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by on December 2nd, 2009
"Men lie Women Lie, But Numbers Dont" a qoute that many die hard hip hop fans will link to rapper Jay-Z, but in a recent Interview 50 was seen agreeing with the comment. Now if that was the only thing that happened it would be no problem, but 50 was addressing Jay-Z's alledged comments towards 50's first week sales for his latest album Before I Self Destruct.
While being interviewed in Paris, 50 had a lot to say about his numbers in general compared to Jay-Z.
"When you say something as vague as 'Men lie, women lie, numbers don't,' how do you take that as a disrespect, a response," Fif asked in an interview. "If we did look at the numbers, you'd see I did his career, my first two records. I did what he did in 15 years in 4 years. Like the numbers? You don't wanna talk about the numbers."
The response from 50 came as no surprise. 50 who has been the butt of many jokes since news surfaced of his dissapointing record sales. One of the most vocal artist in taunting 50 has been one of Jay-Z's artists, Rick Ross. During a birthday party for DJ Khaled, Ross grabbed the mic and had some disparaging words for the Queens rapper.
"We also celebrating the demise of a p*ssy," Ross told a crowd of fans during a concert performance. "R.I.P. to the donkey. We buried him. It feeel good, n*gga. Don't look surprised, you knew he was gonna do it. It's only one record that can describe the feeling..."
Since the first weeks sales of 50's latest album which only sold 160k. He has gone on to sell only 40k in his second week, totaling the lowest numbers of his career.
As for 50's declaration of doing Hov's entire career in only four years, in terms of total album sales, that statement is false. After some number punching Defsounds.com discovered that World Wide Jay-Z has sold roughly 44 million records to 50's 32 million (BISD not included). For records sold with-in the United States, Jay-Z still wins, selling 24 million to 50's 14.3 million.
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boss!!
Jay has 11 albums
50 has 4 (3 actually because you didn’t include BISD)
with 44 mill in sales for Jay that equals to an even 4 million sales per album.
with 32 mill in sales for 50 that equals to 10.667 million sales per album.
So that number crunching you did to make 50 look bad actually makes him look A LOT better number wise than Jay.
Now BP3 definitely shit on BISD numbers wise but both albums are really good so people should listen to both. It also get annoying because half this shit isn’t even 50 starting it, if you notice its always someone else that starts shit with 50 because they know he will respond (Why do you think someone is always beefin with 50 before their albums come out? cough Fat Joe, Rick Ross). Now 50 has started his share of “beefs” but if you notice lately its been about the opposite. Even this Jay thing, how are you going to say “No one is scared of 50” and not expect 50 to say anything?
I’m not a thisis50 stan or anything, like I said I like Jay more as an artist but I just speak the truth.
Anyway 50 is basing his career strictly on numbers (sales) at this point. Not on some stan shit but Jay got at least like 3 -5 CLASSIC albums (regardless of how many records they sold). Artistically he can’t fuck with Hov at all. I’m gonna leave it at that…
LOL @ Rick Ross coming at 50 for his low numbers. That nigga sold less than 50 did in his first week with Deeper than Rap. LMFAO!
Anyway 50 is basing his career strictly on numbers (sales) at this point. Not on some stan shit but Jay got at least like 3 -5 CLASSIC albums (regardless of how many records they sold). Artistically he can’t fuck with Hov at all. I’m gonna leave it at that…
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50 Didn’t Sell more than Rick Ross! 50 Sold 160k “IN 2 WEEKS”
Ross Sold 158k “IN 1 WEEK”
You people are NOT stating the Facts!
well, 50 is right and wrong at the same time.
picture this: 50 has 4 albums totaling 32 milli’s+200k while Jay has 44 milli’s with 11 albums.
so yeah..if you’re talkin about numbers 50 won. point blank period. if you don’t see it you’re a jay stan or a fuckin idiot.
BUT jay is more consistend with puttin out dope albums, a few classics but most of them are just dope..
while 50 started to fall down right after his debut…and that sucks..
i mean, jay’s 1st album is most of the time considered as his best album too but he didn’t fall that much as 50 did.
so yeah, if we’re talkin about numbers 50 > Jay ..sry fellas but that’s how it is..
jay > 50
but record sale numbers belong to 50..
50 Cent – $150 million
Jay-Z – $82 million
Diddy – $35 million
Kanye West – $30 million
Timbaland – $22 million
Pharrell Williams – $20 million
Swizz Beatz – $17 million
Snoop Dogg – $16 million
Dr. Dre – $15 million
Ludacris – $14 million
numbers dont lie.. numbers dont lie… hate it all you want. these are facts, you guys can spread your opinions all you want, but it doesnt change the numbers
So after you take away the 100 million dollar Vitamin Water deal, what’s 50’s number?
50 mill
…with all his other shit “including” album sales.
So if you gave all these other rappers a 100 mill dollar deal too, then that would mean that 50 is STILL below Jay.
you’re right, numbers don’t lie. go figure.lol
just because its a 100 million dollar deal doesn’t mean his capital goes up by 100 million.
And you act like Jay-Z doesnt have endorsements and other deals. 50 is richer, get over it.
http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=64222
3 50 cent albums sold almost as much as all of jays albums lol, 50 cent is the greatest human ever produced real talk
~be mayo
jay sell more and is better overall! please stop fif
“Beg For Mercy” “Get Rich or Die Trying Soundtrack” “T.O.S.” other cd’s that went multiplatinum. I’m jus saying….people forget about those cd’s sales.
QUIT WITH YOUR FUCKING EXCUSES ALREADY!!!!
“Yes, you did numbers…….THEN…..but you aren’t as consistent, lyrically inclined or half as talented… you’re a great business man, but not as good as Jay……..AND YOU WOULDN’T LAST 15 YEARS in the GAME!!!!! you’re barely holding on at 5 or 6.smh…SO PLEASE, get off of Jay’s nuts and do you.
CUZ EVERYONE KNOWS YOU HAD HELP getting into the game, while Jay did it without anyone big vouching for him (EM and Dre.)
So Chill son, you went diamond you’re first album…….that’s the ONLY victory you’ll ever get over Jay.
an hes held it down ever since. he only FUKKED up wit curtis.
his mixtapes been consitent and his last album was hard.
who even cares about fukkin record sales
that’s hard?
and Just cuz 50 got bought out for his own special brand of a product doesn’t make him a better business man… That was just a lucky deal..I’ll give him props for being a hell of a hustler and for knowing that eventually they would’ve had to buy him out to expand, but all other moves he’s made aren’t as monumental as your making them out to be. He doesn’t strive for quality, just something else to attach his name(and wallet) to.
Lets do a run down, shall we?
50 cent video games—- not a good investment. cmon really.smh
50 cent’s book—— a remade copy of an “already” best selling book
G-Unit clothes——Who wears that shit?..i bet u do , huh?lol
50’s reality show——- got cancelled for bad ratings
G-unit sneakers——— bad investment..u prolly got those too, huh?
50’s cologne——-too early to judge
Jay’s 40-40 Club
-- successfulJay’s cologne—- successful
Rocawear—— successful in comparison
Jays Alcohol brand——- successful (1000 a bottle)cmon dog
S.dot sneakers——- successful. Nigga, everybody had a pair
Jay’s book—-coming soon(and isn’t written by someone else)
The Fact is:50 has been jealous of Jay his whole career, it’s evident, and always has been. He just can’t match the dudes’ moves so he always feels the need to say slick shit about him hoping for Jay to say something..
Tell me this, other than “No one is scared of 50 cent” When is the last time Jay said ANYTHING regarding 50….once or twice.
Now how many times has 50 mentioned Jay for no apparent reason as well bladently being an asshole for the last 5 years..COUNTLESS.
He even mentioned him BATTLING CAMRON!!!cmon dog.smh
If Jay got paid off everytime 50 has mentioned him in the last 5 years, Jay could retire and send his kids to college off that. Nigga stop playin.
And for the record: Jay is sitting on well over a billion now, Just cuz 50 grossed more in a single year doesn’t mean shit. It’s like a broke nigga winning the lotto: you might have made more right now, but 1.) look what you spend it on and 2.) I make more every year constistently without one big push. So whose pockets are gonna hurt in the long run if another “vitamin water” kinda deal doesn’t come along?……. makes you think doesn’t it?
Knowledge game dog…get your smarts up.
on top of that yeah, its true Jay came into the game by himself with his own hardwork with Dame starting the label and all but thats because no labels wanted to sign him in the first place. where as 50 was poppin on the mixtape circuit with the Unit and managed to get the attention of different labels and had Em & Dre cosigning him, now THAT aint nothin to play with either.
i commend Jay as a better artist and for his longevity in the rap game but 50 has accomplished arguably pretty much the same amount of success Jay has had in the space of only 4-5 years. you cant over look that fact. and just from experience, if you go overseas i have found more ppl know 50 or may have his album where as Jay is not as know in so many places overseas. I like both 50 and Jay and its a shame to see them goin at each other like this, fucked up shit if u ask me…
wrongidea.. do you know jay personally or something, goddamn. did 50 do you wrong in real life… these people dont know you, you dont need to defend them
If a nigga say" Yo, I need that thing you bought from me to expand my business cuz I can’t sell it partially, it has to be whole" What do you say? cuz I know my response is " how much are you willing to put on the table to get it back?"
Tell me that isn’t simple hustler mentality.
Like I said before, I commend the dude on his sales of GRODT, the Massacre and making super cake off the Coke deal… but the fact of the matter is that he just made that arguement just to justify his lack of sales and relevancy in the game for the past 4 years, while Jay could retire, come back, and maintain the same damn numbers… He can say what he wants, nonetheless, he’s still on a steady decline.If it wasn’t for the “coke deal” he’d be in the same state as alot of other rappers…take Nelly for instance, he went diamond too….but where is he now? Exactly.
Shit, even Will Smith went diamond, but if he rapped 2day who would buy it? (he’s a great actor though, anything he’s in is a must watch)
AND JAY DOESNT HAVE A BILLION!!! who thinks that? for the real record.. oprah is the only billionaire black person… so… sorry.. every year forbes puts out peoples net worth.. look it up.. Knowledge game dog…get your smarts up.
Nah I don’t I just hate dumb niggas saying ridiculous statements based on perception and not fact.
And if you’re arguement had any merit, then y are u defending 50?….hmmm, think about that, let it marinate.
as for wrongidea. im not defending 50. i dont give a fuck about that gorilla with rabbit teeth (thanks camron). im just saying if you are talking sales.. per album 50 trounces jay z.. its not even close.. i think jay has had a much better career. im not biased at all. i personally like jays music a lot more that 50s. but nobody wants to talk sales with 50 cent.. he can always go back to get rich or die trying and the massacre which both destroy any other rappers album who is relevant today with the exception of eminem of course
Aliko Dangote
Femi Otedola
Michael Lee-Chin
Patrice Mostepe
Oprah Winfrey
3 Africans and 2 Americans
If you want the source look it up as i did.
50 IS JUST RESPONDING TO WHAT JAY IS SAYING. Starting with the “No one is scared of 50 Cent” quote.
Then Jay says “MEN LIE. WOME LIE. NUMBER DON’T” quote at the AMA’s.
50 JUST RESPONDING AND ITS FACTS. 50 only got 4 albums. Not including Power of the Dollar(which was good by the way). 50 has done a lot in the few years compared to what Jay has done.
You gotta give credit where its due. Jay has like 11 albums and 50 got 4 and Jay beat him by like 10 million copies. Do the numbers…50 has accomplished a lot in the 4 years that he was taling about.
But they both got paper
Mohammed Al Amoudi
Aliko Dangote
Oprah Winfrey- american
Mohamed Ibrahim
Patrice Motsepe
Michael Lee-Chin
AND sorry i didnt specify americans.. i figured all of the people defending jay z knew he wasnt african
like DC said hov didnt gas out in 4 years either
“the reason why we leading the pack this is a marathon, start off fast and you weezing in the back”
you only as good as yo last.
something i dont agree with is rick ross bodying him……..somebody need to punch that nigga
50 been in the game for 10 years
Your name explains it all….obviously you’ve been doing it too long and it has fried some of your brain cells.smh
Tiger Woods is the first billionaire athlete.
Will Smith is a billionaire. According to the 2009 Forbes International Billionaire List, Oprah Winfrey with a net worth of $2.7 billion is the richest black person in the world.12, and was once the world’s only black billionaire3 Close behind is Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote with $2.5 billion, Nigerian petroleum executive Femi Otedola with $1.6 billion.4 and South African gold magnate, Patrice Motsepe with $1.3 billion. Dangote and Motsepe are the first black Africans to ever appear on the Forbes international rich list,5 however, Mobutu, the Congolese president, and Sani Abacha, the Nigerian military leader, were probably billionaires when they were alive but Forbes could never confirm this (according to Forbes magazine’s Kerry Dolan).6
From 2001-2003, Forbes listed Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson as a billionaire,7 but dropped him after his fortune was split in his divorce from his wife Sheila. 8 He returned to Forbes international rich list in 2007 with a net worth of $1.1 billion USD. In 2008 Johnson’s wealth dropped further to approximately $1.0 billion USD even5 and in 2009 he dropped off the list again.
Afro-multiracial billionaires have also been identified. Forbes international richest list includes Michael Lee-Chin of Canada, who is of Chinese and Jamaican ancestry (with two black grandmothers and two Chinese grandfathers, both his parents are half black and half Chinese). Saudi-Arabian billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi has black ancestry because his mother is from Ethiopia, but rich lists classify him as Arab because his father is from Yemen9. Also included is Mo Ibrahim, a British billionaire of Sudanese Nubian ancestry10
Of all the black or Afro-multiracial billionaires identified by Forbes, only Oprah Winfrey qualified for Forbes 2009 list of the world’s 20 most powerful billionaires, a list which considered not only wealth, but also market sway and political clout. Winfrey was considered especially powerful because of her influence on American consumer choices and because of the pivotal role she played in electing Barack Obama president11
-“doo” me baby!
Nigga is you for real. OH niggaz must of forget that Eminem and 50 sold a milli 1st week. Marshall Mathers LP and THe Massacre anyone???
Both of those albums sold a million first week. Niggaz be dick riding. Wayne has only sold like 11 million albums total out of all his albums.
THATS REAL TALK….just stating facts.
50 doing the same shit Ja Rule is doing, singing/rapping with R&B artists…
That’s why i didn’t buy or downloaded his corny music, we ran out of content to rap about, and now he wants to bring in Beans for a Buzz….
Silly Rabbit Tricks are for Kids!!!
Can no one compete wit Hov, and he addresses all the haters and skeptics on the song
Already Home!!!
Very Clever
~BISD>>>BP3
G-Unit = Gay Unit.
50 Cent’s sales > Jay Z’s sales
and i’m pretty sure that when 50 comes out with like 12 albums he too will move 40 million easily.
BISD would of already been platinum if it didn’t have leaked. hate all you want, but you know its true. and if didn’t go plat now, then it would be hell close to it.
peace
Your boy Curtis just ate a full plate of HUMBLE PIE when his album dropped! And believe it or not, but he’s not on Jay’s level, nor will he ever be. He really ‘self-destructed’ this time around.
You really just cant grasp the fact that people dont like 50 Cent anymore (well maybe they do over in Pakistan, but not in the states) because everyone has come to realize he does not make good music anymore.
That’s what it all boils down to.
He never would have gone platinum. And he will never go platinum again.
Even though I think Eminem and Nas are better in my opinion. When you say 50 will never be on Jays level you forgetting about the other 500 rappers out there. That show you just hate 50
Everyone forgets that BISD dropped a week earlier on Itunes..
but the sales do…
Grow up.
Jay-Z made three video’s for his album, all these singles where hits, like State Of The Empire, Death of Autotune and Run This Town, two of them included R&B singers. Thats not to mention that Jay signed a rock band to roc nation records.
Also look at Lil Wayne, he released a Rock Album, and does rap and R&B, he’s appeared with alot of the new artists and made hits (Shakira, Sean Paul, Kari Hilson etc.) most songs on the radio are with him on it over here.
All in all, 50 changed his style with Curtis, it sucked he tried harder with BISD, trying to get close with a rap and R&B mixture, but 50 is too hard to do that, thats why Baby By Me was his most successful single for that album to begin with IMO.
I see you hating on alot of shit Fif does, and its quite clear that ur obviously hating, instead of being honest and admitting that BISD was a hard album.
Your number crunching was biased and if you really look at the numbers 50 got it hands down. Lets do some real math..
You gave 50 credit for three albums not including BISD. His first album went diamond and his second album sold damn near 10 million world wide. That would give him almost 20 million albums sold wit two records. Yall forget he dropped the G-Unit album that went platinum after he dropped his first joint. He could have Did what Jay did, looked out for himself and dropped another album when he was lightning hot and sold another 10 million.
How many albums did it take Jay to sell 20 million? It damn sure wasn’t two albums. Fuck even Curtis, which was 50’s worst album went platinum. 50 pulled 100 million from one fucking deal. Last year he was on Forbs as the biggest earner in 08 with 150 million dollars earned. Jay and B did about 80 million each that year combined. That is only ten million more than 50 by himself..pretty impressive.
Jay is a great artist, a great business man, and has done very well for himself over the years. But to act like what 50 said was untrue is just silly. 50’s album is just what everyone wanted from him, it was agressive, darker, and made for the streets. He can’t make the records Jay makes at his point. We wouldn’t except certain shit from 50 that we would Jay.
Really the only way to compare them is by numbers because thir styles are so diferent and they are from different rap generations.
My educated guess is……… “no”
If you want to compare album to album, Yes, he sold more his first 2 albums….but seeing as though each album’s sales are judged as an individual album “seperate” from one another,He hasn’t outsold Jay in a long time.
And minus the Vitamin water deal, how much did he do that year?….. I bet that number is less than what Kanye did. Cuz that number makes up more than half the income he made THAT YEAR!!!
What r u really saying?!
But I’m glad he still has fans that will back him up after he puts his foot in his mouth…Cuz 50 has always been one to talk about the numbers, but he falls short in that department too,…. based on the technicalities.
Oh and don’t forget to add 50’s “power of a dollar” when counting his album sales.
That would make it 5 albums not 4.
Also would we count the Get Rich Or Dye Tryin Movie soundtrack as a album?
5,299,000, “Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life”
3,345,000, “Black Album”
3,093,000, “Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter”
2,608,000, “The Blueprint”
2,521,000, “Dynasty Roc La Familia (2000 -)”
2,069,000, “The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse”
1,934,000, “Collision Course” (with Linkin Park)
1,514,000, “Reasonable Doubt”
1,510,000, “Kingdom Come”
1,412,000, “In My Lifetime, Vol. 1″
1,131,000, “American Gangster”
VS.
50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin 9,873,000
50 Cent – The Massacre 5,000,000
50 Cent – Curtis 1,728,000
High profile beefs dont cut it anymore, Fans have come to expect that from him. Since day one, that was his style. But we see past that now.
He tried to bait Jay-z into a beef before the release of BISD. Jay aint no dummy, he knew wassup. He learnt from “how to rob” that this is fifty style. After jay threw a jab at 50, he blew up.
SWITCH YO STEEZE 50!!!!.
50- Power of a dollar
T.I.- I’m Serious
But all you niggas always say:
50- get rich or die trying
T.I.- trap music
Know your shit, PLEASE!
http://www.zshare.net/download/69019581a550a2e1/>
move on to positive things
50 career < Venus vs mars
and hov was only fooling around with that track
btw i heard that 5o is illeterate
5,299,000, “Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life”
3,345,000, “Black Album”
3,093,000, “Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter”
2,608,000, “The Blueprint”
2,521,000, “Dynasty Roc La Familia (2000 -)”
2,069,000, “The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse”
1,934,000, “Collision Course” (with Linkin Park)
1,514,000, “Reasonable Doubt”
50 is responsible for his album sales and nobody else. He’s willing to beef with niggas who cross him which alienates fans. These dickryders hate the fact he smashed they favorite rappers and hes payin the price for not being safe and competing.
Okay so we got a stan (@ wrongidea) who cant even except that 50 agree with Jay. You must be washing Jay draws wit ya saliva cuz his ballz is definitely in your mouth foreal homeboy. Yall all keep saying 50 aint relevant. Den Y da fuck is you commenting on a blog about him? Dumb fucks. Niggaz love 2 hate i guess dats Y niggaz hate each other.
Now den…Jay z Mason az is nice as hell period. The only reason i called him a mason is because not one nigga, not even one (with all his fans), came out with EVIDENCE to prove dat this man is not a mason. 50 gossiping az is nice az fuck an according to his number of blog post, is still relevant. “To each his own.” Yall muthafuckers need to stop being groupies an look at shit from an unbiased perspective. Bp3 iz fire. BISD is fucking bananas. I remember during the earlier part of the summer when niggaz was saying “50 cant rap,” “he fail off,” “g-unit aint hot.” Did u hear Forever King?? and G-unit is not 2003’s g-unit. Fact. But des muthafuckers is making more money den they was back den. How the fuck could this happen? Dey not worried about no always shifting bloggers who probaly makin less than 60,000. Get ya money instead of worrying how da next man make his.
P.S. 50 keep his whole team paid. Something to think about….
I’m no where near a stan….I just state the facts and know how to get my point across, with those facts. All you niggas base your statements off of your personal feelings about the artist..I don’t.
And a Mason?…that’s like trying to prove a niggas’ the Tooth Fairy. It’s too ridiculous of a statement to issue an official response about it…..What, do you think they have like a members card or some shit in thier wallet. …be serious nigga. Oh, I get it…you saw that youtube video and now you saw the light…lmao….smh If thier were a secret organization that people were a part of, do you really think that anyone other than those people involved could prove whether or not they are members?
dumbass niggas man.smh
50 drops niggas from his label, and doesn’t promote all his artist either so what are you saying?
50 does the same shit with his artists that Diddy does:
Use them for a brief period of time, then you barely hear shit from them again. Banks and Yayo are an exception cuz they grew up with the nigga.
But Banks and Yayo ain’t even selling shit or getting thier exposure…Especially Banks. Dude’s way sicker than 50. Something to think about…..lol.stop the bullshit.
You do not state facts my brother, you choose facts that will enhance others perception of your favorited artist. You dont know fifty or Jay and you speaking on they behalf as if you are one with them. Its a reason why not every nigga agrees with your biased statement. I said It once an i will say it again “To each his own.” Dont speak on my half tryna say how i feel. I call 50 out when he do good shit or questionable shit. If you kno all this shit about jay/50 you must be sme kind of groupie.
now onto dis mason shit…i dont get no fucking info from youtube videos. I READ. Alot of this mason shit is evident with symbols in artist videos and in the government. After i heard about some highly backed and concise evidence that actually made sense. I waited a very long time for artist or fan responses to disprove these mason statments and NOBODY has risen up. If it was completely false then they shouldnt HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK THEIR CLAIMS. I advise you to educate your self on what your really watching on TV and how the world is really setup to make you think and Not KNOW. But go ahead debate, “the more you know,” right?
KOCH & Def Jam drop artist. Uncle Murda is with Def Jam right? Where the fuck is his album. Dont tell me he dont got a buzz in the streets now. P.S. he been tryna put out an album for a while now.
What did 50 use to his advantage and then dropped.
-MOP (50 already stated/explained how they were waiting for him to handle their careers for a long. time he couldnt have that) and even they were still getting paid.
-Mobb Deep (Dey had 2hit records with G-unit as well as an album..didnt they?) An i might be wrong but wasnt H.N.I.C 2 released under G-unit records. sadly, prodigy is longer with G-unit only because he needed money for his trial and traded his contract for it. Havoc like MOP waited for to long and was released (as i remember)
-Spider Lok I dont follow him. But he is there and is still making mixtapes with Whoo kidd.
-Buck & Game will both tell you they made money with the Unit. They have never questioned that.
Enough of that, my point is. What artist was not treated fair when at G-unit and He always wanted his artist to get out there and promote their selves and not to rely on him.
I wasn’t gone do this but if you compare signed artist with 50 and Jay more people were happy with….It speaks for itself.
Banks is not greedy at all. He dont want the spotlight he want money. That’s why he already stated he was gone be working in the filming industry.
I also hope you kno u didnt refute ANY of my comments except the one’s about yourself. Get DEBATED NIGGA!
Sales really don’t mean anything, 50 cents CD wasn’t a failure because it sold 160k units when everyone but haters of 50 cent can agree that this CD was a gigantic improvement from his last CD which sold almost 700k general public just aren’t into grimy rap anymore, they want something more family friendly. As a fan of grimy music I can say safely that BISD is better than BP3 but that is my opinion and obviously more paying customers disagree with me.
JayZ says “no 1 is scared of 50 cent” and then he makes a comment about 50 cent at the AMA and acted all scared while saying so. On some Hip-hop stuff JayZ might have 50s number but he don’t want to take it beyond Hip-hop so the reason this entire feud started is over false advertisement because Jayz know he’s scared of 50 lol
so 50s album was better? its prob your backround music to playing dice games niggas used to play in high school. believe it or not, you gotta grow up eventually.
People should also take into consideration that they are entirely two different types of artist. 50 is a hardcore rapper and Jay isn’t. This isn’t also the first time Jay has taken a shot at 50. When 50 first exploded into the industry Jay did put out a verse stating “Yall respect the one who got shot, I respect the shooter.” In any case, I think both 50 and Jay have some valid points and the only way to really determine whose the better man is for them to actually compete.
But
For whoever said reasonable doubt was a better classic then Grodt is puffin suttin. RD was a classic cant deny it but grodt is wut every single person had in their cars, computers, and if myspace was as big as it is today on they profiles. For you guys saying 15 years it has to be a lil longer then tht i seen him in a background of a video with a gumby fade (89-92). Also whoever said that niggaz was rockin s.carter shoes isnt from the hood or atleast ny nobody here wore them shits maybe 40+ with some dockers. Grodt was 10/10 then this nigga came back with g unit with beg for mercy wich is equaly as a classic. Every person in america was sayin “gggggg g-unittttt” remember the Chapelle show? lmao (gggggg get out) who was throwin diamonds up? lol point is for 3-4 years 50 was hiphop just like wayne is today. “50 aint relevant anymore tell him to stfu” he obviously is if his name been everywhere for the last 3-4 months. “50 fans aint buyin him anymore” “jay z outsold him”
90% of album consumers a white surburban kids so that goes to whoever said “all 50 fans are white kids”
And last but not least. None of you a from the hood “the hood stay playin jay and wayne”
99% of mixtapes in the hood are blend tapes and 99% of the vocals on the blends are wayne ,50 ,jadakiss
HOV- about 14 mill
50- about 16 mill
1 of 50s albums sold more than HOVs last 5 albums put together number dont lie thats the point hes trying to get across look it up ooo my man had put it up already
im a fan of both but jada is my favorite rapper and i think he will crush jay z in a battle
Tiger Woods is the first billionaire athlete.
Will Smith is a billionaire. According to the 2009 Forbes International Billionaire List, Oprah Winfrey with a net worth of $2.7 billion is the richest black person in the world.12, and was once the world’s only black billionaire3 Close behind is Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote with $2.5 billion, Nigerian petroleum executive Femi Otedola with $1.6 billion.4 and South African gold magnate, Patrice Motsepe with $1.3 billion. Dangote and Motsepe are the first black Africans to ever appear on the Forbes international rich list,5 however, Mobutu, the Congolese president, and Sani Abacha, the Nigerian military leader, were probably billionaires when they were alive but Forbes could never confirm this (according to Forbes magazine’s Kerry Dolan).6
From 2001-2003, Forbes listed Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson as a billionaire,7 but dropped him after his fortune was split in his divorce from his wife Sheila. 8 He returned to Forbes international rich list in 2007 with a net worth of $1.1 billion USD. In 2008 Johnson’s wealth dropped further to approximately $1.0 billion USD even5 and in 2009 he dropped off the list again.
Afro-multiracial billionaires have also been identified. Forbes international richest list includes Michael Lee-Chin of Canada, who is of Chinese and Jamaican ancestry (with two black grandmothers and two Chinese grandfathers, both his parents are half black and half Chinese). Saudi-Arabian billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi has black ancestry because his mother is from Ethiopia, but rich lists classify him as Arab because his father is from Yemen9. Also included is Mo Ibrahim, a British billionaire of Sudanese Nubian ancestry10
Of all the black or Afro-multiracial billionaires identified by Forbes, only Oprah Winfrey qualified for Forbes 2009 list of the world’s 20 most powerful billionaires, a list which considered not only wealth, but also market sway and political clout. Winfrey was considered especially powerful because of her influence on American consumer choices and because of the pivotal role she played in electing Barack Obama president11
but damn, this shit is getting boring.
move on Fif, do what you gotta do <— Jay already done that.
Jay continuously uses more of an indirect approach where 50 uses a more direct approach. Everyones putting too much emphasis on numbers. The numbers really don’t tell us too much. With artist like Jadakiss and Banks, I don’t think the numbers reflects skills. In my opinion it simply reflects the artist overall appeal to the general public and what consumers can relate to.
BISD> BP3
despite what your opinion is, the fans show and prove who the better artist (and Cd) is…..and I’m willing to bet you did even buy 50’s cd to support the nigga, did u? smh
Cuz I bought’em both……I really support hiphop.
smh
Who the fuck are you to say his music sucks?
its still GGGG G UNIT SOUUUUTH
615 CASHVILLE TEN A KEY
“1. Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream, 701,000. This new entry posts the biggest one-week sales tally since AC/DC’s Black Ice sold 784,000 in its first week in October 2008. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by “I Dreamed A Dream,” which bows at #33."
source:http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/42389/week-ending-nov-29-2009-women-take-charge/
Fif did his career with one album, and prolly made more money in a single deal, than Weezy ever will in his entire career.
So yea i see you that watching Wayne flourish in this particular time you know with the recession and all that, its cool, but numbers dont actually lie in this occasion.
Fif has done alot more, and he actually does a whole hell of alot more, he grinds.
I mean look at Wayne, he going to prison for a year.
And hes at the top of the game like u say, thats a downfall for him.
So its these kinda things i mean.
As far as smartness, shit even music cuz BISD was way better than C3, and business state of mind, Fif wins.