50 Cent Gives Away Game’s Whole Album As A Free Mixtape

Most hip hop blog readers are familiar with 50 Cent’s website ThisIs50.com. For those of you who aren’t familiar it can best be described as one part social network, one part 50 Cent nut riding festival. 50 Cent’s team has used the website to report on current hip hop news, to promote new projects from G-Unit artists and to take shots at all the artists 50 Cent doesn’t like. One of the biggest events for the website was the release of the free mixtape “Elephant In The Sand” which was a free mixtape by G-Unit artists which was made to poke fun at and to spoil the release of Fat Joe’s album Elephant In The Room album. And now 50’s at it again but this time it’s not funny or cute, it’s just plain old grimey.
Right now ThisIs50.com is promoting a new free mixtape. There aren’t any G-Unit artists on this one though. However a former G-Unit artist is on every track, The Game. That’s because the website’s newest free mixtape is actually Game’s whole album LAX. Front to back. In an effort to see that Game’s album is a failure 50 Cent is encouraging his readers to download it for free instead. How messed up is that?

I’m thinking this might be bit too much. I understand that the guys hate each other but is that really a can of worms that any artist wants to open? Artists are already making way less off of albums than they used to, so just imagine an industry where artists purposely and publicly leak each others albums and promote the free downloading. No one is gonna make any money off sales. Though he has many sources of income to supplement low sales, not even 50 wants that.

Now we provide music here on HN but I never encourage people to download it but 50 is strongly encouraging it. I know there are many 50 fans out there that think everything the guy does is “genius” or “the greatest marketing ever” but this is wack. The music industry has been dying for a while but I think 50 just killed it. Pandora’s box is now open. Welcome to the free for all.

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Comment by Pootie Mane Laflair on August 27, 2008 at 3:54pm: Its getting kinda old with fifty going after all these niggas, he says he is better than. Game should sue his as and get some of the vitamin water money fif got

Comment by DaBossManJr on August 27, 2008 at 3:57pm: THIS IS THE WORK OF A HOES ASS NIGGA

H-TOWN Stand Up

Comment by oli on August 27, 2008 at 5:58pm: 50 da king game a bitch

Comment by bounce on August 27, 2008 at 6:06pm: that bitch ass nigga just want game to flop like curtis!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by JABBAR M on August 27, 2008 at 6:06pm: Wow....this is like when we were little youngons "Since your shit look or seem better than mines, well i'll just fuck your shit up to keep you or others enjoying it for the moment" Yeah 50...suppose to be on your grown man shit. Selfishness....one thing to remember what goes around comes back no matter how much $$$$ you have that shit only brings temporary peace of mind. OBAMA has alot of work to do of getting our brothers straight....

Comment by king on August 27, 2008 at 6:17pm: really datz some gay shit on 50's behalf he tryna make game flop like tos did but shit i still ran to the store and coped 2 copies of the game album one for the house and one for the car and that mutha fucka is a classic if u aint got it stop slippin and go get it.

next up is my nigga jeezy cd im cant wait i wont listen to none of the songs he let leak off the album i wanna be surprised because i know its gonna be a classic

Comment by Mac Sleepy on August 27, 2008 at 6:22pm: fuk 50 bitch ass! he stay pullin a hoe ass move...

Comment by Derek on August 27, 2008 at 6:54pm: this is just a rumor....50 didn't post that...ppl just hate so they hopin he get sued or some bs....its not on the site

Comment by B.Willz on August 27, 2008 at 7:20pm: Fuck 5-0 and the garbage-unit 5-0 just salty cause he knows that LAX is gonna terminate that wack ass garbage-unit cd in sales even if he gives the shit away for free. Enough about 5-0 and them wack ass niggas at garbage-unit go cop that Jeezy album The Recession Sept. 2 can't wait for my nigga Jeezy to drop this shit and that Vacation track is fire.

Comment by MEECH on August 27, 2008 at 7:24pm: Who gives a fuck? I won't go buy it or download the shit anyway. Game hasn't came out with one hot single off this album. It is funny how dem niggas put featuring everyone. That's dat nigga problem he can't do a majority of an album by himself he needs a lot of help. The Recession Sept. 2nd cop dat.