i'm actually pretty happy that most people posting in this thread realize how absurd it is to compare 50 cent to the beatles. first off all, if back in those days the beatles were marketed as much as 50 cent is today, they'd have more records sold by at least 3 times more.
also 50 cent is some degenerate ghetto piece of shit, promoting violence profanity, abuse of women and crime.
another way to look at is like this: the big time tupac, and all those other degenerate ghetto pieces of shit are already forgotten. no one really cares about them and won't really care about them in acouple of years bceause their music isn't really music, and if it can be classified as music, it's nothing that can stand the test of time. i don't see anyone talking about tupac's songs or dr dre's music or snoop dogg's music as a classic. if they do refer to it like that, that's bceause they're retarded and have no idea what talent or art is.
rap is the style of music that suits people age 10-25, who are in a developing stage of life and really don't know what they like yet. eventually most normal people realize that rap in general is complete shit, and they fall back on either the beatles, blues, or classical music because that's where real art and talent and feeling are. that's why you don't see 45 year olds go down the street in ghetto exco, fubu and paco clothing thinking they're "down with the ghetto sound" what up g, how's it hangin homey? where my daugs at? only low level ghetto running degenerates, and uneducated scum, or confused people who don't know what they are yet.
yet another way to look at it is this for all your rap fans:
you can't claim that you're a normal educated person with any values, when you look up to and appreciate, believe in, agree, or actually even think the way that some rappers do. 99% of them if not all are: uneducated, ghetto-scum, ignorant, with no values, people who promote violence and killing, and teach you to act like a degenerate animal, to steal to rape, and to slap women around. or even better, other rappers teach you that life is all about cars, money and women. well if you worship and believe in those ideals then i guess rap is perfect for you