"Close to Me" has been confirmed as the third and final official single from
G-Unit
G-Unit (short for Guerilla Unit) was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released th ...
's second album, ''
T·O·S (Terminate on Sight)
''T·O·S (Terminate on Sight)'' is the second and final studio album by rap group G-Unit. It was the group's first album in five years since their previous album, '' Beg for Mercy''.Slava Kuperstein (February 5, 2008)50 Cent Speaks on New Mixtape ...
''.
Background
Despite ''
T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight'' doing decent sales
G-Unit
G-Unit (short for Guerilla Unit) was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released th ...
managed to release a third single. In an interview with G-Unit,
Tony Yayo
Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of G-Unit, a hip hop group he formed with his childhood friends 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. Yayo released his deb ...
explained the track "Straight Outta Southside" is his favorite track off the album, with "T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight)" being
Lloyd Banks
Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper. He began his career as a member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit, alongside childhood friends 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. After the ...
' and "Close to Me" being
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and businessman. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 2000, when he produced ...
's, hence "Close to Me" being the third single.
Originally "Party Ain't Over" was going to be the fourth and final single, but due to the lack of support from Interscope, a fourth single was never made, which makes "Close To Me" the third and final single from the album.
Music video
The music video premiered on This Is 50.
New Video By 50 Cent!
Accessed August 9, 2008 The music video is animated, like the video for "Piggy Bank
Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the traditional name of a coin container normally used by children. The piggy bank is known to collectors as a "still bank" as opposed to the "mechanical banks" popular in the early 20th century ...
" and the song "My Buddy".
References
2008 singles
2008 songs
G-Unit songs
Songs written by 50 Cent
Songs written by Lloyd Banks
Songs written by Tony Yayo
G-Unit Records singles
Animated music videos
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