In part 1 of his MySpace video interview (included below), Jay-Z walks through his albums and development as an artist. He briefly recalls battling with Biggie in high school and discusses his "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1," saying that he doesn't listen to it because it "irks" him to hear the great tracks on it mixed with the ones where he tried to appeal more to record sales. Notably, about half of "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1" was produced by The Hitmen.

Among the great tracks on the album, he names four - three of which were produced by members of The Hitmen. This included "Where I'm From" (produced by D-Dot and Stevie J.), "Streets Is Watching, "You Must Love Me" (Nashiem Myrick) and "Lucky Me" (Stevie J., along with Buckwild). Biggie loved "Streets Is Watching," according to Jay.

"The first song I made for it was 'Streets Is Watching,'" he said. "So, I was headed in the right direction, which was the last song Biggie Smalls ever heard. He made me play the record 30 times. He played it so much, I gave it to him. I was like, 'just keep it.'"


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Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

58. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (down from 53).
91. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (up from 98).

Top Rap Albums

22. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (unchanged).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents

25. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 13).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay

25. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 13).

Rhythmic Top 40

38. "Echo" by Gorilla Zoe (unchanged).

Our audio player features a pair of new tracks from Red Cafe - "I Tote Guns" and "Here to Get Money."

The chorus for "I Tote Guns" is comprised of a sample of The Notorious B.I.G. from his 1995 freestyle at Madison Square Garden. The track also features a snippet of a Diddy comment made during a Red Cafe interview where he said that "when it's done right, there's nothing like Red Cafe, there's nothing like Biggie, there's nothing like Nas, nothing like KRS-One, Rakim - there's nothing like that."

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

53. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 58).
98. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (down from 86).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

23. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (down from 18).

Top Rap Albums

22. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (down from 21).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents

13. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (debut).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay

13. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (debut).

Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop

38. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 33).

Rhythmic Top 40

38. "Echo" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 40).

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

58. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 63).
86. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (up from 89).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

18. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 23).

Top Rap Albums

21. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 25).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

51. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 40).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay

51. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 39).

Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop

33. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 22).

Rhythmic Top 40

40. "Echo" by Gorilla Zoe (re-entry).

Recently, Gorilla Zoe was interviewed by Steve Wildsmith of The Daily Times and Mark Jordan of the California Chronicle. Both are worth a read. He mentions that his next album, "King Kong," will probably be released around the same time as a third Boyz N Da Hood album, which is tentatively titled "Back n Da Hood."

This is a pretty cool clip. Basically, it's Diddy in proud parent mode showing off his son, Christian, as well as Biggie's son, Christopher "C.J." Wallace, Jr. The son of Damion "D-Roc" Butler, friend of Biggie and Diddy, makes a short appearance, as well. Check it out.

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released yesterday.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

63. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 65).
89. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (down from 79).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

23. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (re-entry).

Top Rap Albums

25. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (re-entry).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

40. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 31).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay

39. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 31).

Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop

22. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 20).