50 Cent Praises Rakim, Nas, and Prodigy

New York has always been considered the Mecca of Hip Hop, and in making his new album (Animal Ambition), 50 Cent spoke on three New York Emcees that he considers in a lane of their own. During his recent interview with Vibe, 50 spoke on how he wanted to create a style of his own for Animal Ambition, thus the reference to Rakim, Nas and Prodigy.





“It was more important that you had your own style than you being able to master a version of Rakim or a version of another artist’s style. Nobody does that better than Rakim. Even with new content that flow is still his flow. Nas is [also] one of those guys…he has his own. Even if some people make comparisons that was just Queensbridge, man. That period for me...Mobb Deep, Prodigy is in his own class in my mind."