50 Cent has been talking to reporters about that previously reported new album 'Curtis', which is out in September, and features guest contributions from the likes of Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Akon and Mary J Blige. Commenting on the celebrity appearances, and the fact that such guest stars were conspicuously absent in his earlier works, the rapper said: "I can go there now. I feel like I've proven myself at this point. I just didn't want people to be able to interpret me making music with other people as if I needed to. So I just accomplished everything I needed to accomplish on my own and now its time for me to creatively merge with some of these people in order to create special songs".
Talking about the delay in the release of the new long player, originally due out this month, Fiddy explained that his label, Interscope, wasn't ready, adding "I'm not disappointed, I'm just aware of the situation that I'm actually in and I have to be able to make those decisions for myself".