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I've just been told that G. Dep is no longer on Bad Boy. Of course, this is not a big surprise as it already seemed like he was, but I didn't want to do anything without official confirmation.
I'm sorry to hear it, but that's the way it goes. Definitely a fan of his work while with Bad Boy. Good luck.
HipHopDX.com has an interview with Biggie's daughter:
HHDX: There was a lot that hip-hop pulled from B.I.G. before and after his passing, but not too many people got to see the personal side of Frank White. So, for those who were the die-hard fans � what is something that no one would know about him?
T�yanna: I would have to say that for anyone who thinks that he�s all what he says in his lyrics� that he�s all rough, tough and hard, you�d be surprised. He was a sensitive guy. He was always in a happy mood around us. He loved everyone that he was close to. I know that in documentaries or specials, you�d see that he was a funny man. You could always hear him telling a joke� all the time.
The New York Times has a review of "Ridin High".
�Turn Up the Bump,� produced by Danja, has an angry-hornet synthesizer line and plenty of trash talk. (MJG takes aim at Chrysler-driving exaggerators, explaining, �A 300 is not a Bentley, an apartment not a house/A Geneva not a Rolex, you know what I�m talkin� �bout.�) Meanwhile �30 Rocks� is a marvelously tipsy-sounding ode to the nightlife, and �Relax and Take Notes� uses an old Notorious B.I.G. sample to anchor a pugnacious club track.
Back in the mid 90s, Bad Boy signed Jerome (also known as Lil' Jerome), a pre-teen R&B; singer from Akron, Ohio. After a couple of years on the label, he released his first single, "Too Old for Me", which was also the first single for "Bad Boy's Greatest Hits, Volume 1". The song was remixed at least twice, into an "R&B; Remix" and a "Shorty & Nore Remix" featuring rapper N.O.R.E. with Diddy on the ad libs. Personally, it's one of my favorite Bad Boy remixes.
His first official appearance may have been "Crush on You" a song featured on the Bad Boy compilation, "Nothin' But the Hotness in '98". He also appeared on the Belly soundtrack with a remake of Stevie Wonder's "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer". Two other songs, "No Disturb Sign" (another favorite of mine) featuring Heavy D and Diddy and "Dear Ivette", were also released. And, after that... he just seemed to disappear. He was dropped from the label and I never really heard anything about him again. I always wondered... what happened?
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Well, after scanning all oft he weekly circulairs... it looks like there are no store bonuses for "Ridin High", unfortunately. Pre-order it at Amazon.com now.
You can listen to snippets from "Ridin High" at the Circuit City site.
Vibe has a nice Biggie tribute video featuring appearances from Diddy, Doug E. Fresh, Mister Cee, Matty C., Chico (from Junior M.A.F.I.A.), Groovey Lew, Bert Padell, Banga (Junior M.A.F.I.A.), Easy Mo Bee, Kool Herc, Russell Simmons, Jim Jones and more.
Via jim_bean at Notorious Online.
"Hustler's Prayer" is a song produced by DJ Green Lantern that took Biggie's verse and added in Jim Jones. Even thought some had labeled it as "not on Duets" and what have you, I hadn't thought it was for Duets. But, last night when he got on HOT 97 during the Biggie tribute, Jim Jones said that it was.
Cee: And this is a record that was supposed to have been on the Biggie Duets album, correct?
Jones: Yeah, yeah, we tried to get it there. I think we didn't make the cut off.
In honor of it being the 10th year since Biggie's passing, Vibe brought out a couple of old articles.
"I didn't know he was gonna be this large," says Mark "Gucci Don" Pitts, the Notorious B.I.G.'s manager, driving the black Lexus that doubles as his office. Pitts, 25, is a former employee of Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment who left to represent Biggie independently in 1993. "Damn," he says, thinking back on the past 24 months. "I can't believe we blew up that quick."
It's hard to believe that someone who has seen so much could have such young eyes. But the eyes of Sean "Puffy" Combs, bright, brown and alert, reflect the stubborn innocence of childhood. His voice, however, tells another story. Sitting inside the control room of Daddy's House Studios in Midtown Manhattan, dressed in an Orlando Magic jersey and linen slacks, Puffy speaks in low, measured tones, almost whispering.
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