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  • Game Reps Say 50 Won't Stop 'L.A.X.'

    A representative from Compton-based MC The Game has come forward to deny reports that the rapper’s forthcoming album may be pushed back from its original release date of June 24.

    The buzz is fueled by G-Unit frontman 50 Cent, who threatened to block the release of The Game’s L.A.X., should the album be released at the same time as G-Unit’s upcoming release Terminate On Site.

    Despite the claims, the label representative stated that The Game will indeed have something to offer fans this summer.

    "We have no intentions to move our album date of June 24," a representative for The Game told AllHipHop.com. "If we do move it, it will be 50 Cent and G-Unit’s lucky day, but I doubt if The Game is into answering G-Unit’s prayers."

    In a recent interview with MTV, 50 Cent stated that he believed G-Unit’s new album Terminate on Sight will easily triumph over Game’s L.A.X., should the two factions square off on the same day in stores.

    "I’ma wait a little, then I'm just gonna push his album back," the rapper told MTV.com. "I don't think there's anyone that would legitimately look at him like it's a competition, him versus G-Unit. It just doesn't make sense. I make money every time he releases an album. He signed a five-album deal. He's only on album three."

    50 Cent’s conflict with The Game isn’t the first time the New York native has gone one on one with a fellow rapper in the battle for SoundScan supremacy.

    Just last year, 50 Cent and Kanye West squared off by releasing albums on the same day.

    West’s Graduation ultimately won the battle by selling 957,000 copies over 50 Cent’s Curtis, which moved 691,000 units in the first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures.

    Both albums were released on Sept. 11, 2007.

    Source: allhiphop.com

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    G-Unit & The Game Albums Pushed Back To July

    It's official, G-Unit and The Game will not be competing for sales with same-day releases. Their upcoming albums, both previously scheduled to drop on June 24, have been pushed back to separate dates in July.

    SOHH has confirmed with Interscope and Geffen Records that the original June 24th release date placed on the Game's Los Angeles Times and G-Unit's T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight) have both been moved to the following month.

    Game told SOHH, "I will drop my album on July 8 in order to clean up the mess 50 made with his new release on July 1st." As SOHH previously reported, 50 Cent said he planned to use his influence at Interscope to move Game's album to a different date than that of his own.

    "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."

    To date, G-Unit's 2004 "Beg For Mercy" pushed 2.7 million units in the US while the Game's 2006 album "Doctor's Advocate" has sold 969,000 copies, both according to the Nielsen SoundScan.

    T.O.S. is slated for a July 1st release while Los Angeles Times is due out July 8th.

    Source: sohh.com

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