Game explains 'The R.E.D. Album' delay

A few days prior the release of his much-anticipated The R.E.D. Album, Game has offered an

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A few days prior the release of his much-anticipated The R.E.D. Album, Game has offered an explanation for the numerous delays of the LP. As told to Billboard.com, the Compton rapper stated that the arrival of his new album is intended to cause maximum disruption to his hip-hop rivals such as Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaboration, and Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter 4.

I been working on [the album] for a long time but I kept delaying it because I wanted to drop right in the middle of ‘Watch The Throne’ and ‘Tha Carter IV’. That’s my own ingenious plan.

The R.E.D. Album hits shelves on August 23 on DGC/Interscope. What are your thoughts on this strategy?

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