“Curtis”, a self-entitled release, was the third official solo effort from the Queens, New York rapper 50 Cent in 2007. It was a pretty significant one of the time as its release was built up as one that would have 50 square up against Kanye West for sales against his “Graduation” release. ... Read review
Advantages: A few big tunes Disadvantages: Nothing apart from the singles are worth listening to
“Curtis”, a self-entitled release, was the third official solo effort from the Queens, New York rapper 50 Cent in 2007. It was a pretty significant one of the time as its release was built up as one that would have 50 square up against Kanye West for sales against his “Graduation” release. As it went, commercially, Kanye beat him, and although predictably, 50 Cent didn’t quit as he said he would if he lost the sales war, he did still have something ... ...in 2005).
1. “Intro”
2. “My Gun Go Off”
He takes things to a predictable place as he begisn the album and turns straight to the gun raps as he does the whole Gangsta Rap thing and comes with lots of murder talk. It does very little for him and offer nothing new whatsoever, so it sounds a bit pointless and starts this, his third, album to a rather weak start as he does something that all expect and does it all ... more
“Curtis”, a self-entitled release, was the third official solo effort from the Queens, New York rapper 50 Cent in 2007. It was a pretty significant one of the time as its release was built up as one that would have 50 square up against Kanye West for sales against his “Graduation” release. As it went, commercially, Kanye beat him, and although predictably, 50 Cent didn’t quit as he said he would if he lost the sales war, he did still have something worth listening to (as a change from his last release in 2005).
1. “Intro”
2. “My Gun Go Off”
He takes things to a predictable place as he begisn the album and turns straight to the gun raps as he does the whole Gangsta Rap thing and comes with lots of murder talk. It does very little for him and offer nothing new whatsoever, so it sounds a bit pointless and starts this, his third, album to a rather weak start as he does something that all expect and does it all of rather plain production (especially from an ex-member of the Average White Band).
**One Star**
3. “Man Down”
With much more power coming through in the production (as Don Cannon and Detroit Red come together) you find that it means that you don’t really have to complain about the fact that the artist doesn’t do anything particularly original in this one either, but it does mean that it gives you the chance to actually engage with the music to some degree, but having him talk of how he is just going to mindlessly kill, it isn’t special.
**Two Stars**
4. “I’ll Still Kill”
Now moving onto one of the multiple singles from the album, this was, for me, the worst that he dropped from it, and this (going by other experiences with his guest appearances) is down to Akon’s role as the hook man. The content of the material is completely unchanged form the track prior to it, once gain showing his originality, but you do see some advancements in the quality of the rhymes (coming in handy in time for the next tune on the album).
**One Star**
5. “I Get Money”
Going off a killer sample, using lines from the chorus of Audio Two’ “Top Billin’”, this oen is a straight club banger of a tune for the artist and one which is directly solely to let people know just how much he is raking in. It features some hardcore bass and from here the rapper goes hard with his lines, off the hype of Milk D’s high-pitched voice for a great effect. It is killer and one of the best that the record has to offer (only the remix beats it).
**Five Stars**
6. “Come And Go”
As Dr. Dre is on the production, you just can’t complain of what you get on this one (as he comes with something that seems to take things to his newer, post-“2001” style). It is one tha is composed well but as ever 50 Cent does very little to take things to another level (and I can’t see how Dre can have allowed him to sing an adapted version of “Just Be Good To Me” to ruin the creation he has made.
**Two Stars**
7. “Ayo Technology”
After giving this one some time to die down in popularity, I can finally say that I like it again (as it was a song you couldn’t miss towards the end of 2007 and a good proportion of 2007 – significantly overplayed) the track was rinsed of its quality. However, it is one that needed the airplay it received as here you have the artist coming in strong with soft club material as he links up with the R&B singer Justin Timberlake.
**Five Stars**
8. “Follow My Lead”
After the hype of the track prior to it, you have a tune that seems perfectly fitting to come off it as you see that here the artist is made to be tamed as The Bizness gets on the production and comes with a classy joint. It is a soothing tune and takes appears as a shock tune on the album to really turn things around and enables him to turn to the girls as he works with the R&B singer Robin Thicke, to show that he has improved this side of things (just still isn’t quite at the LL Cool J standard).
**Two Stars**
9. “Movin’ On You”
This one has him working off some Jake One beats, and I felt that they were something that suited his style (one that seems to be pretty unchanged since 2003’s “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’”) and in this case you see that the rapper does one that doesn’t really serve any real purpose on the album at all as he performs one where he simply experiments with his rhyming style and the melodies and doesn’t really stick to any real themes.
**One Star**
10. “Straight To The Bank”
This tune was one of the biggest tracks from the album, and just as “Ayo Technology” as one that I simply couldn’t enjoy at the time when it dropped,. But after going it some time to mature, I can appreciate it much more as you see that he does a fly, laid-back joint where he simply rhymes about the amount of money he is able to rake in and the story (that any fan would already know) about his pursuit up to that point.
**Three Stars**
11. “Amusement Park”
Here he moves on into one of the other big single form the album, but in this case I did feel this one from the get-go, and as it wasn’t really as impactful as many of the others, it didn’t get over-done with excessive airplay. Here he does some themed rhymes in the “Candy Shop” format, but unlike that terrible one, this one has him refining it to a place where it sounds quite classy and much more impressive.
**Four Stars**
12. “Fully Loaded Clip”
After a couple relatively strong ones, you find that there is a bit of an improvement in the general thing, but really it doesn’t match the level that you get with the singles from the album and so it could easily go unnoticed on the album. Here he does one where he seems to go over lots of lines he’s already used, and references lots of typical things (for a Hip Hop album), and so you can’t actually going to excite many.
**One Star**
13. “Peep Show”
This is an unexpected one on the album, and not only does it get something new out of 50 Cent, but also the producer and guest rappers (who in this one is Eminem) as here you get a rare club tune from Em’, who does things in a style that, needs some time to feel the strange structure of, but certainly stands as one of the better tracks from the album and one on the album that adds to the diversity of it.
**Three Stars**
14. “Fire”
Keeping to the club scene, this one has him jumping on even more of Dre’s beats, and once again 50 manages to ruin what he does by coming with a tune that has him using a very weka delivery style and recruiting to people who seem like reasonable choices for guests on a 50 track (Young Buck and Nicole Scherzinger) but don’t actually fit in a track together where the Pussycat Doll represents the rapper’s Pop elements, and Buck is about the Gangsta Rap material.
**One Star**
15. All Of Me”
After taking some time to get back on track, you find that as Jake One restores the order, and you get a perfect guest in Mary J. Blige, this one makes for one of the best tunes on the album and has the rapper forced to adapt is style to quite a significant degree to fit in with the much more mature style for this one and come out with a tune that has him coming out with more of the laid-back flows where attention turns to the girls.
**Three Stars**
16. “Curtis 187”
With Havoc of Mobb Deep on the production, this one has him (as the title suggests) turning back towards the Gangsta Rap style. When you consider how often he does it, this one is rather unmemorable and has him doing very little for the album as he returns to the type of thing that started the album and simply fill up time on the pointlessly-long record. It is monotonous, and I can’t see who can enjoy this (after having so any just like this before).
**One Star**
17. “Touch The Sky”
With Kanye using one of 50’s big lines in one of the most popular singles form his 2007 album (on “Good Life”) here you see 50 using the title to one of ‘Ye’s big singles here. It is one that, form the start, I knew I was going to have problems with as you see that here he raps with fellow G-Unit member Tony Yayo, and I simply can’t do with his voice, and so all it did was annoy me (which 50 worsen by taking from the style of various other artists) just in time to finish the album.
**One Star**
I can see why the singles that were chosen, were chosen for the album as really they are the only tracks on the record worth something and the rest is just a straight flop from the artist and has him doing things in the same way he has since he made his big break in 2003 (no wonder his lost to Kanye West).
Advantages: Good beats and production, good appearences Disadvantages: Frequently weak lyrics, many missable tracks
1. Intro
2. My Gun Go Off
3. Man Down
4. I'll Still Kill
5. I Get Money
6. Come And Go
7. Ayo Technology 8. Follow My Lead
9. Movin on Up
10.Straight To The Bank
11.Amusement Park
12.Fully Loaded Clip
13.Peep Show
14.Fire
15.All of Me
16.Curtis/187
17.Touch The Sky
There are two ways to look at 50 cent's recent music, good music which appeals to the masses, or cheap, bubblegum hip hop. Before the brilliant 'Get rich or die trying', ... ...york city hip hop, but hip hop across the united states. We were promised no more bubblegum rap and his debut album did not disappoint. 2 Years later, it seems that mr.jackson has gone back on his word with the release of 'the massacre' with more commercial songs such as candy shop, just a lil bit, so amazing, build you up and outta control. Although he had several massive hits and undoubtedly produced an album which would not only satisfy rap fans ...
coates187 22.08.2007 (07.09.2007)
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Advantages: Consistently great production; A handful of fun material Disadvantages: Uninspired; uncreative; weaker hooks than previous albums; boring
...The three big singles on Curtis to me, aren't really that big. Am I wrong to remember "I Get Money" as Floyd Mayweather's Pre-Wrestlemania 24 theme song? The song really failed to make a splash, but make no mistake, it's hot. In fact, "I Get Money" is probably the most "classic-50" sounding single from the album. Producer Apex takes Audio Two's "Top Billin" with synth-guitars and thumping bass. Is it "commercial"? Oh yes. Is it hot? Oh yes! Then ... ...song. The majority of Curtis is what you'd expect; counterfactual gangsta rap and casuistic cautionary tales. Make no mistake, we saw this on The Massacre and Get Rich or Die Tryin' but the difference is - those were bangers. "My Gun Go Off", "Man Down", "I'll Still Kill", and "Curtis 187" are epic failures when compared to "What Up Gangsta", "Heat", "Ski Mask Way" or "In My Hood". "My Gun Go Off" serves as the album opener and features Curtis' gun-toting ...
bigdiship-hop 12.10.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Curtis (Parental Advisory) [PA] - 50 Cent
Advantages: Some Amazing Tracks which have a long lifespan. Disadvantages: Some tracks are "typical" 50 cent tracks, don't really push the boundries any further.
...* 16. Curtis 187
* 17. Touch The Sky-Feat. Tony Yayo
* 18. Hustler's Ambition [Bonus Track]
Tracks : **STANDARD EDITION** SAME AS ABOVE WITHOUT TRACK 18.
Track Reviews:
1: Great intro, sound like a couple of welsh gangsters.
2: Standard 50 cent track, great beats in background, if you like your music bassy this is for you. Personally sampling of gun noises isnt to taste.
3: great use of piano and syth noises. 4rd favourite track. Great lyrics.
... ...ive heard. however to my knowledge he doesn't say Convict! :D
5: EXCELLENT TRACK! 2nd best of album! Good variety of drums, great "i get money" acapello used for chorus.
6: Very catchy chorus, can't help but sing along, listened to this track 20+ times and still growing on me.
7: SINGLE of the CD. Featuring the infamous timberland and timberlake team (however no Nelly furtado). Obviously my favourite track of the CD, love the lyrics and beat. ...
deadleg21 17.09.2007
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...worth every penny its great. curtis i one of the best cd by 50 cent it includes tracks lyk i get money n my gun go off the good thing about this cd is the tracks are great and its a great cd but the bad thing about it some ov the tracks are really shit and it is a parental advisory the only bad thing about 50 cent music is all the swearin and rascist shit he puts in i dont think this cd is sutable for children unda about 12 the best song on this ...
hindy2k8 20.04.2008
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Advantages: about 5 good songs Disadvantages: The songs and some of the beats are weak
I like 50 cent but honestly the best album that he ever made was "Get rich or die tryin'. This album is a little weak, the best songs that he has on this album is "I get money". On this album even the beats were a little weak, they were not as good as they were on "get rich or die tryin'. The best beat on this album is from the song "I get money", "fire", "amusement park" "ayo technology", and "peep show". If you are a 50 cent fan than maybe you ...
cincea22 10.01.2008
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Product details
Title
Curtis (Parental Advisory) [PA]
Performer
50 Cent
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
Rap
Release Date
10/09/2007
Original Release Year
2007
Label / Distributor
Polydor / Universal Music
Producer
50 Cent
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
602517464919
Catalogue Number
1746491
Additional notes
Album Notes
Curtis Jackson is New York hip-hop king 50 Cent's real name, so the title of his third album, CURTIS, implies that everybody's favorite gangsta is keeping it as real as possible. Considering how much 50 Cent's rep and raison d'etre revolve around his hoodlum background and take-no-prisoners approach, he surely does seem to be aiming for some kind of home truth here. The album kicks off with a brace of violent, in-your-face, thug-life scenarios ("My Gun Go Off," "Man Down," "I'll Still Kill"), as if 50 is underscoring his hardcore credentials for those who wonder whether fame has softened his attack. Later on, with 50's street cred safely in place, he ventures a bit further afield. Collaborations with smoothies Justin Timberlake ("Ayo Technology") and Robin Thicke ("Follow My Lead") add some melodic R&B flavor to CURTIS. And even the most unrelenting, gangsta-themed cuts here are matched with the inescapable trademark hooks that have made 50 Cent a mainstream phenomenon. CURTIS is ultimately a retrenchment, then, with 50 reminding the world that when it comes to hardcore plus hooks, he's the O.G..
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