Newsday has a review of "Hustlenomics".
Yung Joc, like a lot of today's rappers, seems to have put together his new album "Hustlenomics" (Bad Boy South/Atlantic) the way politicians craft their campaign platforms - a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and a whole lot of pandering.
Yung Joc was on TRL today. They talked about pranks on Screamfest. When they first did the tour, T.I. told Joc that he was gonna be the prankster, so watch out. They caught T.I. sleeping in his dressing room, put shaving cream on his hand and put something on his head, making him slap himself, getting shaving cream on his face.
Joc and T-Pain got Ciara by putting mustard packs in her shoes. Ciara was doing an in store and some little girl told her she had yellow stuff coming out of her shoe, according to Joc. He said that he needs to get T-Pain and Lloyd back, though, because his security let them in his hotel room (he said he'll after to fire his security) and he woke up with a toothpaste hairline.
They talked about the
MSG show. Joc called it a "phenomenal moment for hip hop". After watching Chamillionaire's "Hip Hop Police" video, they asked him what he thought of it and he said it looked like Chamillionaire took some tips from the "Coffee Shop" video (as far as playing different characters).
They talked about what hustling is (and the difference between a hustler and a player), the album and the "Coffee Shop" video. A funny moment was when Aly (Aly & A.J. were hosting) was saying how you could buy the "Coffee Shop" ring tone and she said the wrong number and Joc said "thank you" and "have to get them checks right" and A.J. was dying. No performance for Joc on today's show, but some good face time, anyway.
The Real takes a funny look at the famous "Don't be mad, UPS is hiring" line from the "Flava in Ya Ear" remix. Watch below.
Via
AllHipHop.com.
AllHipHop.com has an interview with Boyz N Da Hood.
AlHipHop.com: What have you learned from being in Boyz N Da Hood?
Jody Breeze: Patience. Obedience. Playing your part. Being in a group with so many different personalities�.I can�t even describe it. I can understand what N.W.A. went through. I can understand what TLC went through. Any group�.all of them go through the same things because everybody got their opinion. You just got to make the best of the situation.
Via
Theo in the forums.
From
OurSports Central:
Qwanell, better known as "Que," was selected as one of Starz in Motion's first Semi-Finalists at the debut of Shooting Starz Talent Competition back in March 2006 at the ABA League Championship Game in Rochester, New York. He auditioned at the local Rochester open auditions and won the spot to perform at the game, where he competed against 5 other artists. The crowd had a tough choice determining the winner between Que and "The Krew." Although Que was not the audience choice at this time, primarily due to song selection, his passion drove him further to try out for "Making the Band," where his talent, charisma, and dedication proved successful.
DJBooth.net has a review of "Hustlenomics".
In the end Hustlenomics is a decent album that tries so hard to please everyone it loses its own identity. If Joc and Bad Boy are hustlers selling hip-hop, what does that make anyone who buys his album? I�m not hating, I just can�t shake the feeling I�m being hustled.
Joc's performance of "Coffee Shop" opened the show at the #10 spot on the countdown. Gorilla Zoe performed his verse and they did the whole song. It went well. During the interview portion, Joc mentioned that he's headed to Japan, the U.K. and Germany after Screamfest ends. He also said that with his next video, technology is taking over. It'll be a concept that when people see it, they'll wonder why they didn't think of it.
