50 Cent may get concealed by ‘Curtis’

50 Cent was probably overestimating his work while proclaiming that he would quit if his new album, ‘Curtis,’ did not outsell Kanye West's new collection, ‘Graduation,’ during their first week in stores.

Both rappers decided to release their albums on the same day so as to fairly weigh who was better. The two music albums hit the shelves on Tuesday and till now all scales seem to be favoring Kayne, whose music is selling better on both sides of the Atlantic.

‘Graduation’ is outselling ‘Curtis’ by 200, revealed Carl Mello, a director of buying at the East Coast music retail chain Newbury Comics.

50 Cent had high hopes from his new album that the hip-hop star titled after his real name, ‘Curtis Jackson.’ He caused a buzz last month when he told the website SOHH.com, "If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on Sept. 11, I'll no longer write music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out any more solo albums."

It could actually have been a stunt to publicize the album since the release of albums had become more about the war between singers than about music. Whatever it was; it didn’t work for 50 Cent.

In another interview later, on being asked if there was any bitterness behind his words, the rapper just chuckled.

50 Cent, 32 has outsold his 30-year-old rival in the past.

A spokeswoman for Amazon.com said the site will be tracking sales for each album through a pie chart on its music page all week. At midday Tuesday, West was outselling 50 Cent more than 2 to 1.

Even the sales at 50 Cent’s hometown stores were heavier for his rival. "It's probably at 3 to 1, with Kanye outselling 50 with our sales so far," Carl Alvarez, urban buyer for the Virgin Entertainment Group, said Tuesday. "I anticipated 60% of people picking up both, but we anticipated Kanye selling more."