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According to Yung Joc's MySpace, Joc will be on Wild 'N Out tonight on MTV at 10:00 PM ET.
From the press release:
XM Satellite Radio's Hot Import Nights (HIN) hits Seattle with hometown celebrity and former Seahawks SeaGal Amber Lancaster, now Miss HIN 2006. HIN, the nation's largest lifestyle custom car show, will pack Qwest Field Sept. 30, 5 p.m. to midnight, with additional appearances and performances from Cassie, Tami Chynn and DJ Miss Lisa, in addition to hundreds of the nation's hottest cars.
They have video over at the 99.5 website. Some funny moments. Some key notes:
He mentions that Burger King is buying him a YouTube channel called Diddy TV. I'm not sure what that means because you can get one for free, but maybe Burger King is buying him some time on the front page? Not sure.
He also mentions that Pharrell is on the album. He wasn't on the tracklist that has been floating around, so we'll have to see where that falls out.
The "Sean John Women" line will be out in February or March.
The Keyshia Cole song will be the third single for "Press Play."
They also played "Diddy Rock," but we didn't get to hear any of it.
Via Raz at BadBoyForever.com.
Danity Kane sold 62,000 copies last week, bringing up to 496,000 total. So, next week will put them into Gold sales. Yung Joc is in with 21,000 units, dragging his total up to 721,000. Finally, Cassie sold 12,000 and she is now at 211,000.
I just spoke with Jordan McCoy's manager, Debbie Hammond, CEO of Clockwork Entertainment, about the Big Girls Don't Cry situation with Fergie. She is "extremely disappointed" with Fergie, producer Toby Gad and manager David Sonnenberg and co. I did a short interview with her to get the details behind the story.
Is this something that commonly happens [in the music industry]?
Not at all. It's really bad business. When we purchased the song, we were told by the co-writer/producer and Fergie's management, that Fergie thought the song was "too immature" for her album and she felt she had better songs. We recorded the song and Fergie's management had a copy of it. All of our paperwork went through and was finalize., They were aware that Jordan would use the song as a single. Yesterday, the co-writer/producer sent me a note saying the song is on Fergie's album; but it's different from the version we did. Of course, it's identical. It's the EXACT SAME VERSION that they gave me on the demo that they submitted, with Fergie singing the song.
When you buy a song, is there not some sort of exclusivity or, at least, a period of exclusivity?
Yes, our agreement gives us a few years to use the song, or master, without them using it.
Is there any recourse that you may be considering?
The damage is done, unfortunately. It probably won't be a single for us now, because it's already out and Jordan's album will be out in March 2007. We can probably get the money back that was paid for the song, if the producer, Toby Gad, has it. He'll probably try and do another song for free. We won't work with them again. They are pretty crooked. They have the same management, so they knew.
Might the song be coming off Jordan's album?
I hope not. It was mine and Jordan's favorite song on the album. Harve Pierre loves it, too. Diddy originally passed on the song, when he heard the demo version with Fergie singing it. He said, "it sounds too dark for Jordan." We loved the song so much, that I asked the co-writer/producer, if we could record it anyway and let Diddy decide after hearing Jordan's vocals on it. Jordan's version wasn't in the least bit dark and Diddy instantly approved it. BEFORE we recorded it, the co-writer/producer went back to Fergie and his manager and made sure she didn't want the song for her album. He checked. I spoke with the manager myself about it. THEY KNEW the song was a single for us. They even grinded us on the deal to get more money out of us for the song, after it was recorded, and Jordan did such a great job on it.
End of interview.
I appreciate her taking the time.
You can listen to Fergie's version at MTV.com and Jordan's version on her MySpace page.
You can listen to it at XXLMAG.com.
AllHipHop.com has an interview with Ness:
AllHipHop:.com Who�s on the new album?
Ness: The name of the album is called Nessessary. I got everybody production-wise from Bink, Will.I.am, Just Blaze, Kanye West, of course the Bad Boy staff, D-Dot, Tony Dofat, Stevie J, Chad West, a lot of people. ...
AllHipHop.com: Diddy said on one of the interludes of the mixtape that he kept you locked in the dungeon with no food or water to keep you hungry. He gave you a ringing endorsement, do you feel he�s 100% behind you at this point?
Ness: Um, no. I mean, you gotta understand that he has a label to run, he�s the CEO and he�s also the artist, and there�s also a lot of acts everywhere. I could say this, whenever I call him or I need anything, he would make sure it gets done. Money-wise, contractual-wise, any problem I have the door�s always open. People may be saying, �Why you still down with Bad Boy, Puff is a jerk artist or whatever,� but I�d be the first to say if you don�t handle your business, you�re gonna run into obstacles. Me and Puff got an understanding; he knows that I love the music. I can�t speak on anybody else�s situation, but I know all my paperwork is straight.
Via bRoOkLyMiNt at BadBoyForever.com.
According to a MySpace bulletin from Jordan McCoy's MySpace, her album is now slated for March.
Fergie's new album, "The Dutchess," features a song called "Big Girls Don't Cry."
This song was written by Fergie and was sold to Clockwork or Bad Boy for Jordan McCoy's album. Jordan wrote a pair of MySpace bulletins on it. A summary of points:
- She is saddened by it.
- They were told that it wouldn't be used for Fergie's album.
- Writers generally don't do this to artists.
- She says that Fergie changed her mind after she listened to Jordan's version of it.
- The one Fergie released is the exact same song that they did. "I can't believe she didn't even change it," she says.
The song has been posted on Jordan McCoy's MySpace.
You can now listen to this track from Diddy's upcoming album in our audio player to the right. It was provided by Havoc and written (in part, at least) by Pharoahe Monch.
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