Now Its Confirmed BISD Sell 150K 50 Cent Speaks Out About "BISD" Poor First Week Sales, Maybe #5 @ Billboard [Interview Inside Audio]
50 Cent is defending the poor sales of Before I Self Destruct, blaming the album's weak performance on an internet leak.
Instead of crawling into the hole of embarrassment and laying low, 50 took to Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex to offer an explanation of the leak and why he's not responsible for the album's weak sales.
"With the actual outcome of the project, once the record leaks from the international plant, what more can I do," 50 explained in the interview. "I can't, I held the record long enough to get it to them, to mix and master it and for them to ship it and then it leaks from the plant internationally, I'm like come on, then that's it. They lost the ball. You know what I mean, if the numbers look funny to me, it's they fault."
As previously reported, 50's Before I Self Destruct is set to barely hobble into the Top 5 with 160,000 copies sold.
The projections came as a shock to many, as the rapper's album initially debuted at the number one spot on iTunes.
50 was also optimistic about this album, his fourth effort, as he revealed in a recent interview with Jenny Boom Boom TV.
"All you gotta do is get the response," he explained. "The response is so well, so good, that I know the record is a hit. So whether they consumed it from actually purchasing it or they got it off the web or wherever they got it from, when they hear it and enjoy it, they end up at the show. How can I focus on album sales now when it's to the point where my record is released four weeks before schedule. The marketing, everything that's planned to sell the actual record, is happening four weeks late, now that the record is out a month early. You know, those things are happening after they had an opportunity to hear it and it's confirmation to the doubters that the record wouldn't be good."
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Instead of crawling into the hole of embarrassment and laying low, 50 took to Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex to offer an explanation of the leak and why he's not responsible for the album's weak sales.
"With the actual outcome of the project, once the record leaks from the international plant, what more can I do," 50 explained in the interview. "I can't, I held the record long enough to get it to them, to mix and master it and for them to ship it and then it leaks from the plant internationally, I'm like come on, then that's it. They lost the ball. You know what I mean, if the numbers look funny to me, it's they fault."
As previously reported, 50's Before I Self Destruct is set to barely hobble into the Top 5 with 160,000 copies sold.
The projections came as a shock to many, as the rapper's album initially debuted at the number one spot on iTunes.
50 was also optimistic about this album, his fourth effort, as he revealed in a recent interview with Jenny Boom Boom TV.
"All you gotta do is get the response," he explained. "The response is so well, so good, that I know the record is a hit. So whether they consumed it from actually purchasing it or they got it off the web or wherever they got it from, when they hear it and enjoy it, they end up at the show. How can I focus on album sales now when it's to the point where my record is released four weeks before schedule. The marketing, everything that's planned to sell the actual record, is happening four weeks late, now that the record is out a month early. You know, those things are happening after they had an opportunity to hear it and it's confirmation to the doubters that the record wouldn't be good."
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Permalink Reply by Massacre on -
he had no "in da club " , "candy shop", "just a lil bit", "Disco Inferno" , or "I get money "
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Permalink Reply by Factual THought on -
Dis n**** got an exscuse for everything i swear, but if it was another artist he'd be runnin his f***** mouth talkin about sales an what not...it aint got nuttin to do wit no leak, the only place the leak cud have came from is from the people who purchased it on ITUNES an then let it out and that was only a week earlier....to prove this whole leak s*** is bs why didnt he mention a leak problem prior to these numbers surfacing?...because there was no major leak this n**** jus feelin like a dickhead wit his foot in his mouth, the record aint dat hot first of all an all he talk about is other artist on the radio, if ya record is so hot an u PROMOTING YOUR ALBUM then why u NEVER talk about the music on your album..... But What Hov Said Yall -
"The Only Time They Exciting Is When They Mentioning Shawn" -Jayz
Poor fif this is ya true potential nicca, witout the hype from eminem he cant garner a heavy demand of fans to purchase his material
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Permalink Reply by Elastic | Forever Wavvvvvvyy on -
excuses, escuses.... r.i.p. to the career of 50 cent
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Permalink Reply by Tony Montana on -
Stop crying you rich ....who gives a f***
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Permalink Reply by zombie mami on -
no video no audio its a lie
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Permalink Reply by Moz on -
For 1. How the f*** can it be confirmed? wtf are cleo the physics? and 2. yall act as if 50 gonna do 160k and then disappear the following weeks. But hes def not doing no 160k.
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Permalink Reply by TheNew50Cent on -
I Wanna 50 Make Good Sales
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Permalink Reply by vince on -
so ppl just get the album over the weekend stop being cheap just get it!!! i told like 20 ppl to get it from school already im doing my thing even though i live in canda i still try and support for world wide saels jsut let ur friends know about it and support real hiphop!
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