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50 Cent, Before I Self Destruct (150,000) Ouch! What has happened to Kris Allen? If his figures stick to 90,000, he’ll kick Jordin Sparks out of the unenviable position of having the lowest first-week sales yet for any American Idol winner’s debut album.
Monday, Nov 9
No. 31: 50 Cent, “Amusement Park”
“Shorty, you ain’t gotta take your panties off… just move ‘em to the side.” Never let it be said that Curtis Jackson isn’t a romantic! Shorty, you ain't gotta take your panties off... just move 'em to the side." Never let it be said that Curtis Jackson isn't a romantic! MORE »
Friday, Nov 6
Oh Awesome, I Got Twitter-Spammed By 50 Cent
From my direct-messages inbox this morning, a look at the hazards of following musicians who are willing to go to any lengths to sell their new projects. I guess I should be flattered that he thinks I have the juice to assist in his virality, but mostly I’m just irritated that he didn’t, you kn...
Friday, Oct 23
The People’s Choice Awards: They’re Really Serious About Letting The People Choose
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist Beastie Boys Eminem Flo Rida Jay-Z Kanye West Kid Cudi Lil’ Wayne The Lonely Island Lupe Fiasco Pitbull Soulja Boy T.I. Favorite Male Artist Eminem Jason Mraz Jay-Z John Mayer Kanye West Keith Urban Lil’ Wayne Maxwell Ne-Yo Rob Thomas Tim McGraw Toby Keith
Tuesday, May 19
The New 50 Cent Song Is Not Terrible
Although like the Black Eyed Peas song that leaked out yesterday, “OK, You’re Right” would be a lot more tolerable if it was just the cinematic, Dr. Dre-produced beat, and 50–who goes back and forth between being defensive and boastful while half-singing, half-rapping through a side-mo...
Tuesday, Apr 21
Why Can’t Eminem Make A Good Album Cover?
2002: The Eminem Show. You know we can see you, right? Anyway, this was the start of the G-Unit/Shady album cover era where everything looked like Photoshop layers fighting each other. Spoiler: He comes out from behind the curtain and raps, like, right away.
Wednesday, Nov 19
50 Cent Does Not Want To Think Outside The Bun, Thank You Very Much
Jackson could have responded to Taco Bell's offer with a simple yes or no. Had he accepted the offer, Jackson, Taco Bell and the public all would have gained. Jackson for its charitable donation. If Jackson simply had rejected the offer, that would have been the
Thursday, Sep 25
50 Cent Might Have Said Something Mean About Jay-Z [Let's Not Let Facts Get In The Way]
I'm a big fan of Jay-Z, but outside of the States and Hip Hop circles, no one really knew who he was until he married Beyonce'," said Fif in the interview. 50 Cent: 'No One Knew Jay-Z Until He Married Beyonce' [HipHopDX] 50 Cent Thinks Beyonce Made Jay-Z [MTV UK]
Tuesday, Jul 29
Five Lessons LifeStyles Condoms Learned From The Whole 50 Cent/Taco Bell Debacle
Offer a lot of money. Do you really think Curtis would have gone the litigation route if Taco Bell had added a few more zeroes to its initial $10,000 offer? Hell, he probably would have been "inspired" enough to help the Bell swing a deal to serve the Coca-Cola-owned Vitamin Water through its...
Tuesday, Jun 24
Does The "New York Times" Have A Double Standard When It Comes To Hip-Hop Artists' Stage Names?
Sure, we've all had a laugh when the ever-staid The New York Times has made second references to "Mr. Pop" and "Mr. Loaf" in its cultural reporting. But why, the Columbia Journalism Review wonders, are the stage names of hip-hop artists like Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Diddy not given the same treatme...
Friday, Jun 20
If A Hip-Hop Artist Leaves A Label, Will Either Make A Sound?
Billboard reports today on a few "top rap acts" with expiring contracts and a taste for more direct streams of cash. Although Jay-Z has proven that hip-hop can venture outside the traditional record-label world, what does that mean for acts like Outkast, LL Cool J, and the always delightf...
Friday, Jun 13
50 Cent Has Beef With T.I. (Big Surprise) [Clara Peller Dept.]
50 Cent—who apparently still records music, despite what he might have said previously—has decided to take on T.I., because the Atlanta MC isn't going to spend as much time in prison as Curtis would like. To spare you the trouble of picking up the new G-Unit disc, the "controversial" lyrics r...
Thursday, May 15
"Vibe" Gives You A Sweet, Sweet Fantasy Of Access
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Vibe...
Monday, May 5
50 Cent To Lil Wayne: Too Many Bad Sexual Metaphors Drive Listeners Away
50 Cent thinks that the path Lil Wayne is currently traveling down—while it may have led him to his first career No. 1 single—is a dangerous one, because it's one that Curtis sees as similar to the path he traveled down in recent years. You may remember that era, when he released "Candy Shop" an...
Monday, Dec 17
Every Other Song to the Left, to the Left: Beyonce Takes 2007's Hot 100 Title [A 100 And Single Special Report]
Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of "100 And Single." This week, he takes a break from the regular charts, which are sleepy just before the holiday, to focu...
Monday, Dec 10
iTunes Proves People Really Are As Tasteless As You Think They Are [Year-end Analysis]
1. Maroon 5, It Won't Be Soon Before Long 2. Kanye West, Graduation 3. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 4. Daughtry 5. Colbie Caillat, Coco 6. Linkin Park, Minutes To Midnight 7. High School Musical 2 8. Timbaland, Shock Value 9. John Mayer, Continuum 10. Hairspray (Soundtrack)
"Time" Spent 2007 In Rehab [Year-end Analysis]
Albums 1. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 2. Radiohead, In Rainbows 3. Feist, The Reminder 4. Miranda Lambert, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 5. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver 6. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 7. Battles, Mirrored 8. Robert Plant And Allison Krauss, Raising Sand 9. M.I.A., Kala 10. Kanye West, Graduation
"Vibe" Had A Fabolous 2007 [Year-end Analysis]
22. The Fixxers, "Can U Werk Wit Dat" (Interscope) 10. Robin Thicke, "Lost Without U" (Nu America/Star Trak/Interscope) 3. Kanye West ft. T-Pain, "Good Life" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam) 2. 50 Cent, "I Get Money" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Thursday, Dec 6
The Grammy Nominations: Kanye West Is Stronger Than Amy Winehouse [Everybody's A Winner]
Come On" -- Lucinda Williams It's Not Over" -- Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry) The Pretender" -- Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Monday, Dec 3
"Stylus" Bids Farewell With LCD Soundsystem [Year-end Analysis]
33. 50 Cent - I Get Money 32. Pink Reason - Down on Me 31. Kanye West feat. Dwele - Flashing Lights 30. The Field - Everyday 28. Jason Aldean - Johnny Cash 24. Battles - Atlas 22. St. Vincent - Now Now 19. Björk - Earth Intruders 18. Lil' Wayne - Dying 14. Digitalism - Pogo 13. Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothin'
Thursday, Nov 15
He's N Luv (Wit the Radio): Flo Rida Gives T-Pain Umpteenth Hot 100 Smash [100 And Single]
The Ghost of Fitty: For those T-Pain fans wondering how long it's been since one act has appeared four times in a single week's Top 10, well, it's been... two whole years. (Not that impressive, is it?) As Billboard chart columnist Fred Bronson points out, he last guy to do it was 50 Cent, back in th...
Thursday, Oct 25
What Can Brown Do For Us?: Chris Blows a "Kiss" Right Behind Soulja Boy on Hot 100 [100 And Single]
Branding It: We might have spoken too soon dissing 2007 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks last week--"Tattoo" finally makes a big move into the Top 40 this week, up 16 spots to No. 39. Both Maura and I have heard it building on Top 40 radio (in New York and Chicago) over the last couple of weeks,...
Thursday, Oct 18
Three Rising Hits Wait For "Superman" To Fly Away From Hot 100 [100 And Single]
2. Kanye West, "Stronger" (LW No. 2, 12 weeks) 4. Alicia Keys, "No One" (LW No. 8, 6 weeks) 8. J. Holiday, "Bed" (LW No. 6, 13 weeks) 10. Kanye West feat. T-Pain, "Good Life" (LW No. 10, 5 weeks) 12. 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, "Ayo Technology" (LW No. 11, 10 weeks)
Thursday, Oct 11
Some Kind of Chart Superman: Soulja Boy Leads Hot 100, Calls All Comers Filthy Names [100 And Single]
Doubling Up, with a Side of Pain: The stasis in the top three belies the more interesting churn further down the chart. The top 10, in particular, sports a pair of hip-hop stars who are each credited on a pair of hits. Amazingly, neither one of them is T-Pain, but he does figure into this.
Thursday, Sep 27
Maybe It Was the Pooh Video: Soulja Boy Retakes No. 1 on Hot 100 [100 And Single]
Hot Cliff's Notes: As this is my first official chart column for Idolator, I thought I'd offer a quick primer on Billboard's singles chart, which, for all intents and purposes, is the Dow Jones of pop: venerable and slightly complicated. Unlike the Billboard 200 album chart, which is base...
Thursday, Sep 20
When Exactly Did Stereogum's Comments Section Turn Into The National Review? [Open Minds]
I think hip-hop glorifies women. In as far as they should all be ho's, while the heros, the "pimps" of the the world, sell them. This hip-hop culture is good for our children, you'll see. Kanye Knocks Out 50 Cent [Stereogum with a hat tip to reader Gregory Coffey, 'cause hell if I'm gonna wade thr...
Tuesday, Sep 18
Kanye Is Triumphant, But Doug Morris Is The Real Winner [Who Charted]
The top 20, with estimated sales totals in parentheses: 1. Kanye West, Graduation (957,000) 2. 50 Cent, Curtis (691,000) 3. Kenny Chesney, Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (387,000) 4. High School Musical 2 soundtrack (133,000) 5. Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (42,000)
Thursday, Sep 13
Reviewing The "Rolling Stone" Reviews Section
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe and Spin are given a once-over by an anonymous writer who's contributed to several of those titles--or maybe even all of them! After the click-through, a look at the...
Friday, Aug 10
50 Cent Flips Out About The Lack Of Curtisy Interscope Is Giving Him [Leaks]
So what's going on at Interscope? Is there someone working there who just really wants to see Curtis flop, by any means necessary? Or did someone actually leak "Follow My Lead" out of panic--"Ayo Technology" hasn't yet cracked the hip-hop charts or the Billboard 100, although "I Get Mone...
Friday, Jul 6
Will Justin Timberlake And Timbaland Save "Curtis"?
Yes, because Jessica Biel is apparently not hot enough for Justin. But wait, it gets better: Justin and 50 - real name Curtis Jackson - will reportedly film the video for the song this weekend with Los Angeles director Joseph Khan. It will see the pair star as sex-obsessed Matrix style secret...
