In the second part of SXSW’s candid interview series with 50 Cent, the Jamaica, Queens lyricist touched on evolution in Hip Hop and spoke on the genre recycling itself every few years or so.

Fifty referenced one song in particular as he spoke on the evolution of Hip Hop and how various elements of the genre can be used in different ways. The song he used to prove his point was Nas’ heavily metaphorical, It Was Written record “I Gave You Power.”

“I think music recycles itself like fashion,” 50 Cent revealed. “So, a lot of the content, the things that we’re utilizing has been done in a different fashion. I’ll try and give an example. I think it was It Was Written, Nas’ second album, he had a song where he was the gun. And it was one of those things that had a strong impression on Hip Hop culture at that point because it was a song that was like ‘wow.’ It had good metaphors, it was strong, and it gave you a visual. And he’s one of the great storytellers within Hip Hop music culture.”

The G-Unit rapper even brought up a personal favorite, The Massacre’s “The Baltimore Love Thing,” when speaking on the use of metaphors in Hip Hop and how the technique is a heavily recycled one.

“My favorite song on the record was ‘The Baltimore Love Thing.’ And it was a metaphor and an actual song where I used a relationship between an addict, a female addict and the drug heroine…Because she keeps listening to people saying ‘You should change your life’ or ‘Get yourself together,’ it drags her deeper into addiction. And it’s one of my favorite records because of the depth to the story itself,” said 50 Cent.

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@dae831 @realdjpremier yes

— LL COOL J (@llcoolj) March 24, 2013

After rejecting the “Hustlin’ Daze” beat by Guru in 2000, 13 years later a collabo between LL Cool J & DJ Premier is final! The track will probably be featured as an iTunes bonus cut together with the Marley Marl joint.

According to Termanology’s twitter account we will be seeing a DJ Premier remix of this track in the near future. The track was released last year on the album “Snowgoons Dynasty” and featured Termanology, Lil Fame, Sean P, Ruste Juxx, Justin Time & H. Stax. Papoose and Reks are added specially for this new production. Lets see…

With Akon, Baauer, Sean Paul, Eve, Cher Lloyd and more. Info HERE.

And on April 19th you can check him out in Denver together with Black Thought, click here.

Big Daddy Kane says the Team Jordan-commissioned “28 Bars Of Kane” with DJ Premier caused the 20-year collaborators to want to do a whole album together.

In late January, Big Daddy Kane released “28 Bars Of Kane” as part of the Nike/Jordan XX8 song series. Produced by Gang Starr’s DJ Premier, the effort was the latest in almost 19 years of collaborative history dating back to 1994’s “Show & Prove” (featuring Jay-Z, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Shyheim, Sauce Money and Scoob Lover) from Daddy’s Home. Speaking with HipHopDX last week, Kane explained the significance of the new recordings. “To get with [DJ Premier] again and do somethin’ again was beautiful.”

Kane continued, revealing that the fan response to the sponsored song encouraged the pair to consider a greater union. “Matter of fact, after [“28 Bars Of Kane”] got out and we saw how much people was tweeting, and talkin’ about it on Facebook, he hollered back at me and said, ‘Yo, after everything dies down with the [Las Supper Back To The Future] project, we need to do an album together.’ I said, ‘Let’s make it happen.'” According to Kane, “That’s something that’s gonna be in the works for later on this year.” At this time, Kane has not provided a title for the project.

The pair have worked sporadically since 1994, also making “Any Type Of Way,” a single in the early 2000s. Additionally, Kane appeared on Premier-produced songs by Big L and Just-Ice. Kane championed the producer’s sound in saying, “Premo is one of those producers that I’ve always had a lot of respect for. I’ve always thought that he’s just extremely talented. More importantly, he’s one of those dudes that just sticks to his formula, like if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

On March 26th, Big Daddy Kane’s Soul/R&B project by Las Supper, Back To The Future will release.

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2/28 Plan B, Brixton London UK
3/1 Bazaar , Brussels Belgium
3/2 Sound Control , Manchester UK
3/3 Nottingham UK
3/5 02 ABC, Glasgow UK
3/6 OPEN Norwich Norfolk UK
3/7 Concorde 2, Brighton UK
3/8 Härterei Club, Zurich Switzerland
3/9 Galvanik, Zug Switzerland
3/10 Beat Bar, Leeds UK

During an interview Scarface also recalled linking up with Guru and DJ Premier on the song “Betrayal” from Gang Starr’s 1998 album Moment of Truth. According to the Houston emcee, he contributed his verse in exchange for a Premo beat, but the H-Town producer has yet to lace him with production.

They sent me a verse, and a beat for me to write my part on,” he said. “I did it on strength but by the end of the day, Premier still owed me a beat. He still owes me a beat 20 years later. And every time I talked to him he’ll be like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I didn’t forget about you.’ Bullshit, you forgot about me. That’s my boy though, that’s my partner. H-Town native.

In addition to his collaborative effort with Beanie Sigel, Scarface is also working on his 12th solo album Rooted. Who knows!

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February 2013:

Thu 7th – Victoire 2, Montpellier
Fri 8th – Unity Club, Blois
Sat 9th – Titty Twister Club, Paris
Sun 10th – L’Observatoire, Paris-Cergy
Tue 12th – La Laiterie, Strasbourg
Wed 13th – Espace Leonard Da Vinci, Antibes
Thu 14th – Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseille
Fri 15th – Ned Club, Switzerland
Sat 16th – Stereolux, Nantes
Sun 17th – La Dynamo, Toulouse

France, you lucky bastards 😀