50 Cent and DJ Whoo Kid’s “G-Unit Radio, Pt. 22: Hip Hop is Dead,” is just that, dead.

The recently released mix tape of horrible collaborations and remixes of past hits, should have stayed in the studio. Although a mix tape is not an album, the raw cuts of songs, fuzzy sounding tracks, and freestyle raps that never hit past albums sound like any kid off the street could have made it in a basement.

For a rapper with such a high status profile, who has already made it big, this was out of character. It was something an amateur would do.

Reviews of angry fans take over the Internet, and I must agree that 50 needs to wait until he has solid tracks like “Candy Shop,” “Just a Lil Bit,” and “In Da Club,” before he puts it up for sale.

Instead, this is filled with weak tracks like “Serial Killer” and “Watch Yo Back.” Listening to these will make you feel as if you jumped into a time capsule only to visit the early 90s rapping of Dr. Dre. Outdated is the sound on this tape.

To make it worse, 50 spends half his time making jokes at rapper P. Diddy. Shedding anger about the struggle to move rapper Mase, currently with Diddy’s label Bad Boy, over to his label G-Unit.

In “Drunk Diddy Outro,” 50 impersonates Diddy as he makes fun of his work as a promotional speaker for Proactiv: “I was up on Proactiv for seven years, that’s why I got the silky, smooth, cocoa butter skin, so Lindsay, Jessica, you’re late, you shoulda’ followed my pretty ass from the beginning.”

While comical, it was a complete waste of 50 seconds. Again in “Diddy New S**t,” 50 sarcastically says, “Play some of Puffy’s New s**t,” and goes into Diddy’s “Come To Me,” cuts it off and ends the 59 second song saying, “You think somewhere deep down inside he’d like to be like me a little bit … just a little bit?”

Probably not.

After making his point that he’s not a fan of Diddy, 50 finally tries to save the album with the only decent song, “Superstar.” It is the only track suitable enough for what 50 does best: creating music you can dance to. While it is nothing compared to hits like “Hate it or Love it,” or “Disco Inferno,” it keeps up.

You won’t find the next catchy tune for the club on this one, but you may laugh. Whether it is laughing because he actually released this or at the funny jokes on Diddy.

Despite the horrible mix tape and blows on Diddy, hopefully fans will remember the good times, when the music mattered. 50 can only hope fans didn’t notice this one and if he is lucky, they won’t.

Erika Gee can be reached at [email protected].