50 Cent says Dr Dre won't release his long-awaited 'Detox' album

Earlier this month, 50 dropped the new single "Smoke" featuring Trey Songz. Now, he tells Digital Spy that the track, produced by Dr Dre, was originally intended for Dre's long-awaited Detox album, which he doesn't think will ever be released.

"Initially I recorded ["Smoke"] for Dre. It was going to be something Dre and I did with Trey Songz for his Detox project. I came back and listened to it again and was like, 'Yo, let me re-work it, because I want to see what it feels like if I'm trying to write that tune for myself.'"

He believes the reason Detox will never see a relase is because of Dre's involvement in his company Beats.

"When it came a priority to secure Beats as a company, they were saying that it may do more damage to have a record come out, and be cool or a good record, than it would help when they have so much positive stuff happening.

"Beats is a billion-dollar business, man. Do you take the icon that's connected to it and turn it into someone that's not so exciting because he released a record and it didn't take off like a rocket?"

Check out the video for "Smoke" below, and let us know whether you want to see Detox's release in the comments section.

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50 cent, Dr. Dre