HipHopGame.com has an interview with Ness. Very good read, lots of information. He was in a movie with Freeway called "What We Do". It's not out, yet. He's trying to get a new reality show off the ground with MTV. He's got a clothing line that's in department stores in Philadelphia. He says that they are shooting for a Spring 2008 release of his album, around March. On the album:
How�s your debut album Nessessary coming?
It�s coming along crazy. I got production from will.i.am, Chad West, Just Blaze, 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Doe Fat, Stevie J and the Bad Boy Hitmen. I got stuff from Yogi. I got stuff from my man Black Keyz. I got tracks from Matrax. Bink! gave me some stuff. He did �1-900 Hustler.� It�s diversified. You�re not going to hear the drug dealing and the shoot �em up, bang-bang that you hear from every other street artist that�s coming out. I�m really thinking deep. I got the jackhammer. I�m more than just an artist. I�m a father, I have a clothing line, I have other websites�I have my hands in a lot of things.
How frustrating has it been waiting for your debut album to come out?
It�s real frustrating because of course as an artist, you�re hungry and you have the talent and you want to showcase your talent. It�s really inspiring to me because it just makes you want to get out there and it makes me want to let the world know what I can do. I�ve been off for four years but a lot of that was just the politics and making sure the paperwork was straight. I had to make sure that everybody was going to keep their word and now everything is official. So now I�m ready to rock and roll. The whole staff is behind my record and Diddy is one of Ness� biggest fans. He�s really the main reason why Warner Brother gave me the deal; because he spoke so highly of me. He just has faith in my music that it can make money out here.
Via JungleCity at BadBoyForever.com.
MTV reports that Diddy has been added to the list of presenters for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. The show is on Sunday at 9:00 PM ET.
Yung Joc's "Hustlenomics" has debuted at #3 on The Billboard 200 albums chart, behind the High School Musical 2 soundtrack and "Casting Crowns" by Altar & the Door. It also debuted at #1 on the Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts. It has sold 69,200 copies.
His debut album, "New Joc City", debuted at #3 as well, selling 148,000 copies. It's second week was 69,880.
Here are the latest SoundScan numbers, including the debut of "Hustlenomics", along with Billboard 200 position.
3. "Hustlenomics" by Yung Joc, 69,100 (69,200 overall).
NR. "Greatest Hits" by The Notorious B.I.G., 2,000 (266,400).
NR. "Press Play" by Diddy, 1,200 (681,400).
NR. "New Joc City" by Yung Joc, 1,000 (942,400).
NR. "Ridin High" by 8 Ball & MJG, 700 (152,000).
I really don't like to talk about such nonsense, but I guess I have to as it's going to become a story, I'm sure. Diddy has denied purchasing drugs as some random people on YouTube (not like it matters) allege he's doing in this video.
Seriously? Like, for real? How do you watch a video like that and start yelling drug use. People need to consider their words and how important what you say can be. You can't look at that clip and then presume such a thing. That's real serious. But, it's not surprising. A lot of people don't take what they say seriously and don't care how it affects other people.
I like how the Yahoo! report says that the video shows a "contentious" exchange. That word means "tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome". There is no contentious exchange on that video. Come on now.
Theo asked:
Who produced "Let's Get Further?" by Danity Kane. Is it a single for their next album?
Answer: The track was produced by Ryan Leslie and was meant for their debut album, "Danity Kane". It didn't make the cut.
Update: It's now online.
I just received my copy of "Hustlenomics" with the K-Mart exclusive voicetone. It comes with a separate insert that tells you to go to http://www.yungjoc.com/kmart. The only thing is that if you go there, you are redirected to http://www.block-ent.com/yungjoc, seemingly unable to redeem the voicetone. I'll report back when I know more.
It's a cool moment for Bad Boy Blog as we've been mentioned on the official Bad Boy site for the first time, thanks to our interview of Elephant Man. If you look in the news section, you'll see it. Pretty awesome, right? :) Hopefully, it's the first of many such mentions as we continue working to be the best source of Bad Boy Entertainment related news on the web.
Thank you to Bad Boy for the mention and support and, as always, thank you to everyone who visits and supports us.
I mentioned the Yung Joc mobile trading cards as being featured on the "Hustlenomics" album insert. I thought we'd cover the subject a bit more. The site to sign up is http://cards.yungjoc.com. You sign up (at the site or by texting JOC to 87233 (TRADE)) and get 3 mobile trading cards per week for $1. They are holding a contest to promote it.
People who collect all 40 cards will be entered into a drawing for $1,000 dollars. People who collect all 15 cards in the "Song Lyrics" set get entered into a drawing for a phone call with Joc. And there are 50 random instant winners that will get an autographed Yung Joc poster poster. The contest goes until November 18, 2007. At this time, the top collector, HU$TLENOMiC$, has 21 cards. The second place collector, ciel711, is a ways back at 9.
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