Bearing in mind the 2004 success with his 1.14 million
copies sold of “The Massacre”, Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent believes that the
odds will be on his side again. In 2004 he outsold West, the latter selling
only 860,000 copies of “Late Registration” on its first week of release.
Having some forecasts saying that West stands a good chance
in winning the competition, 50 takes a step forward and declares for SOHH.com
in an interview on Friday: "Let’s
raise the stakes. 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 anymore solo albums."
Contrary to Kanye’s habitual reactions, he turned down the
live debate invitation with his rival. He declared during the MTV Video Music
Awards nominations "I thought [the debate] was the stupidest thing. When
my album drops and Fifty's album drops, you're going to get a lot of good music
at the same time," HopHopDX quoted him.
50 Cent went on with the declarations battle: "I bet
this: When Kanye West's sales come in, he's gonna have a 70% decrease cause Def
Jam is gonna buy records [the first week] to keep him closer to 50 Cent. So
watch the first week and then watch the second week. Watch his ass drop off the
planet."
It seems that their recent collaboration didn’t calm the ego
conflicts between the two par stars.