50 Cent Plays The Blame Game, Accuses Def Jam Of Buying Kanye West CDs

[greasybugsy]

50 Cent has reportedly accused Def Jam Records of manipulating Kanye West's album sales.

According to New York's Daily News, 50 (born Curtis Jackson) made the accusations during an interview with British based magazine Uncut.

"He's never had a fraction of the sales 50 Cent has," Fif said. "They could have only one scan and have it count four times. West's entire career hasn't sold half what I sold on my first album.

Both rappers' released their third solo albums last week. As of Friday, Nielsen's SoundScan figures showed that West's Graduation had shifted 600,000 discs while 50's Curtis had reportedly sold 430,000 copies. Over the weekend, several music industry trade publications like Billboard and Hits have estimated West's projected sales around 800,000 copies, with 50 selling in the range of 600,000.

Billboard's Geoff Mayfield countered 50's claims saying that there is a slim chance that Def Jam would have doctored the sales figures.

"The people who built SoundScan put safeguards in place to track sales that don't look kosher," Mayfield explained.

Representatives for 50 Cent and Kanye West did not return calls when contacted. Ironically, both artists are tied to the same corporation, Universal Group, which owns Def Jam and Interscope.

[greasybugsy]

Kanye has no chance... hmmmm def jam is gonna buy records...hmmm im gonna retire, no more albums, no tours...hmmmm im gonna go to war with def jam if i lose...

Dudes been doing a contstant 360

[ckslums]

i cant deal w/ anymore 50 in these news threads....

of course he's crying the blame game, he's been making excuses for a while now...nothing new

whats wac tho is his ego and tactics apart i dug 50's music man, and even tho i feel a few tracks on curtis overall its sad 2 see that not only is he on the decline as far as the music, it's these bullshit juvenile tactics as well...

when i think of the greats, jay, nas, big, i mean dudes beefed but u never heard crying, u never saw any of this gay shit thats been goin down, i jus wish homey would shutup and chill out for a while...b kool there's still a g-unit album that could salvage some credit coming up in a few mos, not likely but hey dont kill the chance b4 it gets here

[greasybugsy]

Originally Posted by ckslums

i cant deal w/ anymore 50 in these news threads....

of course he's crying the blame game, he's been making excuses for a while now...nothing new

whats wac tho is his ego and tactics apart i dug 50's music man, and even tho i feel a few tracks on curtis overall its sad 2 see that not only is he on the decline as far as the music, it's these bullshit juvenile tactics as well...

when i think of the greats, jay, nas, big, i mean dudes beefed but u never heard crying, u never saw any of this gay shit thats been goin down, i jus wish homey would shutup and chill out for a while...b kool there's still a g-unit album that could salvage some credit coming up in a few mos, not likely but hey dont kill the chance b4 it gets here

Yea i agree.. I mean It's like everyday its something new...

You know where i think hes gone wrong, he's pretty much closed himself off, and singled his crew out in the game... with beefing with so many people, a lot of times for basically no reason..... he started getting to braggish & cocky in his music, and forget a little bit about that you are here for the people..... you make music for US TO ENJOY... not to compete with other rappers...
Of course, you do that too, but not all the time..
He lost a lot of credibility with Game ripping him apart, and its just getting worse & worse...

[and123w]

What a sore fucking loser, fuckin' bitch.

[7UP]

50 gotta stop whining!

[greasybugsy]

Originally Posted by and123w

What a sore fucking loser, fuckin' bitch.

Word..

He's looking like a little girl who couldn't get the guy she wanted or some shit.....

If he thought Def Jam really did that, he should do it privately, and come with some facts to his accusations..

[-+JoezDog4+-]

@ 50 being a sore loser

[and123w]

He needs to call the wambulence lawl

[ckslums]

true that, i mean u gotta give game his props. he coulda conformed like the rest of g-unit, like buck, banks, etc. and dissed the legends, and other rappers who have paid their dues while these dudes were basically nobody w/out 50 but he chose to not do it and got kicked out for being 'disloyal' yeah when he was wit 50 he went 1.5, and solo he was 800,000 but u kno what, how many other rap heads respect game...dude can fuck w/ almost anyone in the game and has his dignity

looking @ j-hood, remy, and jim, it looks so stupid bcuz what happens when they all flop. who's gonna have their back? their former movements who theyve now just str8 up disrespected? come on...look @ g-unit. buck gets some respect in the south, but who can lloyd banks really call on 2 help him? who? yayo sucks 50's dick so he's set for life, but i mean it could happen to buck as well, olivia been got the boot. mobb @ least had some street cred and a solid fanbase b4 they signed even tho arguably a lotta fans felt betrayal @ that signing it was what it was and if they got the boot off g-unit today theyre fans would prob love them even harder...its just funny 2 me, watchin this wrap shit turn into fuckin WWF