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Curtis | 
| Artist: 50 Cent
Label: Aftermath
Category: Music
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Rating:  199 reviews
Sales Rank: 6468
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 602517334045
UPC: 602517334045
EAN: 0602517334045
ASIN: B000QUCPUC
Release Date: September 11, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | My Gun Go Off | | • | Man Down [Censored] | | • | I'll Still Kill | | • | I Get Money | | • | Come & Go - Dr. Dre, , 50 Cent | | • | Ayo Technology - 50 Cent, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake | | • | Follow My Lead - 50 Cent, Robin Thicke | | • | Movin on Up | | • | Straight to the Bank | | • | Amusement Park | | • | Fully Loaded Clip | | • | Peep Show - Eminem, 50 Cent | | • | Fire - 50 Cent, Nicole Scherzinger, Young Buck | | • | All of Me - Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent | | • | Curtis 187 | | • | Touch the Sky - 50 Cent, Tony Yayo |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: 50 CENT
Title: CURTIS
Street Release Date: 09/04/2007
Domestic
Genre: RAP/HIP HOP
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If you believe everything you hear, Curtis is 50 Cent's bid to be hip-hop king--the rumor goes that he issued it the same day Kanye West released his Graduation CD to spawn a sales race and thus, a) establish superiority, or b) retire with his head hung low. But here's what might not have occurred to 50: Given enough talent and a fully loaded speed-dial--the kind that can raise Timbaland, Akon, Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, and Eminem faster than the sickest rapper can stitch together a verse--it's possible for two diabolically good discs to drop the same day. Forgetting the Kanye competition for a moment, Curtis might come up short in a race with its creator's other albums--the rawness and reach of Get Rich Or Die Tryin' isn't here. But certain cultural moments (who would refute that the release Get Rich… was one?) can't be replicated, and what Curtis lacks in credible grit, it more than makes up for in finesse. Never let it be said that you can't be fierce and flow at the same time: "I Get Money" glides back to the old school in sound--there's a house party happening behind this track--but sends out a modern message, "I'll Still Kill," with Akon, underscores 50's continued thug-hood with a lethal hook, and "Follow My Lead," with the smoothie Robin Thicke, is a finger-popper worth 100 plays for its sly mood alone. May the best rapper, if there is one, keep rapping. --Tammy La Gorce
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 Damn 50....Why September 11, 2007
Daryl F. Maynes (LI , NY)
87 out of 111 found this review helpful
It was extremely hard form me to write this review here for 50's album. I used to be a huge fan of Shady/Aftermath and the music they put out, so when 50 Cent emerged on the scene in 2003 (the Shady/Aftermath 50, not the underground 50) I bought into all the hype. I thought "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was an amazing debut(mainstream) album . Lyrically he wasnt even close to the 3 King's (Talib, Jayz,Nas) but he at least had songs that tried to talk about something.. After the success of his first album "Mainstream 50 Cent" took over...everything. From making Childrens books and Video Games, to Movies and Clothing Lines.. I have no problem with a man making money, but it seems the more money he has made, the progressively worse his music has become. This latest album has really turned me off to the Shady/Aftermath /Interscope . No longer will I buy albums from their aritst prior listening to it. Now to the Album..
The production on this album far exceeds "The Massacre" the beats are pretty decent, with AYO Technology being the most complex and easy to vibe to. Unfortunately thats about the only positive thing I can say about this album. The Lyrics are simple horrendous, what can only be described as nursery rhymes.. with this album released I'm seriously waiting on 50 cent to make a song about "The Itsey Bitsey Spider" or something along that nature. I'm sure this album will be commercially successful, 50 Cent is a media Juggernaut(Sold over 2 Million copies of the Massacre in INDIA alone) and it would only be by a miracle that Kanye West would even come close to outselling him. His primary audience suburban "White America" will by this album in the boatloads..My question is why? What happened to socially conscious rap/hip hop being mainstream. The closest thing we have to that today is Kanye,Talib, Common really.. And people don't support that hardly either. I keep hearing people say "Hip Hop is dead man" Well if thats true it's the people that support this type of music and image that have killed it. If it dies eventually, like a lot of people think it will, then you all pulled a Caesar(Julius Caesar). I SAY ASK MORE FROM THIS RAPPER HE CAN DO FAR BETTER THEN THIS!
Severely Lacking October 15, 2007
Coffy6 (Trenton, NJ United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I don't know why 50 thought he could challenge Kanye and win. This CD lacks originality and substance. Same old recycled beats...same old recycled rhymes...same old rah rah shoot em up fake gangsta bull****. My thirteen year old nephew can make a better demo than this. I think the main problem is the collaborations...Timberlake, Timbaland, Robin Thicke???? Last time I checked two of those three couldn't even sing. But anyway, Akon's presence on I'll Still Kill was the only decent part of this mess. So, is this retirement thing still a go? I sure hope he was serious, because I don't know how many more of his boring tracks we can stand to hear.
The Reason Hip-Hop is dead September 20, 2007
jholla (OKC)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
50 snitch or (cent) as he is known has dropped anther bubblegum candyshop album with bad production, horrible flows, childish lyrics, and as usual mediocre corny hooks. What do you expect though? Gatman and Robbin?? C'mon. Most of 50's fans are teen girls and rich wanna be gangster white boys that dont know what street or real or gangsta really is. Which brings me to my point why hip-hop is dead is 50 cent an emcee no hes a "rapper" just like chingy but with more money. Does 50 cent have any emcees signed to gunit? 1 group mobb deep "havoc, Prodigy" havent dropped a decent album since murda music of course. Dont buy this garbage buy kanye, havoc, talib kweli's cd or just wait for american ganster coming out NOV 4th by HOVA Peace
Disappointing - Overall pathetic album. September 11, 2007
Ace
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I'm sorry 50. I love your radio show and most of your unreleased songs and mixtapes. GRODT is one of my favorite hip hop cd's ever. Please don't think I'm a hater. This cd, is absolutely trash, garbage. I really can't remember the last time I listened to a new cd and felt like I was robbed.. and I have actually BEEN ROBBED before.
No doubt there are a few good tracks on here, but overall, we get the point. You don't care too much anymore about creative or interesting lyrics. You go by your formula of killing, selling drugs, one nighters, making money, and repeat 17x.
Your song 'all of me' has mary signing a sick hook but your verses don't revolve around giving all of yourself or a girl giving all of herself to you. Most of it is junk.
Your song 'fully loaded clip' isn't really about a clip.
Your love song with robin thicke isn't really about love either.
And your song 'man down' is half-censored. Really what's the point of even releasing that on a cd with parental advisory sticker?
It wasn't too long ago that you were calling people out on wax for being sensitive and all about love, singing love songs and ballads. Well not only have you completely done a 180 on that but now you're even making young buck sing hooks like on 'Fire'?
This cd is sorry, and not only do I feel sorry for myself for sitting through this cd enough times to realize how it will never grow on me, but I feel sorry for all the little kids giving this cd 5 stars and not realizing how your business model is to find a formula that works and repeat, instead of offering the world a piece of creativity like we know you're capable of. You have enough money, you can buy everything I own x1000, and I live a very happy life. Please go back to just making hot ish and don't worry about beating kanye on opening day, which you're not even coming close to because of the complete wackness which is 'Curtis'.
One of the worst pop rappers ever. October 25, 2007
Adrian the Complex Lonely (USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
But the song with Mary; All Of Me, that sample, well, it's hot. REAL hot.
He has to use other people's beats (I Get Money) to get rich and talking mindlessly (Tracks 2-4,Tracks 6-10, Tracks 12-14 and 16-17). I find that so damn pathetic!
Follow My Lead is a crappy song. Very crappy. 50 Cent writes his music (or at least some of it) and that's good. But he doesn't really talk about much other than being rich, and awesome, going to parties and being better than others. And hot women. Yay! We haven't heard that before!!
Amusement Park is fun though. Nice beat. Someone laced it, and it's wonderful. Probably the best song here. But Fire is wack, and Nicole is even wacker. The only song that she did worth noting is Come to Me. And that was DIDDY'S song. LOL @ her.
Kanye obviously won with the album sales, so why doesn't his tired a$$ retire?????!
Download Amusement Park and All Of Me and let's call it a day!
1.5 stars for an occasional hot beat.
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