According to Kanye, the pop star which has yet to do a collabo with the Chicago MC is his biggest inspiration as well as his biggest competition.
“My biggest inspiration and biggest competition is Justin Timberlake. He’s the only other person that gets an across-the-board response and respect level – black radio, white radio.” Kanye says in the October issue of XXL Magazine.
“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.
“We push each other. I look at me and Justin like Prince and Michael Jackson in their day.”
Kanye, who will be going up against 50 Cent on September 11th also told MTV how he felt about the so-called “rivalry.”
“I think we push each other,” Kanye told MTV backstage at the V Festival in Stafford, England, on Saturday. “I feel I wouldn’t have some of the tracks on my album if it wasn’t for 50, and he wouldn’t have some of the things he had if he wasn’t up against me.
In the last couple of years, people have been putting out albums aimlessly. Nas used to talk about Biggie and Jay and Wu-Tang going up against each other, but now it’s like there hasn’t been that competition in rap.
In New York, [West’s] ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’ is the #2 song [on the radio], and [50’s] ‘I Get Money’ is the #1 song. They’re neck-and-neck, so it’s exciting to people.”
Both “Graduation” and “Curtis” will be dropping on September 11th, 2007.
COMMENTS
FIRST BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was gonna call you a faggit, but then i lost interest. but whatever... Your a FUCKING F.A.G.G.I.T!!!!
and Ye's right, there hasn't been no real competition in the game for a good minute. Last 1 i can think of.. Was Jay-z' Black Album goin in on G-units Beg for Mercy.
lil daddy ur a herb wth get a life
mark ass nigga. callin first. who gives a fuck that you aint got a job so you sit on datpiff all night waitin to call first. like you get street cred or something. hahahahah 1st nigga hahahahah!!!!!!
JT?...well i guess boy making money crossing that black & white line in the music biz pop & R&B best of both worlds when you gettin mula i guess. O well i dont hate make ya money. Just waiting to see a Eminem Kanye co-lab...hell Eminem Kanye JT & Weezy co-lab.
well look at Kanye lying he know he got Lil Wayne and andre 300 and LLoyd Banks to worry about.Buddy shit going gold and thats it no more then that.Oh and Fuck JBOI and fuck Lil Daddy for being First
Lloyd Banks...??? He is an embarrassment to the rap game... and to G-Unit... Go somewhere with that shit.
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well look at Kanye lying he know he got Lil Wayne and andre 300 and LLoyd Banks to worry about.Buddy shit going gold and thats it no more then that.Oh and Fuck JBOI and fuck Lil Daddy for being First
So when you go buy that new 50 cent cd,and your in the store with the cd in your hand,will you feel like a fagget with a bag of dicks.Ya'know just overwhelming.
LLoyd Banks is you fuckin kidding me,Lloyd banks is not on the same page nore is 50.
Why is it people don't understand that they are two three different type of rappers. You can't compare 50 or lloyd banks to Kanye. Come up out the toy store for once in your life son. Theres alot of other things to buy other then dildos.
Lloyd Banks... LMAO .. How much did he sell 150.000 units ? - That's what game sells on a day...
yeah fuck you lil daddy same goes for kanye
KANYE IS MY DUDE...BUT BOY IS HE BIG-HEADED....MICHAEL & PRINCE....WHAT THE FUCK HE SMOKING..GRADUATION SHOULD BE WORTH THE WAIT, THAT CHAMPION SONG AS WELL AS BIG BROTHER SOUND OFF THE CHAIN.
OHH!!!! AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE....WOW...I MEAN...KANYE, THAT DUDE WAS IN A SHIT BUBBLEGUM POP GROUP LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AGO AND YOU GIVE HIM PRINCE OR MICHAEL JACKSON STATUS. FUCK JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
really dog shit bubblegum pop????. the same group that sold 2.5 million.....in the first week...like em or not..respect the numbers... thats a record that prolly wont get broken....50 and kanye won't do that combined in the first week... oh yea and mike was in a "shit bubblegum" pop group. jackson 5
I know man. That's what made those white guys a lot of money. U gotta give respect where it's due. Ur right about that Champion track. I gotta get Graduation before Curtis. What u think about that Ayo Technology?
He compares hisself with Michael and Prince 2 gay mofofucker making him a suspect even more and Ye mite sell 500,000 more cause he going against Curtis
Curtis 9/11/07
NIGGA MICK OR PRINCE IS GAY, FUCK U
BUT THAT WAS KINDA FUNNY HEHE
"I GOT U STUCK OF THE REALNESS
WE BE THE INFAMOUS, U HEARD OF US
OFFICIAL QUEENSBRIDGE MURDERERS"
hahahah bicth 50 anit 1 of them it justin tim
Kanye is a smart dude and Timberlake is madd talented who cares where he started he needed 2 get on somehow. Kanye aint even dissin 50 either. So i repeat Kanye is a smart dude he knows the best in the game period!
Prince is gay now??? i did'nt know fucking carmen electra, and appalonia (one of the baddest bitches) made you gay
Prince has smashed some bad chicks
Hey Kitchen420
In your reply above to ALEXIRV, u said "the same group that sold 2.5 million.....in the first week...like em or not..respect the numbers... thats a record that prolly wont get broken....50 and kanye won't do that combined in the first week..."
Man, how can u say 50 and Kanye won't do that combined in the first week? Dude, rethink that comment. If u like, we can place a bet. 50 and Kanye's first week combined will definitely do better than 2.5 million. LETS WATCH AND SEE...
September 11
CURTISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS / Graduation
lol kanye is wack.. u dont become a rapper over night, unless u have ghostwriters
in NOT saying kanye can spit.. but i don't think he's using ghostwriters all that much.. he has improved....started out as shit and ended up aaight.. he might have some shit to say this album....prolly not though
KANYE WAS RAPPING BACK BEFORE HE EVEN CAME OUT, CHECK SOME OF JAY-Z CLASSIC, LIKE BLUE PRINT OR BLUE PRINT HE WAS ON THOSE, KANYE IS AN RAPPER. STOP HATING ON DA ROC.
http://www.defsounds.com/rumors/view/2319-cashis-calls-out-kanye-says-he-doesn-t-write-his-rhymes.html
Niggas always hatin no matter if prince or mike is gay(i dont know if they are or not)he wasnt talking bout they sexuality he was talking about they music and how much it sold and influenced people so stop calling everybody gay cuz if you call the jackson 5 gay then you gotta call like every male group ever gay and i bet they all got more pussy than you
TAKE'S A GAY PERSON TO KNOW A GAY PERSON...IS ALL IM SAYING...Hmm...suspects...
IT'S ALL HYPE AN TALK FOR THE SALES...NUTTIN ELSE....WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AN SEE WHEN THE RECORD DROPS..FUCK ALL THIS TALK...PEACE
Kanye i feels is going to come out on top when it's all over. His message is that much deeper.Fifty to me is try'in to bump heads with Ye cause he knows that if they battle/beef then he'll come out on top.'Cause he's the more aggresive MC. but Ye ain't going for it. 50+no beef=platium but low sells. just THA BOYS OPINION.
thatz wat i like 2 hear...my nigga 50 still runnin that radio play shit #1
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the fuck
LMFAO @ murphy lee comment!!! i look at it this way 50 got (1) banger out "I get money" YE got (4) "Cant tell me nothin"1 -the remix with jeezy 2- "Champion" 3- That "BIG Brother" track. 4- is FIRE im coppin YE's album im not runnin with fif. and i never was a fan of fif's i always like banks and buck better im almost embarassed to admit that because banks is now GARBAGE
Banks has fell off...a lot. Ex. Rotten Apple. But I didn't really ever feel 50 but Get Rich... had some hits on it
All who got a problem with me saying Mike and Prince are gay i bet ya'll are Lil Wayne fans lol lol
STUPID BITCH
50 is making Kanye sell way more albums than he should.
iF Yall havent seen this yet funny shit http://youtube.com/watch?v=0dJu1Jj7VTw
and http://youtube.com/watch?v=V1imuEfaL28
this nigga said prince is gay..jealous he get mo pussy on one tour then you will your whole life lol
I THINK THAT AYO SONG FROM 50 FUCKED UP KANYES MIND I DONT BLAME YOU NIGGA
wtf? loooolll
^^^^NIGGA I HATE YOUR NAME
Lol I hear that... I wonder how hard Kanye tryin to get JT on his album now... At least Kanye has been better about his shit not gettin' leaked and shit... we aren't even supposed to know bout Ayo
^^I know right Its like i done heard the whole damn curtis cd already n all i heard from kan is stronger n cant tell me nothin..the tracks that were supposed to be released
GRADUATION BABY!!!...WHERES U AT CUUUUUUUUUUURRTIS??
dats how u kno hip hop is dead. kanye west vrs. 50 cent is a competition. SMH
i guess you want, biggie vs pac or something
or like jayz vs nas, but only 5 years ago
beat it bitch... thats whats yo girl be tellin me too
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
C.U.R.T.I.S GONNA BLOW THIS LIL NI55A OUT NOMO
i dont think curtis "graduated"
50's just about finished, soon to be joining Ja Rule in the has been category/ You'll catch him Surreal Life soon
Both albums are gonna sell. Kanye gonna have the best beats - I just hope he tightens up his flow. Lyrically he's gonna murder fif. No doubt fif can rap but his rhymes are WHACK. He's the one who needs a ghostwriter. Still, I'm copping both but I bet I'll listen to fif a couple of times and then shelve it but Graduation gonna get played a lot. Eardrum and Finding Forever are still the best 2 albums to drop this year.
Does anyone know when Get Back is dropping? And also, what about American Black Man?
A-YO, KITCHEN420 ORR WHATEVER THE FUCK YOUR NAME IS DON'T EVER COME ON A HIP HOP SITE AND GIVE PROPS TO KNOW FUCKING N-SYNC SHIT. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT SELLING 2.5 MILL IN A WEEK, IT'S POP MUSIC YOU DICK. 50 HAS GOT THE RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST OPENING DEBUT FOR A ARTIST EVER....THAT'S HOT SHIT. FUCK JUSTIN AND ALL THEM BITCH ASS POP GROUPS. WHEN EMINEM WAS DISSIN KNOW ONE SAID SHIT...SO THESE BLACKS GUYS JUMPING TO WORK WITH HIM ARE PRICKS....ALL OF THEM, NELLY, TIMBALAND, EVEN 50 & T.I. HAVE SOLD OUT. NOW TELL ME TRUE R&B AIN'T DEAD. CAUSE OF THESE NO SOUL FAKE WANNABE BLACK.....YES WANNABE BLACK BITCHES...FUCK EM ALL. (ROBIN THICKE GETS A PASS BECAUSE HE'S BEING HIMSELF)
but you dont see paleman get respect on asian radio
FUCK THAT PRICK ABOVE
Justin Timberlake is everybodies competition when it comes to record sales requardless of his genre at any point in his career.N-SYNC was the hot shit at that point n time and??doesnt mean dude is trippin cuz hes givin theyre album sales credit.YOU personally may not have liked them but the millions of girls and couple thousand dudes(who be frontin)did.Future Sex Love Sound was a good ass cd also so kanye is right in that aspect.Kan be talkin kinda crazy but he shouldnt worry about coming in number 2 because Ayo Technology wasnt even crackin that much..maybe if 50 wasnt on it,I get Money..yeah it did the Job..Follow My Lead...yeah that shit is pretty sad
Ye been done gone crazy...
KANYE IS GIVING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE TOO MUCH CREDIT.
JUSTIN TEAMS WITH THE HOTTEST PRODUCERS; THAT'S WHY HIS ALBUM IS TIGHT.
LET'S FACE IT, IF TIMBALAND DID YOUR WHOLE ALBUM...WOULDN'T YOU BE TIGHT?
THE NEPTUNES AND TIMBALAND DID HIS FIRST ALBUM...IT WAS TIGHT.
JUSTIN WOULDN'T BE AS HOT IF HE DIDN'T HAVE CREDIBLE BLACK PRODUCERS DOIN' HIS MUSIC.
KANYE DOES ALL HIS OWN MUSIC. HE IS CREDIBLE. WHY WOULDN'T HE MAKE A TIGHT ALBUM?
TIMBERLAKE IS OVER-RATED. BLACK PEOPLE KEEP HIM LOOKING KOOL WHILE WHITE PEOPLE KEEP HIM RICH!!! REAL TALK.
TABARI
THANK YOU...PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT IF THIS DUMB SHIT CARRIES ON THEN OUR MUSIC (BLACK PEOPLE) WILL NOT BE OURS TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS TO IT. LOOK AT ROCK N ROLL...THE YOUNGER GENERATION THINKS THAT WHITE PEOPLE MADE THAT WHEN WE AS BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE TRUE PIONEERS OF THAT WHOLE SOUND. HIP HOP COULD BE THE SAME, LOOK AT R&B...THE TWO BIGGEST ARTIST IN THE SCENE RIGHT NOW IS TIMBERLAKE & ROBIN THICKE....BLACK PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES. WHILE WE FIGHT WHO'S THE MOST GANGSTA...THEY ARE CHANGING OUR MUSIC SLOWLY UNDER OUR EYES. (THIS IS NOT A RASCIST THING IT'S JUST REAL....CHECK THE HISTORY....YOU'LL SEE)
AND ALSO....ASK TIMBERLAKE TO MAKE AN ALBUM WITH NO NEPTUNES, TIMBALAND OR ANY OTHER BLACK PRODUCER AND HE IS GARBAGE....KANYE WAS VERY STUPID TO SAY WHAT HE SAID, GIVING TIMBERLAKE THAT MUCH RESPECT IS CRAZY.
TIMBERLAKE SHOULD BE THANKING THE HEAVENS HE WAS BLESSED TO WORK WITH LEGENDS LIKE TIMBALAND & THE NEPTUNES, BOTH HAVE HAD A SOUND THAT HAS CHANGED HOW PRODUCERS WORK..THEY ARE TRENDSETTERS.
WE MAKE TIMBERLAKE HOT HE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE AHEAD OF THE REAL STARS BECAUSE HE'S WHITE SIMPLY AS....PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES...
THAT SONG WITH JUSTIN AND 50 IS A BANGER. YALL NIGGAS IS HATIN. YALL JUST DON'T GET YALL GROOVE ON THATS ALL. " GOT ME SAYIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YO, IM TIRED OF USING TECHNOLOGY-Y, I JUST WANT YOU ON TOP OF ME, AAAAAAAAAAAAAA YO. THATS MY PART "I JUST WANT YOU ON TOP OF ME" THATS REAL SHIT FOR THE REAL NIGGAS FOR THE HARD HITTERS FOR THE DRUG DEALERS. YOU FEEEEEEEL MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! FUCK A TEXT MESSAGE OR AN EMAIL MAN. GET THE FUCK ON TOP AND RIDE THIS MUTHA FUCKA
LOL @ REALRAPMD
that songs aight, but that "big brother" track kanye did is boss up.
HOW REAL IS REALRAPID....MY NIGGAS IS BUMPIN "I GET MONEY" NOT "A-YO TECHNOLOGY" LEAVE DAT TO BABYMOMS AND DEM.
DAMN...SOUND LIKE YOU WANT 50 ON TOP OF YOU....GAY ASS FOOL....WHERE DO YOU GUYS COME FROM.
SERIOUSLY READ DAT FOOL ABOVE ME REALRAPMD...IF THAT AIN'T GAY THEN ELTON JOHN AIN'T EVER SUCKED A DICK. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
AGAIN....WHERE DO YOU GUYS COME FROM....YOU AIN'T ON THE BLOCK TALKIN THAT SHIT UNLESS YOUR BLOCK IS MELROSE PLACE...FOR REAL.
im sayin hop off realrapmd's nuts i done seen you all over these boards postin on that niggas comments never talkin bout the subject on hand. slow ya roll lil homie and took a look around aint no other niggas in here beefin but you you dumb retarted mother _
[reply] ALEXIRV nigga you sound like one dem rich kids off that show back in the day on nickelodeon "wonder years" funny ass lookin dude. you certified suspect potna.
IT'S THE SUBJECT AT HAND NOT ON HAND YOU STUPID FAGGOT
lllseed YA DUMB BITCH....I DEFEND HIP HOP LIKE YA MOM SUCKS MY DICK....YA PRICK.
DON'T START WIT ME FUCKBOY....YOU A BITCH....LEARN HOW TO READ...SAYING I WAS DEFENDING REALRAPMD....YA DUMB BITCH....STAY OUTTA GROWN FOLK BUSINESS YOU DOORAG WEARING FOOL...FUCK YOU.
FAKE ASS HOMO THUG....
SLOW YA ROLE...LIL BITCH