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"My main aim is to take away pain," he raps, giving a glance into his campaign platform. "It's OK — get f---ed up, man/ ... For five years, I'm the n---a you been hating on/ December 9, I'mma give you what you waiting for."

That date he refers to is the planned launch of his next album, Before I Self Destruct. During the last minute of the track, 50 just talks, telling the listener he's in Detroit working on the album with Eminem and Dr. Dre.

"I'm like Prince right now," he says in the song. "This is like 'Purple Rain,' baby" — in the sense that he's putting out an album and a companion film simultaneously. The album, he promises, will have a similar feel to his debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

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Teaming with producer and disc jockey Little Louie Vega, Anthony recorded his debut album, When the Night Is Over, in 1991. The Latin hip-hop-style album, which featured guest appearances by Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri, included the single "Ride on the Rhythm," which reached the top slot on Billboard's dance music charts. On November 22, 1991, Anthony was the opening act on a show at Madison Square Garden that celebrated Puente's 100th album release. Anthony's second album, Otra Nota (produced and arranged by Sergio George), was a better representation of Anthony's salsa roots and included the original tune "Juego o Amor." Todo a Su Tiempo, released in 1995, was a continuation of Anthony's collaboration with George.

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EAST SIDE LUMBER IN AUSTIN: Brown added that working with Pain on the shoot was a nonstop good time. "[We had] a lot of fun with it. It's no effort in it. It's just all fun and all charisma and all action."

Action is now becoming second nature for the 19-year-old superstar, who appears in several forthcoming films. He is currently hard at work on his film project "Bone Deep," in which the pop star plays a gangster. "It's a big, big incredible cast. It's an action-packed movie," he said. "A lot of action going on. A lot of guns. It's a good movie. I would say you can bring the kids to see it 'cause it'll be PG-13."

In the film, he plays Jesse, a man who finds that his youthful effervescence lands him in some hot water. "I'm more of the guy who's more outgoing, loves the flashiness that kind of gets me into a little bit of trouble," he said.

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