Presumably the "G" stands for Gauntlet, since that's what the game has now become. What 50 Cent does have is a marketable cartoon persona and the backing of both Dre and Eminem, both of whom reprise their roles in this "G Unit" edition of Fiddy's console brawler. No, Curtis Jackson's elevation to the hip-hop firmament has not come about because of his dubious talents on the mic. "Got the magic stick, I'm the lurve doctor," he croons on Candy Shop, and if that's not the hip-hop equivalent of "I suppose a rock's out of the question?" then I'm Big Daddy Kane. Hardly a figure of respect within informed hip-hop circles, his skills as both lyricist and emcee are not the stuff of legend. The ubiquity of the 50 Cent myth can make it hard to cut through the kneejerk reactions to focus on the relative quality of the game. Seriously, what are the chances? Def Leppard Jam Or for the revenge-fuelled plot of his videogame, Bulletproof, which slunk onto consoles this time last year.Īnd, lo and behold, as the opening level of Bulletproof's reworked PSP version comes to a close, poor old 50 Cent gets shot once again. Or uses it as the basis for his autobiographical movie, Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. Apart from, you know, when he brings it up in interviews. Did you know that? It's possible this fact has passed you by, since Mr Cent doesn't like to make a big deal about it.
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