This morning, Dirty Money performed on ABC's "Good Morning America." Below, check out the web exclusive backstage pass feature for a brief interview.
Rap Radar spoke with comedian Eddie Griffin about his appearance in Diddy's "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" music video. In that clip, he sat in a car next to Biggie as two experienced a traffic stop. Check out Griffin's thoughts below. Warning: it's explicit.
Dirty Money performed this morning on ABC's "Good Morning America."
They performed "Hello Good Morning" and a snippet medley of past hits by or featuring Diddy, including "Last Night" (with Dawn Richard and Kalenna singing Keyshia Cole's parts), "It's All About the Benjamins (Remix)" and "Mo Money Mo Problems." Que, formerly of Day26, appeared on stage to stick background vocals during the medley.
During the brief interview segment, Diddy said that "Last Train to Paris" was coming out in the "Fall, late Summer." It's odd because, up until now, he's simply been saying that the album was coming out on June 28, which was the previously announced and promoted release date. Why would he say "Fall, late Summer" if the release date is June 28? Plus, June 28 isn't generally considered to be "late summer." Has the release date changed? Stay tuned.
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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Amy Kaufman of the Los Angeles Times has a feature on Diddy, with quotes from him, "Get Him to the Greek" producer Judd Apatow and director Nicholas Stoller and acting coach Susan Batson. It makes for a great read.
"I think this role will definitely be a revelation to people," said Combs, known to most as Diddy, as he leaned into a couch backstage at the Greek Theatre last month. "People have this perception of me — which is my fault — of maybe a rapper or Champagne-sipping and Hamptons and white fur and just cliché type of things that are just kind of old and dated and corny, which isn't how I am today, you know? That was just part of my image for a second. It wasn't who Sean is. You evolve — like, I need to retire my diamond necklace and fur jacket now. Things change. Times change." ...
"Our shoots are demanding, and he was on set every day, exactly on time and super-prepared," added Stoller in a separate interview. "And that's why he's a mogul. You can't be where he's at in his career and show up to things late. He treated it like a real learning experience — like, 'You guys understand comedy; I want to learn that.'"
Via Rap-Up.com.
In a wide ranging interview with HipHopDX, Black Rob talks about his time in prison, his past run-ins with the law, publishing issues (mentioned in a new track "Delusional") and more. He also confirms that, as of two days ago, he is no longer under contract with Bad Boy Records.
HipHopDX: I just gotta start off by saying that “Delusional” , that s*** goes hard… Now, you know I gotta have you elaborate on that second verse… “How this dude got my publishing checks in a tight yoke…Wrote contracts up that’s designed to leave you broke…”
Black Rob: I don’t want nobody to get [any] misconceptions that I was talking about Puffy. I’m not talking about Puffy. See, when I signed to Bad Boy [Records] I was already [in a production] deal with [someone else.] We [had] already signed a contract that was designed to [basically] invest in him my whole career – a publishing check, a recording contract. So, it’s not Puffy. Puffy ain’t got my publishing checks in a tight yoke, Puff got the publishing that I gave him [from] the initial signing of the contract. [But], Puff ain’t got my publishing checks, it’s this Ray Roterio dude that we’re looking for, [but] we can’t find him…[In the song when I say] “the mirrors and the smoke was fooling the town’s folk,” that’s [about] Bad Boy. I just wanna make it clear. ...
DX: I understand that Puff wants you back on Bad Boy?
Black Rob: It was something spoke about it like that with the Vice President of Bad Boy, [Harve Pierre], myself and Puffy on the phone. But, Puffy’s doing what he’s doing right now with all these other artists. So, I’m not gonna try to take a backseat to none of these artists that ain’t selling no records. Ain’t none of them selling more records than me. None of ‘em sold more records than me, so I’m not gon’ take a backseat to none of them dudes. None of them n***** is better than me. I don’t care how many records you make my man.
I'm a big fan of Black Rob. I have bought his music, multiple copies of it in some cases. But, there is something seriously wrong with this statement. Black Rob's first album, "Life Story" was a great album. It went platinum. Going platinum in 2000 is probably akin to selling 250,000-400,000 records today. It had a big hit in "Whoa," which peaked at 43 on The Billboard Hot 100. That was the only record to hit that chart, from the album, album that spawned four music videos. It was a successful album, credit to everyone involved. There are many reasons Black Rob sold that many records. It wasn't just because of Black Rob.
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HipHopDX reports that, during an appearance in Miami (video below), Diddy announced that DJ Prostyle had been signed to Bad Boy Management as part of a new "DJ management division," of which Prostyle represents the first signing.
This marks the second confirmed signing to Bad Boy Management, following Rick Ross, which was officially announced last month. Billboard reported back in April that Nicki Minaj would also be under the umbrella, but Diddy has specifically avoided confirming that.
In an interview with Rap-Up.com, Nelly says that Diddy will be featured on his upcoming album, "Nelly 5.0."
Back in July, "1,000 Stacks" featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy appeared online. Later, in December, Nelly confirmed that Diddy would serve as a producer on his next album.
It's unclear if all of these mentions are one in the same ("1,000 Stacks") or if there are more tracks coming that feature the duo.
Dan DeLuca of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an interview with Janelle Monae. They talk "The ArchAndroid," artistry and more.
"Each artist that's committed to art has the opportunity to see beauty and messages that a normal person may not be able to see," she says. "I want to do that on my own terms, and I know I have a responsibility to the people who are going through everyday life's obstacles, and are feeling oppressed and depressed and suppressed. And I definitely want to create music that empowers and uplifts them. This is my job."
According to a press release and the 2010 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors website, Diddy was added as a last minute performer for the show, which will air on VH1 on June 7 at 9 PM ET.
The show will honor The 2 Live Crew, J. Prince, Jermaine Dupri, Luther "Luke" Campbell, Master P, Organized Noize and Timbaland. It's unclear who Diddy is performing in honor of, but it's being taped this evening and AllHipHop.com CEO Chuck Creekmur posted the photo above (click to enlarge) of Diddy on stage with Jermaine Dupri and said that Diddy was rapping about New York City. I'll take a wild guess and and say they were performing the "Welcome to Atlanta" remix.
Update: Creekmur confirmed to me that the song was, in fact, the "Welcome to Atlanta" remix.
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