Kanye West and 50 Cent at the MTV VMAs. PHOTO: MTV.
So Super Tuesday has finally arrived. For the final push, both Kanye West will be in New York, making various appearances, including a joint stop at "TRL" this afternoon.
50 Cent will also do a signing at the Best Buy in Midtown (529 5th Ave. @ 44th St.) at 6:30 p.m. today.
So who's going to win this battle? Well, sales-wise, 50 Cent's "Curtis" and West's "Graduation" are both expected to sell between 500k and 600k this week, with Kenny Chesney's "Just Who I Am" doing about 400k-500k.
Artistically, I'd give the edge (quite unexpectedly) to "Curtis," which uses high-powered guests and top-of-the-line production to build a lot of fun, while "Graduation" is serious, but also much more substantial. [Read my full reviews of both albums here.]
In the end, this whole duel has helped both sides. And though West may be exaggerating a bit when he dubs today "the biggest release date in music history," it will certainly be a much bigger sales day than either of their individual days would have been. And notice how no one is talking about The Bet any more? That's because no one really expects it to be an issue, especially with international sales factored in.
“It’s purely a marketing scheme on my part,” West told MTV. “I decided that we should come out on the same day. It’s one of the most talked about release dates... I don’t have beef with 50 Cent. I don’t have beef with anyone. I don’t do that. I make music. We wanted to do something to create the hype and that’s what we did.”
My prediction: 50 Cent sells 600k (not enough to beat Linkin Park for biggest opening week of the year), Kanye sells 575k and Chesney a solid 525k.
Comments (2)
you was rite on the money with 50 but come on mang how can you doubt kanyye 900k sold manggg
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