MusicMajor Event
Graduation vs. Curtis: Chart Battle with 50 Cent
September 18, 2007
Kanye and 50 Cent release their albums — Graduation and Curtis — on the same day in a highly publicized chart battle. Kanye wins decisively with 957,000 first-week sales to 50 Cent's 691,000. The result is widely interpreted as a cultural shift away from gangsta rap toward the introspective, experimental style Kanye championed.
