G-Unit shows off their sexy side They look mean. They look real tough. Just by taking a glance at the cover art for the G-Unit's debut album Beg For Mercy these looks like guys that don't play. When I saw the G-Unit video for "Stuntin 101" last fall I was less than interested. They just struck me as materialistic, shallow and just medicore rappers. Is that mean? Hey, I'm being honest. I liked 50 Cent but I was not inspired by G-Unit. In the beginning they were no different than D-12 or the St. Lunatics to me--a popular artists spin off group. One day as I was driving from Walmart listening to my local urban radio station I heard a real mellow R&B/rap song, I recognized Joe but who were the rappers? When I got home, I just happened to see the video on 106 and Park. Wanna Get To Know Ya--G-Unit featuring Joe. They don't look mean anymore more. Well, they don't look soft either. They have that rugged, thuggish sexy look. They look that, "Hey, you're my woman and I will f**k someone up for looking at you." Wow! I like that! And 50 Cent and those muscles! Now I know why all the little girls in my neighborhood were wearing G-Unit tee shirts. I want one! The song grew on me. I looked forward to hearing it on the radio and even looked more forward to seeing the video. I was 16 all over again. I learned the members name. Young Buck and Lloyd Banks, who counts dude that is always in jail or the guy who doesn't have a verse on the song. I couldn't bring myself to actually buy the G-Unit CD. So I checked it out from the library. Dang, I should just burn the song and turn the CD back into the library but I have renewed the CD like 3 times now. FYI-don't buy the edited version, it's pretty pointless. Anyway, what was my focus? Oh yeah, yeah yeah. Wasn't 50 Cent calling Ja Rule an R&B artist a few years back? How is Wanna Get To Know You any different than "I'm Real" or "Rainy Dayz" two of Ja Rules R&B/Rap songs. G-Unit is no different than a lot of these other rappers. They were too damn hard to appeal to a lot of the ladies. Sure a lot of these neighborhood chicks who regularly dig guys with gold/platinum fronts and doo rags were feeling the G-Unit but your average college educated chick mighta looked at them as being a little too thugged out. A nice radio friendly joint like "Wanna Get To Know You" has garnered the G-Unit a few new fans. 50 makes some pretty cool promises in that joint. "Big house, big benz, girl it's yours." Just when you think these are understanding guys that would make any girl happy, the next song comes on "Groupie Love." The song where 50 raps, "You look like someone I f**cked on tour. Just that quick and G-Unit were back to being quite too common. The bottom line is, G-Unit look pretty damn sexy in that video. Where can I pick up my G-Unit 12 month calendar? Dorrie Williams-Wheeler is a very married, quite eccentric, multi talented chick with way too much time on her hands. She is also the author of Be My Sorority Sister-Under Pressure and the editor for Tha Biz, check her out on line at www.dorrieinteractive.com.