Oh how we love a celebrity showdown! It appears that Kanye West and 50 Cent are set for round two of their head-to-head battle (ahem, publicity stunt). Having already battled it out in the album stakes, the two rappers will scrap once again when their forthcoming albums are released later this year.

While Fiddy’s ‘Before I Self Destruct’ will be released on December 9th, Kanye’s ‘808s & Heartbreak’ will hit stores on the December 16th meaning that the two albums will be available within a week of one another.

Hmmm, is this just bad management or do I smell a stunt?

Kanye is already one up on Fiddy (his 2007 album ‘Graduation’ sold more than Cent’s ‘Curtis’) but Fiddy appears to be raring to go second time around. According to a report, at a NY concert last week 50 'poked fun' at West’s new single, Love Lockdown, with a sarcastic rendition of the song, with Tony Yayo pretending to smash a camera, a reference to Kanye’s recent skirmish with a paparazzi at LAX.

Kanye responded on his blog and reportedly joked, “I guarantee this will be 50’s favourite album of mine. This will be gangster's album of the year."

Which rap star wins remains to be seen but my money's on Kanye. What do you guys reckon? Who’s your favourite? Who should win? Share you thoughts...