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When's the last time this happened? AmLtEvX at BadBoyForever.com is reporting that on tonight's 106 & Park, It's Goin' Down came in at #4 followed by I Love You at #8 with Me&U being the new joint of the day. Didn't see it myself, but I'm not surprised. If it's true, good stuff.
We get to hear a snippet from the official Ryan Leslie remix of Me&U over at Ryan's blog. He notes that it will be in stores on June 20.
Ok, it's been confirmed. I'm more inclined to treat that bulletin with less suspicion now.
Well, I know I just said I don't like to report MySpace things, but here we go again. boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com has posted a supposed MySpace bulletin for Cassie that mentions the following:
HOWEVER, the reason I'm not doing the show is because I'm going to San Diego to do TRL [on Friday], and I'm premiering the Me & U video (directed by the amazing Ray Kay and choreographed by the amazing Rhapsody). ...
P.S. If you get the chance, check out TRL on Thursday too. I have an MTV "You Hear It First" segment on the show. It'll also be on MTV News, MTV 2 and MTV U...
Again, not really sure if it's true or not, but we'll know soon enough, I suppose. I'll try to find out officially, though...
Someone calling themself The Real Carl Thomas has posted this on their MySpace:
On October 31, 2004, my eldest brother and best friend, Duranthany, was brutally shot and murdered in Aurora, IL. He became the victim of a random drive by doled out by a couple of damn kids, 19 & 14 years old, to be exact! This catastrophic event occurred rocking my entire foundation and, the label did nothing to inform the fans. So, through my on going healing process, to the world, Carl Thomas the artist just seemed to fade and disappear into thin air. Dealing with the helpless feeling of not being able to do anything about my brothers death I realized that there were things about my life I could change and the state of my career was first on my list. This prompted my decision to part ways with Sean Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment. It's really all business and I'm glad to say Puff and I still love and respect each other, sharing no bad blood. So, There It Is!
Is it really Carl Thomas? Who knows. I don't really like to report MySpace things like this, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
Via Peakey at BadBoyForever.com.
This isn't new, but it's the first I have heard of it. The May 9 version of Rocketboom featured host Amanda Congdon on the red carpet at the the gala for TIME's 100 Most Influencial people, of which Diddy was named to, of course.
Ms. Congdon spotted Diddy and noticed that he had his own camera guy, taking video. When she asked the fellow what the video was for, he said archivial footage. She actually got to speak to Diddy and this is the result:
Ms. Congdon: What are you gonna do with all this archive footage? I see you have your own cameraman.
Diddy: You know, content is king. So, you know, we've been getting footage for the last 12 years. I definitely wake up and I feel like the people around me - we have a young company, African American based - and we feel we're doing something important and we want to document it to make that if people can see it, especially our people - that they can see it years down the line.
Ms. Congdon: I hope you put online - people will want to see it.
Diddy: Yeah, yeah - no, I'm about to launch Diddy.com. I just got the rights back to my own name online. You know how that is. But, I'm about to launch that in June and there is going to be a big announcement about the content, the special content.
Ms. Congdon: We hope there's video on there.
Diddy: Yeah, yeah - there will be.
Good stuff. Looking forward to it.
Via WikiPedia.
At some stores - I are not sure which, sorry - a DVD will be coming with New Joc City. This is basically a making of DVD featuring him in the studio, making his video, making performances, etc. If I find out anything more, I'll be sure to post it.
The album titled has been changed from "True American Pimpin'" to "Riding High," according to their official website. Good idea.
I wouldn't be surprised if it is changed to "Ridin' High" or the single is changed to "Riding High." One or the other.
Hip-hop mogul to appear in Jackson on June 10:
Diddy will emcee a performance by Cheri Dennis, whose debut CD is coming out soon on his Bad Boy Records label.
[Club owner] Sanford said that while Diddy is under no obligation to perform, he wouldn't be surprised if the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy joins Dennis at the mike for at least one song during her 45-minute set.
Yung Joc's MySpace:
Get a FREE 6-track Bad Boy Reloaded CD when you buy the new Yung Joc NEW JOC CITY CD on June 6th at any F.Y.E. music store. You gotta hurry before they run out. You can go to fye.com to find a F.Y.E. close by.
No word on what the tracks are, but as soon as I know (even if that means buying it myself, I'll let you know).
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
Catch him on BET's Rap City today at 5:00 PM Eastern.
It's Goin' Down has now hit #1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It's #2 on Hot Rap Tracks and #26 on The Billboard Hot 100. Doing very well.
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com via Atlantic Records.
According to Atlantic Records:
Stay tuned for more Yung Joc as he preps to drop his self-produced second single 'I Know You See It' where he is also directing the song's video.
The article also notes that Joc's ringtones have been selling exceptionally well.
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
From MTV:
In the latest bizarre twist in the long-running lawsuit by the family of late rapper Notorious B.I.G. against the city of Los Angeles, the federal judge who declared a mistrial and ordered the city to pay $1.1 million to the rapper's family said Tuesday that she had been deceived about evidence in the wrongful-death lawsuit, according to the Los Angeles Times.
From AllHipHop.com:
MTV announced an agreement today (May 24) to produce a pilot for an untitled dance competition series produced by Sean "Diddy" Combs, producer of the successful Making the Band series that airs on the music network.
According to reports, Combs' untitled show will focus on street dancers from around the country.
Via Diddy1986 at BadBoyForever.com.
We've added some songs to our audio player:
Ridin' High by 8 Ball & MJG featuring Diddy.
I Love You by Cheri Dennis featuring Jim Jones and Yung Joc.
It's Goin' Down by Yung Joc.
Just Watch Me by Jordan McCoy.
I'm not sure if Just Watch Me is the first single to Jordan McCoy's forthcoming album, but Ridin' High, I Love You and It's Goin' Down are to their respective albums.
Nomah # 5 at BadBoyForever.com is reporting that Cassie sent out a MySpace bulletin revealing that her album release date is August 8. As I am not on this bulletin list, I can't confirm it (working on that now), but I wanted to mention it.
At the Beckham party, they held a charity auction. One of the items up for bid? A weekend at Diddy's mansion in New York. The bidding ended at £152,000.00 (or $285,949.41) and the winning bidder was Wayne Rooney, a soccer (international football) star.
According to MovieWeb, the TV adaption of A Raisin in the Sun will be shown on ABC in 2007. Diddy will be executive producing it. Directing is Kenny Leon with the script being written by Paris Qualles.
He says it in this video where Beanie Sigel says he's an "official State Property representative." He also says it doesn't mess with his deal with Bad Boy. So, what does it mean? Who knows.
Via $ony at BadBoyForever.com.
Harleys and golf buggies at Beckingham Palace:
P. DIDDY, David Cameron and the “King of the Booze Cruise” were among 500 guests making small talk over the canapés at the Beckhams’ lavish World Cup send-off last night.
Today was The Notorious B.I.G.'s birthday. He would have been 34.
Via lsd at Notorious Online.
Ness has posted on his site that he'll be the featured artist on an upcoming Gangsta Grillz mixtape.
Via -Reek Da God- at BadBoyForever.com.
http://www.yungjoc.com. Not too much different content wise (some new photos, perhaps). There is a "Boards" link, but it goes to a coming soon page.
By the way, Joc's in at #7 today on 106 & Park - his 18th day on the countdown.
Banana Network has some snippets from New Joc City (all the way at the bottom).
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
According to Bash at BadBoyForever.com, Cheri made the countdown yesterday. I didn't see it myself, so I can't say for sure, but if so, cool.
MTV News:
"God Willing — that's the name of the album," Gravy said. "I got a Jeezy record, a couple of treats. I don't want to put all the guests out there like that. But I got Mase, Diddy, I got some joints. What's so crazy, as I listen to the album, I predicted I was gonna get shot from all the hate I get on the streets."
Could very well be a track called "That's Me" which was on a mixtape/on mixtapes
Yung Joc's second single (and video) will be "I Know You See It."
Via ggleezy on BadBoyForever.com.
"It's Going Down" is #3 on the 106 & Park top 10 today.
According to VIBE.com:
Scratch also said that he produced a track entitled “Bounce Back,” which he hopes makes Diddy’s new album.
“It’s a club banger. Busta Rhymes wrote it and he’s on the hook as well,” says Scratch. “I came on that project because I just happened to be in the studio. So, it’s not 100 percent definite that it’s going to be on the album right now, but if he (Diddy) doesn’t use it, Busta will.”
From The Mercury News:
"We amicably settled, and that's all we can say," said Herman Stephens, an attorney for Cedrick Bobby Lemon, who filed the lawsuit in May 2002. ...
As two bodyguards tried to clear the backstage area to escort Blige from the Joel Coliseum following the concert, they punched Lemon in the head, kicked him in the back and broke his right ankle, according to the lawsuit.
Episode happened June, 1995. Lawsuit filed May, 2002. What took so long?
Via TheMTLBadBoy at BadBoyForever.com.
Incase you haven't seen it yet:
MTV News reports:
In a Manhattan loft, Diddy hosted an exhibit of his friend Cheryl Fox Spencer's work. The exhibit included photos of Diddy and his sons in a swimming pool and him and Snoop smoking cigars. Nobody could miss NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal, who told jokes and took pictures with his admirers.
Model Melyssa Ford, GOOD Music artist Consequence, Bad Boy MC Aasim, and "All My Children" actor Michael B. Jordan (not to be confused with number 23) were among the New York tastemakers who checked out huge photos of Mary J. Blige, Naomi Campbell, Kim Porter and Beyoncé looking glamorous.
Watching right now, he's in at 4, which is his peak position. 13 days on the charts now. Keep it up...
Edit: They asked Lil' Jon what his favorite recent 106 & Park video was and he said Yung Joc and then he said E-40.
The new release date for the album is July 11.
Via Bad Boy i-Squad.
This was posted on XXLMAG.COM in March, but it is a very interesting read with perspectives from people who took part in it. There are some strong words here and there, but you should definitely take it with a grain of salt as one person's opinion, I'd say.
10 “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems”
FEATURING PUFFY AND MA$E
Produced by Stevie J. and Puffy
Stevie J. Ma$e came to me in the studio one day with this “I’m Comin’ Out” sample. He’s like, “When you gonna use this right here? Either my album, Puff album or Big album?” So we laid the track first but nobody knew who was gonna get it. And then when Big came with the “B-I-G P-O-P-P-A!” What!? That was Big’s joint. Everybody felt that.
Via kobaomg at Notorious Online.
Teen Internet Phenomenon Habbo.com to Host Pop Sensations B5 for Interactive Visit on May 15th:
On May 15th, the pop band B5 will check into Habbo (www.habbo.com), one of the world’s largest and hottest on-line destinations for teenagers. The band will be on hand to chat about their self-titled debut album, their current “Wanted Tour” participation and their new DVD, “The B5 Story,” which chronicles the bands rise to success from their early days of winning contests for Radio Disney to their first hit single, “All I Do,” to signing with music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs (Bad Boy Entertainment).
During the visit, B5 – using their specially created Habbo characters – will arrive at Habbo’s Teen People Terrace at 7pm EST for their interview, as well as hang out with fans and answer questions about their music and performances. The interview will be broadcast live over Habbo’s exclusive Internet Radio Stream hosted by DJ Jackie.
Commenter SeanJohn requested scans of the Bad Boy Management sections of the "Radio" and "Walking With a Panther" booklets. Here we are:
Radio:
Walking With a Panther:
Cassie was on Smashtime Radio with Clinton Sparks (producer of Hold Your Head off of Duets: The Final Chapter).
You can find it on 04/30/06 - 05/07/06 Hour 3 Set 1 at 15:43 and it extends into 4/30/2006 - 05/07/06 Hour 3 Set 2. Ryan Leslie was in the studio, as well (and he speaks here and there). They played "Long Way to Go."
She wants the name of her album to be "No Regrets."
Cheri Dennis' album has been pushed back to July. A specific date has not been set.
MTV.com reports that Diddy will be starring in the movie adaption of "A Raisin in the Sun," which begins filming in November.
"I'm going to do it differently than anybody can expect me to do it," Diddy said Monday at a dinner celebrating Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people (see "Diddy, Daddy Yankee, Angelina Jolie Rub Elbows With Bush On Time List"). "I'm going to get raw and ready, do some hard work for this. I'm really stripping myself down. I'm moving out of my house and into a studio apartment, and I'm not going to have a Blackberry or a cell phone."
The child support case has been denied appeal:
The New York Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal brought by the hip-hop impresario otherwise known as Diddy that hoped to overturn a lower court ruling ordering him to pony up more than $19,000 a month in child support.
But, in the end, it's a kind of a win because the original amount was $35,000 and it has been knocked down to $19,000. Don't forget, it wasn't a matter of him not taking care of his child, it's more of a matter of him being concerned about where his money is actually going:
The rapper also claimed that Hylton-Brim was being greedy, believing the $35,000 monthly sum she originally sought was really "adult support" to help offset her own finances during her divorce from her current husband, who's the father of her other children.
The Atlantic Records site has posted the following tracklisting:
1. New Joc City - Intro
2. It's Goin' Down
3. He Stayed In Trouble - Interlude
4. Do Ya Bad
5. Don't Play Wit It
6. Excuse Me Officer - Interlude
7. Dope Boy Magic
8. Patron
9. Flip Flop
10. I'm Him
11. Hear Me Coming
12. I Know You See It
13. Yung N**** - Interlude
14. 1st Time
15. Knock It Out
16. Picture Perfect
It says that it will be an Enhanced CD. It also mentions that there are vocals from A.D. "Griff" Griffin, Big Gee, Boyz N Da Hood, Brandy "Ms. B" Hambrick, Cheri Dennis, Corey "Black Owned C Bone" Andrews, Marques Houston, Nicholas "Play Boy Nick" Smith and Rodell Lewis. We would have to assume this is incomplete since Yung Joc had said that Lil' Wayne will be on the album.
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
Updating a previous story, Gravy has confirmed at XXLMAG.COM that he is going for the role of Biggie in the upcoming The Notorious B.I.G. movie.
Has anyone ever told you, you bear a strong resemblance to Biggie?
Oh yeah. I’m trying for the Biggie movie. I’m up for [the lead] in that, so I got a lot of pressure for that.
How did you get involved with the Biggie movie?
I mean, you can look at me. What do I look like? God willin’, I’ma get that role and it’ll be a good setup. I just got a call from Mark Pitts to come and do the casting pretty soon.
Via WASEEM184 at Notorious Online.
It's called "Welcome To My Block" and this is the tracklist:
1. Block - Welcome To My Block!!!
2. Yung Joc and The Boy Short - I'm So Fly
3. Diddy - Steps In The Building
4. Boyz N Da Hood featuring Lil' Wayne - Ride Wit Them Thangs
5. Yung Joc - A Couple Grand
6. Boyz N Da Hood - Run
7. Yung Joc - Jockin
8. Jody Breeze - 24 Hours
9. Big Duke featuring 62Q - Come Round
10. Yung Joc - Do Ya Bad
11. Yung Joc and Black Jak - That Smell
12. Boyz N Da Hood and Dipset - SupaStar
13. Big Gee and Jody Breeze - Shoulder Squeeze
14. Rick Ross - This Is What I Do
15. Yung Joc - Tell These N*****
16. Yung Joc and Ying Yang Twins - God Damn
17. Big Gee and Young Jeezy - Small Things To A Giant
18. Big Duke and Block - If You A Gangsta
19. Renegade - Ain't Nuthin
20. Outro
21. Yung Joc - It's Goin Down
Via ggleezy at BadBoyForever.com.
WordofSouth.com has an interview with Yung Joc:
WordofSouth.com: Now, let's talk a little bit about Bad Boy South. How excited were you to meet Diddy for the first time?
Yung Joc: When I met Diddy man, it was a real cool situation. Dude had the stiff face on like, "Who is this new cat coming from the South." I don't know what he was thinking really. He might have thought like, "Here is this new dude, he think he hot right now and I know he wanna get on." But, that's not what he was speaking, that's just how he was looking. I felt like he was doing that for a reason. You gotta see where folks are coming from, before you actually let them know that they're good. It's just like with a female, when you first get with them, you can't just smile all day, you gotta make it look like you gotta work for something, you know what I mean. It was a real cool situation though, because I had always wanted to meet him, especially looking at TV shows like "Making Da Band." When I met him, I was like, "Ay man, I'm just letting it be known that I dedicated to what I do and I'm really serious about my career."
WordofSouth.com: So, you're not going to get any cheesecake and stuff like that huh?
Yung Joc: I mean, it ain't about that. On some look out s***, if you need me to go, I'll do it.
Via Torontosfynest at BadBoyForever.com.
SOHH Sassy reports this rumor:
Brooklyn rapper, Gravy, is rumored to be playing The Notorious B.I.G. in the upcoming motion picture about the slain rapper's life.
Via lsd at Notorious Online.
In the concert entry, she also revealed:
... we’re shooting the video for “Me & U” on Sunday in LA!!!
Video at her blog. She did a dance rendition and then did a performance of Me & U.
You can listen to "Patron" by Yung Joc featuring Short Dawg. This is a cut from the "New Joc City" album, out June 6.
From AllHipHop.com:
Block/Bad Boy Entertainment rapper Yung Joc appeared on an Atlanta radio station Wednesday (May 3) to set the record straight regarding a recent shooting that left one member of Atlanta rapper T.I.'s entourage dead and three others wounded. ...
According to Joc, T.I. was a peacemaker in the incident and tried to diffuse the situation. Joc also said the group is still coping with the tragedy and has yet to return to Atlanta.
Soundslam has an interview with Yung Joc:
SoundSlam: On any given day, what do you do to unwind?
Yung Joc: What do I do to unwind? I don't know because I am so into what I do with my music. Well, I like movies. I'm a movie buff. I really like movies.
SoundSlam: What's your favorite movie?
Yung Joc: I would say, Saving Private Ryan.
Via Torontosfynest at BadBoyForever.com.
Starting a few days or so ago, you may have noticed the audio player on the right side of this site. But, no songs, right? Well, not until today, anyway. We've added our first track, "Couple of Grand" by Yung Joc. This is a mixtape track that will be on the upcoming DJ Drama mixtape for Yung Joc and Bad Boy South/Block Entertainment.
We'll be adding more tracks over time. All of the tracks we acquire will be legally acquired. Meaning, we'll get them from people who have the right to give them to us, such as record labels, management companies and the artists themselves. So, please do not send us any tracks, as we are not simply posting what people send us.
Anyway, I'll be sure to post whenever we add a track. Enjoy.
I thought he already was. But, CONCRETELOOP.COM says it went down on May 1 and has pictures. It may have been something like Bad Boy had some sort of rights to him, so they hadn't signed a deal with him yet because they didn't have to. Or something. Honestly, no idea.
Via SOHH Sassy.
A few days ago, I reported on a track that Yung Joc is on with Marques Houston and I guessed that it was for Joc because he talked most of the time. Well, I guessed wrong. I've just received confirmation that it is for an upcoming Marques Houston release, so there you go.
Recently, there was listening party for Cheri Dennis' upcoming album and WhatsPoppin.net has pictures.
Among those pictured included Cheri Dennis (of course), Diddy, Harve Pierre, the Making the Band 3 girls, Aasim, Mad Linx, DJ S&S and others.
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
The I Love You video is up on YouTube. It's not the whole thing, but it's the best we have right now. Hopefully it'll be added to the official site shortly.
Via jordan8705 at BadBoyForever.com.
Well, I just watched the 106 & Park premier of I Love You by Cheri Dennis featuring Jim Jones and Yung Joc. It features some cameos from Diddy, as well.
Anyone else see it? Thoughts?
Or it may have already premiered, but either way, tonight's 106 & Park is featuring it as the new joint of the day.
Edit at 6:54 PM Eastern: It's coming up in a minute.
Via Bad Boy i-Squad.
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