In an interview with MTV's Sway Calloway, Diddy discussed the possibility of Mase returning to Bad Boy. The rapper has recently resurfaced online and has patched things up with Cam'Ron and Jim Jones, even releasing a track called "Get It' with the former. Diddy says Mase reached out to just tell him to keep an eye on him and what he's doing. Check out the clip:


Right now, though, Diddy says that he's not really looking to sign anything new and is instead looking to focus on Janelle Monae's upcoming album, Cassie's "Electro Love" and his own "Last Train to Paris."

Shaheem Reid wrote on MTV.com that if Mase did come back to Bad Boy and The Lox do the same, that Bad Boy would have one of the "one of the strongest hip-hop rosters in the game," when considering the current roster, as well. Diddy, The Lox, Mase, Aasim, Red Cafe, Ness, Gorilla Zoe, Yung Joc (yes, I know he wants to leave), Boyz N Da Hood and, perhaps, Black Rob - his situation is unclear - counting rappers only.

It is somewhat unlikely that either of those things will happen - let alone both. But, you never know. Personally, I was a huge, huge Mase fan way back when. The combination of Mase and Diddy is what made me a Bad Boy fan. I had a poster of Mase on my wall. I supported his retirement. Yes, he left Diddy and Bad Boy in the lurch, but I won't argue with God or happiness.

When he came back for "Welcome Back," I was really happy and loved the album. But, then I read an interview where he did where he blamed Diddy for the content of the album, which I saw nothing wrong with, even though he's the one who handed the album to Diddy, reportedly. And then, of course, you had all the G-Unit stuff. In so many words, Mase let me down as a fan and I got sick of the decisions he was making. But, I love what he did while he was at Bad Boy and I listen to it to this day. And I'm open to a new Mase album, certainly.

If Mase comes back, as I said when discussing The Lox, I only want him back if he's actually back. Not handing Diddy a finished album, but going back to the process that created "Harlem World" and even "Double Up." I don't want to hear him rapping about needing "Diddy percent" to come back - whatever that means. After all that has transpired and his at times lack of reliability when it came to promoting his records, I'm surprised he would be expecting much above "standard percent." But, then again, it could just be a throwaway line.

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released last Thursday. Sorry for the delay in getting these up - Billboard had a little trouble processing my subscription renewal.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

71. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (down from 58).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

19. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (re-entry).

In part 1 of his MySpace video interview (included below), Jay-Z walks through his albums and development as an artist. He briefly recalls battling with Biggie in high school and discusses his "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1," saying that he doesn't listen to it because it "irks" him to hear the great tracks on it mixed with the ones where he tried to appeal more to record sales. Notably, about half of "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1" was produced by The Hitmen.

Among the great tracks on the album, he names four - three of which were produced by members of The Hitmen. This included "Where I'm From" (produced by D-Dot and Stevie J.), "Streets Is Watching, "You Must Love Me" (Nashiem Myrick) and "Lucky Me" (Stevie J., along with Buckwild). Biggie loved "Streets Is Watching," according to Jay.

"The first song I made for it was 'Streets Is Watching,'" he said. "So, I was headed in the right direction, which was the last song Biggie Smalls ever heard. He made me play the record 30 times. He played it so much, I gave it to him. I was like, 'just keep it.'"


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Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

58. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (down from 53).
91. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (up from 98).

Top Rap Albums

22. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (unchanged).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents

25. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 13).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay

25. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 13).

Rhythmic Top 40

38. "Echo" by Gorilla Zoe (unchanged).

Our audio player features a pair of new tracks from Red Cafe - "I Tote Guns" and "Here to Get Money."

The chorus for "I Tote Guns" is comprised of a sample of The Notorious B.I.G. from his 1995 freestyle at Madison Square Garden. The track also features a snippet of a Diddy comment made during a Red Cafe interview where he said that "when it's done right, there's nothing like Red Cafe, there's nothing like Biggie, there's nothing like Nas, nothing like KRS-One, Rakim - there's nothing like that."

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

53. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 58).
98. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (down from 86).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

23. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (down from 18).

Top Rap Albums

22. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (down from 21).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents

13. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (debut).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay

13. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (debut).

Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop

38. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 33).

Rhythmic Top 40

38. "Echo" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 40).

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

58. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 63).
86. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (up from 89).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

18. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 23).

Top Rap Albums

21. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 25).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

51. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 40).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay

51. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 39).

Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop

33. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 22).

Rhythmic Top 40

40. "Echo" by Gorilla Zoe (re-entry).

Recently, Gorilla Zoe was interviewed by Steve Wildsmith of The Daily Times and Mark Jordan of the California Chronicle. Both are worth a read. He mentions that his next album, "King Kong," will probably be released around the same time as a third Boyz N Da Hood album, which is tentatively titled "Back n Da Hood."

This is a pretty cool clip. Basically, it's Diddy in proud parent mode showing off his son, Christian, as well as Biggie's son, Christopher "C.J." Wallace, Jr. The son of Damion "D-Roc" Butler, friend of Biggie and Diddy, makes a short appearance, as well. Check it out.

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released yesterday.

Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

63. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (up from 65).
89. "Forever in a Day" by Day26 (down from 79).

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums

23. "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G. (re-entry).

Top Rap Albums

25. "Don't Feed Da Animals" by Gorilla Zoe (re-entry).

Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

40. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 31).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay

39. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 31).

Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop

22. "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 (down from 20).