Mobb Deep and M.O.P., now free agents and regarded as two of hip-hop’s most consistently excellent groups, may be getting their best shot at moving those elusive units by aligning with 50 cent and his G-Unit Records.

On Saturday in Brooklyn, where 50 cent was directing singer Olivia’s new video for "Twist It," he said he’s "very close" to signing both M.O.P. and Mobb Deep. "I’m ready to expand and do other things," he explained. "Creatively, there are certain artists out there I respect. I’ve been listening to their music for a long time. I wanna work with them. I want to be able to put my full effort into it, but I can’t work for it unless it’s in both of our best interests, and that’s with them being signed to G-Unit as a record company. It’ll be serious. We’ve got a chance to go do some exciting things."

Mobb Deep’s Havoc agreed.
"We’ve been talking to 50 for a minute, maybe a month," he said. "Initially we were gonna sign to Interscope. After a while we saw it best [to sign] with 50 because of the style of music [we do]. We sat down with 50 and he let us know what he could do for us. We’re satisfied with the move. I don’t know how other people are gonna feel about the move. It’s probably gonna be a lot of hate in people’s blood, but we don’t give a f---. We’re gonna continue making our music. I feel we have a bigger platform. I can’t wait. The adrenaline is pumping. I just wanna get it started."

Earlier this month, Laze E. Laze, who helps to guide the career of M.O.P., confirmed his guys are also in talks with 50 cent but did not elaborate on how those talks were going.