July 26th, 2007
Some First Impressions From A Reporter That Heard Graduation
There’s a suite of songs more suited to thuggish 50 CENT than the backpacker rappers like COMMON associated with Kanye.
But the rapping really lets this disc down.
Tired rhymes about being the best and overcoming life’s obstacles are starting to grate now that they come from the lips of a multi-millionaire.
Hmm, I hope he doesn’t talk about the same things on all the tracks. I don’t give the review much weight, so for now I’m still buying the album.
Suggestion Box
July 26th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
gossip
July 26th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Im not much of a kanye fan but…….im gonna buy tha album just so he sell more than bitch ass 50 cent
July 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
@ Flossin
Co-sign!
July 26th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
@FLOSSIN AND HIS D-RIDER
DAMN IS HATIN IN YALL BLOOD, THATS ALL YALL DO ON THIS DAMN SITE, THATS WHATS WRONG WITH PEOPLE. IF YOU BUYING KANYE CD FOR THAT YOU JUST MAKIN HIM RICHER YOU NEED THAT MONEY!!!!
July 26th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Prolly just some bad minding going on. So far I am impressed with Kanye two singles “Cant Tell Me Nothing” and “Stronger”, so fuck what the next man says. Atleast Kanye singles arent about the same concept, like a certain other rapper thats droppin Sept. 11th. i.e. “str8 to the bank” and “i get money”.
July 26th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
2 pac
i agree, i think its stupid to not like a rapper so much that you would give your money to another rapper you dont even care for…but hey its their money…i’ll save my 12 bucks for someone who’s music i like. but fuck it the next album im buyin is joe budden or detox if they ever see the light of day
July 26th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
I don’t really care wat this guy says. I’m coppin ‘Ye album anyway. Come on look at his last two albums, He not talkin bout the same stuff. Kanye is so creative and the thug thing is not him so why would he go the route. That man is a genius. Also “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and
“Stronger” and not street type songs, they just hot period.
July 26th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
im buyin both!! fuck dat the only rappers that were big this year was jay-z and t.i!! I think thats is a good thing for hip hop that this is happening the same day!!
-i mean kanye will prob win! but both of them put together will sell more than a million copies that week!
July 26th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
fuck it man did tony yayo wrote that shit, that album will be the shit and so too the mirror ja rule is takinover,what you gonna do 50
July 26th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
@ 2 pac dick-rider…..first and 4most get my dick out yo mouth….2nd u don’t know what i need bitch i can pay yo familys rent till next summer pussy… and by the way 2pac sucked ass
@Isys Joe budden??????????? u whack as hell 4 that joe budden….pump pump pump it up…..he is just a fabolous cock rider his flow is doo-doo and lyrics are the worst in tha game….ay bay bay nigga more lyrical then him…..and detox that shit is coming out….when papoose dropping neveuary 45, 5378
July 26th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
lol @ number 9 so ja invested in internet gangster’s for his promotional team huh you niggas r funny dudes man real talk
July 26th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
How does rapping let the disc down? WTF else is he supposed to do…sing? and, WTF else is supposed to rap about?…Shit he’s NOT about/doing? This commentary made no sense. Im STILL buying.
Graduation…Sept. 11
July 26th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Isys
Detox or Budden’s sophmore- looks like you’ll never buy another CD ever. LMFAO
I’ve heard Stronger, Can’t Tell,and bittersweet so the album so far sounds great. The “reporter” is probaly just an Interscope Employee or someone on the g-unit street team.
I’m coppin regardless Kanye regardless. Now if fifty would release one more of his newer singles, depending on the quality I MIGHT buy his album or I’ll just get it from rapgodfathers.com.
Dirty South 4 Life. Gone.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
whoever wrote the article is gay and have partys with no d.j
July 26th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Seriously, how creditable is this? Its from SUN magazine, isnt that the magazine you see at the checkout stand of the grocery store reporting that britney spears was drunk last night?
And, its just one opinion, this is probably as creditable as the Source giving Benzino 5 mics. Ridicious.
Im a Ye fan, and I think his album will be solid, however, the Common album isnt too great.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
50 cent haters never fail to make me laugh.
1st you say you will kop kanye coz he will put out the better album ‘musically’, then when shit hits the fan and there signs it might be the same old big headd whackness you say ‘will buy it anyway to spite 50 cent’
dumbasses,
Curtis Sept 11th bitches.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
50 cent haters never fail to make me laugh.
1st you say you will kop kanye coz he will put out the better album ‘musically’, then when shit hits the fan and there signs it might be the same old big headd whackness you say ‘will buy it anyway to spite 50 cent’
dumbasses
Curtis Sept 11th bitches.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
^wats with tha double comments
Nway-
i wasnt gonna buy Graduation anyway,
Curtis all day, we ride with 50
July 26th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Man, c’mon now. The reason some people dislike 50 is because of his rampant ignorance. He has got to be one of the dumbest mofos to ever open his mouth. Why is that we choose to ignore the ignorance of some black men just because they’re “making money” and “hustlin”. That fool is an entrepreneur but he should not be praised like God Almighty in Heaven with the bullshit-ass music he’s putting out. Be real about it. This is the same cat that said Nas would be more successful if he dodn’t read so much. The same cat that riding George W. Bush’s dick. The same cat that forgot the lyrics to his own record at the BET Awards. And let’s not forget how all of his recent singles have been eating shit which caused his album to be pushed back. And furthermore, are you 12? Is “hater” the best you can come up with?
July 26th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
weve already heard 3 songs from the album (can tell me nothing, stronger, bittersweet) and it seems as it has some variety…but kanye is crazy with the flow…you cant go off one reporter
July 26th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
50 WILL OUT SELL YE ALL DAY DO YOUR RESEARCH THEN TALK
GET RICH OR DIE TRY’N 1ST WEEK 870,000
THE MASSCRE 1ST WEEK 1.2 MILLION
THOSE ARE THE FACTS HA HA (IN YAYO’S VOICE)
July 26th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
whatever… kanye’s the best and fifty wont sell as much as kanye.. and i’m gonna buy kanye’s album whatever people say
July 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
looks like the album is trash and all these lames sayin they’ll buy his shit no matter how wack it is just so he can sell more than 50 have no life, why ya hate a man ya never met in ur life?
July 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
can’t tell me nothing is crack
July 26th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
HOV get 50s dick out yo mouth i don’t have 2 met him 2 no he a bitch….just like u
July 26th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
do yall really think that 50 album is gonna be better than kanye shit, or are yall just on 50 dick? smh and lol @ 50 fans gettin shook up by kanye dropping on the same day. yall know his album gonna be better. 50 aint hungry no more. get off the bandwagon. it was a wrap after grodt. kanye spittin about some more powerful shit right now. who do u wanna hear more? a nigga talkin about bush dont like black people, or a nigga talkin about he’ll shoot u if u act up? it depends on the person. but it dont matter to me cuz im gonna cop both albums anyway. i hope 50 and kanye both sell 10 million. itll be a good look for hip hop, shit music period
July 26th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
i dont really pay attention to ppl’s reviews cuz everyone has a different opinion on wut is “hot” but I GURANTEE even if kanye’s album “suxx balls” it will still be light years ahead of 50’s future shitsandwhich of an album (the massacre anyone??)
July 26th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Its a story from the UK tabloids which aren’t known to be credible. Even if they didn’t like it some Brits aren’t going to change my opinion on Kanye.. Every album he has put is fire not to mention all the unreleased stuff he made before which is even better.
July 27th, 2007 at 1:41 am
@ 6 there’s a war goin on… between those who wanna stay ignant, and those who aspire!
@ 19 sans the swipe at the hater I’m with you!
p.s. sales mean what you think they do… if dudes is buying 150,000 units of they own records vs. a cat truely selling 100,000 units of his who did better? …Now is that in the short or long run?
July 27th, 2007 at 2:13 am
SHITSANDWICH OF AN ALBUM IS RIGHT. THAT NIGGA ABOUT TO PUT A FAT ASS TURD IN BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF BREAD AND YALL DICKFACES ABOUT TO BUY IT. YOU CAN HEAR IT IN ALL OF HIS SINGLES. DUMBASSES
July 27th, 2007 at 3:49 am
The sun, newspaper is a english paper!!!! what the hell do they know about rap/hip-hop.
I live in england what ever he wrote dont listen to it.
Just wait 4 yourself.
July 27th, 2007 at 4:20 am
Just quit being cheap and cop both. Truth is 50 is bigger and has more haters but at the end of the day its all about who white people and females like more. That is who will sell more.
First week sales not going to mean anything, if Kanye goes 2x and 50 goes 5x at the end of the day. This is good for hip hop.
July 27th, 2007 at 4:35 am
i’m not buying what the guy who rated it said he used the word wonky…..what the fuck does that mean,n plus he says kanyes lyricism is sub par….on the cant tell me nothing kanye said “i’m good like god wit a extra o,god knows my check need some extra o’s”,plus its only 1 mans opinion prolly a white man that works for bush
July 27th, 2007 at 5:06 am
This is like a double edge sword. I get to buy a great CD (Graduation) and I also get to help people knock 5 cents off his high fuggin horse. 5 cents need a reality check and he needs to become more humble. He thinks he can just muscle anyone in the industry. I can’t wait until Sept 11. Hell I might buy 10 CD and give them to peeps for xmas gifts LOL
July 27th, 2007 at 7:05 am
NO ONE HAS HEARD THE ALBUM. ISN’T KINDA STRANGE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS COMES OUT, SORRY 50 CENT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS N’T THAT DUMB. STRONGER/CTMN ARE LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ANYTHING ELSE ON THE RADIO.
July 27th, 2007 at 7:08 am
kanye sold 900,000 in the first week last time , so he wasn’t that far behind KANYE ALL DAY!!!
July 27th, 2007 at 8:00 am
wut u expect? its kanye west
July 27th, 2007 at 8:41 am
KEEP HIP-HOP ALIVE!!!
KANYE WEST – GRADUATION – SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
“IF THE DEVIL WEAR PRADA, ADAM AND EVE WEAR NADA, I’M SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, JUST A WHOLE LOT FRESHER”
- KANYE
“KANYE, YOU DID IT AGAIN, YOU A GENIUS”
- JIGGA
WEST UP!
July 27th, 2007 at 8:42 am
A lot of people wanna see 50 lose…..sad
July 27th, 2007 at 8:56 am
…just like 50 wanted to see Ja lose…sad…But Karma’s a bitch and it’s coming for his ass!
July 27th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Co-sign#31….Ya damn rite…Im coppin both…^^^ said a lot of people wanna see 50 lose…Yeah that iz sad, but Ye was sayin that even if he comes second, overall it’ll still be a good day for hip-hop…..COP BOTH!!!!!STOP BEIN CHEAP..
“I GET MONEY” so “YOU CANT TELL ME NOTHIN”….HHHAAAAAAAA!!!!
July 27th, 2007 at 9:07 am
And realtalk…What was the purpose of this anyway…Like who is this dude, for all you know, he could be aprt of 50s camp…You know niggaz is panickin right now.
July 27th, 2007 at 9:16 am
get ric or die trying
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 872,000 copies in the first four days.[
The Massacre was released. The album sold 1.14 million copies in the first four days (the highest in an abbreviated sales cycle)[32] and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 for six we
history repeats itself
July 27th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Album sales are like making money in life. Cats I went to Highschool with was selling dimes and dubs with New Jordans on they feet and buckets to drive around the hood.
Now they on that 2nd strike and stayin with moms or baby mamma while my whip game proper and annual salary is crazy for a dude that just celebrated a 24th b-day.
I say this to big myself up lol and point out that albums like life is a marathon, not a sprint. So lets see who tops the 1st week sales compared to the overall worldwide sales.
July 27th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
OHHHH NO! Curtis is spreading rumors because he knows Kanye is gonna light his ass on Fire September 11th. Curtis is sooo low. GO GET GRADUATION, ITS THE ROC.
July 27th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
sorry kanye I gotta itchy trigger finger!!!!!!!!!
CURRRRTTTTTISSS SEPT 11TH
July 27th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
cuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrtiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss
July 27th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
GRADUATION
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:56 am
I’ll be buying both 50’s & Curtis albums I think 50 will sell more though.