Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guess Who's Back?

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. Ξxtreme Unction|_{yakkity yak} 20:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guess Who's Back?, No Mercy, No Fear, and 50 Cent is the Future

Same reasons as the stack of Snoop Dogg mixtapes. Unofficial hand-made underground mixtape releases w/ no label. An unwikilinked passing mention of No Mercy, No Fear can be (if it already isn't) merged into the history section of the 50 Cent article, but none of the three need their own individual coverage. FuriousFreddy 17:58, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - waaaay too obscure for an encyclodpedia entry. Madman 21:38, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

* Delete. As they say. Pilatus 16:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)Withdrawn. Pilatus 17:45, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

• These are obvious keep or merge candidates. "50 Cent is the future" is for instance credited as reviving 50 Cent's career after he was seriously injured in a shooting and then dropped by his record label. From the biography on 50 Cent's official homepage, after recording new material on Guess Who's Back?, 50 Cent assembled a crew G-Unit and:

  Rather than create new songs as they had before, 50 decided to showcase his hit-making ability by retouching first-class beats which had already been used. They released the red, white and blue bootleg, "50 Cent Is the Future," revisiting material by Jay-Z and even Raphael Saadiq.

  That's when the unbelievable happened, and hip-hop history was written. The energetic CD caught the ear of supa MC Eminem, and within a week Em was on the radio saying, '50 Cent is my favorite rapper right now.' Em looked to mentor Dr. Dre to confirm his belief in the young hitmaker, and the good doctor co-signed. Floored by the appreciation of the greats, 50 didn't hesitate in signing with the dream team. [1]

• We should certainly not delete this kind of material. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 17:22, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Then keep and expand No Mercy, No Fear, and 50 Cent is the Future to assert notability. Unless Guess Who's Back? has some sort of historical importance, however, it should be deleted. If no such expansion is done, redirect to 50 Cent or merge into a single article on 50 Cent underground releases. --FuriousFreddy 18:36, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep all per Tony Sidaway. Thanks for taking the trouble to research these works. Once again, I would respectfully ask the nom to stop making blanket nominations.-- JJay 01:01, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and then think about merging. Andreww 08:06, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, 50 Cent mixtapes, especially No Mercy, No Fear. Kappa 05:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.