In an
interview with Sixshot.com, Slim of 112 says that Diddy is wrapping up a remix to his single, "So Fly." The original version of the track
featured Yung Joc and the
video remix added Shawty Lo. He also mentioned that Diddy will be featured on his upcoming album, "Love's Crazy."
SixShot.com: Faith Evans is also on your album, do you still have a relationship with most of your ex Bad Boy label mates that you basically grew up with?
Slim: Yup… As a matter of fact, I just got off the phone with Puff probably like an hour ago. He’s finishing up the remix to the ‘So Fly’ joint. He’s on my album, Faith Evans, and Jadakiss. I talk to all of them for real; we’re a Bad Boy family. This is a situation where it’s not just something on paper, so once you’re a family, you’re always a family. We always stay in touch.
As a follow up to the
gas prices video he posted last month, Diddy has a new blog where he announces that gas prices have dropped some (still not enough) and that he's back on the jet. Watch below.
That cab driver couldn't wait to get Fonzworth out of the car.
Stephen Whitty of The Star-Ledger spoke with Derek Luke, thanks to his role in the soon to be released, "Miracle at St. Anna." But, in the interview, Diddy comes up, as well. Luke will play him in the upcoming Biggie film, "Notorious."
Q: Of course, you're not only playing Diddy in "Notorious," he's also one of the executive producers of the film. Any trepidation there, knowing he'd be watching?
A: Triple trepidation at first. I had to go to him for myself, I needed to know, OK, what do you want from me? Why me? But he said, "I trust you, I like you, I've seen some of what you've done. Go do your thing." And that was it. If ever I asked him questions it would be, "It's cool, just go do your thing."
Warning: explicit language.
Check out this video, featuring Picaso, a Bad Boy fan, former Bad Boy intern and A&R for Bryan-Michael Cox, talk about Diddy's production talents and his desire, as a fan, to see him return as a producer.
I loved watching this, as a fan, and agreed with most of it. I liked the note at the end, about artists who have complained and left Bad Boy. I really like Donnie Klang's album and Cassie's, so far, sounds great, as well. Day26 and Danity Kane dropped great efforts this year, as well. But, I would love to see Diddy get back behind the boards as a producer more. In fact,
I wrote about this last October.
You simply cannot mess with Diddy's production predigree. Some people try to, they try to cheapen it. But, you can't. The guy has produced insane, monster records and, for the most part, no one in the world can stack up to what he's done and accomplished.
There is a certain selfishness to this sort of request, as a fan, however. What I believe Diddy fans like about the man, in addition to other things, is his drive and his creativity. He accomplished what you can accomplish as a producer. And he moved on to other things. He's an artist, that's why we like him, and artists evolve and they do other things. They change. I loved "Press Play," I loved the variety. I don't mean to say that I want Diddy to go back to 1997. That doesn't make any sense. You grow and change. You can't do what you've already done, you have to do something new.
Interestingly, Diddy has stepped back into producer mode again, recently, with "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (3 tracks) and "Day26" (7) and with "Take You There" for Donnie Klang. And I've liked a lot of it. But, I do miss the frequency of his production and of remixes. Bad Boy remixes, man.
As I wrote
back in July, Diddy has expressed an interest in bringing The Hitmen back together, but it didn't gain any steam, thanks to a lack of interest from others. So, it's on his mind.
But, again, it's unrealistic and unreasonable to expect such a thing. You can't produce with that regularity and be the CEO of Bad Boy, manage Sean John, work with Ciroc, be an actor and all of the other things that he does. Diddy's certainly earned the right to do whatever it is that he wants without anyone slighting him for it. At the same time, that doesn't mean that we can't dream, right?
