OlderKanye West Vs. 50 Cent — Rolling Stone
Kanye West and 50 Cent are battling it out on Rolling Stone’s next cover. The big showdown happens in less than a week when their albums drop on the same date, September 11th. Here’s an excerpt of “Who Will Be The King Of Hip-Hop?”:
“My first album was the highest-selling LP of 2003,” 50 Cent says, pointing to the fact that 2003’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ moved more than 800,000 copies in the four days after it dropped. He goes on to note that his follow-up, The Massacre, was the second-highest-selling album of 2005. “That album sold something like 1.14 million in four days. Jay-Z’s last album sold something like 1.6 total. Kanye works for Jay-Z. Kanye is a worker bee. He’s never been able to generate a fraction of the interest that I have.”
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**** that country singing mothat fucka……. i like 50 and kanyes work…. its crazy beccause 50 got some heat…. he **** for the ladies and **** for the gangstas…… i own every 50 cd and every kanye cd……. ahhhhh!!!!!!!! im hella confused…… i dont know who i want to buy……. **** ima just buy both of them….i want kanye west to win so ima just buy kanye this week and 50 next week.
Niggers!
I love the cover. The people at RS are pretty smart and they understand that KW vs. 50 is the biggest story in music right now. Many country music fans want to see KC on the cover, but his album release is not the biggest story in music right now.
Please respect the artists even if you cannot relate to them. I do not agree with everything that the artists say or stand for, but it does not make them a thug, ghetto, or even a redneck. Respect their talents, their work, and their opinions.
Finally, do not comment on subjects that you have very little knowledge about. You make youself look very ignorant.
Kanye gets it—producer and m.c, dope….50, please stop killing people in ya rhymes, there won’t be any black people left to start the revoloution…..save Hip-Hop!!! somebody please!!!! most people on here don’t know shiiiiiiiiiitttt…about real hip-hop
Personally I’m a fan of kanYe. Even though the whole whining thing from a few years back put him back a bit in my mind, its his gimmick: he’s really full of himself. On the other hand, he makes some damn good music. No matter what he’s doing it sounds different than 80% of what we here. There’s no way I could justify supporting 50 cent whose entire musical catalog sounds identical. He’s like the Nickleback of hip-hop. 50’s got talent, he just needs to diversify his music enough to have something new.
I must agree that this beef with fifty and Kanye is purely theatrical. I have no doubt that it originated from a not so brilliant marketing ploy to help 50 outsell Kanye and he needs all the help he can get.
Gangsta rap is losing steam and getting old, as the fans grow more sophisticated and demanding. It’s no surprise that COMMON’s CD is doing great and that sales for Hip Hop are disappointingly low.
I for one welcome the change which is well needed. We need to stop poisoning the mind of our children these ignorant gangsta lyrics that are anti-intellectual and only contribute to demise of black culture.
We need to promote decency, pride, self love, and celebrate our Women through our music. Enough with the misogyny, enough with the tasteless bling and the oversized clothes that make us look like buffoons with no personality or self worth
ITS ALL ABOUT KANYE 50 sucks balls
Stephanie Schneider, I can tell from your “ghetto trash” remark that you are upset because they are both far well off in life than you are…lol you are no better than the filty words that come out of your mouth…lol you probably was raised in such a manner from generations of hate…lol get over it…if they are ghetto trash than please, tell me…what does that make you? useless hot garbage???
Arians…what a joke. Arians (arian_man) are niggers too and any other ignorant human being who acts in a ignorant manner. By the way…I am a white man so please so “arians” you are making the white race look ridiculous!
kanye, kanye, kanye, 50 is war, he has no life and is too old to be creating drama where kanye is too smart ; god bless kanye ; and 50 too !
Im alL BouT Ma SuN KanYe WeszT….50 CenT Iz a BuM ( Lyrically KanYe WeszT WilL FiNiszH Hiim, Yesz he miight sell more butt those are just numbers Kanye west will alwayz be above him !!! )
I hate all of u mother fuckers! I can’t wait to see u all in in hell! *******! this web sites is Lame!
kanye is true talent and creativity!
he is the winner
50 is wack. just listen to his lyrics. liltle kids can write better than him. the only people who buy his music or white boys who think 50 is hard. But is a *****. If he really got beef with all these people why is he always rappin about it. If he’s really hard as he say he is, why dont he go fight them. 50 is wack to the fulliest but if u dont buy his cd he will probably tell on u.
Niggers stink. I hate niggers. they need to pick some cotton and rape their mother.
50 Cent is just a snitch ***** anyhow! He ratted out all of Rockafella’s crew and got them caught up. What a pansy! Also Tony Yayo is a snitch ***** too :/ They all sucking balls and they can take their suckiness to a f****n “PIGGY” bank! If you noticed he sings about pigs in his old songs lol b/c he is a PIG which means he is a cop for all you idiots who don’t know that.
50 Cent = PIG
PIG = Snitch *****
kanye that dude and he just crushed 50 th
es mejor 50 cent no se por que se va rebajar
I’m glad to see that Kanye beat 50. 50 is too cocky and needed a good reality check. Don’t get me wrong, I luvs me some 50, but the way he has been treating Kanye is really upsetting. He needed to realize that Ye is not Killa Cam, Fat Joe, Jada, or Ja. He can’t off set Ye’s album sales by disrespecting and coming at him. I watched 106 and Park for the Clash of The Titans and was very surprised to see 50 basically intimidating Kanye all the way. From what I hear about Chi Town ain’t no puncks there. I know Ye hurd all that yippin and yappin 50 was doin, so he should have cleared the air. Maybe he was trying to be the bigger man or at least act like the bigger man. I watched both album sales like it was a Sunday morning Eagles game, and would like to say thanks to both for an outstanding fight till the finish.
P.S. 50 is still my all time favorite rapper but he just needed a reality check.
Thanks,
$pecial K
Who cares about 50 cent hes old snitching news now! lol
HORNY GORILLA vs. AWESOME PERSON
1.White People make up the BULK of Hip Hop RECORD SALES !!!
2.White People make up the BULK of Hip Hop FASHION SALES !!
ASK JAY-Z & SEAN COMBS
3.Country Sales of Kenny Chesney, have NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS SUBJECT.
REGARDING (UGLY) COMMENTS, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THE ONES THAT POSTED THE UGLY REMARKS…LOOK THEMSELVES !!!
PROBABLY JUST AS, IF NOT MORE UGLY…INSIDE AS WELL AS OUT.
ITS LIKE THEIR SAYING “ALL WHITE PEOPLE LOOK GOOD” OR “ALL WHITE ARTIST LOOK GOOD”
WHEN WE ALL KNOW THATS A BOLDACTIC & BOLD FACED LIE !!
ANYWAY…AS LONG AS THE MAJORITY RULED SOCIETY (AMERICA) CONTINUES TO BUY “HIP HOP” IT WILL NEVER DIE.
NOTE: GERMANY IS ALSO THE 2ND LARGEST CONSUMER OF “HIP HOP MUSIC” BUYERS OF HIP HOP MUSIC…DID YOU KNOW THAT ?
DUMK A SHEIN MEIN HEIR ..HAHAHA
GOOD DAY
OMAAR
Go Germany!
luis Martinez sweetbutnotrich@yahoo.com
English Essay
KANYE WEST V.S 50 CENT
Kanye West is definitely a better rapper than 50 Cent, not only did kanye sell 266 thousand more copies than 50, but Kanye is original, inspiring, and delivers the freshness that hip-hop and rap need.
Kanye West’s cd GRADUATION came out September 11th and 50 Cent’s cd I GET MONEY. 50 Cent had said to Rolling Stone that he was not only confident but that he was sure that he will out sale Kanye in cd sales in the first week, if not he will retire his rapping career and stay as a producer. 50 Cent later took those words back.
Kanye West is original, not unlike the other rappers he has his own spice he puts in music, the rhythm, the beat, the flow, the sound, even what the song means and what it’s trying to tell us. Kanye West’s music is like old school DMC with a little bit of new school rap. Kanye not only tells us about his life but about what he believes to make him better as a person like how his songs say “Can’t tell me nothing’
“Had a dream I can buy my way to heaven
when I awoke, I spent that on a necklace.
I told God I’d be back in a second,
Man It’s so hard not to act reckless.
To whom much is given much is tested.
Get arrested, got some chili, get the message.
I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny,
And What I do? Act more stupidly.
Bought More Jewelry, More Louis V, My momma couldn’t get through to me.
The drama, people suing me,
I’m on T.V. talking like it’s just you and me.
I’m just saying how I feel man,
I ain’t one of the Cosby’s I ain’t go to Hill man
I guess the money should’ve changed him”
In other words kanye is saying how he see’s people change, just because of money. He talks about how we always choose wrong over right. Money only changes our appearance and how we are seen, but deep inside we are still the same person.
Kanye is a rapper that appreciates life and in all of his new albums he raps like if were to be his last. Kanye is a rapper that cares about what he has to say in his music and what impact it has on his fans and the people. Kanye tells us what doesn’t kill him makes him Stronger, unlike 50 Cent just talking about sex and how much money he has and how much of a gangster he is. Kanye was named 1 of the 100 most influential people in the world in the year 2005. Like Kanye says “I live life as if it were my last day here on Earth”. In other words he appreciates life more than anything. Kanye knows that God made him everything he’s not that defines him in life now like his song says,
“Everything I AM”
“ Oh oh ohoo.
damn, here we go again.
Oh oh ohoo.
Common passed on this beat, I made it to a jam,
now everything I’m not, made me everything I am.
damn, here we go again.
people talking ****, but when the **** hit the fan
everything I’m not, made me everything I am.”
50 Cent does not care about what he has to say in his music, he just says it because he knows it’s going to make him money. 50 Cent can be a better rapper if he listened to what Kanye has to say in his music. 50 Cent has gone threw a cruel life but why does he only have to rap about what he’s gone threw. 50 Cent should rap about changes and decisions he made in life and what not to do, so we don’t end up in the life of drugs or gang violence. What 50 Cent needs is to rap for the fans not for all the other gangsters so he looks cool. 50 Cent needs freshness and originality to do something no other rapper has done to their music.
50 Cent only cares about drugs, making the wrong choices, money, and how he seduces woman into doing things. With all his money he says he on top of the world, it’s the greatest possession he owns like his song “Ayo Technology” it’s a good song but listen to what it’s telling us and what it means.
“Ayo Technology”
She she, she want it, I want to give it to her
She know that, it’s right here for her
I want to, see you break it down
I’m ballin’, throw’n money around
She work it girl, she work the pole
She break it down, she take it low
She fine as hell, she about the dough
She doing her thing out on the floor
Her money money, she makin’ makin’
Look at the way she shakin’ shakin’
Make you want to touch it, make you want to taste it
Have you lustin’ for her, go crazy face it
Now don’t stop, get it, get it
The way she shakin’ make you want to hit it
Think she double jointed from the way she splitted
Got you’re head f**ked up from the way she did it
She’s so much more than you’re used to
She know’s just how to move to seduce you
She gone do the right thing and touch the right spot
Dance in you’re lap till you’re ready to pop
This song only talks about doing and seducing a girl right and how u get pleasured back. 50 Cent needs some originality all of his music is about same subjects, like this one about sex and money. Where the moral in life in this song is is that all you want from life money and sex where is the success in this. 50 needs some new stuff if not he ganna stay down like Kanye has him.
Kanye West is a better rapper, better producer. Kanye has catchy beats and music you’ll love to hear and won’t get tired of. When kanye takes a break from promoting himself like a page three girl at the film premiere, he’s capable of fashioning some of the freshest most memorable hip-hop tunes of the year. Kanye is the better rapper. 50 cent should learn from the best, which is Kanye West. Kanye should keep up his work and he will see his work pay off. Face the truth! Kanye is an icon, and inspiring one.
Work Cited
1. “West V.S 50.” Rolling Stone. 12 Sept.-Oct. 2007. 12 Sept. 2007 .
2. “Kanye West.” Wikipedia. 19 Oct. 2007. Wikipedia. 16 Sept. 2007 .
3. Harris, Chris. “Kanye West, 50 Cent Leave Competition in the Dust on Albums Chart.” MTV.Com. 19 Sept. 2007. MTV. 21 Sept. 2007 .
4. Martens, Todd. “Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ Bests 50 Cent’s ‘Curtis’” Latimes.Com. 20 Sept. 2007. Latimes. 29 Sept. 2007 .
5. “Music.” Kanyeuniversecity. Kanye West Productions. 2 Oct. 2007 .
uis Martinez
English Essay
KANYE WEST V.S 50 CENT
Kanye West is definitely a better rapper than 50 Cent, not only did kanye sell 266 thousand more copies than 50, but Kanye is original, inspiring, and delivers the freshness that hip-hop and rap need.
Kanye West’s cd GRADUATION came out September 11th and 50 Cent’s cd I GET MONEY. 50 Cent had said to Rolling Stone that he was not only confident but that he was sure that he will out sale Kanye in cd sales in the first week, if not he will retire his rapping career and stay as a producer. 50 Cent later took those words back.
Kanye West is original, not unlike the other rappers he has his own spice he puts in music, the rhythm, the beat, the flow, the sound, even what the song means and what it’s trying to tell us. Kanye West’s music is like old school DMC with a little bit of new school rap. Kanye not only tells us about his life but about what he believes to make him better as a person like how his songs say “Can’t tell me nothing’
“Had a dream I can buy my way to heaven
when I awoke, I spent that on a necklace.
I told God I’d be back in a second,
Man It’s so hard not to act reckless.
To whom much is given much is tested.
Get arrested, got some chili, get the message.
I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny,
And What I do? Act more stupidly.
Bought More Jewelry, More Louis V, My momma couldn’t get through to me.
The drama, people suing me,
I’m on T.V. talking like it’s just you and me.
I’m just saying how I feel man,
I ain’t one of the Cosby’s I ain’t go to Hill man
I guess the money should’ve changed him”
In other words kanye is saying how he see’s people change, just because of money. He talks about how we always choose wrong over right. Money only changes our appearance and how we are seen, but deep inside we are still the same person.
Kanye is a rapper that appreciates life and in all of his new albums he raps like if were to be his last. Kanye is a rapper that cares about what he has to say in his music and what impact it has on his fans and the people. Kanye tells us what doesn’t kill him makes him Stronger, unlike 50 Cent just talking about sex and how much money he has and how much of a gangster he is. Kanye was named 1 of the 100 most influential people in the world in the year 2005. Like Kanye says “I live life as if it were my last day here on Earth”. In other words he appreciates life more than anything. Kanye knows that God made him everything he’s not that defines him in life now like his song says,
“Everything I AM”
“ Oh oh ohoo.
damn, here we go again.
Oh oh ohoo.
Common passed on this beat, I made it to a jam,
now everything I’m not, made me everything I am.
damn, here we go again.
people talking ****, but when the **** hit the fan
everything I’m not, made me everything I am.”
50 Cent does not care about what he has to say in his music, he just says it because he knows it’s going to make him money. 50 Cent can be a better rapper if he listened to what Kanye has to say in his music. 50 Cent has gone threw a cruel life but why does he only have to rap about what he’s gone threw. 50 Cent should rap about changes and decisions he made in life and what not to do, so we don’t end up in the life of drugs or gang violence. What 50 Cent needs is to rap for the fans not for all the other gangsters so he looks cool. 50 Cent needs freshness and originality to do something no other rapper has done to their music.
50 Cent only cares about drugs, making the wrong choices, money, and how he seduces woman into doing things. With all his money he says he on top of the world, it’s the greatest possession he owns like his song “Ayo Technology” it’s a good song but listen to what it’s telling us and what it means.
“Ayo Technology”
She she, she want it, I want to give it to her
She know that, it’s right here for her
I want to, see you break it down
I’m ballin’, throw’n money around
She work it girl, she work the pole
She break it down, she take it low
She fine as hell, she about the dough
She doing her thing out on the floor
Her money money, she makin’ makin’
Look at the way she shakin’ shakin’
Make you want to touch it, make you want to taste it
Have you lustin’ for her, go crazy face it
Now don’t stop, get it, get it
The way she shakin’ make you want to hit it
Think she double jointed from the way she splitted
Got you’re head f**ked up from the way she did it
She’s so much more than you’re used to
She know’s just how to move to seduce you
She gone do the right thing and touch the right spot
Dance in you’re lap till you’re ready to pop
This song only talks about doing and seducing a girl right and how u get pleasured back. 50 Cent needs some originality all of his music is about same subjects, like this one about sex and money. Where the moral in life in this song is is that all you want from life money and sex where is the success in this. 50 needs some new stuff if not he ganna stay down like Kanye has him.
Kanye West is a better rapper, better producer. Kanye has catchy beats and music you’ll love to hear and won’t get tired of. When kanye takes a break from promoting himself like a page three girl at the film premiere, he’s capable of fashioning some of the freshest most memorable hip-hop tunes of the year. Kanye is the better rapper. 50 cent should learn from the best, which is Kanye West. Kanye should keep up his work and he will see his work pay off. Face the truth! Kanye is an icon, and inspiring one.
Work Cited
1. “West V.S 50.” Rolling Stone. 12 Sept.-Oct. 2007. 12 Sept. 2007 .
2. “Kanye West.” Wikipedia. 19 Oct. 2007. Wikipedia. 16 Sept. 2007 .
3. Harris, Chris. “Kanye West, 50 Cent Leave Competition in the Dust on Albums Chart.” MTV.Com. 19 Sept. 2007. MTV. 21 Sept. 2007 .
4. Martens, Todd. “Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ Bests 50 Cent’s ‘Curtis’” Latimes.Com. 20 Sept. 2007. Latimes. 29 Sept. 2007 .
5. “Music.” Kanyeuniversecity. Kanye West Productions. 2 Oct. 2007 .
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