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."
Permalink Reply by King on November 20, 2009 at 3:02pm
50 cent "this project is arguably as good as the first 1" - what the f*** is he on ? he doesn't believe anything he says on camera.
BISD was awful and it showed by the sales.
Carter 3 leaked 2 weeks early sold - 1.5 mill
LAX leaked 18 days early sold - 240 k
BP3 leaked 2 weeks early sold - 475 k
BISD leaked 3 weeks eary sold -160 k
50 need 2 forget about all the interviews, commercials and movies and focus on music or hes gonna be completely forgotten about in the next year or 2. The best move he can make now is getting back with game and dre and resigning to interscope or its bye bye 50
Lol yall kill me with this 50 aint dropping this that and the third, but soon as 50 release some free s*** on here yall be right there downloading and waiting
Yall niggas should be thanking ya boi, cause i wouldn't give yall s*** anymore. He still will, including Banks s*** which yall wont support either
50 is just catering to his hard core fan base and only a few appreciates it. Somebody said he should have put some pop white bois on his s*** to sell more. I said why when the money is long and he doesn't make a whole lot of record sales, its more money away from it. Its not that serious. If he would have did that, it woulda been war
He right niggas is spoiled. I would personally close this site cause my main focus would be sales. It would make the anticipation bigger and harder to gain the music and express how yall feel. Nobody gonna keep continuing to comment on the song on another site, u can do it here. Give all free stuff here first. Tell 50 wat u want. Before u couldnt
But they said 50 the bad guy, when he just looking out. Wouldnt be me
That's cause Weezy's Carter 3 was his Get Rich album. Weezy's Lollipop was 50's In Da Club. That s*** only happens once in a artist's lifetime, and that's it. Weezy ain't going to be doing those numbers no more.
Of course they downloaded his album... but it was the first time Wayne crossed over. Thats when ya biggest sales hit. Mostly white people bought that Lollipop s***
Please BISD is hot, the leaks a problem but come on, even a hater would wanna cop it with a JMJ Doco & a DVD movie to boot - whats the hurry 50 gone get his numbers
Weak singles? I don't fink so, its the 3 week leak for sure, s*** aint even avaliable in my country yet, he need to push another couple clips out like Do You Think About Me and add Get Up & I Get It In to the album then delete that last R Kelly joint good but not for BISD - and there you have it
YEAH HE KILLED JOE CRACK & JUST BARELY EDGED OUT ROSS
BUT
FAT JOE - ICE CREAM
&
RICK ROSS - USUAL SUSPECTS - MAGNIFICENT - VALLEY OF DEATH - RICH OFF COCAINE - LAY LOW
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ARE ALL BETTER THAN ANYTHING ON B.I.S.D
ONLY SONGS THAT COME CLOSE ARE
(STRONG ENOUGH & I GOT SWAG)
How do you Justify leaving Cole off tho, what other rappers has a platinum selling single, Gold album, and Grammy nomination I guarantee you theirs not 10 of them.
how is Wayne ahead of Jay-Z tho? Ross was gonna win this off the top because of his buzz and with dropping Rich Forever, that was basically God Forgives I Don't. the newly recorded version might be one of his best to date.