Another rumor from illseed:
I don’t know if you remember, but I told you that Sean “Diddy” Combs and Pitbull were supposed to be working together on Bad Boy Latino. The deal never happened. The thing is, we never determined why. I heard that Pitbull wanted to be part owner in the venture and Diddy wasn’t having all that. Unsubstantiated rumors say Pitbull claimed, "Diddy is just too cheap." I don’t know, but this seems to have some level of validity.
Of course, the key word is "rumor." Nonetheless, if it's true, it makes sense. Ownership is a serious thing and the decision to go into a venture like that with someone should always be taken very seriously. I know when people e-mail me about link exchanges (lame example, I know, but it all comes back to the same principle) and I turn them down, some of them go and say that I'm stingy, selfish, whatever. That's just how it goes.
Nonetheless, reports by Billboard that Diddy is on his album and that Pitbull is still working A&R for Bad Boy Latino would indicate that things are fine between them.
mtv.com posted an article in their "Where Ya Been?" series. Their subject? Former Bad Boy group Dream.
Via alanscott at BadBoyForever.com.
Billboard reports that Pitbull is still working in an A&R role with Bad Boy Latino.
When I was viewing it from Bloglines, the piece was said to include this quote:
The set features appearances from Sean "Diddy" Combs, Lil Wayne, Bun B, Tego Calderon and TI, as well as production from Pharrell, Lil Jon and Mr. ColliPark...
But, when I visited, that part was not there. So, I did a little Googling and it appears that he has contributed to the album.
illseed:
I really don’t know who, but which of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ artists had started freebasing heavily until she was forced to check into rehab? She’s also reportedly been married and divorced at least once.
Hard to say what this means. Is it recent?
The only female artists that we know of being Babs, Cassie, Cheri Dennis, Jordan McCoy, Thelma Guyton and the Making the Band 3 girls, I think. Recent or not, you can rule out Cassie and Jordan McCoy, I'm fairly certain. :) Anyway, it's just a rumor.
Via Young B.I at BadBoyForever.com.
Good interview with Block at SOHH.com.
Puff is the master of longevity. The guy's life in this game is incredible - all the way from Jodeci 'til now. Do you know how many people have had movements and are gone now?
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
Video at Google Video.
This clip, put out by Kain, CCF, etc., features some footage that I wanted to highlight. At 1:11, you will find a performance of "This is Me (Remix)" by Dream featuring Kain. It's just Kain's verse, mostly.
At 7:15, you will find footage from a Diddy appearance on Rap Basement to promote The Saga Continues... Mark Curry, Loon, G. Dep and Kain are on there with Tigger and it features a freestyle session, but Diddy, Tigger and Kain are the only ones on their as this is a Kain highlight reel of sorts, of course.
I really liked Kain. "And We," "American Dream," "Let's Get It (Remix)" and "This is Me (Remix)" all stand out to me. I was disappointed when he left as I really thought Kain + Diddy would have been a great combination. I believe I read on Kain's forum that Diddy was ready to move forward with his project, ready to do a video, but then Kain, et all decided against it. If that's the case, it kind of rubs you the wrong way and makes it seem like he might have used Puff to get some exposure and then left. But, who knows.
Via Kain's MySpace.
MixtapeTalk.com has an interview with Loon.
Mixtapetalk.com: Looking back, do you think you made the right decision leaving Bad Boy?
Loon: Oh yeah, definitely. I mean, Bad Boy is a machine that will give an artist visibility, but the way artists structure their deals now, to benefit them financially, is a deal you'll never be able to establish over at Bad Boy. So, it's definitely a great thing for me to be a free agent, and test the waters, to see what's going to work best for me. ...
Mixtapetalk.com: So, if you were putting out a mixtape today, who would you want?
Loon: Honestly, I will want them all, because I been out the mixtape loop. There are so many new relationships I need to establish. There might be a few djs out there, that's actually yearning for new Loon material, who knows. But, I've just been trying to accumulate a lot of material to flood the summer, before I start dropping out these singles. I'm back out here on the grind, getting it how I get it. I'm not really trying to waste no time. I have the chance to let my presence be felt, and this time, bring my following with me. A lot of my accomplishments, and things I was doing at the time, got overshadowed by Puff presence and all the things he was doing, at the time.
Mixtapetalk.com: Do you still keep in contact with Diddy?
Loon: Yeah, I speak to him. I'm in the process of writing some material for his new album. It's never a problem. Even though, the business didn't go the way I wanted, I was still able to travel the world, see some beautiful places, meet some beautiful women, establish international claim, all that through Diddy. I can never deny that.
I don't really buy the stuff about the deals because if it were true, Bad Boy wouldn't have any artists. Artists sign the best deals for them at the time the deal is signed. Bad Boy is offering these artists the best deal they have and they take it.
Anyway, with Loon, for the majority of people who know who he is, they know him or first heard of him because of Diddy. Some artists seem to forget who got them their initial burst of recognition once they get big and everyone knows who they are. But, who were the people who first made the general public aware of you and gave you that shot? What's the biggest thing Loon has done to date? I Need a Girl, specifically the part one remix, which reached number 2 on the Billboard 100. Why was that possible? Diddy/Bad Boy. It's good that he appears to know that (the swipe on deals aside) and hopefully he'll keep that in mind. They appear to still be cool, which is good, if he's writing for Diddy's upcoming album.
Don't get me wrong, though, I like Loon. I really liked his album (I have two copies of it, actually) and many of the tracks he's appeared on for other artists, Bad Boy and otherwise (like Stylin' remix, his verses on that Masari track, Let's Get It Remix, all of his appearances on The Saga Continues... and so on and so forth).
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
Clinton Sparks has put some songs up for download on his homepage. We wouldn't link to song downloads normally, but Clinton Sparks produces for and is affiliated with major artists (he produced the Biggie/Marley song "Hold Ya Head"), so if it's up on his official site, it's probably alright.
More recently, he added his remix of Nasty Girl by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Jagged Edge. But, he also has some older tracks on there, including Run This City (dirty, clean and instrumental) by Clinton Sparks featuring Diddy and Miri Ben-Ari (they also put a few words from Biggie in the chorus), Hold Ya Head (Clinton Sparks Remix) (clean and dirty) by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Bob Marley and Vybz Kartel, Hold Ya Head (clean and dirty) by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Bob Marley, Let's Get It On by Clinton Sparks featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, Back Up by Clinton Sparks featuring The Notorious B.I.G., 50 Cent and Styles P and Same 45 by Beanie Sigel featuring Styles P and The Notorious B.I.G.
Every track mentioned is on my playlist except for the Nasty Girl remix, which I didn't really like for whatever reason. It's not bad, though. Run This City is a favorite of mine, however. It was on Sparks' Maybe You Been Brainwashed release, which I own. Great disc. Besides Run This City, it has a Madd Rapper skit, Knock Em Out featuring Black Rob and Diddy and I Like featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and XL. All tracks that are on my playlist, as well.
Enjoy.
WhatsPoppin.net has a gallery of photos from what they're calling the Bad Boy Artists' Meet and Greet. With almost 100% certainty (can never be 100%), we can say that this is the event that was mentioned on MTV.com.
In attendance was Diddy (of course), Harve Pierre, Yung Joc, Cheri Dennis, Babs (that should put an end to the "Babs has been dropped" rumors - for the time being), Aasim, DJ Mr. Cee, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Finesse, among others.
Via boyzndahood at BadBoyForever.com.
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