SOHH.com has the new Block Entertainment/Bad Boy South mixtape up for free download. From and back mixtape cover below along with tracklisting.
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I've decided to start italicizing gainers and people who have debuted or re-entered. Big gain this week for Danity Kane on the Pop 100!
The Billboard 200
117. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" by Danity Kane (down from 95).
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
39. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (down from 30).
56. "Day26" by Day26 (down from 48).
91. "Greatest Hits" by The Notorious B.I.G. (re-entry).
Top Reggae Albums
8. "Let's Get Physical" by Elephant Man (same as last week).
The Billboard Hot 100
13. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (down from 12).
Pop 100
5. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (a new high, up from 10).
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
73. "Since You've Been Gone" by Day26 (up from 89).
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
15. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (down from 10).
19. "On the Corner" by Gorilla Zoe (debut).
The Billboard 200
95. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" by Danity Kane (down from 86).
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
30. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (up from 31).
48. "Day26" by Day26 (down from 41).
Top Reggae Albums
8. "Let's Get Physical" by Elephant Man (down from 6).
The Billboard Hot 100
12. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (down from 11).
Pop 100
10. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (down from 9).
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
85. "Juice Box" by Gorilla Zoe (down from 78).
89. "Since You've Been Gone" by Day26 (debut).
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
10. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (a new high, up from 13).
The Los Angeles Times reports on a soon to be released film, "The Wackness," based around a hip hop fan from the mid-90s. In the article, they highlight a widget released by the people behind the film that features "Party & Bull****" by The Notorious B.I.G.
Back in March, The Playlist reported that "The What" by Biggie featuring Method Man, "Can't You See" by Total featuring Biggie, "You Used to Love Me" by Faith Evans and "Flava In Ya Ear" by Craig Mack, were slated to be on the soundtrack to the film.
The L.A. Times article also features an interview with director Jonathan Levine.
You're dealing with some prime catalog, such as Notorious B.I.G.'s "The What." Was it tough to secure these tracks?
We reached out to the Biggie estate early and were able to clear it. But my editor was the one who put A Tribe Called Quest in the movie, and I said you guys are all nuts. I didn’t think I could get a Tribe Called Quest song with a Lou Reed sample, but we were.
It was crazy. But I think the great thing about it is that not a lot of people are using this type of music. Hopefully, this will be the first of many movies that license early ‘90s hip-hop. I don’t think there was much demand for it, and people were just happy to contribute their songs to a movie. Also, we got [Sony BMG] behind us, and they were able to hook us up.
He also gave an interview to FirstShowing.net back in January where he, again, mentioned Biggie.
Can you talk about the music choices as well, because I think that's another really key thing that defines the movie. There are so many great elements to it, but the music as well…
Levine: The music for me, that's what I grew up with, and most of it was even written in the script and we brought a music supervisor on really early. Biggie was such an important part of the script that we got in touch with the Wallace estate and we were able to get that Biggie stuff in there and they were very gracious to us. It was just, that was really important to having that soundtrack and luckily we got all the stuff we wanted. It wasn't easy because a lot of them have samples that are difficult to clear, or also the fact that that very few movies have used that type of music meant that a lot of the artists and the labels were really excited about the opportunity to put it in a movie. You don't see Nas or Wu-Tang or all that stuff in a movie very often, especially not their old stuff.
Check out the movie site for more.
UGO.com has an interview with Sean C & LV. They talk about how they got in with Diddy and they clarified The Hitmen relationship a bit.
UGO.com: So are you guys officially in the Hitmen?
LV: When we work with Puff, we work under the Hitmen. And then we do stuff on our own, outside of that situation as well. Like, we did the Jay-Z record with Puff, and [that was] Grind Music/Hitmen. When we did Ghostface, that was just Grind Music.
From the press release:
Excitement continues to grow as the NAACP heads toward its 99th Annual Convention, being held July 12-17 in Cincinnati, just months ahead of its centennial celebration. Themed “Power, Justice, Freedom, Vote,” this year’s annual gathering of more than 8,000 NAACP members, delegates and visitors will be held at the Duke Energy Center and kicks-off a series of events leading up to the association’s centennial Feb. 12, 2009. ...
There will be a screening of the NAACP Image Award-winning film “The Great Debaters” on July 13 at 3 p.m., including dialogue with the film’s co-star Nate Parker. The youth concert that night will feature actor/comedian Kevin Hart with music by Day 26 and Cheri Dennis.
From the Boston Globe:
Among Leslie's contributions so far: a bona fide hit for model-turned-singer Cassie (the pop-funk bauble "Me & U"), a near-hit for himself ("Diamond Girl," the synth-driven first single from his forthcoming solo debut, due out in late August), and production work for everyone from Britney and Beyoncé to Usher and Danity Kane. He's signed as an artist to Universal and as everything else to Sean "Diddy" Combs's Bad Boy Entertainment. Combs heard "Me & U" while partying at New York's Bungalow 8 and shortly after made Leslie an offer he couldn't refuse: a joint artist deal for Cassie and a distribution deal for Leslie's label/production/media/marketing company, NextSelection Lifestyle Group.
The Billboard 200
86. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" by Danity Kane (down from 64).
199. "Day26" by Day26 (down from 165).
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
31. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (down from 21).
41. "Day26" by Day26 (up from 36).
90. "Greatest Hits" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 100).
Top Reggae Albums
6. "Let's Get Physical" by Elephant Man (down from 5).
The Billboard Hot 100
11. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (down from 10).
Pop 100
9. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (same as last week).
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
78. "Juice Box" by Gorilla Zoe (a new high, up from 91).
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
1. "Since You've Been Gone" by Day26 (a new high, up from 4).
13. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (a new high, up from 19).
Earlier this month, a cache of unreleased Dream songs were released to the public along with most of their shelved sophomore effort, "Reality". In sifting through all of this material (yes, I listened to all of it), a number of questions came up in my mind. I spoke with Debbie Hammond, CEO of Dream's former co-label, ClockWork Entertainment, for some answers.
When I listened to "I Go" (which, in the track info, is labeled as being produced by The Neptunes), it immediately jumped out to me that it was very close to the beat from "Change Clothes" by Jay-Z, which was also produced by The Neptunes. Apparently, Dream was in the studio with Pharrell and they worked on this track, but ultimately passed on it.
Although Bow Wow was mentioned as being included in this mix of songs, after listening to them, I found that he wasn't. The single version of "In My Dreams", from Dream's first album, featured Bow Wow and it was meant to be included. But, unfortunately, it is being held back by Sony, despite the fact that it was already paid for, according to Hammond. It's being looked into and they still hope to release it.
"Keep On Dancing" features a prominent sample of Pink Floyd's "We Don't Need No Education". This song was just something that they had been playing around with and hadn't even been submitted to Bad Boy for approval. It features ad libs from Diddy that, when I first listened to them, sounded just a little generic and flat, even though I liked the track. Apparently, these were old ad libs that the producers or mixers working on the song had added onto it just to show that they could do it.
"Pappi" was a track by a rapper named Manolo that features one of the Dream girls, Diana, on the hook. The finished version of "Controlled" was labeled as "Come and Get It" when the songs were first uploaded, as I had guessed. There are no vocals on "Boyfriend Problem Interlude".
Finally, there were four additional Dream tracks released after I made the post announcing the release. They are "What's It Gonna Be?," "She's Looking Down," "Come to Me" and "Bye Bye" (featuring Heat). They can be purchased on Amazon.com (on the "Feel The Heat" and "Come to Me" albums).
Bad Boy songwriter Jack Knight took home two awards from the 2008 SESAC Awards for his work on Diddy's "Last Night" and Keyshia Cole's "Let It Go".
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