50 Cent Comes To Miami
June 15, 2010
The Fillmore Miami Beach, Miami, FL
Written by Kate Dingle
50 Cent has been around for a minute. And he’s been through hell (try being shot a few times) and back and has continued to tell his story along the way. But when all is said and done, he has always risen to the top and been a “motherf***in’ P.I.M.P”.
Tuesday night, 50 took over the Fillmore in Miami and proved that he’s not going anywhere. No matter how many bets he makes with Kanye.
After waiting what seemed to be an eternity, the house lights went down to reveal a silhouette. It was the man of the hour. As soon as the bass kicked in, the building immediately started to shake. Literally. And when the big white veil dropped, the hip hop joyride began with 50 doing the driving. Although fans needed no direction, each command to “put your hands up!” yielded swarms of hands reaching for a piece of the rapper. It didn’t take long before that piece was delivered to one lucky fan in the crowd in the form of the blue leather jacket the man himself was wearing during “So Disrespectful”.
He went on to spit and slur his way through the 8 Mile Soundtrack hit “Wanksta” and “I Get Money” before bringing out a band (yes, a band) for several hits including the smash “Ayo Technology” and the slow jam “Follow My Lead”. When 50 Cent donned a signature “pimp” hat everyone knew what was coming next. As soon as the tell tale first few beats of “P.I.M.P” were heard, the eruption from the hundreds in the audience could be heard in 50′s hometown of South Jamaica, Queens.
Doesn’t it make you wanna start singing? “I don’t know what heard about me”. No? Anyway.
It wasn’t until well into the set that 50 Cent took a minute to gather himself. As he slinked to the stairs onstage to take a seat he proclaimed, “I wanna take a minute to notify everyone that this is the motherf***in’ good part!”. And in an instant he was up as he plowed into “Hate It Or Love It”.
For me, there was a bit of an awkward moment when the rapper used a mic stand for “Ryder Music”. It seemed as though 50 felt a little forced in trying to find things to do with both hands. Well if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Keep that mic firmly planted in your left hand; it was fine there.
Other set highlights included “Magic Stick”, “Candy Shop”, “Hold Me Down”, “Disco Inferno” and his bang up club anthem “In Da Club”.
Before the show I had heard that tickets weren’t selling well. Was the show sold out? Absolutely not. Not even close. But the fans that did make their way to Miami Beach should not have left disappointed. 50 Cent is a damn fine showman. He gave listeners what they wanted to hear and seemed to appreciate everyone who bought a ticket to his show. When he wasn’t throwing random accessories into the crowd, he was wooing the screaming fans with his charismatic personality and his flawless smile.
Now c’mon everybody, “Go shorty/It’s your birthday”. Anybody?
Photos by Christina Mendenhall
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