It's been 18 years since we saw 50 Cent and Kanye West go head-to-head with their dueling albums.

On September 11, 2007, the New York native and the Chi-Town artist released their respective third studio albums. At the time, 50 Cent was already feeling the pressure to follow-up on the success of his past two releases, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005), with his Curtis LP. With an all-star production team consisting of Dr. Dre , Timbaland and Eminem , Fif had several popular singles like "I Get Money" and "Ayo Technology" that set the album on the course to No. 1 -- until Kanye West came along.

"Let's raise the stakes," Fif claimed at the time . "If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11th, I'll no longer writ

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