Clearly, 50 has a lot of pressure on him musically to succeed with his new LP later this summer and I think that this tape is a great way to bring him back to the masses and set him up for a successful release. "Get Busy" and "Murder One" do an excellent job of bringing back the gritty street sound that made the industry fear him over a decade ago, while "I Ain't Gonna Lie" and "Complicated" infuse that gangsta pop approach by putting aggressive/explicit talk over infectious and melodic beats. 50 also stays current by doing a solid remix of 2 Chainz' "Riot" Perhaps, the only fault to this tape is that switching back and forth between so much different (but quality) material make the tape seem a little inconsistent as a whole. But having so much versatility is the best problem an artist can have. At the beginning of the aforementioned "Murder One" the G-Unit General says, "Don't you ever forget it n***a, I'm the reason you make a mix-tape sucka!" Damn straight! 50 doing a mix-tape with DJ Drama is already epic, but the quality of the release is a pleasant reminder as to why those two are two of the best to ever make them.
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