50 cent vs Kanye West

[Dusty Bottoms]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20217246/

50 Cent promises to quit if Kanye outsells him
Rapper riled by forecasts that West’s new album could outpace his own

NEW YORK - 50 Cent believes his new album will outsell Kanye West’s upcoming disc, and he’s betting his solo career on it.

Both 50 Cent and West have albums due out Sept. 11. 50 Cent, who has sold better than West, has been riled by forecasts that sales of West’s “Graduation” could rival those for his “Curtis” CD.

“Let’s raise the stakes,” the 31-year-old rapper told hip-hop Web site SOHH.com in an interview posted Friday. “If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer write music. I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t put out anymore solo albums.”

Please let Kanye sell more copies.

 

[LemonMelon]

Both albums are going to suck, but yeah, I'm definitely in favor of Kanye.

 

[phanan]

Originally posted by Dusty Bottoms
Please let Kanye sell more copies.

 

[LMP]

Isn't 50 Cent conducting orchestras now?

Go Kanye.

 

[BVS]

ray:

 

[corianderstem]

Go Kanye!

 

[tpsreports2424]

Isn't 50 Cent conducting orchestras now?

Go Kanye.

I like both, but in favor on Kanye now cuz 50 cent is being cocky..

 

[love_u2_adam]

i love kanye
i'm not afraid to say i love him!!!!

 

[Dusty Bottoms]

I like both, but in favor on Kanye now cuz 50 cent is being cocky..

yeah because Kanye is never cocky

 

[Diemen]

Precisely.

He just knows his place.

 

[tpsreports2424]

yeah because Kanye is never cocky

true

 

[pepokiss]

The time: September 11

The fight: Kanye West vs 50 Cent

the looser: we, the people

 

[LMP]

We're looser? How much alcohol is involved?

 

[martha]

A lot if I'm listening to 50 Cent.

 

[got_edge]

COME ON, FIDDY! YOU CAN DO IT!!

 

[pepokiss]

maybe it should've been:

The winner: nobody with a sense of good music... or ears

 

[martha]

Nah, Kanye has his moments.

 

[toscano]

Is there some combinations of sales numbers that will get both of them to quit ?

 

[pepokiss]

yes... ZERO sales...


let's try that one, shall we?

 

[If you shout...]

Killa already wrote the book on Curtis: "He look like a gorilla with rabbit teeth--Bugs Monkey."

Kanyeezy forever. He's harder, better, faster, AND stronger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Njej3NKTKU

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I think the plan is clear people...

Everyone buy a Kanye West CD; I would rather have one over-hyped rapper still releasing album vs two...

 

[gvox]

GO KANYE!

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

It's that people care about this.

 

[gvox]

^

Didn't I see you doing headspins during his set in Portland??

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I wasn't in Portland, but nice try.












(For the record, I am a Kanye fan, lol)

 

[gvox]

There were people seriously breakin on down in the ellipse tho. I'm not even kiddin....

 

[martha]

There were people seriously breakin on down in the ellipse tho. I'm not even kiddin....

You should see him headline. He kicks ass.

 

[toscano]

yes... ZERO sales...


let's try that one, shall we?

i'll be sure to do my part

 

[BoMac]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/21/people.kanyewest.ap/index.html

Kanye West: 'Never cared about being No. 1'

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kanye West considers a certain "SexyBack" singer his biggest rival.

Kanye West says that he and Justin Timberlake "push each other."

"My biggest inspiration and biggest competition is Justin Timberlake," the 29-year-old rapper tells XXL magazine in its October issue, on newsstands September 11. "He's the only other person that gets an across-the-board response and respect level -- black radio, white radio."

"If Justin hadn't come out and killed the game, I can't say that my album, singles and videos would be on the same level that they're on," he says. "We push each other. I look at me and Justin like Prince and Michael Jackson in their day."

A sly dig at 50 Cent? Earlier this month, the 31-year-old gangsta rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson, promised to quit his solo career if West's new album, "Graduation," outsells his upcoming CD, "Curtis." Both albums are due out September 11.

West, a six-time Grammy winner, tells XXL that he's "never cared about being No. 1." Record sales, he figures, aren't as important as how the music connects with people.

"I feel like my lyrics are, if not THE, then equal to, the realest lyrics out," he says. "I connected with so many people without talkin' about guns and drugs. ... It's harder to go to work 365 days than shoot a person in one day."

Further, "there's nothing about wearing a pink Polo that would make anyone believe that I would hold a gun," he says.

West realizes his flamboyant style and less-than-humble public behavior -- like throwing fits over not winning music awards -- could hinder his chances for success.

"... When people come up to you like, 'That was really good,' you're supposed to play stupid, like, 'Wow, you really think so?' "

"Because people can't really handle the truth," he continues. "But I am the truth. I'd rather be hated for what I am than loved for what I'm not."

 

[Justin24]

Go Tupac. Fuck thats right he is dead, but the greatest Rapper of all time. But if I had to chose it would be Kanye over Fiddy any day.