Michael Vick

Michael Vick
M.D. Wright
5.20.09

Listen, I'm sick and tired of people condemning people for the things they do. Especially in Vick's case.
As a noted dog LOVER, you know I love dogs, but dear God, He values HUMAN LIFE over animals -- even though He gave us animals to care for and such.

However, for those people out there who, when asked in polls, what the NFL should do with Michael Vick claim that:

62% think the NFL should re-instate him.
15% think the NFL should ban him for life.
23% are either indifferent or he should be banned for this year.

The 15% who thinks he should be banned for life for killing dogs -- if they have children, I want to kick them in their f'n head and stomp on their testicles, because let's be serious. There are MURDERERS in the NFL who never missed a game for doing so. And yes, Leonard Little, Ray Lewis, Adam Jones, I'm talking about YOU. There are actually people who think that now that Vick has TRULY paid (excessive IMO, losing all of his money, his houses, cars and endorsements and two years off his prime years in his career -- which should've only been six months at MOST) his debt to society that he doesn't deserve a chance to ply his wares -- I want cameras to follow everything they do for the rest of their lives. The minute they do something reprehensible, I want them banned from their jobs, churches and banned from Western Civilization. Throw them in prison for 10 years and take away everything they worked for up until that point.

I'm sick of overly judgmental and condemning people.

Soundscan: May 11-18, 2009

Soundscan: May 11-18, 2009
M.D. Wright
5.20.09

Chart Position
3

Artist
Cam'ron

Label
Asylum

Album Title
Crime Pays

Last Week Sales
42,161

This Week Sales
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% Change
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Cam'ron debuted 3rd on the charts. Only Green Day's heavily anticipated new album and Hannah Montana's collaboration with Disney sold more with 221K and 68K, respectively. Cam reportedly sold 42K according to soundscan, including all outlets online. With the typical expectation of 60% drop in 2nd week, sales figures don't bode well for those expecting the sales of "Crime Pays" to exceed those of "Killa Season" (which also debuted high on the charts - actually #1 overall in April 2006).

For people who hate Cam'ron or are apathetic to him, this is good news. To Cam'ron fans, this is somewhat bad news, but with one caveat: Asylum, while maintaining distribution with a major label (Warner) does not distribute as Def Jam, Bad Boy/Arista/J or Sony. Cam'ron's next album may not be on Asylum, and may feature more cameo appearances and better production with more promotion with singles and videos on the major outlets. I believe Cam pretty much put "Crime Pays" out as a taste test before putting out Killa Season II the movie and the other album that he mentioned that will drop in late 2009.

However, those who have followed Cam'ron's career know that such a declaration regarding release dates is worthless, as there have been delays of up to nearly two years with regard to his albums' release dates ("Purple Haze" due to label politics at Roc-a-Fella in 2003/2004, and "Crime Pays", which was originally titled differently and intended for release in mid 2007).

Eminem's new album, "Relapse" is expected to debut at #1 on the charts and to move approximately 450,000 units by most estimates. Soundscan numbers will be available for that record one week from today.