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50 Cent recently made a very mighty claim.  He said that he’ll retire if Kanye West’s new album sells more than his.  Both 50 Cent’s Curtis and West’s Graduation are set to be released on September 11th.  It’s unclear whether 50 is referring to the number of albums sold in the first day…first week…first year…lifetime?  How very convenient that he kept the parameters a little vague.  50, who is clearly no fan of West’s, says “I’m King Kong.  Kanye is human.  Humans run when they see King Kong, because they’re scared.”  Forget about Kanye, the human race should be scared since they’re the ones who will determine the outcome of this battle (better buy that cd). The rapper, who was born Curtis Jackson, does have a point though.  A bullet-proof vest is a tad more intimidating than a pink polo from the men’s J Crew catalogue.  But let’s face it, even without the wardrobe, the bullet wounds, and the mental intimidation, Curtis will sell way more than Kanye. 

Kanye West apparently believes that he and Justin Timberlake rule the world.  According to CNN Entertainment, he recently claimed that Timberlake is his “inspiration and biggest competition”…which is, of course, an innocuous statement more flattering to the pop star than anything else.  But then his ego inflates a tad and he says, ”I look at me and Justin like Prince and Michael Jackson in their day.”  Justin, possibly.  Kanye, hardly.  And finally, “I feel like my lyrics are, if not THE, then equal to, the realest lyrics out there.”  Now, it is par for the course to have hip hop/rap artists going around touting their musical talents, but someone needs to stick a little pin in that inflated noggin of his because after that statement the score is already English Vocabulary: 1, Kanye: 0.  Sure, “Gold Digger” was a big hit way back when, “Stronger” is a hot summer single, and he’s had some successful collaborations, but he’s a few groundbreaking albums away from being on the same level as Prince, MJ, and even JT.