Another track stated to be on the album, though not officially confirmed as a single, entitled "Crime Wave" was released in late October 2009.

[18] However, these reports were later contradicted by MTV, when they stated that 50 Cent exclusively confirmed the release date as September 29, 2009.

[28] Other producers that have stated they will be working on the project include Sha Money XL and Ty-Fyffe, who posted his listening session on YouTube,[29] Swizz Beatz, after not having any tracks make the final cut of Curtis,[30] DJ Premier with a track entitled "Shut Your Bloodclot Mouth",[31] and Dawaun Parker, who has stated he is featured on the single "I Get It In".

In an interview, Timbaland stated that he has worked with 50 Cent, but he did not know which albums (Curtis and Before I Self Destruct) the collaborations would end up on.

The Koalition website stated "It truly is amazing how 50 Cent’s leftover tracks are better than most rapper’s singles.

[35] Play-N-Skillz also confirmed working with 50 Cent for the BISD project, saying: Our rhythm on the drum pattern, we had to switch it up a little bit.

[37] The song features production from American record producer Scott Storch, and peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The intended second promotional single, "I Get It In", was released in early January 2009, with production credited to Dr.

The album's eventual lead promotional single, "OK, You're Right", was released for digital download on May 19, 2009, after originally being included on 50 Cent's seventh solo mixtape War Angel LP (2009).

[44] Due to this unique circumstance, 50 Cent's label Interscope requested that Billboard and Nielson Soundscan delay charting the album for a week, so the first week digital sales were added to the total number of albums sold between November 16 and 22.

[62] AllMusic called it "a fantastic juggernaut of a 50 album if you exit early, and a very good one even if you don't".

[52] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Growling violent threats over hard beats, 50 sounds the hungriest he has in years.

Club said that, "If Destruct qualifies as a pleasant surprise, it’s only because 50 Cent’s last few releases set the bar so low.

"[56] PopMatters said that, "With surprisingly little filler, renewed energy, and the unique glimpse Before I Self Destruct offers into the psyche of a public figure as intriguing as Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent has crafted easily his best album since "Get Rich or Die Trying.

[58] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune wrote that, "about halfway through the album, 50 Cent detours from the street to the bedroom.

"[63] Slant Magazine's Jesse Cataldo stated, "Before I Self Destruct plays as a prudent step back ... the album possesses a sense of latent menace that's been left unexplored since his early mixtapes.

"[59] Marc Hogan of Spin criticized 50 Cent's rapping on the album's first half and stated, "The last several tracks shift to the club -- sometimes smoothly (baby-making Ne-Yo duet 'Baby By Me'), more often not (baby-mama dis 'Do You Think About Me')".

[60] MSN Music's Robert Christgau gave the album a "dud" rating (),[64] indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought.