50 Cent Not Disappointed with Sales Numbers on ‘Before I Self Destruct’

New York, NY – One of the biggest ego/mogul in the game has always been at odds and in competition when it came to his album sales and the numbers that it has collected. Over the course of his rise to power within the Hip-Hop industry, 50 Cent’s numbers has always scored high at the end of the first week to first month standings that gave him the ability to boast. At one point in time he even went toe to toe with Kanye West over who would outsell who and all we know who triumphed from that battle. And most recently, the next person he’s gunning for, not in album sales but publicly, is Hova himself.

For most of his career, all of his solo albums have sold high numbers up to including his last album ‘Curtis’ that sold over 600,000 units, which were 500,000 more than that of his recent release that ranked in with 160,000. The interesting part about the whole situation behind his low numbers is the fact that it didn’t upset him one bit. 50 states that the reason for his lack of sales is because it leaked earlier than expected and that the leak damaged any chance of him selling over a million copies in one week like projected in July of 208 during its original scheduled release date. He recently spoke on DJ Green Lantern Sirius Satellite radio show about the reasoning behind the low numbers.

These were his comments:

“For myself, I’m asking myself, ‘What did you expect, bro? Your fans got it when it was available, at the first available opportunity,’ For me this album is a prequel — it’s full circle. When the energy around a project is the way this is, you can’t really feel like it’s a failure. Like, I look at the numbers and am like, ‘What is this?’ I’ve already assessed that the album has been out a month before its actual release period [due to an online leak, and the album’s early digital release due to the leak]. So when you got that, you go, ‘Well, what did you actually expect?’”

It’s interesting how a week before Jay-Z was subliminally poking fun at the numbers that 50 raked in comparison to his already platinum status ‘The Blueprint 3.’ 50 commented on that in the same interview with DJ Green Lantern, basically saying that if Jay wanted to take it that far, then he’ll go the distance. Jay has yet to respond to 50’s comments.

I figured 50’s numbers would be low this time around, I mean ‘Curtis’ didn’t do as well as ‘Massacre’ or Get Rich or Die Tryin’ did. I guess there’s always your time at the top and then that shine dims eventually. Besides I don’t think all that trash talking about Ross or Jay help in any either, it just made him look more like a bully than an artist.

Beanie Sigel Discusses G-Unit and Jay-Z

New York, NY – As the tale of the tape continues to move forward for Beanie Sigel, his relentless disparage of Jay-Z is still his main motive. It seems as though his warpath will not cease anytime soon. Either way, both Beans and Jay have found their place in history together when they bought us heavy hitters through the past decade with the Roc and State Property; we seem to forget that both Dame and Jay also made Beans into a semi-movie star. MTV News recently caught up with the Broad Street Bully backstage at the Highline Ballroom during 50 Cent’s concerts and was told that he was telling story through his dis tracks about Jay-Z.

These were his comments:

“I couldn’t tell you that,” he said of his ultimate plan. “I’d be defeating the purpose on what I was doing if I tell people what’s my strategy, what my plan is gonna be. But then again, I could tell you what’s my strategy, my plans, because you can’t stop it. It was willed already. This moment right here is a defining moment. … What I’m about to do is set a timeline to show people in my music where this at. This is not nothing new. Now it’s time to go back to those albums that people overlooked or didn’t get an opportunity to really grasp and hold on to ’em because there was that wall in front of it. And when I go back and start to pick out the music like, ‘When I said this, this what I was talking about,’ for this moment that’s here today right now.”

And with the whole G-Unit signing, according to Beans, they have yet to strike a deal, so the official signing has been postponed until a deal can be agreed upon. Member or not, Beans will be steady in the studio continuing to make music:

“We’re gonna figure that out,…………… just to put out good music like I always did, just without interference. … Just me being able to do what I’m capable of doing, what I did my whole career, without just, you know, the blockage of people stopping my music and my product from going to the heights it should go and it’s capable of going.”

With the material he plans on releasing, the expression and aggression will definitely be within the tracks:

Because the world is aggressive, everything that’s out is aggressive, you know what I mean? Even if you look at what people would say [about] the recession — ‘It came so aggressively,’ you know what I mean? Everybody gotta move and be aggressive, and even in just a work space by being able to hold down your job you gotta go extra hard with everything, so that’s just what I do. My music reflects what’s going on today.”

At press time, the material that he’s working should be released in 2010 with the album he has already entitled ‘The Closure.’ Hopefully by then it will under G-Unit.

I’m not sure it was the right move on Beans part to go to head with Jay and side with 50, but then again with 50’s influence, any artist is bound to jump on the G-Unit wagon. With Jay, he doing what he does best not necessarily entertaining the situation 100%, however when he does respond, be prepared for a storm.

Video of 50 Cent Discussing The Game and Rick Ross

During an interview with Fuse, 50 Cent was questioned about The Game and how he claims that he ‘fixed’ Game’s career and then goes directly in on Rick Ross. 50 states that he can destroy Ross and collect the bodies later. It’s funny though, when the interviewer questioned him about ony going in on artists beneath him and either way he made a great point when he said that the Nas and Jay-Z feud was legit in a sense that both of them were heavyweights and that he goes in on lightweights. Honestly, in my opinion, the more he continues to mention Ross and Triple Cs just add more to their promotion and publicity.

Here is the 4 minute video of 50 Cent on Fuse: