A new song called "Check Yourself" has been posted on
Ness's official MySpace.com page.
The New York Times has a great, long article on Diddy that is definitely worth a read.
It mentions a song called "Diddy Rock" as "an inventive fusion of hardcore hip-hop and Ibiza-style dance music, which sounded great." It also mentions that Pharrell and T.I. will be on the album. The song "Wanna Move" features Big Boi. The article calls it "a stunning Southern-bounce-meets-Kraftwerk track."
... Mr. Combs and company drove to the corner of 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. As several double-parked cars blasted Diddy songs, dozens of young men milled about. Two elderly women, dressed in African prints, approached the party. �What�s going on here?� one demanded sternly.
�Puffy�s got a new album,� someone said.
�Puff Daddy? Where is he?�
�Right here, ma�am,� Mr. Combs said, offering her a mini bottle of Mo�t. She stood near him for a bit, sipping Champagne through a plastic straw and swaying to the music. Then she quietly shuffled away. ...
When he is not in Diddy mode, Mr. Combs is disarmingly friendly and low-key, even shy and self-deprecating.
You can
listen to it at Diddy's MySpace.com page. I have read that the song was written by Pharoahe Monch and produced by Havoc of Mobb Deep.
Via
Diddy's MySpace.com page.
It doesn't appear to be fully launched yet (mailing list doesn't work, etc.), but you can get a glimpse into
Diddy's new website now.
From
The Guardian:
Sean Combs, the rapper, actor and entertainment mogul who has also been known as Puff Daddy and Puffy during his career, has lost the right to use his shorter nickname of Diddy in the UK after agreeing to an out-of-court settlement.
His defeat came at the hands of a rather less well-known Diddy, the London-based music producer Richard Dearlove, who has been trading under the name since 1992. Mr Dearlove, 40, sued Combs, 36, for passing off after learning that the rapper had dropped the P from his name and had decided to relaunch himself solely as Diddy. The law of passing off is designed to deal with unfair competition, in particular with businesses that suffer when another one adopts the same name. ...
To comply with the terms of the order, Combs will have to embark on a costly rebrand of his commercial activities in the UK.
That's a shame, but I guess he had the name first. So, that's that. Still, it doesn't really matter that much. Wherever Diddy goes, he's Diddy, he's P. Diddy, he's Puff, he's Puffy, he's Puff Daddy, he's Sean John. He's had these names for a long time, which is why I always laugh when people say he's changing names. Listen to Victory, listen to Biggie. "P. Diddy run the city, show no pity." If I remember correctly, that was one of the last songs Biggie recorded, which would place it in the early parts of 1997. It wouldn't be crazy to guess he had it for a while before then and B.I.G. didn't pull it out of his hat.
"I suffered from a head injury in 2001, when Sean Combs changed his name to P Diddy. I lost my sight for three years and couldn't work," Mr Dearlove told the Guardian.
Is he serious?
Ryan Leslie posted video of Cassie's release party, including pre-party planning, etc. You can watch it below.
Last night,
I said that I didn't see Yung Joc. Watching the
video again, I just realized where he was. He was the hype man. You can see him on stage at various times in a white shirt. I'm sure some of you noticed this, but just incase you didn't.
AventuraUSA.com has pictures of Diddy, Cassie, Yung Joc and Danity Kane at what appears to be a press conference/event for the NFL kickoff celebration.
Via
boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
You can watch it below.
Like I said, a good performance. I liked it better watching it the second time, actually, for whatever that is worth.
