Jay-Z Comments On Kanye’s Success
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What factors do you think contributed to Kanye coming out on top this week? What made his music resonate with the fans so much?
JAY-Z: It’s pretty much how much he cares about it. It’s not done for any other reason but to be the best music out at that specific time. You know, at times you could hear [other] people’s music, and you hear, ”Okay, that’s your girl single, that’s the thug single, that’s the…” No, it’s none of that. Every single song he makes, he makes because he thinks it’s the best record at that specific time. He may not think it next week, but that week, he thought that was the best record that he could make.
EW: I just heard your verse on 50’s ”I Get Money” remix last night. How did that come together?
Jay-Z: I just wanted to show that we’re not enemies. It’s a great story for this, you’re the first person to ask, so you got great timing! [50 Cent] called me to ask for the remix, and I told him he couldn’t put the remix out until the first week came. I didn’t want it to affect any type of numbers. [Laughs] So as you see, it came out the 17th, when the SoundScan cycle is finished. So just to show, I’m still competing! We’re not enemies, we’re just competing.
Jay-Z made sure to hold the release of the I Get Money Remix of course.
Suggestion Box
September 18th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
That’s POWER right there, hold that shit Jigga LOL!
September 18th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
50 Cent is a great business man but Jay-Z is better everything they do is strategic. Either way this is a good look for hip hop.
September 18th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I KNEW HE HAD TO TELL HIM TO HOLD IT. PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE ALBUM AND BOOSTED 50 SALES. BUT I BET YOU 50 RERELEASE THE ALBUM WITH THE REMIX ON IT.
September 18th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
hov working on that new album
September 18th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
HOV shows all you 50 stans who really got the power when it come down to it…50 takin orders from HOV…So how can he be the King?…lol…HOV got the game on lock…
…HOV = King of NY/Smartest business man in hip hop…
September 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Jay-Z’s smart everyone was speculating at why the remix was so late and Jay just revealed it! lol
I heard he was meant to be on the Barry Bonds track aswell but he never got round to it. I wonder if it was meant to be with Wayne aswell or Wayne just replaced him.
September 18th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hov is still running this rap shit.
September 18th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
50 CENT IS A FOLLOWER, JAY IS A LEADER FOLLOW MY LEAD 50, FUCK 50 CENT FUCK HIM FUCK HIM FUCK HIM.
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September 18th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
9TH!!!
go kayne
50 and yayo is lovers
September 18th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
ii been sed dis jay ur od late [look at my old commentz] . . dis is why it is good to have insiderz at def jam
September 18th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Cant hate on Hov, gotta respect ya elders lol.
September 18th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
I NEW IT! LOL I KNEW JAY TOLD HIM TO HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST WEEK
September 18th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
that doesnt mean shit people is funny as hell thats the fair,how can he help 50 beat his homie in the first week sales with all the controversy,it would of benn hard if he say no to the remix but anyway one week is shit he help 50 at the end of the day and the remix will make 50 sell more even if i think jaz did a bad verse on porpouse the same diddy
September 18th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
”Okay, that’s your girl single, that’s the thug single, that’s the…” - HOV
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
JAB AT 50 LOL
September 18th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
OHHHHH man…what i said Ye was gonna outsell 50 corny ass this ni99a can never sale unless he dissed someone and HOV order that nigga not to release the remix til after sept. 11th ohhh What a thug 50 ISNT…hahahahhah Who’s gettin money now
September 18th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
realtalk get off jay-z’s dick nigga tryin to start something kanye is only gonna top the us and uk and 50 is number one in every other country and the us and uk he’s gonna be number 1 next week cause your gonna actually see the difference when kanye does a big decrease and drop off the chart 50’s fan base is solidified and his chart toppin in all the other countries is a direct indication jay you kno you bought them kanye records cheatin a shit you see even justin timberlake didnt do 900 in the first week and his fan base is way bigger than kanye’s
September 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
50 is the best styll and he gon win next week cause kanye gon do a 80% decrease
September 18th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
realtalk your wack
September 18th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
EITHER WAY HOVA DIDNT EVEN KILL THE REMIX..SAD 2 SAY DIDDY VERSE WAZ BETTER THEN JAYZ DAS SOME FUKD UP SHIT CUZ IMA JAYZ FAN WAZ ANYONE ELSE WAITN FOR HOVA TO DO SOMTHIN THAT NEVA HAPPENED ON THAT TRAK??
September 18th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Jigga is a smart man….he made a good promotional move for himself, without hurting kanye’s sales….
September 18th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
See everyone Jay-Z has been a buisnessman way before 50, and J is def a smart man
September 18th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
thats agood move by jhovie
September 18th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Jay is dat nigga
Kanye Sept 11!..oh wait..Kanye already won LMAO
September 18th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Universal Music Group
The king of rap returns with Curtis
On the same day as Kanye West, another heavyweight in Universal Music Group’s stable of hip-hop artists let loose a new album: Curtis , in record stores on September 11, is 50 Cent’s third release on the Aftermath label. This new album of authentic, no-frills, uncompromising rap from 50 Cent (whose real name is Curtis Jackson) includes guest appearances by some of the biggest names in the business, from Eminem to Dr. Dre and Timbaland.
Curtis has already racked up sales of nearly 2 million in less than a week and appears on track to match the records set by 50 Cent’s previous albums, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, which sold 11 million copies and became the top-selling record of 2003, and The Massacre , released in 2005 with sales of nearly 8 million.
September 18th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
ya’ll 50 fans seem so mad, just like 50.
even though jay played this well , its not over yet. 50 gonna still diss him later this year or early next, he’s mad and when rappers are mad and they see the reaper coming theres only one thing left to do, diss the king.
get ready people the war bout to begin.
September 18th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
hmm,lmao at all these ppl talkin bout a sell decrease…. EVERYONE HAZ A SELL DECREASE!!!!! and with all tha hype ova tha first week of course no1s gonna buy it this week,and tha only reason fif said watch ye’s decrease is so u won’t notice tht hiz haz decreased alot 2. (lyke interscope didn’t help him)
IM LIVIN THA GOOD LIFE!!!!!!!! SO WANKSTA’S CAN’T FOLLOW MY LEAD!!!!!
I HATE I GET MONEY!!!!!!!!!! CUZ U CAN’T TELL ME NOTHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
22..
not mad but real disapointed..but w.e. you lose some and you win some..tommorow’s a whole nother day.
Now i just don’t see 50 going any further with making another album..bcause he was sooooo cofidient every single interview he’s like ” he’s no competition”. WHich is true kanye isn’t but because of jay-z u know?..plus 50 has lots of beef and kanye doesn’t at alll.
It’s allgood because kanye has skill and it’s good to see a real mc to have number one instead of no one hit wonders
September 18th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Although Fifty has accused Def Jam of riggin the sales, Billboard’s Geoff Mayfield finds it to be very unlikely. “The people who built SoundScan..put safeguards in place to track sales that don’t look kosher.”
September 18th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003639442
September 18th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Imao at all this Jigga d**k riders saying 50 cent is a follower. at the end of the day he is jst showing respect to Jigga for wanting to help his lil brova(Kanye) out. am sre if 50 got mad bout Jigga prosponing the date and strted dissing him, niggas be like he at it again. I mean cant one nigga respect anova without it being like one is bigger than the other. y’all need to stop riding their d**ks, whether it be 50 or Jigga.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
i sold kilos of coke i guess i can sell cds
younggggggggggggggggggg
September 18th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
On the same day as Kanye West, another heavyweight in Universal Music Group’s stable of hip-hop artists let loose a new album: Curtis , in record stores on September 11, is 50 Cent’s third release on the Aftermath label. This new album of authentic, no-frills, uncompromising rap from 50 Cent (whose real name is Curtis Jackson) includes guest appearances by some of the biggest names in the business, from Eminem to Dr. Dre and Timbaland.
Curtis has already racked up sales of nearly 2 million in less than a week and appears on track to match the records set by 50 Cent’s previous albums, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, which sold 11 million copies and became the top-selling record of 2003, and The Massacre , released in 2005 with sales of nearly 8 million.
http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/home/week.php
September 18th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
did anyone realize that even if kanye sold more than fif fif still sold more than jay’s first week sell of kindom come and is number one is several other countries
September 18th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
that was a smart move by jay,and that i get money remix is clean as fuck so that will help 50 second week sells….
September 18th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
@19
go back and listen to it like 10times
September 19th, 2007 at 1:33 am
jiggaz a beast. if he comes back I hope he quiet them snakes that keep slitherin.
NEWBURGH, NY STAND UP
September 19th, 2007 at 1:35 am
This really is showBUISNESS…and for some reason that just puts me off. Nothing is simply creative or natural..it seems like all these artists especially Jay-z justs munipulates his fans and general music fans. It = $ i understand that but it still seems shady.(he aint the only one 50 does it so does diddy etc). People are realising it too thats why people download instead of buy…(plus its free lol)
My opinion you dont have to agree…but im tired of it the BUISNESS got artists pretending to love music and its all just for SHOW.
September 19th, 2007 at 3:30 am
The fact is 50 sold less than 700,000 in the U.S. and his U.K. sales are worser so no matter how many Kanye sold 50 never sold how much he expected himself so how can people say his fans are solidified if they ain’t come out and support his 1st week sales.
Both albums are gonna decrease next week and no one ever remember 2nd week sales it’s all about 1st week and Kanye is SSK!
BTW I ain’t a 50 hater I liked the album but I ain’t making no excuses for him he lost bad simple as that!
September 19th, 2007 at 5:29 am
U.S. Billboard 200
Graduation #1
Curtis #2
UK Albums Chart
http://www.theofficialcharts.co.uk/top40_albums.php
Graduation #1
Curtis #2
Australia Albums Chart
http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1A50
Curtis #1
Graduation *
Dutch Albums Chart
http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Curtis #3
Graduation # 11
German Albums Chart
http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/charts/wom/album.htm
Curtis #1
Graduatiuon #17
Irish Albums Chart
http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp#albums
Curtis #1
Garduation #2
New Zealand Albums Chart
http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
Curtis # 1
Graduation *
Swiss Albums Chart
http://hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Curtis #1
Graduation # 3
Graduation * will be released in later week(s)
September 19th, 2007 at 5:29 am
U.S. Billboard 200
Graduation #1
Curtis #2
UK Albums Chart
http://www.theofficialcharts.co.uk/top40_albums.php
Graduation #1
Curtis #2
Australia Albums Chart
http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1A50
Curtis #1
Graduation *
Dutch Albums Chart
http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Curtis #3
Graduation # 11
German Albums Chart
http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/charts/wom/album.htm
Curtis #1
Graduatiuon #17
Irish Albums Chart
http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp#albums
Curtis #1
Garduation #2
New Zealand Albums Chart
http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
Curtis # 1
Graduation *
Swiss Albums Chart
http://hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Curtis #1
Graduation # 3
Graduation * will be released in later week(s)
September 19th, 2007 at 5:40 am
LOL LOOK AT ALL THE JAZ DICKLICKERS….LMAO JAY GOT THE POWER SHUT THE FUCK UP NIGGAZ IS DUMB OF COURSE 50 GONNA HAVE TO HOLD IT WHY WOULD U DO A REMIX AND THEN DISS A NIGGA BY PUTTING IT OUT TO BEAT HIS LIL FAGG IDOLIZING BROTHER HE AINT GAME YA NIGGAZ IS MAD FUCKN CORNY AND LOOK AT MIMI HAHAHAH WHAT A COCK SUCKING WHORE SHE IS PROBABLY WET JUSS TYPING BOUT JAY STUPID BITCH……LOL ANYWAY REMIX IS HOT
September 19th, 2007 at 5:43 am
HAHAHAHA JAY IS THE MASTER MINIPULATER HE MAKE FANS BUY THE BLK ALBUM THINKING ITS THE LAST ONE….LOL THEN HE DOES A FARWELL SHOW MAKE FANS BUY INTO IT THEN COME WITH WACK ASS KINGDOM COME AND FANS WAS LIKE WTF THIS IS TRASH….LOL THEN HE DOES A TOUR OF WHAT THE SAME FUCKN SHOW HE JUSS DID FOR THE FAREWELL SHIT….LOL JAY BEEN PIMPING HIS STANS FOR A LONG TIME
September 19th, 2007 at 5:52 am
cosign the chick selling oranges. music isnt music anymore, its like crack. i want to hear some real shit these days, people put too much thought into these artists and what type of nig they are and how much money they have. thats not what music is for. see, i miss rappers like pac that made you feel that shit.
but, as a woman, theres nothing more sexy than a man that is about his BUSINESS. Get em Jay!!
September 19th, 2007 at 6:09 am
FOLLOWER MY ASS. WHAT HAS JAY Z DONE THAT HASN’T BEEN DONE ALREADY. ALL HE DOES IS FOLLOW PUFF. SO 50 IS DOING IN 4 YEARS WHAT IT TOOK PUFF AND JAY MORE THAN 10 YEARS TO DO AND 50 IS 2007′S RICHEST MAN IN HIP HOP. THEY’RE JUST SOUR LIKE MOST OLD PEOPLE ARE AND HAPPY 50′S SALES HAS DECREASED THIS WEEK EVEN THOUGH OVER ALL HE WILL DO THE NUMBERS EXPECTED. NEITHER PUFF OR JAY Z CAN TOUCH THE 691K FIFTY PUT UP SO WHATEVER (EVEN WITH JAY’S 2 MILLION DOLLAR PROMO ON KINGDOM COME HE COULDN’T DO 691K)…..AND FIFTY GOT ARTISTS THAT SELL RECORDS THAT HE SIGNED NOT A KANYE THAT WAS SIGNED BY DAME DASH AND WHO’S MUSIC IS NOT THE SAME AS FIF OR JAY’S. IN THIS BUSINESS MAN GAME FIF RUNS IT.
HATERS GET OVER IT. YOU WASTED YOUR $15 ON KANYE’S CD OUT OF HATE FOR 50 AND 50 STILL RUNNING IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY ‘I GET MONEY’ IS THE HOTTEST ISH ON THE STREET, JAY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO BE A PART OF IT.
September 19th, 2007 at 6:12 am
#38 FIFTY PROJECTED BETWEEN 650K AND 750K DURING THE FIRST WEEK IN AN INTERVIEW 2 WEEKS AGO BECAUSE OF THE SALE DECREASE SO HIS NUMBERS WERE EXPECTED. KANYE DID WELL NO QUESTION BUT WORLD WIDE CURTIS HAS RAKED IN 2 MILLION COMING IN AT #1 IN PLACES LIKE GERMANY IRELAND AND AUSTRALIA WHERE KANYE DIDN’T EVEN COME IN AT #2. IT’S STILL DISSAPOINTING FOR HIM BECAUSE HE’S HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD BUT NONE OF THESE RAPPERS CAN SAY A WORD BECAUSE HE STILL BODIES THEM IN SALES. PERIOD
September 19th, 2007 at 6:14 am
I GET MONEY REMIX IS ON THE CD. PUT IT IN THE COMPUTER NOW AND IT’LL ASK FOR A PASSWORD ON A CD AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED..
THAT WAS FIFTY’S IDEA…SUCKAS..AND IT WILL BE ADVERTISED SO EVERYONE KNOWS
HATAS STAY HATING
September 19th, 2007 at 7:23 am
I hope jayz come out with that new single thats on the radio called big spenda.
September 19th, 2007 at 8:16 am
told yall kanye a problem i knew he was go beat 50 niggas was talking all that shit and he still sold more records and his album was leaked and everything CHITOWN STAND UP YA DIG
September 19th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Whoever said 50 sold more unit than Hov in the first week of sales is WRONG… Although not by much…
Hov 1st week: 680,000
50 1st week: 660,000
…And even though Hov won, you still can’t compare the two in terms of marketing…Cuz the marketing venture that 50 had between Kanye for Sept 11 compared to Hov’s, was a showdown LIKE NO OTHER…Fif was everywhere so was Kanye…So, in actuality, LIKE FIF SAID, you couldn’t mention YE without talking about Fif and vice versa…Meaning DOUBLE THE PROMOTION…
September 19th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
DEF JAM BOUGHT ALL THOSE CDS….ABOUT 250,000……WATCH NEXT WEEK SALES
September 19th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
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GO MR.WEST GO JAY WE BACK! 50 IN HIS HOME CRYING LIKE A BABY IT DIDN’T WORK. FUCK 50 FUCK 50 FUCK 50
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September 21st, 2007 at 4:35 pm
KANYE DIDNT WIN SURE HE OUTSOLD 50 IN THE U.S BUT 50 SOLD MORE IN EUROPE WHICH BRINGS 50 TO OVER 2MILLION SOLD AND KANYE TO 1MILLON SO 50 WON BITCHES!!!!!!!