Update: It's now online.

I just received my copy of "Hustlenomics" with the K-Mart exclusive voicetone. It comes with a separate insert that tells you to go to http://www.yungjoc.com/kmart. The only thing is that if you go there, you are redirected to http://www.block-ent.com/yungjoc, seemingly unable to redeem the voicetone. I'll report back when I know more.

I mentioned the Yung Joc mobile trading cards as being featured on the "Hustlenomics" album insert. I thought we'd cover the subject a bit more. The site to sign up is http://cards.yungjoc.com. You sign up (at the site or by texting JOC to 87233 (TRADE)) and get 3 mobile trading cards per week for $1. They are holding a contest to promote it.

People who collect all 40 cards will be entered into a drawing for $1,000 dollars. People who collect all 15 cards in the "Song Lyrics" set get entered into a drawing for a phone call with Joc. And there are 50 random instant winners that will get an autographed Yung Joc poster poster. The contest goes until November 18, 2007. At this time, the top collector, HU$TLENOMiC$, has 21 cards. The second place collector, ciel711, is a ways back at 9.

AllHipHop.com reports that Yung Joc will be performing at the MOBO Awards on September 19 at The O2 in North Greenwich in the United Kingdom.

Via JungleCity at BadBoyForever.com.

You can listen at HipHopGame.com. It uses part's of Joc's vocals from "It's Goin' Down" for the chorus.

Via JungleCity at BadBoyForever.com.

As I look over the iTunes version of "Hustlenomics", I noticed a bit more than just a different intro. There's two big gaps in the album. The first is with "Hell Yeah" - if you look in the iTunes store, you'll see that it is only 2:20. Diddy's verse is gone and only Joc's first two are in the song. The second gap is "Chevy Smile", where you are only given the first 1:59 of the song. The song fades as Trick Daddy starts his verse. Somehow, these 3 tracks were submitted to iTunes instead of the ones that should have been. Notice that the clean version of the album is how it should be. So, if you purchased the clean version of the album, you're fine.

I contacted someone at the label for comment and was told that they are working on a solution. We'll have more when something happens. Hopefully, those that have already purchased the album will be able to get those tracks.

The intro for the iTunes version of "Hustlenomics" is different from the intro that is on the main CD version (at least, the CD that came with the DVI version). The iTunes one is Block talking while the other one is Joc's dad talking, followed by Joc rapping.

I just received my copy of the MVI version of "Hustlenomics". It features 2 CDs - the CD for the album and then the MVI CD. Let's talk about what's on the MVI disc.

You are able to listen to all of the songs on the album and export them in a digital format. It includes a section for lyrics for all of the songs. Interestingly, the lyrics it provides for "Hell Yeah" are different than what is actually on the song. They include an intro from Diddy. Here it is:


And then the chorus starts. The lyrics also place Diddy's verse in the middle of the song as the 2nd verse, rather than at the end as the 3rd verse, as is the case in the song. He also introduces them differently as they have him saying:


I like the song OK now and all, but if the intro, etc. had been included, I definitely would have liked it more. Yeah, I know, just an intro. But, that's me.

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The advertisement insert for "Hustlenomics" features an advertisement for Sean John Eyewear Collection (featuring Diddy) on one side and, on the other side, a few different things:

1. Mentions (with dates) of the forthcoming albums of B5, Gorilla Zoe, Elephant Man and Boyz N Da Hood.
2. "Coming Soon: Mario Winans, We Invented the Remix II, Jordan McCoy, Cassie, Cheri Dennis".
3. An introduction of Yung Joc mobile trading cards.

Check out their site for more.

Via Ish in the forums.

Yung Joc came on toward the end of the show and performed a different rendition of "Coffee Shop" then he has been performing. It was a live band version and it sounded a little difference. Joc's last verse was very different as they switched up the music and he changed his flow. To be honest, I didn't like it. But, hey, it's different. Zoe was not there.

They played "Bottle Poppin" to end the show. It was given a similar treatment. This one, I liked, though. The performance will be viewable on the Jimmy Kimmel Live site. It's not up, yet, though.