50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, Cancels Tour

... and also says He Didn’t Enjoy Releasing New Album

50 Cent is expected to lose to Kanye West by approximately 125,000 copies when the final tallies for their head-to-head competition are announced. 50 Cent vowed to quit if West won, later he even threaten to go to war with West’s label, Def Jam Records. Now the rapper says the music game isn’t exciting anymore.

SOHH.com reports that 50 Cent said, "After a while it’s not exciting. I’m not really excited to go sell a record. I probably won’t even put another album out. If I do put it out, I probably won’t travel to promote it. The actual release of this record wasn’t pleasant for me."

When asked if he was burned out, the G-Unit rapper said, "Not burned out, I just feel like I don’t wanna do it anymore. It’s the first time I ever told people publicly. I’ve been feeling that way for a while."

50 Cent has already started to make excuses in case he loses the battle. He told New York’s WQHT-FM’s Angie Martinez, "To be honest the process of selling this record hasn’t been fun. I’m happy with the performance, but I’m not happy with the set up. We had conference calls and after we created this plan, nobody actually had a plan."

The rapper also shared that he may be leaving Interscope Records after fulfilling his contractual obligations with his next album. 50 Cent explained, "It was the label. They’re dropping the ball all over the place. I’ll release my next album and then I’m a free agent."

The rapper also canceled two major international music events, citing "unforeseen and unanticipated" circumstances. The rapper - who vowed to retire if rival Kanye West beat him in the album charts last week - has pulled out of performing at the MOBOs and the Vodafone Live Music Awards in London.

Currently West is projected to sell between 650,000-750,000 copies while 50 Cent is projected to sell between 500,000-600,000 copies. West moved 437,000 copies of Graduation its first day in stores to jump out in front.

The latest single from Curtis is Follow My Lead featuring Robin Thicke.

Update (09.19.2007) : Kanye outsells 50 Cent with 957 000 units sold

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50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by kev [2007-10-01 02:44:15]

Stupid people. Facts point that kanye cheated PERIOD.

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by SCRAB [2007-09-29 09:17:32]

FUKE 50 DUGS

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by Jbasto [2007-09-21 20:09:17]

Well for the looks of it now one can ever prove that Kanye cheated and yes PPL do know who is kanye one of the greatest producers in hip-hop. As for 50 what is to expect from a person that is scared to go out on his own block ..... to his own hood he is a sore loser and he needs to step up to the plate and do what he said he was going to do QUIT putting Shity music !!!!

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by [2007-09-20 01:16:18]

The saddest thing about this so called battle is that its not based on being about good music but on how much either of them sells. If we dare to call what the industry has cranked out for the last 7 years HIP HOP, and if we have the audacity to judge it by the standerd of how much these so called artist sell then...ALL HAIL VINELLA ICE.

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by [2007-09-19 15:25:50]

Kanye didn’t cheat. 50 is just comin’ up with excuses of why Kanye is outselling him 2 to 1. In other words, 50 is a sore loser, but he still did really good considering selling over 600,000+ especially in this day and age of digital downloading via the internet. It was a great marketing strategy for both 50 and Kanye. Oh, and Kanye is known all over the world. He’s been performing everywhere such as the concert for global warming awarness in 07/07/2007 which was broadcasted all over the world. He’s also been on t.v. a whole lot such as makin’ a special guest appearance on HBO’s "The Entourage". So, he’s already a household name..an icon already. To all disgruntled 50 Cent fans, don’t hate, congratulate and Graduate !

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by [2007-09-19 08:29:33]

There was no cheating involved its just that people got tired of hearing the same ol love song by 50. Kanye has been know to change the game and the Graduation album has not dissapointed at all. I would rather listen to an album with 13 classics than to an album wit 17+ and only 5-6 of them are good. 50 knew he was gonna lose dats why he started makin excuses after day 1 of sales. So he can stop whining and take da L.

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by mimi [2007-09-19 06:45:52]

KANYE CHEATED !! WTF IS WRONG WITH U PPL ! I DONT CARE IF U HATE 50 CENT ! BE REAL ! DO U ACTUALLY THINK THAT A GUY CALLED KANYE WEST IS GONNA OUT SELL 50 CENT ! THATS THE STUPIDEST THING IVE’ HEARD OF !!! NO ONE EVEN KNOWS WHO KANYE WEST IS ! BUT IF U ASK A GUY WHO DOESNT EVEN KNOW WAT HIP HOP MEANS- THAT GUY IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA KNOW 50 CENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by [2007-09-19 04:40:00]

According to Billboard, Kanye West’s Graduation nearly went platinum in one week as it checked in with 957k units sold. 50, while not doing too shabby himself, was a distant second as Curtis clocked in at 691k sold.

50 Cent has lost out to Kanye West, by ABSTRUSE [2007-09-18 14:10:25]

How 50 Cent feels about music is the outcome of what happens when you make music for monetary gains and don’t do it for love. Music comes from the heart and soul of one’s being. When you do it for money and for corporate interests, that’s when you ultimately, lose your soul. KRS-One said it best..he said hip-hop with lower case letters represents corporate interests...HIP-HOP in all capital letters represents HIP-HOP Kulture ! ’Nuff said !