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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 | 10:42am

Kanye Outsells 50 by 200k on day one.

Posted by 4PL

50 cent said a while back that he would hang up his Mic if Kanye outsold him.
Critics are raving about West’s Graduation - and its already sold 200,000 more units than Fiddy’s Curtis since yesterday’s same-day release in the US. Fifty appeared on New York’s Hot 97 “Miss Jones in the Morning Show” and suggested […]

50 cent said a while back that he would hang up his Mic if Kanye outsold him.

Critics are raving about West’s Graduation - and its already sold 200,000 more units than Fiddy’s Curtis since yesterday’s same-day release in the US. Fifty appeared on New York’s Hot 97 “Miss Jones in the Morning Show” and suggested that Kanye’s Label Roc-a-fella/Def Jam actually purchased 200,000 copies of the album in an attempt to make Kanye look like the winner.

I could definitely believe the Def Jam thing. They are notorious for that move thats why all there artists always have a huge first week and then following weeks sales sharply decline. I have both albums I’ve listened to all of Curtis and about half off Graduation. I’ll say this Kanye is supposed to outsell 50. Kanye appeals to a larger audience, he’s non threatening,  and he’s a closet queen  this description fits more than half the worlds population. As far as the albums are concerned Fifty has a solid album but you really feel like theres nothing particularly new, he has a method for making songs and he doesn’t mess with that formula at all. “AYO Technology” is a little stretch for him but thats about it. The individual songs themselves are hot but again it feels like something you’ve heard from fiddy already. Kanye’s album or what I’ve heard so far is a very well produced album but the tempo and energy of the album is way to laid back and slow for me. In addition to that his rhyme style is very juvenile and basic abc 123 raps I call them, and I heard this guy uses ghostwriters. (Dogs you actually pay people to write those raps for you thats crazy holla at my dogs Dos Un he’ll pen some proper rhymes for you) Just off of tempo and my personal preference I have to run with Fiddy but Kanye will definitely sell more units, especially if def jam keeps buying them, but he’s supposed to. 50 is the bad guy the bully, the one everyone loves to hate.

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Comment by CAHMODITY
2007-09-12 11:39:17

Let’s watch the upcoming numbers ahead. The numbers after the first week. This will be the tell all as Fifty said.

 
Comment by afro jamaicano
2007-09-12 13:37:55

i wudent be suprised if def jam actually bought those albums either. i mean dmx debuted @ number one awhile back, and then the next week he was like #60 or something

the problem w/ fiddy is that he’s kinda getting desperate , and he’s jus doin stupid shih. if i was fiddy i wudent hav had justin or robin thicke anywhere near my album…..(justin is a total career killer when it comes to hip-hop dudes…)

if they were smart they’d started a mini toure and included a copy of the cd w/ the ticket purchase (i think prince did that awhile back)

nice site too! i saw u over @ beatniks

 
Comment by Evorgleb
2007-09-12 13:44:20

i actually watched the 106 and Park with them both on it yesterday and 50 said something along the lines of “I dont even care if you buy my album, just listen to it. steal or download it. Just come see me at the shows”. sounds like he already knew where this thing was heading and was lookng for a cop out

 
Comment by Dos Un
2007-09-12 15:24:45

kiwi west lp is weakkkk

 
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