First of all, nobody's entire album leaked 1 month in advance like 50. This is not to defend 50, but to point out your flawed arguement. When Lil Wayne material leaked, it wasn't the material that ended up on the album either. There are many other factors that contributed to his 1st week sales. By the way when you argue, you're including emotions and bias. Many people will argue with you that this is 50's second best album. If you ask everybody around you, you will see that the majority of people who download an album illegally, don't go and buy it afterwards. Why would you buy an album after you just got it for free? To support the artist you like to listen to? Most people don't care about that once the material is in there hand. No point in owning it twice.