Yesterday, I said that Kanye West was on track to beat 50 Cent in their first week record sales. I also said that while Kanye West: Graduation wasn’t the best album in the world (nor was it Kanye’s best), it was decidedly better than 50 Cent: Curtis. The public seems to agree.
Figures have been released for the first week of sales and Kanye West has indeed defeated 50 Cent. As you recall, 50 Cent said that he would never release another solo album if this happened. So, did Curtis Jackson (50 Cent’s real name) take this defeat graciously? No, not exactly.
Yahoo! Music is reporting that 50 Cent and his camp is accusing Kanye West and Def Jam of “rigging” the numbers.
Jackson now insists that West’s label Def Jam must have doctored the sales figures, saying: “He’s never had a fraction of the sales 50 Cent has. They could have one scan and have it count four times. West’s entire career hasn’t sold half what I sold on my first album.”
They also note:
West’s single “Stronger” has also beaten 50 Cent’s “Ayo Technology” in the U.K.–charting at #3 and #5, respectively.
Suck it up, Fiddy. You’ve been beat. Quit your whining.
On a semi-related note, MediaTakeOut.com is saying that the battle between 50 Cent and Kanye West is just the tip of the iceberg. On November 20th, Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige will be releasing albums of their own. I’d imagine it would be quite as dramatic a battle, unless Mariah ends up in rehab again.
UPDATE (9/18/07): Someone posted the numbers from HitsDailyDouble.com and they’re saying that Kanye West: Graduation sold 930,251 copies, whereas 50 Cent: Curtis clocked in at 659,682.
Enough with the huge egos guys, go back to making good music.
I think this was nothing more than a “made for tv” feud to drive sales of both their albums.
don’t forget! kanye did close to those numbers the first week for his last album, late registration, WITHOUT “50’s help”! all you can argue is the “bush dont care about black ppl” comment for his buzz. 50 on the other hand was kicking ppl outta g-unit, dudes getting shot outside the radio staation, atc. all that gangstalicious stuff.
kanye’s last album was the last album to do over 800,000 it’s first week and now graduation has beaten it.
OK look, yeh maybe fiddys album was crap, its definitley wasnt his best, but thts ur opinion i dnt like kanyes album so wat since when was music war, why cant music be about… THE MUSIC!!! when did it all change people, i mean cmon u dint see the spice girls have beef wid boyzone!!! so why cnt u just accept tht any person would “whine” and make up allegations so they can stay in the business tht they r clearly good at. I wouldnt wanna see either of them thrown out on there asses from the business there gd at it, I dnt like kanye or his music but i admit he is a gd artist, fiddy on the other hand is a phenomenal artist and people are sayin he whinin and makin up stories about kanye well what do you think would happen if fiddy won?? Do you think kanye would take the defeat graciously?? I dnt think so!! thts all i gtta say
thnk yu
Kanye has some good music, but I hate how arrogant he is. It’s quite amazing sometimes.
Oh, I agree completely. I enjoy him as an artist, but not so much as a person/personality. I remember he had a live telephone call with some people from BET and when the hosts asked if he was going to wear a crown celebrating his victory over 50 Cent, Kanye replied by saying something about his head being too big for the crown to fit. In this respect, it’s good that he realizes how huge his ego is. I seriously doubt he will ever change though.
This was nothing more than a “made for tv” feud to drive sales of both their albums. Enough with the huge egos guys, go back to making good music. Kanye needs 50 cent, 50 cent needs Kanye. They should collaborate on an album together and go up against Jay-Z/Dr. Dre. Peace.