The Demise of G-Unit
By Gabriel S Jun 29, 2008
Pros: Solid musical production with some great instrumentals.
Cons: Lack of creativity and lyricism. No stand out tracks that you will want to play back.
Dull, blank, boring and repetitive. Terminate On Sight turns out to be as dense as the title itself, with little renovation and creativity. The only thing that was terminated was G-Unit itself. What can we expect from a G-Unit album? Drugs, guns, se...x, death threats, money, and flat punch lines. That's about it. There's only so much one can do with their topics of choice, and after five years of G-Unit rapping about the same thing we frankly become tired of it. Positives are difficult to find in a garbage can full of trash. There is some solid production from Swizz Beats, Ron Browz, Polow Da Don, Jake One and several others who offer amazing instrumentals. G-Unit does have some concepts up their sleeve with tracks like Straight Outta Southside, which captures elements and samples from N.W.A's classic Straight Outta Compton. 50 also comes out with his witty ideas in Piano Man, where he tells us "I move the keys. They call me the Piano Man, classically trained no one can do it better man", referencing his drug dealing days. Efforts like Ready or Not, Money Makes The World Go Round and Rider Pt. 2 can arguably be considered listenable by todays standards. That's five tracks in an album that is 16 tracks long and probably goes over an hour in length. The album is filled with dull tracks like the annoying Kitty Kat, You So Tough, Get Down, T.O.S., I Like The Way She Do It, Casualties of War and the list goes on and on. After listening to the album in its entirety it's difficult to remember which song was which. All you remember is one big blur of repetitive nonsense. Tony Yayo also proves once again that he doesn't belong in the rap game with his weak delivery and obnoxious voice. Even the General, Curtis Jackson, A.K.A. 50, appears to be losing steam, while Lloyd Banks stays on point but doesn't really grow as an artist either. It's hard to believe 50 thinks this is quality music, and it's even more difficult to believe Eminem and Dr. Dre approve the album before its release (I highly doubt they even take a listen). Previous G-Unit releases like Rotten Apple and Buck the World were fine, but had something missing that you couldn't really point out. With Terminate on Sight you can instantly tell what is missing, and that is effort. The glory days of G-Unit are over. There wont be another classic like Get Rich or Die Tryin'. There wont be another haunting and lyrical album like The Hunger For More. There wont be another dark and dirty album like Straight Outta Ca$hville. These artists feel as if people will buy their material because of the G-Unit stamp, but what the stamp now represents is trash. Perhaps Young Buck was smart leaving the G-Unit group after all, even though he is still part of the label. Overall, Terminate on Sight is probably the worse release ever put out by G-Unit. It is as bad as Thoughts of a Predicate Felon, or maybe even worse. I took my time, sat down and listened to the album as a whole. Hopefully you wont have to. It's not worth your money and it's not worth your time. It's not even worth the effort to try to download it for free. Why put effort to get this when no effort was put into the product itself? Horrible album. Hopefully Dr. Dre can help us recover, and bless us with some Detox. Read more Less
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