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Block Entertainment has finally launched a fully fledged website. There are plenty of the features that you might expect, like an audio player, video player, downloadable wallpapers and buddy icons, tour info and more.

Via Gorilla Zoe.

From CMJ:

There isn't much on it that I can see, but on the WPGC site, it mentions that Yung Joc and Boyz N Da Hood will be on Big Tigger's Beltway Tour and to stay tuned to see where they're going to pop up.

Diddy was the first to come out. He presented Terrence and Rocsi with Sean John shades. He talked about his BET Awards performance (his first performance at the BET Awards as an artist), his performance at the Princess Diana concert, his recent performance in South Africa, his kids, his breakup with Kim Porter (he said she's his best friend and it's not something he wants to go through, but he'll always love her).

After a video break, Mario Winans dropped by. They asked them what it's like in the studio when they're together. Diddy said it's magical and Mario said that he "always loves doing records with [his] brother". He called "Through the Pain (She Told Me)" "another passionate joint." And then Diddy introduced the video. Following with what I talked about recently, he introduced the video as "Through the Pain, a.k.a. She Told Me, Dear Kim". The video was credited As "Through the Pain (She Told Me): Dear Kim".

What can I say about the video? It's a cool video, I like it a lot, as a fan. The video opens with Diddy and Mario riding in a car and Mario sings his opening part. And then, as the song progresses, they move to a club, to the front of the parked car in the city, in front of a woodgrain wall, etc. It has a good vibe and fits the song.

After the video was over, Diddy announced that the DVD for the second season of P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy. It was released on July 17.

After a commercial break, Diddy announced B5, stopping to allow audience screaming and applause and then continuing, saying "not since the Beatles have a group come out that's gonna cause this much hysteria throughout the world."

Before they could introduce their record, Diddy interrupted and told everyone that radio stations around the country are "fronting on this record" and he encouraged all of the ladies to call in and request the record and if they don't play it, tell them that you are going to turn off your radio. B5 then introduced "Hydrolics".

After the video, Diddy encouraged everyone to vote the video onto the countdown and talked about Bad Boy's upcoming releases as well as the upcoming release of Sean John Ladies. He didn't say much except to say who was coming, which we already know about.

During the commercial, it mentioned a Screamfest 2007 special that will feature Yung Joc on 12:30 PM ET, but I missed the day. And that's it.

On 106 & Park, T.I. mentioned a new venture, StreetCred.com and also mentioned that Yung Joc has a "block" and Diddy has a "block". Blocks are just what they call the profile pages. Here's Diddy's and here's Yung Joc's.

Watch below. Basically, updated release dates. Danity Kane was mentioned as Spring 2008. One interesting thing is that the mention of the Press Play Remixes album has been removed. Does this mean that the project has been scraped? Or, perhaps, combined with We Invented the Remix 2? I've got a request for comment in and will report back when/if I hear anything.

Thursday, July 19 will be Bad Boy day on BET's 106 & Park. Diddy and B5 will be on hand and, from what I've been told, they'll be playing Bad Boy videos for much of the show. They'll be premiering both "Through the Pain" and "Hydrolics".

Someone also told me that the video for "Through the Pain" is very specifically directed at Kim Porter, in light of recent events. The song itself was written, obviously, no earlier than Summer 2006. So, we'll have to take a good look at the video to see what, if any, subtle messages it contains.

Here is the updated, tentative release schedule:

8/28/07 - "Hustlenomics" by Yung Joc.
9/11/07 - "Don't Talk, Just Listen" by B5.
9/25/07 - "Welcome to the Zoo" by Gorilla Zoe.
10/02/07 - "Back Up N Da Chevy" by Boyz N Da Hood.
11/06/07 - "Let's Get Physical" by Elephant Man.
12/04/07 - TBA by Mario Winans.
12/18/07 - "We Invented the Remix 2" by TBA.
1/15/08 - "Just Watch Me" by Jordan McCoy.
1/22/08 - TBA by Cheri Dennis.
2/12/08 - TBA by Cassie.

So, Yung Joc remains the same, B5 gets pushed up one week and everyone else gets pushed back, except for Mario Winans, who is given the same date he had previously (before it was removed).

Boyz N Da Hood isn't really a surprise since we are within a month of their release date and they haven't released a video. I am surprised at Elephant Man because he's been doing press and he just released a video (granted, it hasn't caught on... but, he's Elephant Man, he has a niche audience, he doesn't sell big numbers). Jordan was in a similar boat to Boyz N Da Hood as we were getting close to a month away and they haven't even shot a video, yet alone released one. But, being pushed to January? That is definitely a ways away and will negate some of the impact of her recent radio tour. Maybe her album will be shuffled a bit and/or she'll pick a new single. We'll have to see.

The executive producers on "Let's Get Phyiscal" will be Diddy, Chris Chin, Harve Pierre and Willie Daniels.

The executive producers on "Hustlenomics" will be Russell "Block" Spender and Diddy with Harve Pierre as Co-Executive Producer and Conrad "Rad" Dimance as Associate Executive Producer.

The executive producers on Gorilla Zoe's album will be Block and Diddy with with Harve Pierre and Rico Brooks as Co-Executive Producers and Conrad "Rad" Dimance as Associate Executive Producer.