The Battle Continues
One day after the highly anticipated release of Kanye West's Graduation, and 50 Cent's Curtis albums, the two rappers are still duking it out to see who will sell the most records in the first week. It was reported a while ago, and mentioned in my previous entry, that if Kanye West outsold 50 Cent on September 11 (the release date), then 50 would retire from writing music and producing solo albums. Well the numbers are in for September 11 album purchases. According to Billboard, Kanye West sold 437,000 copies of his album, Graduation in its first day of sales on Tuesday, which out sold 50 Cent's Curtis album by about 127,000. So, according to 50's statement a month ago, it would seem that is solo career is over.
I wouldn't be so sure though; it appears that Kanye and 50 will wait 1 week to compare album sales. Even though sales and trend lines suggest that Kanye will out sell 50 quite easily, it's really hard for me to imaging someone like Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) actually shallowing his pride and sticking to his word. Wouldn't it be nice though? We'll see.
Anyways, as Kris mentioned, it's a very busy time for us here at Become. There are a lot of cool features we're adding to the site that is going to make become.com awesome. So check back regularly!
Also: Rock Band for xbox 360 and PS3 -- its going to be rad. Check it out!
Brent