Ep.24 - 50 Cent vs. Kanye West
On Ep.24 of DITD - 2007 delivered a flashpoint in Hip-Hop history that subsequently changed the landscape. In the middle of it all. 50 Cent & Kanye West.
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Show Notes
It's been over a decade now when in 2007, two of the biggest names in Hip-Hop literally went head-to-head, to see who was the commercial King.
50 Cent dropped "Curtis" and Kanye West dropped "Graduation". Kanye won in a landslide and at that moment, changed Hip-Hop.
The DITD duo discuss the event in detail, looking at the albums themselves, the artists careers before and after the event and, of course, the statistics behind it all.
TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:39)
Topic Intro - (14:06)
Looking back at the event - (22:36)
Ben's thoughts on the albums - (28:49)
50 was in a dying vessel and didn't know it - (31:59)
The death of 'Gangster Rap' - (38:03)
How dominant 'Gangster Rap' was - (44:44)
The context of 'Gangster Rap' has changed - (49:27)
Final Thoughts - (50:15)
Lighter Note - (57:11)
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