50 Cent and Kanye West battle for top album

Rappers 50 Cent and Kanye West released new albums on the same day last week in a battle at the cash register that could provide a clue about each man's future.

Kanye West outsold 50 Cent last week when the rappers released new albums on the same day in a showdown expected to resonate through the music world. Fiddy had vowed to quit making solo records if his Curtis didn’t outsell West’s Graduation -- which got far better reviews -- on the first day in stores.

Fiddy’s lost his gritty charm, said Dan Chamas in The Washington Post, and money’s made him soft. “Hearing a broke rapper brag about cash is quaint. Having a multimillionaire bully you with his financials is just mean.” And his lame challenge to Kanye West “gives the impression that he can’t even find a suitable enemy to fight,” which isn’t surprising considering he now “lives in a mansion in Farmington, Conn.”

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