In the preview clip, which you can watch below, Elliott described how she had decided to be more of a songwriter and behind the scenes type, as opposed to being a performer. But, Diddy decided that he wanted her to rap on the remix to Gina Thompson's "The Things That You Do," which featured 112 and a music video cameo from The Notorious B.I.G. And, of course, the rest is history.
Ciroc has released a trio of summer promos - all with the same visuals, but with alternating voice overs, promoting the vodka, responsible consumption and the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. Watch below.
Chris Brown has released his own take on Drake's "Marvin's Room." His remix features Kevin McCall, SeVen of RichGirl and Dawn Richard, who provides some background vocals on the record. You can listen on Brown's Mechanical Dummy website.
It appears that a PR firm representing Kalenna of Dirty Money is circulating a few quotes from her covering her reaction to the win, her future solo efforts and more. You can read it at Indakno.
"Although I didn't elaborate on my feelings last night, I feel very blessed to be in this position," she said. "Coming from Philly, being a military brat and a rebellious teen this is something I've always dreamed of and now it's happening."
Day26 is featured on "Havin' Visions," a new song from Billion Dollar Blockboyz (compromised of Kazy D and Mistah PJ). You can pick it up for free download after posting a review, care of Kazy D.
XXLmag.com has an interview with production duo the Trackmasters, compromised of Jean-Claude Olivier (known as Poke) and Samuel Barnes (Tone).
Tone: It was that feel-good vibe, that block-party vibe, you know. B.I.G. was cool to work with.
Poke: It was the same era as what we were trying to do with bringing the block-party feel back to music. Puff wanted to do that whole feel as well, so it worked because we were in sync. What stood out to me about that record is I never knew how B.I.G. used to write his lyrics until then. I remember playing him the record and he was just sitting there doing nothing. I was like, N**** you doing nothing, you gonna pick up a pen and write? He was like, “Man, that’s not how I do records. Man, I am writing.” (Laughing) So that’s what stood out about making “Juicy.”
At the BET Awards, which are currently in progress, Diddy/Dirty Money has come away with the Best Group award. Other nominees in the category were Cali Swag District, New Boyz, N.E.R.D. and Travis Porter.
