50 Cent Blackjack! · EDGe Vegas

I still remember the first time I heard a song by 50 cent. I was driving down the mean streets of Springfield, MA in a Cadillac when a friend popped on the song “Heat“. He told me it was the hardest beat he’d heard in a while. It may not have been the hardest beat, but it was awesome. “Get Rich or Die Tryin” instantly became one of my favorite rap albums of the moment. Today, it’s one of my favorite rap albums of all time.

I can talk about that album forever. I saw that 50 cent has a new Blackjack game on Facebook and figured that it was a good excuse to talk about my love for that album. The game is free to play and made by the people at GSN (Game Show Network).

Use your winnings to deck out your avatar in nicer fashions and upgraded bling — you can also buy chips for the casino and tokens for customizing your look. Tokens can also be spent on in-game boosts such as the “I’m Killin’ It” boost, which tells you whether you will bust on your next card, and “Ace Rich” that lets players immediately gain an ace in their hand. If the players at your table win enough hands, the co-op boost “Table Heat” turns all twos in the deck into aces for a limited period of time.

Yeah, just like 50 Cent’s music, this game sounds like something that’s about 5 years past it’s prime. I’d still like to play blackjack with 50 Cent. There’s an app in development for iPhone and Androids, but it’s not available yet.

If given the choice, I’d listen to “Get Rich or Die Tryin” and do something else. If you don’t have one of the best rap albums ever grab the MP3’s or CD.