9/23/2023 0 Comments Jay z the black album![]() ![]() But here we are, ten years later, and Jay Z is considered hip-hop’s dominant force, while 50 Cent vies for relevance. Who could out-thug 50? He had been so successful, represented for a certain style of rap so effectively that Get Rich or Die Trying was warping everything around it. In essence, it made thugging your way through the industry-at least, visibly-obsolete. He wasn’t safe, and he was also popular, which was unsettling and scary and acted as a force of gravity that upset pop music’s equilibrium. 50 transformed gangster rap into larger-than-life blockbuster symbolism, obliterating nuance in favor of the aesthetics of dominance. The early 2000s were a strange time, and a few different pieces had to fall into place for Jay to make his cultural breakthrough.
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