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

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

79. "I'm Ill" by Red Cafe (a new high, up from 84).
80. "Angels" by Dirty Money (a new high, up from 92).
99. "Love Come Down" by Dirty Money (down from 95).

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

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

22. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (unchanged).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

84. "I'm Ill" by Red Cafe (down from 81).
92. "Angels" by Dirty Money (debut).
95. "Love Come Down" by Dirty Money (down from 80).

Earlier this month, Diddy commented from the set of the "Angels (Remix)" music video shoot that Rick Ross sounded like Biggie on the track. Power 105.1's DJ Envy had Ross on and asked him about the comparison.

"That's most definitely big," he said. "But I want New York City to know: I'll never get it twisted. The magic that Notorious B.I.G. created could never be duplicated, you know what I'm saying? But, that most definitely was my mentor, that's who music I wrote to the most. Hearing that come from Diddy himself - that's big, you know what I mean, and it's inspiration to keep making hot music."

Via Cyrus Langhorne.

In an interview with Paul W. Arnold of HipHopDX, Styles P revealed that, while the deal isn't done, The Lox that Diddy is the only person that they are talking with, right now, about releasing their third album.

"Nah, we talking to Diddy, we ain't talking to nobody else," Styles said when asked about other labels being in the mix. "Ain't no need for us to talk to nobody else."

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

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

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

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

80. "Love Come Down" by Dirty Money (up from 84).
81. "I'm Ill" by Red Cafe (a new high, up from 99).

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

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

18. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 20).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

84. "Love Come Down" by Dirty Money (down from 76).
99. "I'm Ill" by Red Cafe (down from 93).

On his Twitter, Mario Winans confirmed that Trina's "Million Dollar Girl" was co-produced and co-written by him and Xplicit. The track features Diddy and Keri Hilson. He also offered a free download link.

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

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

20. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 25).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

76. "Love Come Down" by Dirty Money (up from 77).
93. "I'm Ill" by Red Cafe (a new high, up from 96).

For the second consecutive year (see 2008), I've culled my Last.fm listening data in order to map out the songs and artists I listened to most in 2009. Instead of sharing it all in one post, this time I am going to break it up into two and this first post will cover individual songs.

This data takes into account only the top 500 songs from my playlist in the past year, as that is all that Last.fm displays. Where possible, I've linked the song title to Amazon.com where you can purchase the MP3.

Here are the top 25 most played tracks by or featuring a current or former Bad Boy artist:

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I wrote last week that Bad Boy did not hold a single ranking on the Billboard charts for the first time since I started tracking their rankings. It turns out that this was incorrect. Whether it was my error or Billboard's, I have no idea, but I apologize for the confusion. Updated rankings have been posted and here are this week's positions:

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

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

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

77. "Love Come Down" by Dirty Money (up from 78).
96. "I'm Ill" by Red Cafe (a new high, up from 97).