50 Cent Defends Using AI To Remix His Own Music: ‘I Really Like Those Songs!’
Written by Dj Rage on July 24, 2020
50 Cent‘s AI remixes aren’t just light-hearted fun (the type his 35 million Instagram followers have become accustomed to) — they help to showcase his musical genius in a new light, according to the man himself.
The G-Unit boss recently dabbled in the artificial intelligence trend by posting computer-generated renditions of “21 Questions”and “God Gave Me Style” that reimagined them as 1960s Motown-inspired anthems.
The move may have ruffled a few feathers given how controversial the topic of AI is in music, but if you ask 50, he’ll tell you there’s a lesser-known benefit to giving rap songs the AI remix treatment.
“I really like those songs!” he told Complex. “Look, it will reach someone that I missed. Someone who couldn’t hear what I was trying to say to them in the writing can hear it now that it’s in that format. They’ll go, ‘Oh, yo! Play that again!’”
Fif added: “I don’t know where AI get these voices from, but these are some good voices! If these guys came out in that time period, they would have been competition for the guys that were there.”
Pressed for his thoughts on the growing concerns over AI, the Power mogul — ever the entrepeneur — said: “I don’t like fighting fights that I can’t win. I don’t think you can beat AI; I think you need to go with it.
“I think we need to look at how we create businesses that work well with it and performs faster and progresses as [AI] progresses because it’s not gonna stop progress.”
50 Cent’s argument about his AI remixes making his songs more accessible to a wider audience checks out. Do a quick scan of his Instagram posts and you’ll see dozens of comments praising his songwriting ability and melodic sensibilities.
