It appears that 8 Ball will be releasing an album with his protege, Devius. They've released a track called "Er Body Know Me". I hope to get some info on the album and will report back when I do.

According to Willie's MySpace, they will be on BET's 106 & Park today at 6:00 PM ET.

Deepa Shah at AllHipHop.com has a fairly unkind review of "Hustlenomics".


Via Theo in the forums.

Here's a recap of the live after show on MTV.com. They mentioned that Donnie was the top vote getter online. He said that he won't let anyone down. And he apologizes once more for speaking out of turn to Diddy. Diddy tells him it's fine, but jokingly says that he's got something for him.

Diddy, the guys and the judges walk into the room with the family. As he walks, Diddy fields an online question: have you spoken to Laurie Ann and would you let her work with the guys? He says no, he hasn't spoken with her. He's seen her, but hasn't spoken with her. He doesn't hold any grudges and he would give her a job, if she would come in a respectful way. If he was going into her house, he would show her respect. So, he expects that same respect back. He knows how to work for people and how to work in a team. So, he felt like that wasn't happening. Makes sense.

When they arrive in the room with the family, Diddy says that they should be proud of all of them because the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Sway asks Michael if they can still call him Big Mike. He says that they can call him whatever, he'll still be sexy, so just put sexy in front of it. They all giggle.

Robert's mom says that she wasn't upset when Diddy asked him to cut his hair. It just enhances him, she says. Willie's mom is emotional. Next, Sway brings up Carlos. He says that he's been good, just waiting on the baby to come (due any day). He says that he's working on a solo album.

Brian comes up and he's talking to his mom. His sister and wife is with him. Brian says that he feels like he's dreaming and he doesn't want to wake up. Q comes up next with his mom and cousin. Sway asks them if they always knew he'd make the band. His mom says that she was nervous.

They talk with Dyshon and Sway asks him what happens next. He says that he'll keep doing what he's been doing - working in the studio. Slam comes up next and says that Diddy made it official, they're going out tonight. Danity Kane, the band, everyone. Diddy's got the titanium black card out, he says.

Donnie comes out and introduces his mom and dad. His dad stands back behind the two. His mom says how thankful she is to Diddy. They close it out to head to the after party. We see Harve Pierre is in the building and someone (maybe Joc) says Bad Boy South. And it's a wrap.

To begin the episode, we see the guys saying how they're confident, how they're gonna make it, etc. etc. and then Diddy says that he's going to make the band. We see this image come up on a big screen in Times Square outside of the MTV studios with a big crowd below. Some of the people in the crowd are holding up signs that promote "Hustlenomics".

After the theme song ends, we are in the MTV studios with all 10 guys singing "End of the Road" in front of a crowd. After they finish, Sway comes in and introduces each contestant. Sway says that they'll be surprise guests and that Diddy is going to be elimating people all show long. We get a quick recap of what has happened up until this point.

Back to the MTV studio with all of the guys seated and Sway asking them questions. They're all wearing the same outfit. A black suit with a white shirt. But, of course, Dyshon has to do what he cane to stand out different from the group and he has his white shirt untucked and sticking out of his jacket.

We see that some of the singers' families, friends, etc. are in a room there at MTV. Carlos (the one that was eliminated) is there. We see Diddy backstage and Sway says that after the commercial break, Diddy is going to be eliminating one of the guys.

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Theo asked:


Like you say, there are some rumors floating around that 50 Cent might be putting together a Forbes remix (my term for it) to "I Get Money" that would feature Jay-Z and Diddy (and maybe Kanye). If you remember, Jay-Z, 50 and Diddy were the top 3 in Forbes recent hip hop money makers list.

Despite the fact that 50 is saying he doesn't like Diddy or Jay (i.e., they're not all friends), I'd love to see this happen. I like "I Get Money" a lot and adding Jay-Z and Diddy to it (I'm a Jay fan and you all know how big a Diddy fan I am) would be awesome. Will it happen? Who knows? It's a rumor, so keep it like that.

I'm touching base with people trying to find out if there is any truth to it at all. Bad Boy PR has no idea, but "wouldn't be surprised." An e-mail to Universal Music (PR behind 50's new album) has not been responded to, yet, and I'm off to contact Diddy's publicist now. I'll let you know if I hear back.

Circuit City will have an exclusive bonus track. No word on what it is, but I report back when I find out.

Best Buy will have 2 exclusive bonus tracks. Again, no word on what they are.

K-Mart will have an exclusive Yung Joc voicetone.

The Japanese version will apparently feature "It's Goin' Down", if the Amazon.com page for it is any indication.

And then we'll have the normal and MVI versions. For more on the MVI version, see our story on it.

How in the world is "Hustlenomics" not on iTunes for pre-order? It's August 26! The album comes out in two days. Wow. That's really disappointing.

Whether you want to believe it or not, both Diddy and Michael Bivins say that Diddy's walkoff on the supposed finale of MTB 4 was not planned. And there's this:


This is definitely reading into it, but could that mean that someone won't make the group, but will get offered a solo deal? Just a crazy thought, not a prediction...

Watch below.


Via prnewswire.com.