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Kanye West’s Album on the Web

According to Showbizz.net, the album Graduation, can now be heard on the internet.  MTV.ca is permitting fans to listen to the new songs on the album before the album’s release.

This is the third studio album  for the singer.  He is working in collaboration with the label Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella. The album will be officially released on September 11.

Two singles have been released on the radio, Can’t Tell me Nothing and Stronger.  The Good Life will be released in the near future.

Many artists participated in the creation of this album including T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Mos Def, Dwele and Chris Martin from Coldplay. 

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Kanye West and 50 Cent Make Peace

According to FemaleFirst, the two rappers resolved their conflicts over a few glasses of vodka at the 40/40 Club in New York last Wednesday. West and 50 Cent were hanging out that evening with Jay-Z, P. Diddy and T.I.

A source that was at the club told the New York Post, "They all strolled through the club like the rap Rat Pack. Everyone was going crazy around them. Kanye and Fiddy put their differences behind them and had a drink together at the bar."

This conflict between 50 Cent and Kanye West started when West announced that his album, Graduation, would be released on the same day that as 50 Cent’s album, Curtis.

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Kanye West’s Inspiration

FemaleFirst reported that Kanye West is doing a tribute to Justin Timberlake by designating him as the only contemporary musician that has influenced him.  He went further by stating that they are the modern-day equivalent of Prince or Michael Jackson. West admitted that he owes his success to Timberlake.

He told XxL magazine, "My biggest inspiration and biggest competition is Justin Timberlake. He’s the only other person that gets an across-the-board response and respect level – black radio, white radio. If Justin hadn’t come out and killed the game, I can’t say that my album, singles and videos would be on the same level that they’re on. We push each other. I look at me and Justin like Prince and Michael Jackson in their day".

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50 Cent Does Not His Competitors

According to FemaleFirst, 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, does not want to be friends with his two competitors.

When asked if he felt a bit of competition between them, he replied, "Nah. I don’t even like them."

The hip-hop star refused to take back what he said. 50 Cent claimed that he respects Diddy, but would not call him to ask for advice.
On the site SOHH.com, he stated, "In business, I respect what he does. But if we liked each other, we’d call each other to talk for no reason. And me and Puffy, we don’t have conversations."
Diddy and Jay-Z are not the first to have been pushed aside by 50 Cent.  Kanye West had a disagreement with him recently.
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50 Cent Jeopardizes His Career

The new albums by the two hip-hop artists, Curtis, by 50 Cent, and Graduation, for Kanye West, will be released on September 11.  50 Cent is so certain that he will sell more albums than Kanye West, that he is willing to risk his career. 

According to FemaleFirst, 50 Cent declared, "Let’s raise the stakes. If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer perform music. I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t put out any more solo albums."

Kanye West’s last album, Late Registration, sold 2.8 million copies, while 50 Cent sold 8 million copies with his last album, Get Rich or Die Tryin.

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Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Lupe Fiasco Forming a Trio

According to FemaleFirst, West, Williams and Fiasco are planning on transforming their work together.  They will go from doing just one song together, to doing an entire album, as a hip-hop group, which they have already named Crs (Child Rebel Soldiers).

The trio had recorded the song Us Placers, for an album, Can’t Tell Me Nothing.  They were so impressed with the results that they would now like to record under the name Crs.

Fiasco told Billboard, "Now our labels are working it out. Whoever is going to pay is going to pay a whole hell of a lot. Everybody is excited, but Us Placers is the only record we have".

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Kanye West Didn’t Change His Mind

According to FemaleFirst, West will not be changing the release date, although it is also the same day that 50 Cent will be releasing his disc Curtis.

West had previously planned to release his album, entitled Graduation, on August 21.  West told MTV, "The date, Graduation, September 11, we ain’t moving.  I’d rather come out on a day like that, up against 50 – where people are excited about going to the stores and it’s an event and people talk about it – and be number two on that day, rather than come out and be number one on a day nobody cares about."

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Kanye West’s Album To Be Released

According to MTV News, Def Jam has announced that West’s disc, Graduation, will be released on September 11.  The album was originally to be released on September 18, then was changed to August.

Two singles from the CD have already been released, Can’t Tell Me Nothing and Stronger.  A third single, The Good Life, which already has a video, will be next.

On the album, West collaborated with Coldplay singer, Chris Martin.  With the new release date, West will be competing with the latest disc from rapper 50 Cent, Curtis, which will be released on the same day.

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Daft Punk to Collaborate with Kanye West

The American rapper has confirmed that he will be working with the French artist on the next CD, Graduation.

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, better known as Daft Punk, have been invited to sing the song Stronger with West.

Graduation, which will be the third CD from West, will be released in September.  Another collaboration will feature Coldplay singer, Chris Martin.

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Kanye West Launching a New Album

One of the single’s from this upcoming album is done in collaboration with Coldplay singer, Chris Martin.

West, who has won six Grammy awards for previous albums, will do some shows in Canada, United States and Europe during the summer to kick off his new album.