50 Cent’s “Before I Self Destruct” Track Listing

A few noteworthy things about the tracklisting.

- Dr. Dre is producing and is featured lyricly in “Ready for War”

- Dr. Dre is producing a total of 4 tracks.

-Eminem is producing 2 tracks and is featured in 1.

-Nate Dogg is featured in track 5 “Here for a Reason”, which marks his first appearance on an album since he had 2 strokes in 2008. Akon somehow tried to replace him as the new hook master, but I’m sure Nate will come back with a vengence.

1. Intro
2. ‘Came To Win’ (produced by Red Spyda)
3. ‘Get Up’ (produced by Scott Storch)
4. ‘Need Your Hate’ (Produced by Dr. Dre)
5. ‘Here For A Reason’ (f> Nate Dogg) (produced by tha Bizness)
6. ‘Good To Be A Gangsta’ (produced by Ty Fyffe & Sha Money XL)
7. ‘Don’t Mess With 50′ (produced by Don Cannon)
8. ‘Trust In Me’ (produced by J.R. Rotem)
9. ‘Norman Bates Motel’ (f> Eminem) (produced by Dr. Dre)
10. ‘Bitch I’m Sorry’ (produced by Needlz)
11. ‘All For You’ (produced by Hi-Tek)
12. ‘No Time To Lose’ (f> Swizz Beatz) (produced by the Individuals)
13. ‘Lonely At the Top’ (produced by Play-N-Skillz)
14. ‘You Need Us’ (f> Lloyd Banks & Tony Yayo) (produced by DJ Khalil)
15. ‘Different Path’ (f> Dave Young) (produced by Havoc)
16. ‘I Get It In’ (produced by Dr. Dre)
17. ‘Somebody Forgive Me’ (produced by Jake One)
18. ‘My Reign’ (produced by Eminem)
19. ‘Ready For War’ (f> Dr. Dre) (produced by Dr. Dre)

The release date was officially February 3rd,  but is once again up in the air. Looks like a late February/early March release date.

Detox/Relapse Release Dates

Months ago, Dre said in a perfect world, he would like his album out by the end of 2008, and to nobody’s surprise the album was delayed yet again. By the looks of it now, Eminems album will be finished in January, and with about 2 months to promote it, we’ll see it released sometime in late February/early March. Assuming Dre stays on track with Detox after completing Eminem’s album, WestCoastFlow.com predicts an early Summer release of Detox followed by an Up In Smoke 2 Tour, which Bishop Lamont has already confirmed.

WestCoastFlow.com Aftermath calander prediction :

January 2009: 50 Cent releases “Before I Self Destruct”

March 2009: Eminem releases “Relapse”

June 2009: Dr. Dre releases Detox

July 2009: Up In Smoke 2 Tour

‘Before I Self Destruct’ Delayed Again to ‘Early 2009′

“Before I Self Destruct” has reportedly been pushed back again. The album move comes as 50 Cent was rushing to get his album finished for a December release. With the deadline approaching to secure advertising and retail placement for the album, the decision was made to move to a date in early 2009.

According to a statement from Interscope records, the rapper was feeling rushed to meet the initial release date of December 16, so a decision was made to push it back to early next year.

Despite all of this, and for further confusion, 50 was at UFC 91 last night in Las Vegas and in a quick interview with Joe Rogan, 50 Cent still claims the album will be released on December 9th.

More updates on the situation as it become available on WestCoastFlow.com

VIDEO: ‘Get Up’ by 50 Cent

The first single and video, Get Up, from Before I Self Destruct was released yesterday.

50 Cent Speaks On “Before I Self Destruct”, Eminem featured on the Album

50 Cent (Photo: MTV News)

“It’s a catch-22,” the rapper said over the weekend in Las Vegas, referring to the criticism he received for Curtis, an album that he calls “softer” than Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre. “They’ll say, ‘Oh, it’s too aggressive.’ … Soon as you do something that’s a little more lighthearted, and you can play the whole record and feel like you don’t have to cover your kid’s ears, I get penalized for it. So get ready to cover your kid’s ears. Now I’m really interested in seeing how the public responds.” ‘Get Up,’ is just the appetizer,” he said on Saturday, in a separate interview at the BET Hip-Hop Awards. “I got so much more, so many different records to feel out and see what direction I wanna go in next. I’ve been writing this record for a year. I started Before I Self Destruct before I started Curtis. Conceptually, this one has been very well-groomed.”

Unlike Curtis, which had cameos from Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige and Robin Thicke, it doesn’t seem like 50 is too interested in having collaborators stop by the studio this time around. Eminem is the only name he shared. (50 described the record “Norman Bates Motel” as “the return of Slim Shady.”)

“So far, I’ve kinda kept to myself and wrote what I felt was exciting from my perspective, It’s always fun working with Em for me. He’s in a space where he has the luxury of just being able to sit down. The rest of us … me, I do the actual footwork. Dre hasn’t had an album out in seven years. Em — two years. Me — seven, eight months. They send me out to test the waters, and everyone else will jump in the tub. I stay a little more active. Em is by far the biggest rap artist, period. I’m the largest hip-hop touring artist. I travel more places than he travels to be in front of a live audience.”

50 traveled to Detroit to stay with Em twice while recording. One time was over the span of a weekend, and Em encouraged his signee to carry out his idea of shooting a movie to accompany the album.

“He’s like, ‘Go, just do it. If you wanna go, just do it, and we’ll figure everything out after the fact,’ ” 50 recalled. “There were a few technical questions, considering this is my fourth and final actual studio album. My fifth album requirement [to Shady/Aftermath] is a greatest-hits requirement.”

The film “Before I Self Destruct” will be packaged with the album on December 9

(Source: Shaheem Reid, MTV)

50 Cent’s ‘Before I Self Destruct’ Details

From Aftermath Music:

50 Cent exploded onto the music scene with his blockbuster debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. Now he’s set to deliver his fourth major label album, Before I Self Destruct (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), on December 9, 2008.

For the explosive Before I Self Destruct, 50 Cent returned to working closely with Dr. Dre and Eminem as he did on his first album. But Before I Self Destruct is more than an album. The package also includes a DVD with an original, gritty, feature-length movie he wrote, directed and starred in. 50 Cent proves with Before I Self Destruct that no one on the hip-hop scene is more aggressive about putting the street on stage.

With Dr. Dre and Eminem each producing and guesting on tracks, and led by the club-friendly first single, “Get Up,” produced by Scott Storch, Before I Self Destruct is darker and harder than last year’s Curtis. 50 Cent wrote much of the album while he, as Curtis Jackson, was also penning the 90-minute film of the same name that would be his directorial debut.

The film Before I Self Destruct is a coming of age story about an inner city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, Clarence (played by Jackson) is consumed by revenge and takes up a life of crime in order to support his younger brother.

“My film captures the harsh realities that reflect so many communities today. There will be some who will greatly identify with the characters and the situations presented and then there will be others who may be shocked at the struggles that go on in the inner city,” states 50 Cent. “I made the film for both groups.”

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