According to BallerStatus.com, Gorilla Zoe's "Welcome to the Zoo" debuted at 18, selling 35,200 copies.

HipHopDX.com has an interview with Gorilla Zoe. I thought this answer was funny because of how people make things out of nothing.

AllHipHop.com has a "studio exclusive" with Gorilla Zoe. It's a video interview from Daddy's House in New York. He talks about the album and talks about 3 tracks in particular, rapping to parts of them. They are "Count On Me", "Last Time I Checked" and "Tryna Make A Jug". He then goes into the studio and does a verse and hook in there.

In the earlier part of the video, there are a couple of pieces of memorabilia shown. A plaque for "In the Beginning... There Was Rap", a compilation album that featured the Diddy track "Big Ole Butt" featuring Lil' Cease. There is a large autographed photo of Faith Evans ("You'll Always Have... Faith"). Give me a camera and an hour in Daddy's House and I'll come back with some good photos. Finally, there is a photo from the "No Way Out" cover shoot by Michael Benabib, who I interviewed in our "No Way Out" retrospective.

As an aside, if some of his album, at least, have been made at Daddy's House, I probably would have liked it more. It's not the studio, necessarily, but it just would have meant that he was probably working with different people. Not a fan of "Welcome to the Zoo", unfortunately.

Via Theo in the forums.

I have some more info on the Gorilla Zoe "Welcome to the Zoo Block Party". Yung Joc, Boyz N Da Hood and Block will also be appearing. The first 103 people in line will be offered free hair cuts. Grill Kings will be providing free food. Greg Street and V103 FM will also be there.

According to Gorilla Zoe's MySpace, there will be a block party at Athlete's Foot in Atlanta, GA on September 28 (tomorrow).

The album insert for "Welcome to the Zoo" is similar to the "Don't Talk, Just Listen" and "Hustlenomics" as it has the same Sean John Eyewear advertisement. On the other side, it mentions "Press Play", "Hustlenomics" and "Don't Talk, Just Listen" as in stores now and "Back Up N Da Chevy" and "Let's Get Physical" as coming soon.

"Also coming soon", it lists Mario Winans, We Invented the Remix II, Cassie, Jordan MCCoy, Cheri Dennis and Danity Kane - no titles or dates are provided.

With "Welcome to the Zoo" released, I thought I'd talk about some of the tracks and features that had been discussed that didn't make the cut or end up panning out.

In April, Block spoke with MTV, saying that Zoe already had songs done for his album with Bobby Brown and Big Boi. In August, Bad Boy issued a bio for the rapper. Bobby Brown was mentioned, once again, alongside Akon as features on the album. A song with Zoe featuring Bobby Brown called "Life of a Hustler" was released online and featured in a tracklist released by the label in August. Akon and Big Boi were probably the two biggest features mentioned for this album. Unfortunately, neither made it, nor did Bobby Brown.

A version of "Tryna Make a Jug" was released online toward the end of August. It featured Big Gee and Rick Ross. The album version just features Big Gee.

In June, Bad Boy released a Sizzle Reel where they indicated that Young Jeezy would be featured on "Hood N****". Though this version was released online, the album version does not feature him.

The afforementioned tracklist featured a few tracks that don't appear to have made the cut, based on track titles. It's possible that they may have made the cut with different titles, however. They are:

"Zoe"
"Battle Up" (Could be "Battle Field"?)
"Locked Up or Dead"
"Won't Let You Down"
"Life of a Hustler a.k.a. Money on the Block"

Gorilla Zoe's debut album, "Welcome to the Zoo" has been released today. Here is the tracklisting:

1. "Do Something"
2. "Hood N****"
3. "Money Man"
4. "Tryna Make a Jug" featuring Big Gee
5. "Crack Musik (This That Muzik)" featuring Jody Breeze
6. "Battle Field" featuring Block and Big Gee
7. "Take Your Shoes Off" by Gorilla Zoe featuring Yung Joc
8. "I Know"
9. "Count on Me" featuring Jody Breeze and JC
10. "Real M**********" featuring Boyz N Da Hood
11. "Juice Box" featuring Yung Joc
12. "Money Up"
13. "You Don't Know Me" featuring D. Woods
14. "Lil Shawty"
15. "Last Time I Checked"

You can order it at Amazon.com now.

It appears that there will be no bonus versions for "Welcome to the Zoo" by Gorilla Zoe. At least, not at iTunes, Amazon.com, K-Mart, Target, Best Buy or Circuit City. The only one I am not sure about is Wal-Mart, but that seems unlikely.

The album is releasing on Tuesday, September 25 and you can pre-order it at Amazon.com now.

Gorilla Zoe's "Welcome to the Zoo" can be listened to on MTV's The Leak.