With CD sales continuing to slump industrywide, what do a couple of multi-Platinum artists have to do to spark sales? How about invent a feud, and then sit back and watch as both see sales skyrocket on the initial days of their new albums’ releases.
50 Cent and Kanye West, in a stroke of marketing brilliance, recently squared off over who would sell more copies of their new albums, “Curtis” and “Graduation,” respectively. Both released their albums Tuesday, Sept. 11, and even appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine to play up their alleged feud.
So far, West appears to be leading 50, according to the Associated Press. After the first day, West had sold 437,000 copies compared to 310,000 for 50, based on data obtained from Nielsen Soundscan. Estimates published by Billboard place West on pace to sell between 575,000 and 700,000 copies in the first week, while 50 might reach 550,000.
Upping the ante on the competition, 50 reportedly said he would retire if West’s CD outsold his in the first week. “I just don’t view him as competition based on our previous sales histories,” 50 recently told AP.
Jonathan Cohen, Billboard’s senior editor, reportedly told AP that 50 hasn’t exactly helped his own cause. “I don’t think it’s helped 50 that so many of these prerelease singles that have come out have fizzled on the charts right away. There were street date changes. It has just not been a good run-up to this record for him.”
“These tantrums [West] goes on, these outlandish comments he makes, they don’t really hurt him. If anything, they’ve got more people interested in what he’s all about,” Cohen added, referring to various charged exchanges West has unleashed.
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KANYE GOT THIS BABY CHICAGO RUN SHIT!!!!!!!!
i luv kanye but fitty gon when afta week 1!!!!!-K-LO-G
is any of that English
I love Graduation! Go cop that!
50’s album is absolutely terrible anybody can make an album like that
kanyes is 1 of a kind go buy it and see for yourself
50’s album is absolutely terrible anybody can make an album like that
kanyes is 1 of a kind go buy it and see for yourself
The year of the hustla. I love that Kanye, being so brilliant, is the one to knock 50 out. Anyone else wanna throw away there rappin career, just do what 50 did. Go up against Mr. West! HAHA
everybody hates his rap u can take it whit epeople cant take fuck u man
everybody hates his rap u can take it whit epeople cant take fuck u man
Maybe you should jump off of Mr. West’s cock for a second and go ask Kenny G to finger fuck you in your ass if you like all that gay music he makes
i jus wanna say king massey owes me his underwear bcuz kayne outsold fiddy
who ever sayz 50 is betta than Kanye West doesn’t know shyt about musiq!!!!!!!!!
Kanyes good but 50 cent has ALWAYS been a bigger artist. Curtis isn’t his best work, but over all he’s much more talented then kanye. He’ll make another album. Plus kanye gets really annoying. I’d rather see 50 on t.v. then him
Kanyes good but 50 cent has ALWAYS been a bigger artist. Curtis isn’t his best work, but over all he’s much more talented then kanye. He’ll make another album. Plus kanye gets really annoying. I’d rather see 50 on t.v. then him
Ha hell no! Kanye is annoying & fiddy is sexii!
“Curtis” is a hot album. The tracks are well produced and bangin’. Fiddy reps his city correctly with a more hood based swagger. Track #4 feat. Akon is crazy.
“Graduation”, on the other hand, is an okay release. Some tracks have replay value, but most deserve a skip. This album is definitely not as good as it could have been. Kanye’s a wannabe thug, and it shows badly.
Kanye West acts so much like a diva that I lost all respect for his work. Being that he is always bitching/crying about something, it’s obvious that he doesn’t appreciate anything/anyone.
If I were from Chicago, I would be embarrassed to have a soft ass mofo like Kanye reppin’ the city. How weak is that? LMAO!
Anyway…I bought Curtis and downloaded Graduation. In the end, 50 Cent’s album is more thorough and will outpace Kanye’s offering in sales.
yeezys got sick lyrics and 50’s got som ill beats
i bought both and graduation killed it
Dude pls try 2 make sum sense? Like damn. KANYE SUCKS, HE’S A PUNK! Fiddy will out sell him, jus give it another few days
u guys really are ridiculous. kanye’s album is beyond serious. hes already outselling curts by more than 130,000 albums and its only thursday. ur crazy if u think curtis is better than graduation. the tracks on graduation are so well put together and all the beats flow. kanye is a mastermind in the booth. period.
It comes on 4 1/2 minutes after the “Can’t Tell Me Nothing (Remix)”.
It’s a song feat. R. Kelly (produced by Clay Aiken). I know, I know! Clay izzle on the beat!
The title of the track is “We Prefer Little Boys (Piss Party Chapter 1)”.
Man, I’m tellin’ you…the track is serious. Go check it out.
Be on the lookout for Kanye’s new mixtape. He’s collaborating with so many other gay ass artists in the game. I believe it’s going to be titled “Out of the Closet, Rockin’ Pink & Purple”.
Oh shit son! It’s goin’ down!
Stay tuned!
50 is only good at making songs for the club… 50 is not capable of coming up with raw lyrics Kanye ownes 50 hahaha
See I’m not a 50 cent fan but I thought when it came to record sales the white wannabe gangstas would definately reign supreme. I thought for sure he would beat Kanye in sales…not to say that his album was even in the same league as Graduation…just sales wise I thought he would win. Go figure eh? Kanye is outselling him and has still remained creative as a artist, which even the most diehard 50 fans could never use the word creative or artist to describe Curtis. Music isn’t about who’s harder…and even if it was I don’t see kanye west rolling around with police everytime he wants to leave the house. !Snicker>
kanye west is a fkn bitch, i hope he fkn gets shot up for being a fake piece of shit
i mean come on y’all amusement park ,laughun strai8 to the bank 50 is wack ayo technology is pathetic he jus jumpin on the timbo crap.lol marv derty
Fuk kanye, 50’s the don,
Only hype shit Kanye ever had 4 real was Through the Wire everything else has been that waterdown whack shit 4 real
50 is a bitch……he did this mix tape bout four years ago dissing the boros he now claims to be from, saying that NY was weak and he would kill us in the rap game, he said Gostface was a bitch and said mad random ass garbage about Busta hes a two bit bubble gum rapper who will be gone in a hot minute…..Kanye brings maturity and old skool flavor to the hip hop game, he gives credit where credit is due and humbles himself in front of his audiences hip hop fans from back in the day know what I mean so you little kiddies who wont even like rap music in a year or so stifel it cause your talkin out ya booty……
KANYE IS FOREVER PEACE
Regardless the outcome of this record sale 50 still gona be better then kanye… 50 is real, kanye’s like a little bitch always complaining bout something he thinks he deserves… Well heres a reality check maybe he should give more credit to Jay… bein as Jay brought him up and started him off… So like i said regarless how this ends up 50 still gona be nicer and he gona continue to make hot albums and even though kanye might win this round, i would like to see him sell more then 50 overall… if that happens then maybe ill give kanye some respect… till then fuck kanye 50 da man!!!!
This whole “feud” between 50 and kanye is all about getting people to go out and actually buy the CDs rather then downloading them… its all about bringin in the money… theres no feud between them its all hype to get people to buy rather then dl… Cuz really these two artists are 2 different musics: 50 = rap Kanye= hip-hop, how could you try to compare 2 different styles of music and determine whose better… i bought both and i cant understand how people could say one is better then the other when there music is totally different… its just the music industy lame excuse to get Cds selling again thats all.. the sad part is i see more of these “feuds” occuring again just so records sell….
50 and kanye are weak…wait till the Carter 3 drops…LIL WAYNE WEEZY F BABY is the best rapper alive by far
U right dog fuck em all Weezy got em both
He’s still a man kissin’ faggot. Plus, he’s not really as raw as he claims to be.
-B.G. chased that ass out of the mall before.
-Gillie had Wayne scared to be in the same spots as him.
-Wayne was also molested by Baby throughout his childhood.
That’s why he’s “tied to the fuckin’ Birdman like a lug”…lmao!
On top of all that, he kisses SuperHead (Karrine Steffans) on the mouth. Sucka ass busta.
aight, all you fuckin haters sayin, “kanye aint shit,” “50 is the don,” and all that other shit … sit the FUCK down. Kanye West is the greates thing to EVER happen to hip-hop. As for all this shit about 50 bein so much better than -Ye . . . peep game – look at the record sales and shut your fuckin mouth. And, if 50 don’t retire, he is a punk bitch for runnin is mouth and then not coming through with his promise. It’s about time he got out this shit, i am tired of his bucktoothed mouth sayin shit period.
SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE GET SO INTO THEY MEDIA HYPE AND WHO THE LIKE INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO WHAT THE DUDES ARE SPITTIN AND EVIDENTLY THIS GUY HERE IS ONE OF THEM. IF YOU LISTEN TO 50 SPIT ON THESE TRACKS YOU WILL COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE CAN SPIT WITH THE BEST OF THEM. AND YEAH HE DOES CLUB JAMS BUT HE ALSO KEEPS IT HOOD THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE CD, SO BEFORE YOU SPEAK ABOUT CLUB JAMS LISTEN TO TRACKS LIKE CURTIS187, MAN DOWN OR FULLY LOADED CLIP AND MAYBE YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO GRIND INSTEAD INSTEAD OF TRICKEN PAPER YA DIGG
IF YOU WATCH THE ACTUAL CHALLENGE PURPOSED BY 50 HE SAID TOTAL SALES NOT WEEK ONE BEACAUSE WEEK ONE DONT MAKE YOU A PLATINUM ITS WHAT YOU DO AFTER THAT. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT 50 SAID. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRIOR STATS KANYE SOLD MORE THE FIRST WEEK ON HIS LAST ALBUM BUT ONLY SOLD 2 MIL NOW 50 ON THE OTHER HAND SOLD OVER 20 MIL ON 2 ALBUMS. THATS NOT EVEN A COMPARISON. I LISTENED TO BOTH CDS AND I CAN RELATE TO 50CENT CD MORE BECAUSE HE BE TALKING ABOUT SHIT THAT I BE EITHER DOING, WANT TO BE DOING, OR TRYING TO DO. ALL THAT OTHER SHIT LIKE THAT TECHNO STRONGER CRAP THAT KANYE PUT OUT IS GARBAGE AND YALL KNOW IT, I BET YOU WONT ROLL DOWN YO BLOCK BUMPING THAT MESS
you a bitch nigga dogg while see the sales at the end of the week dogg dont run your mouth nigga till the end cause when my nigga 50 sales more at the end then you’ll be on his dick your a dick rider huh? 7 4 gangsta