who does g-unit remind us of?

it has been said that history, if not studied, is doomed to repeat itself. with that being said let's look at the current state of g-unit records. i will be the first to admit that g-unit had some type of control over me a year or two ago. their mixtapes were the shit and so were the commercial albums they were releasing. when 50 burst onto the scene nearly 3 years ago, under the direction of eminem and dr. dre, he was an unstoppable force. he had the world eating out of his hand.

case in point: he single handledly destroyed ja-rule and his croonin' ways. no one thought ja-rule was whacker (yeah it's a word) then i did, with the exception of 50. he called ja out on his saucy steez for singing on damn near every track he had, while claiming that he (50) had the perfect formula for making songs. what was the perfect formula? to sing on every damn track that HE had.

now let's rewind: 50's first album, a banger. banks' first album, a banger. buck's first album, pretty damn close to a banger. g-unit radio mixtapes: all bangers. shit, even the game had a bangin ass album earlier this year courtesy of g-unit and their connections.

cut to "the massacre" and it appears that 50 has taken the ja-rule approach to making music. i have never been so disappointed in a sophomore album then i had been with 50's. good thing i didn't actually buy it, then i really would have been pissed off. that album stopped a string of 4 consecutive g-unit purchases from not only me, but also a shitload of people i know, and i'm not one to buy records at all!

now as executive producer of tony yayo's album, he has allowed this man to play the role of "clown" of g-unit. i understand that the type of music they're making now sells in the stores and will get much play on radio and tv, but at what costs? if g-unit feels that alienating the ORIGINAL hip hop demographic (blacks/hispanics) in order to sell music to the new members of the hip hop demographic (anyone that's not a minority) is the way to increase his riches more power to him. i'm not knocking a nigga for trying to get bread, i just want 50 to acknowledge that he is a hypocrite. just remember, what goes up MUST come down. i hope banks, mobb deep and m.o.p. take heed and bounce before they are lost in 50's broke ass scheme to take over the hip hop world. 50 might not have lost everyone in the original demographic YET, but he will at this rate.