50 Cent and his G-Unit companions Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo were one of the best groups during the early part of the 2000s, but since then they've all embarked on solo careers. In a recent interview, G-Unit front man 50 Cent spoke about how he needs to fall back a bit and let them develop as individual rappers.

"You want to offer them the opportunity to take your base and make it theirs, that their attributes will make them shine at different points because everyone is built differently. We're all made of something different. Even though we all function the same, as humans, we've got different qualities and talents. I'd like for them all to establish themselves in their own right and the way to do it is to give them space. You can sh*t or get off the toilet. As far as I'm concerned, you can figure out how to move or you can sit there until nobody cares you're there. It's not going to make me any bigger or less than I am now. And that's not towards Banks--that's towards any artist at this point."

He also touched on how some artists have difficulties during slow points in their careers and why it's important for them to work things out on their own to re-establish themselves.

"If the sh*t flops again it's like, 'OK. That was the ball we threw against the wall. It didn't stick. F*ck it. Give us another ball to throw.' That's how the music business works. So if you don't figure out how to build a consistency or how to develop a core, from the material that you're creating, chances are, you're going to be one of those balls that bounce off the wall while they're looking for the ones that stick. ... I think Banks is... All of them. Every single artist that I've been around, I've overcompensated. They've been on records that say, "New 50 Cent!" and then you hear their voice."

50 just released a mixtape called The Lost Tape, which saw no features from either of the two G-Unit members.

Source: sohh.com