14 DAY TRIAL // A little over a year ago, not a day would go by without Britney Spears making the international headlines, either for something that she truly did or with something that she might have done, that is, rumors and speculation. While that was definitely one of the bleakest moments for the singer, it seems to have inspired rapper 50 Cent for his upcoming album, as he himself admits.
Just like the rest of the world, Fiddy took some pleasure in watching the Princess of Pop slowly shedding all her doll-like attributes and being exposed as a regular person to the cameras. It wasn’t so much because he wanted her to be miserable, the rapper says in a recent interview, as it was seeing her so out of control that made him, and other regular people like him, feel good about themselves. Her behavior has also inspired him for his upcoming album.
“She was the greatest show on earth last year. She was going through her issues in public... It was great to watch her spin out of control because it makes the average person feel better.” 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) tells OK! Magazine. Her behavior, as noted above, also helped him lay down some material for his much-delayed “Before I Self Destruct” project, which is supposed to come out any day now.
Speaking of Fiddy’s album, just the other day, when Eminem’s first single after many years of silence set a new digital record for the number of downloads in its first week of release, Rolling Stone was saying that fans would rather stand a chance of seeing “Crack a Bottle” on Fiddy’s album than on Eminem’s. While either way would perhaps be equally fine by most of them, at least now they have an idea about what to expect from “Before I Self Destruct,” other than knowing that it was inspired by Britney Spears.
“50 Cent, who contributes a verse to the song, recently told MTV that ‘Crack’ will show up on his perpetually delayed ‘Before I Self Destruct’ before it winds up on Em’s Relapse or even Dr. Dre’s ‘Detox.’ Fiddy also plans to shoot an animated video for ‘Crack,’ along with a video for his own single ‘I Get It In.’ We’ll hopefully find out which Shady/Aftermath rapper claims ownership of ‘Crack a Bottle’ within the coming months, as all three albums are expected out in 2009.” Rolling Stone pointed out at the time.