While he wasn’t physically present, Sean Paul makes his own splash at Cardi B’s dancehall-themed birthday party with a dub-cut version of his single, “Temperature,” and appearances of his other singles, “Get Busy” and “ Go Down Deh.” Despite not being able to attend Cardi’s grand birthday gala, Sean Paul showed his support by remixing his single, “Temperature,” just for her. Listen to yesterday's Song of the Day, and subscribe to the Song of the Day newsletter.Sean Paul got another banger with Sia coming and he ensured Cardi B’s “Passa Passa” birthday bash was lit with a fire dubplate. "In Da Club" marks the joyful, playful start of a depressing era of party rap somewhat akin to the hair metal situation of the '80s - a stretch that nonetheless yielded some gems (thanks Lil' Jon, Usher and Luda) and only now, at the end of the decade, seems to be drawing to a close. And, even though he's not talking about changing the world, he still sounds hungry here he's out to prove something. What little slang he drops isn't obscure, and despite a swollen tongue - a byproduct of having been infamously shot in the face - his words are easy to understand. With a hook so chunky and flat-footed, it was hard to dance to, but 50 sounded as if he were rhyming with a smile on his face. Naturally, it helped set off the ringtone craze, becoming so ubiquitous that just two years later, it was a tongue-in-cheek, kind of retro move to still have it vibrating the table when your mom called. The beat which drives "In Da Club" could fairly be called harsh or elegantly spare it sounds as if it were built out of Duplos and the most Midi handclaps ever. "I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love," he drawls, adding, "So come give me a hug."
For one thing, he outweighed Ja Rule by a good 100 pounds for another, his songs made him out to be a loveable, huggable roughneck the likes of which the ladies hadn't seen since Method Man. Despite his domination of the airwaves and the charts, he continued to squabble with other well-known rappers, most visibly Ja Rule, but 50 seemed sent from another planet. "In Da Club" was blasted on seemingly every commercial radio station, at every hour of the day. Get Rich or Die Tryin', released in February 2003, immediately set sales records.
(Having once been the future themselves, they thought they could predict it.) "Wanksta," from the No Mercy, No Fear mixtape, ended up on the 8 Mile soundtrack, and 50 was off to the races. Dre and Eminem, who were at that time the most influential musicians in rap music. When 50 signed to Interscope, it was with the backing of both Dr. (A handful noticed enough to reply in song.) Then he caught heat - allegedly - for naming a who's who of Queens drug dealers on "Ghetto Qu'ran." Every mixtape guy was either hyping him like crazy or soft-selling his tapes. There were rumblings that something big was coming - first, there was "How to Rob," a single in which he listed the major celebrities whose possessions he could lift easily. In the three years preceding 2003, 50 cent was an apparition: He had a presence, yet no one could see his face. When he released the ubiquitous "In Da Club," rapper 50 Cent announced his dominance in a big way.
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