According to a video
posted on Danity Kane's MySpace.com page, Danity Kane will be at the NFL kickoff concert along with
Diddy (headliner), Cassie and
Yung Joc. It sounds like it is truly going to be a Bad Boy affair.
From
The Jamaica Observer:
And this just in: Highly placed sources have revealed that VP Records and Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment have reached an agreement, which will handle the marketing and international distribution of Elephant Man's forthcoming release. The deal, according to sources, will see the release of Elephant's new album (the first in a multi-album deal) sometime in 2007.
I just noticed that Yung Joc was featured on the
Step Up soundtrack. He's got a song called "'Bout It" which features 3LW.
Bad Boy's got 2 in the top 10 again. "Me & U" fell 1 spot from #6 to #7 while "Show Stopper" jumped up 8 spots, moving from 17 up to 8. "I Know You See It" fell from #19 to #20 and "It's Goin' Down" went from #20 to #26.
Reuters Newsblogs has highlights from the interview for
their story:
Q: What�s changed about the way the music industry works now from when you started out?
In the music industry we�ve been through some rough times, still are, but it�s definitely getting better. We used to shun the Internet now we bow down and embrace it. I think we�re getting rewarded for it. But at the end of the day if you don�t have a hit record, you don�t have hit record. You can use the Internet and marketing all you want but you still need hit records and that�s what we do at Bad Boy, we make hits.
From
Reuters:
"Our expectation when we did the deal with Bad Boy was to break one new artist every 18 months and to reintroduce P. Diddy," said Warner Music Executive Vice President Kevin Liles this week. "He's broken three new artists this year so it's over our expectation, but still under what we know he can do."
Warner Music does not break down revenue from its various labels, but SoundScan sales data show that the company's labels collectively accounted for an 18.7 percent share of the urban music sector in the year to date. In 2005, their share of that market was 13.8 percent.
While Combs cannot claim all the credit for Warner's resurgence in the hip-hop/R&B; genre, analysts said Bad Boy was having a halo effect on other labels within the Warner group.
Via
TheMTLBadBoy at BadBoyForever.com.
Check it out. Good stuff.
... New York feel it in they gut
If Jay comin' back, then the world need Puff
Emotional bond to the game, I'm attached
I gave most of you dudes life, now get back
I'm the man that beef with a whole coast
Lost my best friend and still see his ghost
Your lawsuits lost, I walk through courts
So disrespectful, I spit when I talk
I recognize n***** tryin' a copy my style
But, never been a n**** this fly, holdin' it down for this long
N****, I let y'all eat for this long
Now, the kings back on the streets...
Via
YoungMarcus31 at BadBoyForever.com.
Well, I guess I have to talk about this nonsense again, even though I don't really have to. It's too "newsworthy" to avoid. I just got a quick listen to the 50 Cent diss track called "The Bomb" aimed at Diddy. He didn't say all that much, but here is the really absurd part:
Who shot Biggie Smalls?
We don't get them, they gon' kill us all
Man, Puffy know who hit that n****
Man, that n**** soft
He scared them boys from the west side'll break him off
So, who did it then, 50? He says something about some $50,000 for travel expenses on some tour, as well. Hard to really make out what he's talking about. I used to like 50 alright, used to spend money on his music. But, when he started doing this stuff, I basically introduced a 50 ban. I haven't spent a time on any of his music since and I won't. I might have to become familar with The Game, actually. I like that It's Okay (One Blood) song he put out.
Anyway, getting down to business. Speaking of business, that is the keyword. Business. This stuff is just stupid. Anyone who does business with 50 should be weary. Let me explain. Sometimes, when people talk about Diddy, they say things like "paper gangster." But, that just isn't consistent. People act like Diddy is doing something illegal or underhanded.
He's not. On the contrary, making sure your paper work is in order is what everyone should do. People act like being personally responsible is some sort of virus. I signed a contract, well, hey, I wanna leave now, who cares? That's nonsense and it's a problem. You go to work at X Corporation. You sign a contract. Period. You are held to that contract, good or bad. If you want the contract voided, you have to go through the appropriate legal steps and even then, there may not be an easy out, if there is not one in the contract.
So, 50 called Diddy and they can't agree. That's too bad because that's business. It's not being a gangster, it's simply following the contract. But, instead, 50 chooses to act like this. Knowing this, if you're a business, how can you do business with 50? How can you expect him to fulfill a contract that he signs if this is how he handles such matters? If 50 pulled this stuff with Reebok, they'd throw him into court in half a second. The only reason 50 can get away with this stuff is because people let him get away with it in this industry. In pretty much any other industry, this stuff doesn't float. 50 is trying to run a game on people. It doesn't fit. But, that doesn't mean people aren't falling for it.
Via
Nomah # 5 at BadBoyForever.com.
Dawn reviewed the album for
Dawn Richard Online. There are four video parts to it and they are below. Be sure to watch them one at a time, not playing two of them at more than once, or your computer will probably freeze.
Intro
Part 1
Part 2
»
Read More
Just incase you didn't know
Bad Boy has a YouTube channel. If you have a YouTube account, you can subscribe to it.
Via
Yung Joc's MySpace.com page.
