Yung Joc's "Hustlenomics" has been pushed back to August 28. No other release dates are affected, however. So, Boyz N Da Hood is the next Bad Boy album scheduled to come out, on August 7.
BallerStatus.com has an interview with Yung Joc.
BallerStatus.com: The East is notorious for starting and ending careers with rap battles. Why do you think the South has always been more concerned with having fun then duking it out on wax?
Yung Joc: Yeah, we want to have a good time and get this money. You know, trying to knock a n---- out his position to gain a position, f--- that man. There's enough money for all of us. Here it is: I'm one of the newest inductees in the Top 20 Highest Paid Rappers of '06 in Forbes magazine. If I can be in a list with motherf------ like Puff, T.I., Jay-Z, Ice Cube -- with all these n----- out here getting all this real paper and here it is -- I'm out the gate my first year, that lets me know there's enough money to go around for all of us. I don't think hip-hop is dead, and I don't think the South has taken over. I think people from other places are just regrouping. I don't think the South will be on top forever. But I'm making sure I get mine here while it's doing its thing. ...
BallerStatus.com: Being on a powerhouse label like Atlantic -- with chart toppers like T.I. and Pretty Ricky -- do you feel the label is doing your career justice?
Yung Joc: I definitely do. When the label gave me the opportunity to go in and they allow me to select all the people I want to work with and go in and pick all my tracks. I turn in an album, they say "Alright," they ask "How you want the photo shoot to look?" And they say "Alright." They ask "what kind of video you looking for? How you want your album and your layout to look?" And all they say is "alright." Cause I know a lot of cats that say they're label won't let them do anything. They say I'm lucky. I'm very happy to say, I'm proud to say that Atlantic stands behind me and vice versa. I have a good home. Everything's good right now.
Alright, here is the official cover for "Hustlenomics":
I think it's OK. But, I don't know why they'd use the same image of Joc (albeit with a different background) as they used for the Coffee Shop single, though.
Just an update on these covers. The choice is not confirmed yet - I believe these may be ideas, but the final cover has yet to be determined.
Yung Joc's "Hustlenomics" is proving to be quite the star studded affair. According to the Bad Boy Sizzle Reel, Diddy, Pharrell and Young Dro will be on it. Going off of previous reports, this is how the guest list pans out:
Diddy, Pharrell, Young Dro, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Jim Jones, Jazze Pha, Trick Daddy, 8 Ball & MJG, Twista, Boyz N Da Hood, Mary J. Blige, Monica, Lil' Wayne and Rick Ross.
According to the Bad Boy Sizzle Reel, Yung Joc will join B5 on Scream Tour 6. The dates given are July 25 through September 9.
If you go to Harve Pierre's MySpace, you'll that the version of "Coffee Shop" here is different from the previously released clean version (at least, the one I was given). The intro stuff is different and the verses from Joc and Zoe are different, as well.
HipHopDX.com has an interview with Yung Joc.
HHDX: Speaking of lyrics and lyricists, are you offended when somebody says you aren�t a lyricist?
Yung Joc: I don�t care because I�m not. I�m not a lyricist; I never claimed to be one. I leave that up to the Nas�, the Jiggas�, the Talib Kwelis� and the KRS-Ones�. I make club music, music you could dance to. I make feel good music. There are times when I hear a Jay-Z lyric and I�m like �Damn, that�s crazy.� But, if you�re in the club sometimes you don�t wanna think about what the rapper is saying. You just wanna have fun. I mean even Diddy, Diddy ain�t no lyrical dude and he�s real well off.
HHDX: So you were doing well financially from the start. You had the Block money and the Bad Boy money?
Yung Joc: Well I had a percentage of the Block money and then whatever money I got from the deal with Bad Boy. I�m doing well overall. A lot of artists wanna talk about certain things but like me, I just got listed in Forbes as one of the Top 20 highest paid rappers for the year. I just did that interview today and it�ll be in that publication soon.
This MySpace page features the images below. I don't know if one of them is the actual cover for the album or what they might be, but I have an e-mail in to find out and will report back when I know.
Update: I heard back.
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