During tonight's interview with Dirty Money, Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex asked Diddy about the situation with Red Cafe and whether or not the deal was official with Bad Boy. He confirmed that the deal was not official, but that they were working as if it was.
"We have a handshake deal right now," he said. "A lot of people don't understand with closing deals, it's not an overnight thing. There's so many things you have to go through in a long term contract. Both of our lawyers have the contracts, we're in the studio working. Once it's fully negotiated and we're both happy, then we'll sign the ink on the dotted line. But, we are moving as if it's done."
Back in July, we reported that Red Cafe would be a guest on Mack 10's new album, "Soft White." At that time, the album was slated for an August 25 release. It has been pushed back to September 29 and is available for pre-order. The track listing has been released and Red Cafe will be featured with Akon on "Clack Clack." You can listen to a snippet on Amazon.com.
In the video below, singer Kristine Elezaj talks about her upcoming album as she prepares for a performance. She mentions that Red Cafe is featured on "Living Dream." You can hear a snippet of the track starting at 3:05.
In May, she talked about the collaboration on her MySpace blog. "Red Cafe who is an amazing hip-hop artist just featured on one of the tracks on the album "Living Dream"!!," she wrote. "I couldn't stop listening to his verse all day yesterday when I got the finished version! I drove up to my parents house this morning because I'm running errands and I have it on repeat the whole time I was driving!"
AsTheWorldSpins has a video interview with Red Cafe from Daddy's House, Bad Boy's recording studios. He talks about signing with Bad Boy, who might appear on his album and more. He says he's working on a new single called "Loco."
