Gorilla Zoe just performed "Hood Figga (Remix)" at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2007 preshow. Zoe had a solid performance, but Joc really phoned it in, which is a shame because I like his verse on the remix. He missed maybe half of his verse, allowing the backing track to play through. Even Zoe appeared a little surprised as he nudged Joc part way through the performance. Overall, it wasn't a bad performance, but it would have been a great performance if Joc would have killed it.

The BET Hip Hop Awards preshow, featuring a performance from Gorilla Zoe, will be on from 6:00 PM ET to 8:00 PM ET, not from 5 to 7 as was previously reported. Sorry for the confusion.

Update: The preshow is on from 6:00 PM ET to 8:00 PM ET, not from 5 to 7.

According to the Boyz N Da Hood MySpace, Gorilla Zoe and Yung Joc will be performing "Hood Figga (Remix)" during the BET Hip Hop Awards preshow today between 5 and 7 PM ET on BET.

The October 20 issue of Billboard reports that "Tryna Make a Jug" featuring Big Gee will be Gorilla Zoe's second single.

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.