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''Before I Self Destruct'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper 50 Cent, released November 9, 2009 on Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records in the United States. It is his final solo release with Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records excluding a "greatest hits" album.〔Darryl Gudmundson & Andres Tardio (March 24, 2007). (HHDX News Bits (Lil Jon Sets Record, Ron Artest, 50 Cent Album News) ). HipHopDX. Retrieved July 14, 2007.〕〔ITN (September 15, 2008) . Retrieved September 20, 2008.〕 A feature film, also titled ''Before I Self Destruct'' was also made, and is available within the album packaging. The Invitation Tour took place in promotion of the album and his then upcoming studio album ''Black Magic'', which has since been shelved. == Background == Initially, ''Before I Self Destruct'' was planned to be 50 Cent's 2007 album, for which he confirmed he had already completed twelve songs.〔Kevin Clark (August 13, 2007). (50 Cent: Shut Me Up...I Dare You! ). HipHopDX. Retrieved August 14, 2007.〕 However, he decided to release ''Curtis'' instead, and thus ''Before I Self Destructs release date was originally pushed back to 2008. In a red carpet interview 50 Cent stated that while he was working on the album, he wrote, produced, and directed his first film saying that the release of the film would coincide with the release of the album.〔 Though a tracklist appeared in early January 2009,〔(Tracklist For 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct Released. ) ''HipHopDX'.' Retrieved January 6, 2009.〕 50 Cent later stated he reworked much of the album. Another track stated to be on the album, though not officially confirmed as a single, entitled "Crime Wave" was released in late October 2009.〔(New Music: 50 Cent – ‘Crime Wave’. ) ''Rap-Up.''〕 The album's release date was initially announced to be February 4, 2008, but later moved to March 2008, due to the release date of ''Curtis'' being pushed up to September 2007.〔visiontellie2 (September 13, 2007). . Accessed May 14, 2008.〕 However it was later revealed, in an interview with G-Unit members Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks, that the album was scheduled to be released during the 4th quarter of 2008, with 50 Cent himself later stating that the album was due to be released December 9, 2008.〔〔50 Cent (September 14, 2008) . Retrieved September 14, 2008.〕 MTV later reported that the album would instead be released in 2009,〔Shaheem Reid with additional reporting by Yasmine Richard (November 14, 2008). (50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct Pushed Back To 2009 ) MTV. Retrieved November 14, 2008.〕〔Slava Kuperstein. (November 14, 2008) (50 Cent Album Bushed Pack To '09 ). HipHopDX. Retrieved November 15, 2008.〕 with February 3 being the date 50 Cent himself confirmed.〔(50 Cent Says He Delayed Before I Self Destruct So He Could Release More Singles. ) ''MTV.com.'.' Retrieved November 18, 2008.〕 Though it was later pushed back to March 2009, with March 24 being set as the day,〔Danielle Harling (February 11, 2009) ("Crack A Bottle" Sets SoundScan Record ) HipHopDX. Retrieved February 11, 2009.〕 until he later confirmed that mentor and labelmate Eminem's album, ''Relapse'', was going to be released before his own. 50 Cent then told MTV that he would release the album in June,〔(50 Cent To Release Two Albums This Year. ) ''MTV News.'.' Retrieved March 16, 2009.〕 with the date being changed once again as he decided to retool parts of the album once Eminem's ''Relapse'' was completed. However, the album was pushed back to a Fall 2009 release,〔(50 Says He's Losing His Motivation To Rap. ) ''Rap Basement.'.' Retrieved June 8, 2009.〕 with September being the specific month. On ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', 50 Cent stated that the album will be out "second week of September, I'll be back on the streets baby",〔(Video: 50 Cent Jokes with Jimmy Kimmel. ) ''Rap-Up.'.' Retrieved June 15, 2009.〕 with the date later stated to be specifically September 11, which at the time, was the release date of Jay-Z's ''The Blueprint 3''.〔(50 Cent To Release New Album Same Day As Jay-Z. ) ''Hip-hop DX.'.' Retrieved July 14, 2009.〕 However, these reports were later contradicted by MTV, when they stated that 50 Cent exclusively confirmed the release date as September 29, 2009. The album was later officially confirmed to have been pushed back again by 50 Cent, who claimed November 3, 2009 as the newly confirmed release date,〔(AllHipHop News (50 Cent Album officially pushed back to November) ). AllHipHop. Retrieved August 23, 2009.〕 but this was once again changed to November 17, 2009.〔(50 Cent’s Destruction Date Nears. ) ''Rap-Up.''〕 However, in October 2009, the album was pushed back a week to make the release date November 24, 2009.〔(50 Cent's Album Pushed Back Again. ) ''Rap-Up.'.' Retrieved October 13, 2009.〕 Universal has pushed several albums forward to November 23, 2009, including ''Before I Self Destruct''.〔(Universal Readies Super Monday Lineup. ) ''Rap-Up.'.' Retrieved October 14, 2009.〕 50 stated that because the album leaked and the good response it got, he will release the album a week earlier, on November 16. The album was released exclusively on the iTunes Store on November 9 at 12:00am, while the physical copy was released in stores on November 16. Since the album was released digitally a week ahead of the physical copy, Interscope records requested that ''Billboard'' and Nielsen SoundScan uphold a rule instituted in 2008 where a label may ask Nielsen SoundScan to hold the digital sales count of an album for up to one week, and for ''Billboard'' to delay charting that album, when a leak results in a digital album beating its physical counterpart to brick and mortar stores.〔Caulfield, Keith. ("Bon Jovi Comes Full 'Circle' At No. 1 on Billboard 200" ). billboard.com. November 18, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Before I Self Destruct」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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