Posted on 09/06/2005 4:03:44 PM PDT by Crackingham
Kanye West's first week sales are expected to reach the 900,000 mark following the super producer's off-the-cuff rant about the president during MSNBC's recent Concert for Hurricane Relief.
Last Thursday, early reports indicated that West's Late Registration was poised to scan between 800,000 to 850,000 units in its first week. But today, reports show that Late Registration is headed towards 900,000 units sold, after Kanye's scathing remarks about the president were broadcasted to millions during the MSNBC telethon and later re-broadcasted across the internet and news media.
Kanye's sales spike is being attributed to support for the Chicago rapper/producer after his comments during MSNBC's Concert for Hurricane Relief last Friday. During an impromptu rant with Austin Power's Mike Myers at his side, West went off his prepared statements and sharply criticized the media for calling Black people 'looters' and condemned the president's failure to respond to the Katrina Crisis.
"I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family it says they're looting. You see a white family it says they are looking for food," Ye stated in reference to Yahoo! and other media outlets showing photos of Black people captioned as "looters" while white people seemed to "find" food from grocery stores.
A shocked Myers continued following the teleprompter, when West exclaimed, "George Bush doesn't care about Black people."
Despite some criticism, many people including Al Sharpton, David Banner, and several others in the Hip-Hop community, have expressed their support for West's statements, saying it represent the views of many frustrated Americans. Internet chatrooms and bulletin boards have been ablaze with discussions on the comments, with many calling him a 'hero' and vowing to purchase his album in an expression of support.
Look what it did to the donations on the show....fell off after his rant.
It's a good marketing ploy. Michael Moore probably sank Kerry's campaign for President, but he sure made out like a bandit.
Pathetic.
These people don't seem to realize that idiots who liked this guy were already lined up to buy this crap. Those people DON'T WATCH TELETHONS!!!! They don't even watch NEWS!! If it isn't on MTV, BET or UPN they won't know about it. You aren't talking about upper East side widows or gay singles in the meatpacking district buying this kind of crap. Its urban black youth and suburban white youth who are pretending that they are living dangerously (its not news, seriously, its not).
WHO CARES AND WHO IS HE ANYWAY? HOW MUCH OF THIS PROFIT WILL GO TO THE REFUGEES?
Well, that's depressing.
I'm sure he'll give all his increased sales money to the hurricane victims............RIGHT
This a**hole was in it for one thing, just like mike moron..........
the same amount jesse gives, $000,000,000,000.50 fitty cent. oops my bad, different "artist".
For some reason I'm reminded of the remark that "A lie is halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its pants on."
We won't really know how this has impacted his sales for several weeks. The stores have purchased a large quantity (thus the push) in order to be prepared for a surge in sales.
Let's see how the store purchases are in three weeks.
In order to increase sales, and following in the footsteps of the former Puff Daddy, now P.Diddy, Kanye West will change his name to "K-hole."
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