 However, he decided to release "Curtis" instead, and thus "Before I Self Destruct"'s release date was originally pushed back to 2008.In a red carpet interview 50 Cent stated that while he was working on the album, he wrote, produced, and directed his first film saying that the release of the film would coincide with the release of the album.Though a track list appeared in early January 2009, 50 Cent later stated he reworked much of the album.