the best shows ever. When the barbers weren't randomly discussing topics such as 'Is Justin Timberlake cool even if he isn't a brother?' they were giving C list rap and R &B dudes like Chris Brown a fresh shape up. One of these guests was the man himself, Tony Yayo.

So while Yayo was getting his hair done one of the barbers interrupted the interview/haircut, where he was discussing how he came up with the title for his "Thoughts of a Predicate Felon" album, by cutting a "freestyle". After the rap Yayo just looked at the dude with his eyes blunted and said "Anybody can spit a hot verse but can you make a hot album?" My friend Dan and I must have laughed about this for weeks. So as hilarious as that interview was, Tony Yayo has a feature on Fiddy's new album where he rhymes about MySpace, and it's my new favorite funny thing Tony Yayo has ever done.

these OG's talkin about back in the days/ I put an RIP sign on yo MySpace page
top 8 nigga/ drop 8 nigga/ GCT coup is sour grape nigga

There's this kinda oblivious charm to Tony Yayo. When you listen to him you can tell that he honestly believes that he's good at making words rhyme over a beat and there's something to that. It's not good but there's something to that. As an MC you need confidence and Yayo at least has that even if he is the shittest rapper in the whole world of shitty rap. 50 Cent on the other hand, has no confidence whatsoever. So while that might be reason #72 why "Curtis" is horrible and I deleted it right after I played it, it might be the biggest. He just doesn't care.

And honestly why should he? He's beyond rap rich at this point and it's not like he's going to be able to change people's minds about his music now. Plus lets be real if any of us made half a billion on some off brand Gatorade shit we wouldn't either. 50 needs to just chill and take some time away from rap. Start playing up the fact that he's rich as fuck and stick to doing guest spots/remixes of random dudes shit until he finds that fire again. Basically just do what Jay-Z did and build up that buzz until he's ready to comeback.

I know I haven't talked about the album much but like it's pretty much just garbage. Every other song had some R & B dude on it and they all sucked. I liked two of the beats and they were both by the same guy soo maybe this Jake One has some future but he'll probably just spend all the money on some Nate Newton shit. The only songs I didn't delete (other than the Yayo feature) are that "I Get Money" and that song he did when Floyd Mayweather fought that washed up hispanic bum who's soo pussy whipped he won't fight Miguel Cotto. Oh and that "Smile" song. That's actually pretty good. 50 kinda goes all "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" and unlike "Fully Loaded Clip" it works. He raps about making Tipper Gore a fan, how Oprah won't invite him to be a guest, compares himself to MLK, raps about Bill O'Reilly's wife, and some Interscope political shit. The hook is "smile nigga my next album might be my last" and maybe it would be for the best. It's been about two weeks since off brand Gatorade has come out with a new flavor and I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.