Musicrooms.net: Universal Move To Avoid 50 Cent The Game Chart Battle

Universal Move To Avoid 50 Cent The Game Chart Battle
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CMU on 24 April, 2008
 
Which is presumably why he has been so keen to not have his hip hop collective
G-Unit release their new album on the same day as the new long player from
former G-Uniter and ongoing rival The Game. Fiddy's solution to that potential
problem was to exercise his influence within the Universal Music Group and
pressure the powers that be to move The Game's release date - both G-Unit and
their former bandmate releasing their music via Universal divisions.
Much safer than letting the record buying public decide, I suppose, though not
necessarily any easier a battle to win. The Game's people were insisting earlier
this week, after Fiddy told MTV he might stamp his feet at Universal, that they
wouldn't tolerate a release date change just to placate the G-Unit.
But the latest word via AllHipHop.com is that Universal have moved the release
date for both releases, which sounds like the political thing to do. G-Unit's
'Terminate On Sight' has a provisional US release of 1 Jul, while The Game's
'LAX' will arrive in record shops on 8 Jul.