Make 50 Cent Quit Rapping
50 Cent believes his new album will outsell Kanye West's upcoming disc, and he's betting his solo career on it. Both 50 Cent and West have albums due out Sept. 11. 50 Cent, who has sold better than West, has been riled by forecasts that sales of West's "Graduation" could rival those for his "Curtis" CD.
"Let's raise the stakes," the 31-year-old rapper told hip-hop Web site SOHH.com in an interview posted Friday. "If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer write music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out any more solo albums."
Ok, let's be honest. Neither one are great rappers. They both have mediocre "flows." Kanye West is still the better artist. It's one thing to have a terrible flow and that's all you do, but Kanye at least brings something else to the table. Actually, two things. He brings better lyrics (do we care who 50 has beef with this week or how many times he got shot anymore?) and better production. Yes, 50 is backed by Dre beats, but Kanye makes his own. 50 is all hype with no skill, plain and simple. So, I hope Kanye outsells him on September 11th. I'll even buy a copy of his album just to do my part in trying to shut down what's bad in rap music, and that's 50 (and Game, and G Unit, and Young Jeezy, any rapper with Young or Lil in his name, well, pretty much all of urban radio... Let the underground shine!)