I expected 50 to win this rapper battle. (Great PR for the ailing rap music business, by the way. Dropping major releases Sept. 11th made for great press.)
But I do like Kayne West too. His videos are great.
The results are in and, as predicted, Kanye wins. According to Nielson SoundScan, his Graduation is the No. 1 album in the country, topping the inordinately crappy Curtis by 50 Cent, who had promised to retire if he were outsold (he will probably break this promise). Something no one expected, though, are the numbers — Curtis moved a still-impressive 691,304 copies in the six days since its release last Tuesday, but Graduation sold an amazing 956,936, giving Kanye the best first-week album sales in more than two years.
Who’s Kenny Chesney ??
To see the video Here’s the Good Life by Kanye West click HERE. (Couldn’t find it on YouTube.)
Rick McCharles 