That played into it too but niggas said straight up on BET at times they were gonna buy 2 Kanye albums because they wanted to see 50 lose and saw Ye as the underdog. If not for that competition Ye wouldn't have sold as much as he did. It was his biggest first week opening ever and his highest selling album up until that point.
Man cut this shit out.
It took like 7 songs being released before I Get Money stuck. If anything that competition w/ Ye helped 50. Niggas was already sick and tired of 50's shit, beefing w/any and everybody simply because it was a Tuesday.
And LOL @ Ye needing 50 to sell albums. LR sold 850k+ it's first week, so in just 2 years Ye needed 50 to sell just 100k more. :word?:
Also Graduation wasn't his highest seller up to that point. Both CD and LR sold more.