what they have started with this whole battle about whose album out doing the others is a briliant marketing move. the fact that fiddy said he would retire if kanye sold more records than him is great for the both of them whatever the outcome. fiddy may look stupid if he loses but so what? he would have still sold more records had he not said a word. the question is did he dig his own grave and will he live up to what he promised?

Hell no...

MikeMatronik said:

oops sorry i didn't mean to piss you off...

Kanye is, definitely not Fiddy.

How can he be a genius, if he samples everything he does?
Give me a studio and some old Stax/Motown records and even I can make a kick-ass hip-hop album.
[Edited 9/17/07 16:22pm]

dancerella said:

no problem...

MikeMatronik said:

he doesn't sample everything. if you don't think either is a genius, one out of the two or both, then why are you even on this thread?

missfee said:

Because I want to post. Isn't your country, the place of so-called "freedom of speech"?

MikeMatronik said:

The US never had freedom of speech. The witch hunt against Communists in the '50s, anyone?

MikeMatronik said:

well sounds to me you are complaining just to hear yourself complain.

but to really answer your question, the man is genius because people like you are constantly talking about him. Everybody knows, if you want to get on top, just make some noise to get noticed...and guess what, you notice him which gives him more publicity.

Me however, i'm a fan, so i'll continue to support him as long as he puts out decent, artistic albums.

missfee said:

By that logic, I suppose you regard Madonna to be a genius as well.

Rodya24 said:

I surely do!!!! You talking about the Blacklist right? Also what about those witch hunt trials in the 1600's??? Controversy

Rodya24 said:

Well i'm not a big Madonna fan, although I do admire her drive. That woman knows how to sell records, I mean her worst fan has to at least give her that.

what's genius about talking over a sampled beat ?

missfee said:

While I dislike both West and 50 Cent, I have to give them credit for this stunt. The result: lots and lots of albums sold.

So to be a Genius is to sell millions...NICE! So Julio Iglesias is bloody Genius.

Dewrede said:

he doesn't just talk.

MikeMatronik said:

maybe...

missfee said:

oh yeah , he steals other people's music too

Dewrede said:

no he doesn't do that either.

Dewrede said:

Getting thousands of people to listen to this crap and actually thinking that selling units equals "genius."

The day they become geniuses will be the same day I will become pregnant.

Genius? yet another word that is used WAY too quick and on to many people. The term Genius is about as overused as the word COMEBACK and ARTIST.

dancerella said:

.50 admitted that this was all a marketing ploy when he did an interview on Jim Rome last week.
He said although Kanye's sales were better than his first week sales, that in the long run he'd beat him worldwide.


Whoopee.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

dancerella said:

Both of these cd's stink.

They are geniuses at being con men. How else can you explain their album sales?
Compared to the fools buying their music they are geniuses.

i give it another year until another rapper with a bigger ego than kanye west comes along, and we all forget about kanye. the same goes with curtis.

Dancerella,

you knew better to ask THIS question on prince.org

"could kanye and fiddy both be geniuses?"
hell motherfucking no no cents?? a genius??? plaese ... as for Kanye west he needs to chill the fuck out. its amazing to me how words like genius get thrown and around on people like Kanye West and Dr. Dre who really have not done anything
worthy of reverence