The Diddybeats in-ear headphones ( watch my unboxing) have been out for a couple of weeks now, so I thought I'd put together a round up of reviews that have appeared online. If given, I've included the star or number rating that the review provided in parentheses next to the link.
Ali of Chip Chick
Caleb Denison of Digital Trends (7.5 out of 10)
Sal Cangeloso of Geek.com
Josh Holat of Appletell (4 out of 5)
Jasmine France of CNET (4 out of 5)
Beatweek Magazine
Finally, here are a pair of video reviews: one by Mark of SoldierKnowsBest and another by Sarnie of NBucketTV (via Current):
Contactmusic has the story of a prank that Diddy pulled on Jonah Hill one day while driving around Los Angeles. Apparently, Diddy convinced Hill that he was drinking vodka while driving and had a loaded gun in the car. "I'm, like, freaked out... I'm scared of Diddy," Hill says.
But, later, Diddy admitted that he was actually drinking water and there was no gun.
In an interview with New York Magazine, "Get Him to the Greek" director Nick Stoller spoke about working with Diddy and teaching him about improv.
Tell me about Diddy. He was my favorite part in the movie; who knew he was so funny! (Besides for him, that is.)
When I was writing the script. I thought of him as that part [a hard-nosed, maniacal record exec]. And he came in to audition, and I really hoped he’d be good, and he was amazing — hilarious. He has a crazy energy that has been untapped for the most part. The guy doesn’t sleep, which is interesting. It took him a little while to get used to the idea of improv, but once we’d loosen him up, he’d be so funny. There’s a scene in the movie with Diddy and Pharrell, and Pharrell was kind of getting his bearings on set, and Diddy goes, “Oh, yeah, we do a lot of improv here.” And I was like, I can’t believe Sean Combs just said, “We do a lot of improv.” I've turned Sean Combs into a comedy nerd!
Birthplace Magazine reports that Diddy will be the next guest on Peter Rosenberg's "Noisemakers." The intimate interview series has featured Q-Tip, ?uestlove, Talib Kweli, Bun B, Pete Rock, Raekwon and DJ Premier. During the interview, a live band plays a musical tribute to the interviewee.
It all takes place on June 15 at 92YTribeca. Unfortunately, tickets are sold out.
Recently, Diddy was down in Miami to host the "Best of the Best" concert. He also jumped on stage to perform some songs, including DJ Khaled's "All I Do is Win (Remix)."
The clip is almost 13 minutes long, but for the main Diddy-related and performance footage, you can stop at the 2:27 and start back up at 7:54. Diddy (backed by his sons) performs the "O Let's Do It" remix with Rick Ross and Gucci Mane.
This morning, Dirty Money performed on ABC's "Good Morning America." Below, check out the web exclusive backstage pass feature for a brief interview.
Dirty Money performed this morning on ABC's "Good Morning America."
They performed "Hello Good Morning" and a snippet medley of past hits by or featuring Diddy, including "Last Night" (with Dawn Richard and Kalenna singing Keyshia Cole's parts), "It's All About the Benjamins (Remix)" and "Mo Money Mo Problems." Que, formerly of Day26, appeared on stage to stick background vocals during the medley.
During the brief interview segment, Diddy said that "Last Train to Paris" was coming out in the "Fall, late Summer." It's odd because, up until now, he's simply been saying that the album was coming out on June 28, which was the previously announced and promoted release date. Why would he say "Fall, late Summer" if the release date is June 28? Plus, June 28 isn't generally considered to be "late summer." Has the release date changed? Stay tuned.
Amy Kaufman of the Los Angeles Times has a feature on Diddy, with quotes from him, "Get Him to the Greek" producer Judd Apatow and director Nicholas Stoller and acting coach Susan Batson. It makes for a great read.
"I think this role will definitely be a revelation to people," said Combs, known to most as Diddy, as he leaned into a couch backstage at the Greek Theatre last month. "People have this perception of me — which is my fault — of maybe a rapper or Champagne-sipping and Hamptons and white fur and just cliché type of things that are just kind of old and dated and corny, which isn't how I am today, you know? That was just part of my image for a second. It wasn't who Sean is. You evolve — like, I need to retire my diamond necklace and fur jacket now. Things change. Times change." ...
"Our shoots are demanding, and he was on set every day, exactly on time and super-prepared," added Stoller in a separate interview. "And that's why he's a mogul. You can't be where he's at in his career and show up to things late. He treated it like a real learning experience — like, 'You guys understand comedy; I want to learn that.'"
Via Rap-Up.com.
In an interview with Rap-Up.com, Nelly says that Diddy will be featured on his upcoming album, "Nelly 5.0."
Back in July, "1,000 Stacks" featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy appeared online. Later, in December, Nelly confirmed that Diddy would serve as a producer on his next album.
It's unclear if all of these mentions are one in the same ("1,000 Stacks") or if there are more tracks coming that feature the duo.
According to a press release and the 2010 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors website, Diddy was added as a last minute performer for the show, which will air on VH1 on June 7 at 9 PM ET.
The show will honor The 2 Live Crew, J. Prince, Jermaine Dupri, Luther "Luke" Campbell, Master P, Organized Noize and Timbaland. It's unclear who Diddy is performing in honor of, but it's being taped this evening and AllHipHop.com CEO Chuck Creekmur posted the photo above (click to enlarge) of Diddy on stage with Jermaine Dupri and said that Diddy was rapping about New York City. I'll take a wild guess and and say they were performing the "Welcome to Atlanta" remix.
Update: Creekmur confirmed to me that the song was, in fact, the "Welcome to Atlanta" remix.
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