"On Thursday (July 19), sources confirmed that Kanye West's Graduation LP has now shifted from September 18 to September 11. You might remember that, not too long ago, Interscope Records pushed 50 Cent's album Curtis back one week from September 4 to September 11. Let the games begin." - MTV News
Sweet! Clearly Jay-Z's playing "chess not checkers" at Def Jam and going all in to knock Fif' off his pedestal. Curtis has always used his superior sales to claim that he runs hip-hop, so it's a put up or shut up type of situation. If 50 "loses" by selling less than Kanye, by his own standards, it'll mean 'Ye's more of a big deal and could officially mark a decline in his relevance.
Kanye doesn't have the same pressure to sell, as his bragging tends to relate to the quality of his music more than to his album sales. Also, unlike Curtis, his 1st couple of singles have generally had a positive response.
Whatever happens, it should be interesting to hear how Curt tries to undermine his opponent in the next few weeks. Don't know if it quite qualifies as irony, but the 'Assacre was the last new album I bought - put me off paying for music - while in this case I'm hoping the boy gets egg on his face. Will defo kop Graduation, if only for that purpose.
Royce da 5'9 - Ding Ding
Canibus - 2nd Round Knockout
"...your main objective out here is to do nuttin' but eat eat eat eat MC's, for lunch, breakfast..." - Iron Mike to Canibus
Sweet! Clearly Jay-Z's playing "chess not checkers" at Def Jam and going all in to knock Fif' off his pedestal. Curtis has always used his superior sales to claim that he runs hip-hop, so it's a put up or shut up type of situation. If 50 "loses" by selling less than Kanye, by his own standards, it'll mean 'Ye's more of a big deal and could officially mark a decline in his relevance.
Kanye doesn't have the same pressure to sell, as his bragging tends to relate to the quality of his music more than to his album sales. Also, unlike Curtis, his 1st couple of singles have generally had a positive response.
Whatever happens, it should be interesting to hear how Curt tries to undermine his opponent in the next few weeks. Don't know if it quite qualifies as irony, but the 'Assacre was the last new album I bought - put me off paying for music - while in this case I'm hoping the boy gets egg on his face. Will defo kop Graduation, if only for that purpose.
Royce da 5'9 - Ding Ding
Canibus - 2nd Round Knockout
"...your main objective out here is to do nuttin' but eat eat eat eat MC's, for lunch, breakfast..." - Iron Mike to Canibus
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