50 Responds To Bad Sales

After doing his rounds of promotion yesterday (11/19/09), 50 Cent stopped by Funk Master Flex on Hot 97.

50 addressed projections that “Before I self Destruct” might only sell 160,000 in its first week.

50 Cent told Hot 97’s Funk Master Flex that if the numbers aren’t high its not his fault. He blamed the album being leak among other issues.

According to music sales projection site hitsdailydouble.com, 50 cent’s “Before I Self Destruct” will not be a #1 hit. They are speculating that the album will land in Top 5 somewhere behind chart topper John Mayer’s new LP Battle Studies (projected to push 275,000-300,000).

UPDATE:
Fif told BET the following:

“Well, the reports from Hits Daily Double, I don’t actually know what to anticipate from the actual sales of this project,” 50 told BET. “It’s obvious, the project just came out a month earlier than what was actually anticipated.”

“The actual project is arguably my best work, to have the general public respond the way they’ve responded to it,” 50 continued. “I haven’t heard anything negative about my choices artistically, so if I was in the space where I absolutely needed finances from the actual sales of the record, it might mean something, but if it offers the material that I can go out and perform and make everyone enjoy themselves as much as I enjoyed myself making it, Ill be happy with it.”