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| Name = Piggy Bank

name=Mills bomb

| Cover =

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|origin Artist = [[United50 KingdomCent]]

| from Album = [[The Massacre]]

|design_date=[[1915]]

|service Released =May, [[19152005]] - [[1970s]]

| Format = [[CD single]]

|type=Fragmentation [[Hand grenade]]

| Recorded = 2004

|filling=[[Baratol (explosive)|Baratol]]

| Genre = [[Gangsta rap]]<br>[[East Coast hip hop]]

|detonation=7 seconds,<br /> later reduced to 4

| Length = 4:15

|number=70 million +

| Label = [[G-Unit Records|G-Unit]]/[[Shady Records|Shady]]/[[Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermath]]/<br>[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]

|weight= 773

| Writer = 50 Cent<br>K. Cain

|fill_weight = 71

| Producer = [[Needlz]]

|length=95.2

| Chart position = <nowiki>#</nowiki> 88 <small>([[United States|US]])</small>

|diameter=61

| Last single = ''[[Outta Control|Outta Control (remix)]]''<br>(2005)

|variants=No. 5, No. 23,<br /> No. 36, No. 36M

| This single = ''Piggy Bank'' <br>(2005)

|}}

| Next single = ''[[Hustler's Ambition]]''<br>(2005)

}}

'''"Piggy Bank"''' is a song from the fifth track of 50 Cent's second album, ''[[The Massacre]]''. It was not released as a single, but charted at eighty-eight because of controversy over its attack on long-time rival [[Ja Rule]], as well as [[Jadakiss]] and [[Fat Joe]], who had worked with Ja Rule on his song "New York". The song also takes lyrical swipes at rappers [[Shyne]], [[Kelis]], [[Lil' Kim]] and [[Nas]]. He also mentions [[2pac]] and [[Michael Jackson]] in his song.

'''Mills bomb''' is the popular name for a series of prominent [[United Kingdom|British]] [[hand grenade]]s.

==OverviewSong Background==

In 2004, Ja Rule released a song for his [[R.U.L.E.]] album titled "[[New York]]." The song was well received by hip hop fans for its heavy [[Bass (musical term)|bass]] driven beat and edgy lyrics. The track featured appearances by fellow New York rappers Fat Joe and Jadakiss.

Originally patented by golf club designer [[William Mills (inventor of the Mills bomb)|William Mills]] in [[1915]], the Mills bomb was adopted by the [[British Army]] as its standard hand grenade in 1915, and designated as the '''No. 5'''.

The song was a welcome reentry for Ja Rule into the public's eye after his public feud with fellow Queens native, 50 Cent, led to a drop in his popularity. Ja Rule subliminally mentioned his old foe in the first few lines of his verse:

The Mills bomb underwent numerous modifications. The '''No. 23''' was a variant of the No. 5 with a rodded base plug which allowed it to be fired from a rifle. This concept further evolved with the '''No. 36''', a variant with a detachable base plate to allow for use with a rifle discharger cup. The final variation of the Mills bomb was the '''No. 36M''', which was specially designed and waterproofed with [[shellac]] for use in the hot climate of [[Mesopotamia]] in [[1917]]. By [[1918]] the No. 5 and No. 23 were declared obsolete and the No. 36 followed in [[1932]].

''"Apprentice you're fired, you're no longer desired, So take off them silly chains, put back on your wire. 'I'm on fire'..."''

The Mills was a classic design; a grooved [[cast iron]] 'pineapple' with a central striker held by a close hand lever and secured with a pin. Although the segmented body helps to create fragments when the grenade explodes, according to Mills' notes, the casing was grooved to make it easier to grip and not as an aid to fragmentation. The Mills was a defensive grenade: after throwing the user had to take cover immediately. A competent thrower could manage 30 meters with reasonable accuracy, but the grenade could throw lethal fragments further than this. It could be fitted with a flat base and fired with a blank cartridge from a rifle with a 'cup' attachment, giving it a range of around 150 m.

The final line being a reference to a 50 Cent-assisted [[Lloyd Banks]] song titled "On Fire." The lines also included a subtle reference to the belief 50 Cent had at one point been a police informant.

At first the grenade was fitted with a seven-second fuse to accommodate both hand and rifle launch, but during combat in the [[Battle of France]] in [[1940]], this delay proved too long and was reduced to four seconds.

50 Cent, perhaps feeling slighted by the song, and the other two rappers' willingness to participate in it, countered with 'Piggy Bank.'

The heavy, segmented bodies of 'pineapple' type grenades result in an unpredictable pattern of fragmentation. After the second world war Britain and the US adopted grenades that contained segmented coiled wire in smooth metal casings. The No.36M Mk.I remained the standard grenade of the [[British Armed Forces]] and was manufactured in the UK until [[1972]], when it was completely replaced by the [[M61 grenade|L2]] series. The 36M remained in service in some parts of the world such as [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] where it was manufactured until the early 1980s. That the Mills bomb remained in use for so many years says much about its effectiveness.

50 Cent states that he mostly attacked Jadakiss and Fat Joe for their partnering with Ja Rule, who was, in essence, recording a 50 Cent diss song. According to 50 Cent, the two had allegedly been making subliminal disses to him in the past.

==External links==

*[http://www.wwiitechpubs.info/barrack/inf-uk/inf-uk-grnd-mills-36m/inf-uk-grnd-mills-36m-br.html WWII Tech Pubs Briefing]

*{{US patent|1,178,092}} U.S. copy of the 1915/1916 Mills grenade patent

*[http://www.millsgrenades.co.uk/No36m_mk1_grenades_1946-1972.htm Photos of late production 36M grenades]

==See also=''Shyne''===

[[Shyne]] first came under 50's fire when it was rumored that he was in talks to sign with Ja Rule's record label, [[The Inc. Records|Murder Inc.]] while in jail. As a result, 50 mentioned Shyne in a mixtape freestyle where he said:

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''"I heard Irv trying to sign Shyne so I don't have no love for him, tell him 50 said he's soft, he won't shoot up the club again."''

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This freestyle eventually leaked to Shyne, who was in prison for firing a handgun in a New York club. Shyne then responded, recorded over telephone, with his own freestyle, where he threatened to handle their rivalry violently. It was for this freestyle, that he was added to the Piggy Bank attack.

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===''Nas''===

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In 2003, there circulated rumors throughout the rap industry that Nas was in talks with Irv Gotti to sign to Murder Inc. Although the rumors proved false, they did not help strengthen ties between Nas and 50 Cent. Initially, the two had been relatively close associates. However, time led to the two becoming estranged. 50 Cent cites Nas' erratic behavior as a reason for his distrust. 50 notes that while Nas has in the past stood for peace, he was also the same person on June 27, 2002 that although unprovoked, verbally attacked several rappers including Cam'Ron, [[Nelly]], Nore and New York Hot97 radio disc jockey Angie Martinez. Nas later apologized to those he had attacked, reverting back to his previous peaceful beliefs.

It is also speculated that bad blood originated between the two as a result of 50 Cent being replaced as the guest star on a remix of a popular Jennifer Lopez song. After 50 had been shot, his producers, Trackmasters, allegedly dropped him from the song for Nas. It is possible that mistrust between the rappers developed because of this. It is also worth nothing that Nas was working with Irv Gotti, who had arranged the song. Also the raps of 50, on the Jennifer's song were removed in the international editions from her remix album.

It is also clear that Nas has made disparaging comments about 50 Cent, long before Piggy Bank was released. At a free concert in Central Park, New York, Nas made a statement regarding the quality of 50 Cent's music. "This is that real New York shit, not that fake 50 Cent shit!" This is 50 Cent's main reason for adding Nas to the song. However, Nas has said that he actually had respect for 50 Cent. 50 responded to this incident by attacking Nas in "Piggy Bank," inciting Nas to reply in his song "MC Burial (Don't Body Ya Self)". 50 Cent responded on a Tim Westwood Freestyle (dissin Nas), but the freestyle isn't known by many. Nas responded to this with a live freestyle rap in downtown New York called "Fiddy Cent Ma Bitch". 50 Cent responded to this with a track called "Nas You A Motherfuckin' Pussy". Nas responded to this with a track entitled "Nigga You Don't Know". It's not known whether 50 Cent plans to release a diss track in response to the last Nas rap.

==References==

"Piggy Bank" contains several references to the rap community:

*In one line 50 Cent tells Jadakiss "Jada don't [[fuck]] wit' me if you wanna eat/I'll do yo lil ass like Jay did [[Mobb Deep]]", a reference to [[Jay-Z]]'s famously brutal insult to the duo on his song "[[Takeover (song)|Takeover]]".

*The line "Banks shit sells, Buck shit sells, Game shit sells, I'm rich as hell" refers to how 50 Cent profits from the work of fellow [[G-Unit]] artists [[Lloyd Banks]], [[Young Buck]], and formerly [[The Game]].

*The first line of the first verse says "That shit is old, don't be screaming Get At Me Dog", which is a 1998 single by [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], from his album ''[[It's Dark and Hell Is Hot]]'', which is now on the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]'', in the radio station of [[The Liberty Jam]].

*The second verse has the line "Shyne poppin off his mouth from a cell, he don't want it wit me, he in PC, I could have a nigga run upon him with a shank...", which 50 Cent says about [[Shyne]] when he was in jail.

*The second verse contains the line "Freak bitch look like Kim before the surgery" saying about [[Lil' Kim]]'s [[boob job]] and her breasts being fake.

*The second verse contains the line "Kelis said her milkshake bring all the boys to the yard, then Nas went and tattoed the bitch on his arm" which is dissing about [[Kelis]]' song [[Milkshake]] and in the video, you can see [[Nas]] with a tattoo of Kelis on his arm.

*The first verse contains the following line:

''That fat nigga thought "[[Lean Back]]" was "[[In Da Club]]," My shit sold 11 mill, his shit was a dud.''

This line refers to [[Fat Joe]]'s collaboration with [[Terror Squad]] entitled "[[Lean Back]]", which 50 Cent accuses his rival of thinking to be as big a success as his own smash hit, "[[In Da Club]]". It also indirectly refers to "[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003 album)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]", which sold over 11 million copies worldwide, and Fat Joe's more modest sales figures.

==The Video==

The [[music video]] for the song was computer animated. It features parodies of Fat Joe looking like [[King Hippo]] of ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'', Jadakiss made to look like a [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle]] and [[Nas]] dressed up liked [[Superman]] chasing after his wife, [[Kelis]], in an [[ice cream truck]] labeled "[[Milkshake (song)|Milkshake]]". The video was produced after [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] was expelled from [[G-Unit]]. Although, [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] is mentioned in a positive way in the song since it was recorded before the rift between them, a parody of The Game as [[Mr. Potato Head]] is shown. Also, Philadelphia rapper [[Cassidy]] is shown as a young kid in a pink hoody with "[[I'm A Hustla]]" printed on it and later in the video he is shown being punched.

==Piggy Bank's Aftermath==

Jadakiss and Fat Joe responded to 'Piggy Bank' with their own freestyles: Jadakiss' "Checkmate" and Fat Joe's "My Fo' Fo'." While Fat Joe stated that this would be his one and only response to 50 Cent, Jadakiss and his D-Block crew threatened to make the beef a cornerstone of their careers.

Seeing as how Jadakiss, who is known as one of New York's premiere emcees, was more of a threat, 50 responded with the [[Tony Yayo]]-assisted 'I Run N.Y.' At the song's conclusion, 50 pokes fun at the fact that Jadakiss still does not own the rights to his own publishing. 50 Cent went as far as to threaten to buy Jadakiss' publishing from Puff Daddy (who's Bad Boy label still owned rights to Jadakiss', and his group the Lox's, music).

Soon afterwards, Jadakiss and the Lox appeared on New York's Hot97 radio station and stated that they would retire from making music due to the fact that most of the money they had earned was going to Bad Boy. According to Puff Daddy, who responded the following day on the same station, the Lox were only redirecting their anger from the 50 Cent diss.

Although he had stated he would end the rivalry after his first song, Fat Joe attacked G-Unit once more. At 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Fat Joe made a disparaging comment about G-Unit during a performance. 50 Cent and G-Unit retaliated on set by shouting obscenities toward Fat Joe and Terror Squad.

Nas was the last to make a response for Piggy Bank. The much anticipated response to 50 Cent's verbal jab came in July of 2005. The song, "Don't Body Ya Self (MC Burial)", taunts 50 and his G-Unit crew by claiming that their earlier "diss" was directed not towards Nas but towards his family because 50 was afraid to get into a war of words with Nas. He threatens to end 50's career and claims to be rap's real King of New York. 50 Cent also mentioned Nas in his song entitled [[Window Shopper]].

Also a response can be heard in Kelis' song "[[Bossy]]" where in the chorus, she states ''That's right I brought all the boys to the yard/and that's right I'm the one that's tattooed on his arm'' in response to 50's lyric ''Kelis said her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard/Then Nas went and tattooed the bitch on his arm''.

==Remix==

A rare remix was made with 50 Cent & Temperamento.

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