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| 50 Cent, Kanye Displaced In Supremacy Battle |
10/17/2007 |
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The battle hip-hop king crown between 50 Cent and Kanye West has been dealt a cruel blow by British singer James Blunt, who has snatched the No. 1 spot on the New Zealand album charts
Blunt took the top spot out with his second album All the Lost Souls, leaving Kanye West''s Graduation at No. 2 and sending 50 Cent''s Curtis - last week''s No. 1 - down to No. 3.
West and 50 Cent have been engaged in a very public war of words over the release of their third albums, which were released in America on the same day.
Infact, 50 Cent has boasted that he would retire from making solo albums if West sold more albums than him, which is looking likely judging by overseas sales figures. That’s if all these war of words were not publicity games by businessmen in hip hop who are apprehensive that the hip hop is dying out like it happened to disco. It has been reported that Hip-hop sales slumped more than 20% coming into 2007, and there was not a rap artist among 2006''s 10 top-selling albums, according to Geoff Mayfield, Billboard magazine''s director of charts and senior analyst
But there seem to be some good news for 50 Cent - his single Ayo Technology is still at No. 1 on the New Zealand singles charts for the second week in a row.
Although, 50 Cent had claimed he would retire from making solo albums if West won the sales battle, but in an interview with Billboard, he is quoted to have said that the race was still early and there is no concrete winner just yet.
"[The sales] can''t be considered [any one way] anyway because it''s just a few days out," he says. "I guess [the music industry] would consider me to be a hip-hop favorite because of my sales history, and people like to root for the underdog."
50 Cent was also reported to have changed his tune about his threat to stop rapping. On New York''s Hot 97 radio station, 50 said if West outsells him he would instead go round for round, matching G-Unit releases with Def Jam''s.
"The [fans that aren''t supporting me now] are the same people that supported me in the past," says 50 Cent. "The impression I gave them was so strong that they have different standards for me. When my music comes out, if it was someone else''s record, it would be a hit because it spun 3,500 times. But they''re looking for the hottest music out at the time from 50 Cent, so if it''s not that, then they show me resistance until I deliver. I''ve only been in the music business for four years and I''m already receiving some backlash. That''s am
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