If 50 Cent has learned anything of late, it's be wary of entering into high profile "if I don't win this I'll quit music" chart battles with rival hip hoppers - him having lost such a battle against Kanye West.
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.