Rap Radar's B.Dot reports on Def Jam's Rick Ross and Supreme Team conference call featuring Ross, Diddy, DJ Khaled and Mister Cee. Care of Def Jam's Young Sav, you can download the call for free. But, let's talk highlights.

Diddy spoke glowingly of Ross and spoke to the suggestions that he had compared Ross to Biggie, during the music video shoot to Dirty Money's "Angels (Remix)." We've been over this: Diddy didn't compare him to Biggie, he just said he was sounding like him on one track.

"He's a very unique artist," Diddy said. "He's bigger than just an artist, he's a brand and that's one of the reasons why I wanted to work with him, because I feel we can do bigger and better things. Having worked with Biggie, somebody that also was talking about things from the street. I'm not comparing him to Biggie, because we get started going down that road. But, I am saying that there is similarities in the mental approach of a record that I do have a familiarity with. To me, he's the Biggie of the south, hands down. I heard his album. His album's a classic."

He also called Ross' recent mixtape release, "The Albert Anastasia EP" (free download) "one of the hardest mixtapes in history."

Mister Cee revealed something interesting, which was that the original title of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ready to Die" was "Teflon Don," which just happens to be the title of Rick Ross' upcoming release.

"I told Ross a couple of weeks ago - he don't even know this or not - you know, "Teflon Don" was the original title of Biggie's "Ready to Die" album," said Cee. "And so, it's incredible to me how that's the name of Ross' album. Like Diddy said, it's not about Ross sounding like Big, but you cannot deny the zone that Ross is in, from where he was at from the first album to now is just - my n****, you on another planet."

Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released yesterday. "Hello Good Morning" continues it's steady rise.

Albums

The Billboard 200

40. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (down from 17).

Top Current Albums

39. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (down from 16).

Top Internet Albums

22. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (down from 17).

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Bad Boy A&R head Daniel "Skid" Mitchell recently appeared on The Syndicate for an interview ranging from Bad Boy label issues to relationships. We'll focus on the Bad Boy aspects.

He was asked the old lazy standby question about past Bad Boy artists and how many of them did not release an album or achieve a large measure of success. I thought he handled it well, his answers mirroring things I've said here at Bad Boy Blog many times. In summation, Diddy gives people an opportunity and he'll be loyal to you, but to be successful, you have to work. There are many reasons artists are not successful or they get shelved and it happens at other labels.

He was also asked about the Bad Boy/Atlantic situation and he said that Bad Boy is "loosely related to some of the artists that were on the previous situation." He specifically named the Janelle Monae and Day26 projects and said "that's mostly it for what we're doing over there."

Regarding Black Rob, Mitchell said that both sides are talking back and forth and that Rob was at Daddy's House, the Bad Boy-owned recording studio, the second day he was out of prison.

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Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released yesterday. Janelle Monae's "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" debuts and Dirty Money's "Hello Good Morning" continues moving upward in every way.

Albums

The Billboard 200

17. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (debut).

Top Current Albums

16. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (debut).

Top Internet Albums

17. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (debut).

Tastemakers

8. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (debut).

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Last Sunday, MTV's "Sucker Free" had a special Bad Boy family segment. Check out clips from the show below, featuring Dirty Money, Rick Ross, Janelle Monae, Cassie, Aasim and Red Cafe. They discuss their projects, what's coming next, the Bad Boy management situation, Diddy's work ethic and more. With the exception of another "the blogs" mention from Diddy (attention Mr. Combs: please read this post I wrote back in March!), it's a solid interview with some fun moments. Definitely worth watching.

Introduction (Part 1)


Introduction (Part 2)

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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 Catalog Albums

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

Singles

The Billboard Hot 100

85. "Hello Good Morning" by Dirty Money (up from 87).

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

32. "Hello Good Morning" by Dirty Money (a new high, up from 37).

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Sam Sessa of The Baltimore Sun has an interview and feature on Bad Boy songwriter Makeba Riddick.

When "The Ghost of Christopher Wallace" by Jay Electronica was released, I noted how the .mp3 file was tagged as "BAD BOY RECORDS," feeling that this might lead to speculation that the rapper may have signed to Bad Boy, in one form or another. Vibe asked him about this speculation.

"Puff is my man," he said. "Puff is going to be involved. I've been knowing him a while before people know who I was. I sought him out in 2004. At the moment I'm not contractually tied to anything right now. He's not a manager. My manager is Angela Yee."

Via Rosario Harper.

According to the Diddy/Dirty Money official website, Diddy will be appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 26 and he'll be bringing along Janelle Monae. The listing says that he "introduces new Bad Boy recording artist Janelle Monae to the world." Check your local listings.

Jadakiss spoke with Shaheem Reid of MTV News about the interest that The Lox are receiving from other labels.


Diddy and The Lox have been talking about a return to Bad Boy for a while. On Thursday, Diddy mentioned on USTREAM that he was still trying to get the deal done.

Via Rosario Harper.