"You would have to bet $1.65 to win $1.00 with Curtis plus your initial $1.65 get returned of course," points out Gambling911.com Senior Editor, Payton O'Brien. "Graduation pays out $1.25 for every $1.00 bet."
Graduation will be the third major label album release from Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam hip hop artist-producer Kanye West.
On January 16, 2007 West stated the following about the upcoming album,
“ "I can say, idea-wise, I got 10 ideas. I go back and work on ideas and tweak them. I can’t say I’m halfway done. There's a lot of people I want to work with, a lot of rappers. But I don’t want to give away what I'mma do. I look at music as a gift. So I'mma just keep everything under wraps until it's time.” said West, “You remember, you didn't find out about the Nas joint (We Major) until real late? I waited till the last listening session a couple of weeks before the album came out. I played it in a room with 300 people and Nas' voice hit the track and it was like, 'Ah, man.' Another surprise might be there might not be anybody on it. There are a few rappers I really love and I would love to work with, but I'mma figure out what I'mma do for my album."
Curtis is the third studio album by rapper 50 Cent. The album's title comes from 50 Cent's given name "Curtis James Jackson III". The album was set to be released in the U.S. on June 26, 2007, however 50 Cent felt he was not being fair to his worldwide fans. Therefore, to ensure that the world received the album at the same time, it was scheduled for a September 4, 2007 release. However, sources from Interscope Records informed XXL magazine that the date was pushed back one week to September 11, 2007.
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