Red Cafe has released a visual, featuring Fabolous, for his "Motto," which is his take on Drake's "The Motto." It will appear on his upcoming "Hell's Kitchen" mixtape. The clip was directed by Dre Films. Watch below.
Kanye West, as YEEZYWORLDPEACE, recently DJed at Le Baron London, where he was rocking to Cassie's upcoming single, "King of Hearts." Watch the clip on Louis-Xavier Le Bron's Tumblr.
Machine Gun Kelly joined fellow Bad Boy artist French Montana with a performance on the BET "106 & Park" New Year's Eve celebration, performing a shortened version of "Wild Boy." Watch below at the 4:10 mark.
BET's "106 & Park" held their own New Year's Eve celebration last night and French Montana stopped by for a short version of "Shot Caller." You can watch below at the 2:28 mark.
DJ Ted Smooth has released a special mix of Meek Mill's "Ima Boss" titled "Ciroc Boyz Anthem," with an introduction from Ciroc marketer Nick Storm. Listen and download below.
The clip below shows Storm in the booth recording his vocals.
Back in July, DJ Kay Slay released "Bury the Hatchet," a collaboration with The Outlawz, a hip-hop group created by 2Pac who appeared on the Bad Boy diss record "Hit 'Em Up", and Lil' Cease. The music video has now been released. Watch below.
Diddy will be appearing with a substantial portion of the Bad Boy roster on DJ Whoo Kid's Shade 45 show on New Year's Eve. The show runs from 12 PM to 5 PM ET.
Alongside Diddy will be Cassie, Machine Gun Kelly, French Montana and Red Cafe, in addition to Steve O (seems likely he'll connect with Machine Gun Kelly at some point on the air, seeing as the rapper name checks him repeatedly on "Wild Boy"), Rocsi, Matisyahu, Busta Rhymes and Waka Flocka Flame.
With 2011 coming to a close, Bad Boy Records will break it's streak of 17 consecutive calendar years where it released at least one album.
From 1994 through 2010, the record label put out at least one album every single year. In 1995 and 2002, it put out only one album. The most prolific year was 2008, which saw 8 releases (counting 8 Ball & MJG's "Living Legends" and the "Chopped and Screwed" version both as one release).
During the span, Bad Boy averaged 3.8 releases per year (including "Bad Boy Records Presents Dance Mixes Volumes 1-4" as one release and Jordan McCoy's self-titled digital only EP). For more information, please see our full list of Bad Boy releases.
Bad Boy's last release was Diddy/Dirty Money's "Last Train to Paris" on December 14, 2010. Right now, it appears that Red Cafe's debut album may be Bad Boy's first release. The rapper has been referencing a February 14 release date for "The Shakedown," which at that point would be Bad Boy's first release in exactly 14 months.
Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today. Machine Gun Kelly's "Wild Boy" and Red Cafe's "Fly Together" both gain, with "Wild Boy" being just 4 spots away from giving MGK his first Hot 100 record.
Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
4. "Wild Boy" by Machine Gun Kelly (debut).
Heatseekers Songs
16. "Wild Boy" by Machine Gun Kelly ("Hot Shot Debut").
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
44. "Fly Together" by Red Cafe (a new high, up from 50).
86. "Wild Boy" by Machine Gun Kelly (up from 87).
