Disregarding the lack of buzz from both fans and critics alike, 50 has thrown out some bold words and has put his solo career on the line.
“They would like to see Kanye West give me a problem because I’ve worked myself into a space where I’ve become the favorite,” Fif told SOHH. “Everybody roots against the underdog when he goes against the favorite.
“Put it like this,” 50 continued. “Let’s raise the stakes. 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 any more solo albums.
“And I bet this, when Kanye West’s sales come in, he’s gonna have a 70% decrease [the second week] ‘cause Def Jam is gonna buy records to keep him closer to 50 Cent,” the Queens rapper added. “So watch the first week and then watch the second week. Watch his shit drop off the planet. We keep our angles covered before we make a decent bet.” Said 50.
50’s “Curtis” and Kanye’s “Graduation” are scheduled to hit stores on September 11th, 2007.
COMMENTS
1st, becuz i posted dis on forums bitches
LOL this nigga is cocky as hell it would be funny if he didnt win
He'll outsell Kanye by 40 or 50 thousand, just because of his white(mtv) fanbase.
Both will have huge dropoffs in that 2nd sales week though.
white fanbase? NO. golddigga was tha shit i went to a white country club and they played that shit there. my mind was blowned!
u mean wiggers are going to go and buy 50 album, thats wat his fanbase is moslty made up of. Cant tell me nothing better than all the songs 50 got out right now
Dogg what are you talkin about. Kanye got more white fans than andre 3000 LOL
yea but those white fans are white ppl that act white, 50 fans are wiggers
i HOPE KANYE DO OUTSELL 50 LET SSEE IF HE WOULD REALLY STOP RAPPIN i THNK 50 LIKE PUFFY HE LIKE BEING IN THE LIMELIGHT.
50 gon outsell kanye by 100,00 to 150 thousound at least all u stupid like i said in some other discussion kanye will sell at most 3/4 what 50 will in his first week
lmao at Fresh25 and everybody else who thinks that 50 will outsell kanye...i cant wait 2 see them numbers so 50 can stop comin out wit songs cuz he's awful...how do u diss ja on tha shit that he do n then start doin it yourself..all 50 does is sing and thats terrible...when kanye outsell him it mite b tha death of G-Unit...(i hope buck keep sellin tho cuz he from TN)
^I know right? so true
545,000 for 50. 510,000 for kanye.
i so hope kanye beats him.
i know, i def. wont miss 50 Cents amazing lyrical skills hahahha
he should beat 50 in sells FLAT. kanye puts out better music anyway anyday.
Word after reading this i pray Ye beats him. he's just taking this to the head.
I know right! It ain't like 50 the best thing in hip-hop. I ain't gone lie though, the things these rich niggas do keeps us watchin. I think kanye will beat him though
Wow.. if this dudes Flops, he'll be the laughing stock of the music industry. Imagine how many ppl are waiting to C his 1st week sales. my god. for the sake of his career, i hope he out sells Kanye. But if he doesn't.lol. oh boy.
I dont know. it seems like Kanye is gonna have 50 "down and out"
C-U-R-T-I-S.....don't do it... Kanye gonna double em up!
bold statement
i'm sure some exec's at interscope aren't gonna be happy about that.
he gotta b really feelin himself right now & this is a really bold move... thats tru confidence & arrogance if i kno it
He knows he's going 2 come out on top so why not make that statement.
thank God.. he better stick to that shit cause i don't ever wanna see another retail 50 album again.. he just dug his own grave. i don't like kanye and i don't like 50, but just judging from the buzz that kanye has on THIS site alone, 50 stands no chance.
It's funny that he say def jam is gonna buy kanye's records to keep him close i think thats kind of a insult kanye sold 820,000 copies his first week last album. Ilike that about fif keep it a compition. I know im gone catch alot of backlash from a lot of people but I think 50's gonna win by default cause now interscope is gonna buy his records to make sure he dont retire. before you start talking i said i think. and if he dont win thier gonna drop before i self destruct anyways cause he under contract and the albums already done. it just wont be promoted buy him.
For real i like Kanye music n his flow but i like Fifty more i think 50 is goin 2 cum on top but it is goin 2 close jus cuz sum niggaz dont like 50 Shit anymore dats y n FUCK YOU KID KRUSH N PROW
B-nomoney...b-real about it. Ya boy C-U-R-T-I-S can't mKE MUSIC NOMORE. hE MAKES LOVE RECORDS. His fan base don't feel that shit. He gone sell 2-3 million records. kanye on the other hand....5-6. "Don't hate, I'm only being real"
kanye is going to get him...i will def cop that graduation
Man 50 is gonna win Amusement park did better than Can't tell me nothing, Stronger thats some wack shit I get money is big tune, she want it is a hit in da club. 50 gonna sell more and have a better album all da way
wow dude what are u talkin about? cant tell me nothin is a hit dont forget about the other song fif had and that i get money is hot but the beat is what kills the song not him, plus chamillionaire went harder on that beat than fif and stronger is a hot song and the new song "good life" with T-pain is goin to be hot too, face it man Graduation is goin to win and fif is done. kanye is one of the BEST RAPPERS ALIVE!!!
what the fuck you talking about? nobody is feeling 50's singles. why do you think his album been pushed back 3 times already? the only single he got getting a light buzz is i get money and personally i think that shit is wack. kanye be on mtv and bet all day. his videos come on like every 5 minutes. and if it aint his video its commons videos.
i really hope Kanye sells more i mean they are both really good rappers but 50 jus a cocky motherfucker and i highly doubt if he is outsold by kanye he would stop makin records
Well look's like it's going to be 50 cent's retirement party next on def sounds. I guess hecan fall back on his film career, lol lol lmao, and now the bankruptcy thing will be true to, oh curtis.
IM GOIN FOR KANYE WEST ON THIS ONE!!
that gives another reason to cop kanye's album.
CUUUUUUUURTIS!
ha ha i dont know this might be close but im gon buy graduation and ill see if 50 album is any good b4 i cop that
Imma buy an extra copy of Graduation now because of this. Ye stock is rising and 50 is dropping. I think these numbers will be closer than you think. I'm actually looking forward to this. All the 50 haters are gonna buy Kanye albums now, its hilarious. Shit Camron gonna buy like 10,000.
you gon regret it after
All u motherfuck is some hating bitches waste your money on Kanye shit most of u niggas ain't hood never heard anybody play his shit go da hood
yea go 2 da hood n listen to follow my lead, ayo technology, and amusement park
Lol,damn good one papi, u blazed him, why does everything gotta be hood. if your looking for hood don't buy "Curtis".
Yeah u go COOK CRACK at the Amusement Park and ill listen to some KanYe.
kanye's stronger went from #47 to #6 on billboard hot 100 in one week so the white people must like it
I wana see what ye has 2 say bout this
If 50 cent retire I guess slim shady will have to com back. That will actually be great I'll take that trade 50 cent for eminem, will actually get some good music. I like 50 but I like em more. So I guess, go Kanye!
True we need Em back in the game ( btw Q linda lol), I maen i cant knock his hustle but 5o aint all that...Lyrically he is not ready he needs to back down a lil and look at the big picture, feelin himself a lil too much even tho kanye is a lil cocky himself 5o needs to chill the fuck out with that im the fav crap cause trully he has never been at least foe me....
If thats you in that pic.. I'd smash it
Sorry papi I dont date white guy's. I fill like your stalking me.
Okkk lol but no im not white im black....myspace.com/faresl2
if thats u in dat pic i'd hit it 2 (twice) and 2 latinoprincess are u really latin cause if u were u would use latina instead but no what i mean also wuss wrong with white boyz except there are smaller than black guyz...im not white i dont even look whyte damn use ur eyez
defsounds really wanna see fifty fail...
honestly I dont wanna see 50 fail i mean im not a huge fan of his music but it aight and he has been falling off this go round. but think about 50 keep you interested,this is actually a battle without them throwing out dis tracks at each other and the fact that 50 is upin the stakes makes it better. i just wish kanye would just say something to make it more of a competion im sick of hearing him say "i dont care if come 2nd" im not askin for a diss track but just sound more confident if you not in it to win then why play the game. bu this is actally gone help hip-hop people actually gonna go and buy the albums cause they wanna be apart of history expect alot of albums to be sold that day. I think most people may buy both albums. who know's curtis may still have some hot tracks. I wouldn be surprised if they both sold a mil their first week.
game already said sumthin like this, the nigga is still gonna release a album... or not lol
but interscope wont allow that, so dont get ur hopes up bout this shit
or yea and EMINEM WONT ALLOW THAT EITHER, SO DONT GET UR HOPES UP BOUT THIS SHIT
50 Cent is a talented rapper who has a great flow and knows how to create a stir about whatever he does, but the fact of the matter is that when he started coming out with singles titled "Candy Shop" & "Amusement Park" it was apparent that he would do whatever it takes just to sell records. I mean he criticized Ja Rule for having Ashanti on all his hooks and then 50 Cent himself started singing. I loved Get Rich or Die Trying and there were some tight tracks on The Massacre, but I think that he is way over his head on this one because if a Dre Produced Track (Straight To The Bank) or a track that is clearly meant to appeal to white teenagers (Amusement Park) can't be a hit, then he's fucked. I Get Money is a tight track but by September 11th it will already be played out and even his track with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland are whack. So id say that he may get the first week numbers because of the hype, but thats it, his album will be a flop. Kanye's singles on the other hand haven't preproduced as big of stir as his vious album's singles Diamonds from Sierre Leone and Through The Wire/Slow Jamz, but after hearing Common's album which Kanye Produced almost all the tracks to and which was number one this week, I think that Kanye will sell more records. He's a talented rapper/producer who always tries to reinvent himself and who loves music moreso than money. The best rappers in the game are true to themselves and can make a hit track not by trying to appeal to the masses.
LOL THIS SHIT HAS
30 SUMTHIN COMMENTS ALREADY, IT PROBABLY GET TO 200
HE RELEASED AYO TECHNOLOGY - 76 COMMENTS
FOLLOW MY LEAD VIDEO/SONG - 54 COMMENTS, AND MORE LEFT
DROPPED THAT DISS TRACK - 143 COMMENTS
GO TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE NEWS, 50 CENT IS MENTIONED LIKE ALL THE TIME
THE NIGGA HAVE LIKE A NEW INTERVIEW LIKE EVERY WEEK
OH THIS NIGGA WILL CONTINUE DO THINGS TO KEEP HIS NAME OUT THERE
DUDE DEFINETLY OUTSELLING KANYE, CANT NOBODY PROMOTE BETTER THAN 50. MARKETING GENIUS
I CANT WAIT TILL EMINEM COME OUT
Damn, as MUCH as i dont wanna say this....
Im sorry people for bringing his name into this but im just replying makaveli... Lil Wayne is the king of comments on Defsounds. Period. (source: Above the law and every other single and article)
now... lets continue about 50, i apologize again
^^^^yea we need EM, Nas, Rakim< maybe not but yea we need sum creative hiphopers out there the game is real predictable right now...
50 album is gon be fire...you gotta know he got something up his sleve... he put 6 singles out before the album drop...he just throwin all these tracks out to get the hype, they gon be on the album but that dont mean he aint got another 12-15 fire tracks like usual, the massacure had 22tracks GRODT had 19, you a fool if you think his shit gon flop...his SHIT NEVER FLOPS....I aint tip ridin him hes tyte but i mean damn everyone on here hates him.... this is good for hip-hop but 50 wins at everything he does you cant be serious to think kanye gon win
I like both artist but man, I think 'Ye got 50 on this -----as of right now, shyt could change
I said maybe not cause Rak aint droppin for another 7 years ( his normal album interval lol)
Damn Smiththechamp be trying to kick some knowlegde huh, what does he think he is like a hip-hop teacher or something.
Ay ya yii.... U bad princess
ah ya dont mind smitty
I AINT NEVA HEARD A LATIN CHICK CALL HERSELF LATINO TRY LATINA, AND DAMN SHE TALK HOOD AS FUCK.
Sorry papi, I was adopted into an all black family and dont know much about my culture, I think im going to change cause it's freakin alot of you guy's out.
About talking hood I have 4 black brother's and a sister and they don't play papi.
THANX FOR KEEPIN REAL. THAT NIGGA IS SCREECHES TWIN HIPHOP BROTHER.
LOOSE CHANGE IS TRASH NOW KANYE ALL DAY
That was the dumbest statement he could have made. Cuz you know that if Kanye does outsell him, that he is going to make up another excuse. I don't know why he thinks that Kanye ain't no competiton, I think his head has gotton a little too big. He just gave EVERYONE that doesn't like him a true reason to buy Kanye's album. And trust me, there are alot more 50 haters then there are 50 fans. Stupid,Stupid,Stupid......at least he has vitamin water.
damn, he stay talkin shit
CURTIS STOP THE FAKE RAPS / STOP SNITCHIN. KANYE OWNS YOU
Starting to sound like 50 is making excuses before the fact. That fact being he isn't gonna sell half of the records he sold with each of his first two albums. And what the fuck did he mean by this?:
“Everybody roots against the underdog when he goes against the favorite."
WTF? Everybody roots FOR the underdog, everybody knows that.
KANYE GOT THIS! KANYE IS A WAY BETTER ARTIST! FUCK 50 HES DONE! HIM N GAY-UNIT R OVER!!!!
i hope this is a rumor... but if not... cam and gaame gon go buy 100,000 copies of kanye cd off top. well, 50 prolly send hot rod 2 the store 2 scoop a few of his... i dont kno. gon be verrry intresting. i wonder what Ye has 2 say???
CAM AND GAME DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT.
LALALALALAL LOL LOL LOL
AT REALRAPMD LOL
idk but 50 just loves to talk just to get shit hype he a cocky dude thats wasup but i doubt matter fact i highly doubt it he wud fail plus even kanye knows he gonna be #2 he even sed i dont mind being number 2.
CUUUUURRRRTIS!!! I cant wait to hear what the fuck Cam bout to say off this shit... like him or not, Cam be sayin the funniest shit in the game
haha cam gon buy up them ye cds. gonna be a youtube video of that nigga walkin out da store wit a shopping cart full of graduation
..LMAO
LMAO HELL YEA I CAN SEE IT NOW
Yo! Cam is a funny nigga!!! That press conference about Jay in the "thong sandals" was hilarious!
DATS WHY CAM GOT SNUFFED IN DA MOUTH
SO HE CAN'T TALK SHIT NO MORE
JIMMY STILL GOT EM ON PUNISHMENT ANYWAY
AND DAT WAS A GOOD STATEMENT FOR 50 TO MAKE
CUZ KANYE WEST AINT GOT A SNOWBALLS CHANCE IN HELL TO BEAT DIS NIGGA