AI Music; 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’ Remade in a 60’s Style Fashion
- Nov 11
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 11
😬” We are in trouble. This AI music is fire.” 🔥 (JReese)
Unless you been hiding under a rock these last few weeks, you probably heard about that 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin’ album that got remade by AI — but this time in a 1960’s style fashion. I ain’t gonna lie, when I first saw it pop up, I thought it was a joke. But I took time, sat back, and listened. And man… oh my GAWD. I can’t even hold you — this shit is fire. I mean fire fire.
Now, as a recording engineer, I had mixed feelings. I’m listening to the delivery, the tone, the way the voice is phrased, and I’m like, yo, this is crazy. The notes are perfect. The delivery is perfect. The mix? well, Eh… not perfect, but good enough. At least it sounds good on the phone. And that’s half the battle.
Let’s take it back to the beginning. I’m just in my man cave (the truck lol) , minding my business, scrolling down YouTube like I normally do — looking for the most recent documentary, news clip, or random gossip video. Then I come across this picture that looked just like 50 Cent, except he got this wild, old-school hairstyle. I already knew that part was AI. The title said something like “50 Cent in the 1950’s or 60’s,” one of them. I scrolled right past it. Didn’t think nothing of it.
But after seeing it like three, four days in a row, I finally said, alright, let me click this thing. And what I heard next almost made me drop my phone on the ground.
Now, I don’t know exactly how this was done — but I got my suspicions. I’m guessing Suno AI or some kind of music generator had something to do with it. But still, there’s too many questions. Do they just copy and paste the lyrics from the original songs and then tell the AI to “make it sound like the 1960’s”? Or is it deeper than that?
Because as a tech head, as a studio engineer nerd, I’m listening to the backups, the arrangements, the instrumentation, and I’m like — nah, this can’t be just a copy and paste situation. This sounds like someone actually planned this out with intent. Or maybe AI crafted it with intent of its own. Either way, I was stuck.
Next thing you know, that one video turned into two hours of straight binge listening. Song after song after song. I’m talking 21 Questions, What Up Gangsta, and more. Every time I thought I was done, another one popped up. OutKast. Tupac. Nas. Even Michael Jackson. I was locked in, just amazed at what I was hearing.
After about 50 songs though, I started to notice a pattern. The sound started blending together — same style of beats, same raspy old-school black male voice, same rhythm of delivery. Still fire, but you could tell it was coming from the same template. And that made me think… how is this possible?
Let me show you what I mean. Here’s one of my favorites — 21 Questions . Mannn I played this like 21 times LMAO, yo, this *hit is wild. I was in the truck listening to it, and I had to go live on my YouTube talkin bout it. That’s how crazy it was. The comments were crazy too. A lot of people were saying they like the AI version better ..
Now while all this was going down, I seen something on the news about an AI artist named Xena. First thing I thought was, “okay, this must be some big-time producer behind it — maybe Timbaland or one of these tech giants.” But come to find out, Xena was actually created by a melanated woman from Michigan who only had four months of experience even dealing with AI. Four months! And the music sounds major label level. That’s when I said, nah, we in trouble for real.
So get this , she states she only been messing around with AI for only 4 MONTHS , and created a Platinum Recording artists from POEMS she wrote . And of course using SUNO , even gave a run down of how she do it LIVE on the NEWS ... AWW MANNN!!!
But thats another blog, lets get back to this 50 Cent Album . Shifty Brent seem to be a favorite , I dont know how long these are going to last . Some of them are even on distribution platforms SHI CRAZY!!!
We are in trouble. We are in trouble. We are in trouble.
See, here’s the thing — we studying AI, but apparently, AI been studying us. How did it learn those human nuances? Those soulful imperfections? The timing, the swing, the emotional texture? It’s one thing for AI to mimic; it’s another thing for it to feel. And somehow, it’s starting to feel.
From my perspective, this ain’t something we can ignore. It’s entertaining, yeah — but it’s also a warning. Because this is the worst it’s ever gonna sound. From here, it only gets better. It only gets smarter. And at some point, you won’t even need to admit you used AI. You’ll just make your own Tupac song, your own Michael Jackson classic, and vibe to it like it’s brand new.
So what does this mean for us? For recording engineers, artists, producers — anybody creating real music? It means we gotta step our game up. Don’t see AI as a threat. See it as a challenge. Because now, “good enough” ain’t good enough anymore. You can’t just drag and drop loops, throw some samples together, and call it a beat. You can’t just tell ChatGPT to write a verse and call it songwriting. You’re gonna have to put soul back in your craft.
This is the time to bring that feeling back — the emotion, the soul, the imperfections that make music human. Because if we don’t, these machines bout to catch up and outdo us at our own game. FACTS!!!
Even writing this blog, I feel like I’m being watched — LOL. But that’s the world we in. Everything digital, everything connected. Still, I mean what I say: if we don’t tighten up soon, this “gift” of AI might turn into a curse. A creative curse. Where convenience kills creativity.
And once we lose that — the soul of the music — we lose the whole point of why we started doing this in the first place.
So yeah. AI music is fire. 🔥
But fire can burn, too.
J.Reese The High Priest
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