After competing in one of hip-hop's most epic SoundScan battles with Kanye West last year, 50 Cent is ready for round two. This time the G-Unit general along with his soldiers face off against their former cohort turned rival, The Game on June 24.
In what is already being dubbed a super-Tuesday showdown, 50 and G-Unit's sophomore release takes aim to Terminate on Site, while The Game's third-studio album Los Angeles Times. Fif caught up with SOHH to discuss the anticipated date and his plans on delivering the knock out punch to Game.
"He's going to get pushed back," 50 told SOHH. "The sh*t I heard so far is just trash from the Game's perspective."
As SOHH previously reported, the drama between G-Unit and Game stems from a 2005 altercation between 50 and Game's entourages, resulting in a shooting outside New York's Hot 97 FM radio station.
50 went on the air telling listeners that he dropped Game from G-Unit. Prior to Fifty's interview, Game appeared on the station earlier that evening. Fif began bashing Game's credibility and revealed that he wrote six records for the Cali rapper's multi-platinum debut, The Documentary.
According to police reports, upon hearing 50's comments, Chuck Taylor and his entourage returned to the station to confront Curtis. What ensued was a confrontation between both camps in front of the station resulting in a member of Game's crew being shot in the leg.
Since then, both camps have gone on record to publicly dissing one another. Now, in what has been years in the making, Game prepares to go against his former squad at the cash register. But if you let 50 tell it, there's really no competition. Curtis revealed the reason artists are scheduled to drop on June 24 is because that's the deadline for domestic albums to be distributed internationally.
"There are certain time periods," 50 explained. "[That's] the last date you can send [albums] to Germany, France and Switzerland. That's the date we have, that's why Nelly is on that date, Game's on that date. They all will initially try to make it around that time to get all of those [albums] shipped everywhere and promoted everywhere. But, to be honest they need to concentrate on making the right material because if you don't have the right record you could rush it out and just really flop."
Despite 50's prediction, Game doesn't seem to be worried with 50's antics. As SOHH previously reported, the Compton MC announced his third studio album would be his last. Dubbing LAX a classic album, Game claims his final set will address issues that other artists in hip-hop may be afraid to talk about on record. Touting it as a highly controversial album.
On June 24, two titans will clash, G-Unit's Terminate On Site via G-Unit/Aftermath/Interscope and The Game's Los Angeles Times LAX via Geffen. Who will come out on top?
Stay tuned to SOHH as Super Tuesday approaches.
Source: http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/14709
