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.

Tags: 50, A, Album, As, Away, Cent, Free, Game’s, Gives, Mixtape, More…Whole

Comment by Casper on August 28, 2008 at 12:34am: 50 is a pure bitch.Plain and simple.He gonna keep on and somebody gonna kick his motherfucking ass.Dre and Em wrong 4 that shit to.Dre brought this nigga to G-Unit he wanted to be his own boss and ya'll drop him and take 50 side.That big teeth bastard gonna get his.I remeber him dissing Ja and his style then he singing and shit on his cds.

Comment by Casper on August 28, 2008 at 12:41am: This nigga diss Jay Ja Jada Nas Wayne and Dre still on his dick.Game wanna make songs with these niggaz and not only do they kick him out the group but you drop him from the lable.Ya owen this nigga shit and ya gonna give away his hard work for free.What part of the game is that?Fuck Dre,50 and 12 motherfuckers like them.

Comment by Casper on August 28, 2008 at 12:48am: King,Meech,j.r.and Meechie I guess ya'll 4 of the 12 motherfuckers just like them.

Comment by Dreg on August 28, 2008 at 1:15am: Who give a fucc. Niggaz only fucc wit game cuz he a west coast rapper and da rest of da niggaz supportin him doin it cuz he flamed up. Fucc both them niggaz, aint nobody gonna remember this when dat new Jeezy drop. If yall gon call 50 out 4 sum hoe shit, call dat nigga game out for alwayz tryna steal on niggaz and not fightin str8 up. 4 tryna diss niggaz like Jigga and em without no kinda reason. Dem niggaz stay arguing like they used to be married or sumthin...

Comment by MARYJANE on August 28, 2008 at 1:44am: Curtis Jackson, whatever your name is and those g-unit pussies
Get a fuckin life and go to hell. I can't stand you haters.
Everybody starting to see how fucked up you guys are, what a disgrace

Comment by acidic-e- on August 28, 2008 at 5:00am: 50 is a joke and has been for the last few albums. The best shit off the new Gunit cd is the tracks with Buck and that's plain and simple. Buck made that group just so much better and Yayo is just trash. But to be fair Game's new cd is decent but not his best while I do like it I've heard better from him on mixtapes some of the tracks are hot though. But this is lame of 50 he really needs to get a life

Comment by Ys : Young Showtime on August 28, 2008 at 8:18am: That was unnessicary... We all know Game wasn't gonna sell anyway.
That's not a good look 50.

Comment by Ys : Young Showtime on August 28, 2008 at 8:20am: Yes I am serious about him not seling okay September 2nd there are that.. a few other albums that no one cares abouta nd Jeezy. Which will be mostt likely to be bought.