50 Cent's unwarranted comeback

Is 50 Cent really making good songs, or are booty-shaking white girls just getting more and more influence on radio airplay?

On this week’s Billboard top 50, 50 Cent is involved, in some fashion, with five songs…three of them in the top 10.

I like rap, quite a bit actually…and I can honestly say that these five songs all sound the same to me. How did 50 do it? It certainly isn’t African-Americans driving his success. They actually know the difference between "good" rap and what 50 peddles (I call it hip-pop).

We all know what drives top 40 radio. It’s 17 to 21-year-old white girls on spring break who squeal and take their tops off at clubs when the sort of tripe 50 Cent makes is played. So it begs the question: Is 50 Cent making better music? Or are white girls’ tastes just getting worse?

Unlike the usual, I don’t feel that I have a trustworthy answer. For I am a white girl, and I am admittedly not immune to the overwhelming power of pointless lyrics and overwhelming bass. So maybe I’m not the best one to ask.

But 50 Cent dominating the top 40? Where the hell is bubblegum pop when you need it? Thank God for new White Stripes, DMB and Weezer albums coming out in the next few weeks.