HAHAAA! Kanye West PUMLES 50 Cent in 1st week ablum sales!

Kanye performs at GQ Magazine's 50th anniversary party in New York last night (9.18.07)

Rich Boyz: Diddy, Reid, West, and Jay

Kanye and Fiance Alexis Phifer

Award show face off

106 and Park appearance

Kanye's 957,000 to 50's 691,000

I started off with my maniacal, "HAHAAA!" only because 50 Cent earlier stated in his rash arrogance that if Kanye outsold him in album sales (both rappers albums dropped 9/11/007) that he would retire as a solo artist. Now hear me, I actually like 50. And the bullet head may have been joking in his statement but I say it's best to keep thy mouth shut and not say such silly things in over confidence lest that dummy be shut up by the facts that will later embarrass. 50 told the media that he didn't even consider West to be any type of competition. Kanye (not known for keeping quiet, hello 2007 MTV VMA's and other explosion events!) wisely & strangely kept his mouth shut about the competition on a larger scale. Hmmmm.

So does 50 quit?!! Hellz no! We know he's not a quitter. If he does step down I'd truly be shocked and angry. He'd only do it for attention and to create publicity then he'd later have some fanatic "come back" where he'd top the charts with his club hits all over again...maybe the next time with something more deep in lyrics. Not necessarily a bad idea. In this industry you have to stay fresh to be on top and being a publicity hog is a business. But that is all just a what-if. In the middle of the week (last week) when Chicago's Kanye was already beating his competition by over 100,00 albums, New York's own 50 said, "It aint over yet". Well unlike the Presidential election ballads, these numbers won't be crossed. The people spoke, they prefer the insightful musings of Kanye over the club poppers of 50. Bam!

Truly 50 doesn't have anything to be shamed of because his album did sell very well. He did not match his sales of previous more successful albums (his last album, 2005's "The Massacre," sold 1.1 million in its first week) in the first week however he has nothing to be too saddened about...except his big mouth that is. Well upon another look maybe he does. That mouth can get you into trouble. But hey isn't that the part-time job of some rappers anyway...to pump themselves up and talk mad junk on the competition. It's a lyrics game, many players and this week one big winner; other big mouth Kanye West. But Kanye is so endearing and honest in his need for approval in some weird I don't give a Fu** yet please like my music kind (sometimes he's so prideful, sometimes he's so humble) of way that you gotta love him!

AP Entertainment source

"To be a champion, you've got to take out a champion," West declared Tuesday night, as an all-star crowd including Jay-Z (J better be there! Kanye actually has a song on his new album dedicated to his gratitude of the Hip Hop Entrepreneur. Wow!), Beyonce and Diddy cheered him on. Moments later, he called for his "theme music," then launched into a performance of his song "Good Life."

Things couldn't be much better for West, who gave the struggling music industry its best debut of the year with "Graduation," besting the year's previous first-week champ, Linkin Park, which sold 623,000 of "Minutes to Midnight" when it debuted in May.

"It feels overwhelming," West told The Associated Press earlier in the day. "Everyone is coming up to me and telling me how proud they are of me." (love this guy...so grateful and he didn't even have those recent tantrums for publicity I don't think. He speaks always from the heart.)

Fifty, who is planning a world tour for his album, was conciliatory in defeat. In a statement to the AP, which didn't address whether he planned to make good on his vow to retire, he said: "I am very excited to have participated in one of the biggest album release weeks in the last two years. Collectively, we have sold hundreds of thousands of units in our debut week. This marks a great moment for hip-hop music, one that will go down in history."

"With all the negativity that the press tries to put on me, this perception that they try to create of me being a really bad person — for so many fans to go out and say, 'We still want to buy Kanye's album,' means a lot to me," he said. "This is a really pivotal moment for me emotionally." Kanye shared. Awwww. Tear drop.
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Final week one figures (again in case you missed it or choked):

Kanye West: Graduation =957,000 copies (actually the first album to come close to selling as many as 50's 2005 "The Massacre" in 1st week sales)

50 Cent: Curtis =691,000 copies

I end with wise words from the president of Rap himself...young (getting old) HOV:

Jay-Z, who is featured on a new 50 Cent remix of his hit "I Get Money," said this setback could actually benefit 50 in the long run.
"The worst thing about success is it makes you complacent. I think when you face any type of adversity it makes you dig deep ... everyone goes through it, all the greats go through it," he said. "In his music, he hadn't gone through any type of adversity. ... he'll come back and make great music."