G-Unit redefined the mixtape hustle in the year leading up to 50′s Interscope deal. I remember my neighbor in college running in my apartment with a sense of urgency, all because he had just heard “Follow Me Gangsta,” and wanted to put me on. 50 had that undeniable confidence that gave him such a heavy presence on the records on those mixtapes. He knew he was on the verge of blowing up, and he wasn’t going to leave anything to chance; he went in. Ouch wizzy wizzy wah.
“BIG got hit in that passenger seat, Pac got hit in that passenger seat, and I’m riding ’round in the passenger seat, come near the whip I’m blastin’ my heat.”