Speaking to Shaheem Reid of MTV News, Diddy said that he hopes for Jay-Z and Janelle Monae to appear on the upcoming Dirty Money album "Last Train to Paris." Back in October, Diddy had mentioned that Hov was "supposed to be on the album."
"Everybody that's on the album, it's not done in a regular appearance way," Diddy told Reid. "It's done in a very unique way that's authentic. And it's not about a single or selling. It doesn't have that behind it. And I think the way Wayne's on this record called 'Strobe Lights,' and it's like one of the first records that I'm really hearing him talking about love and how love has affected him. And that's the type of things that I wanted to get out of people if they were on the album. I wanted them to get out of their comfort zone and do something that was special."
Diddy also talks about how Wayne will be missed during the time he is in prison. Watch the clip below.
As a public service, I'd like to clear something up. Diddy has not said that Rick Ross would be the "next Biggie" or anything like that. What he said was that Rick Ross was "sounding like" Biggie on the remix to Dirty Money's "Angels." That's it. "Sounding like" him on one song. It's a nice complement from the person who was most responsible for what Biggie was as an artist, besides Biggie himself. But, that's all it is.
I mention this because some folks seem to have taken this statement to be something else, like boxer Floyd Mayweather, who said this to AllHipHop.com:
“I hear lately that Puff Daddy has been saying Rick Ross is the next Biggie Smalls. That’s not true," Mayweather told AllHipHop.com. "He’s a good artist but he’s not the next Biggie Smalls. There’s only one Biggie and there’s only one Pac. The thing is this, rap is story telling. It’s not true. If somebody had those many guns, done that much killing or sold that much work or hustled that much, of course they would be in prison."
So, I hope we're all clear now on what Diddy said. Thank you.
Via SOHH.com.
Howsmyrolling.net has an interesting interview with Daniel "Skid" Mitchell, Bad Boy's Director of A&R. Here's a sample:
When submitting their material, what is the most common mistake that artists make?
The most common mistake is not following up, and also some people take it very personal if you don’t contact them back. Sometimes I meet artists and if you’re not interested they don’t hit you anymore…just follow up with people. Especially if you have contact with someone like an A&R keep them updated with your music as you progress, because you might not be hot today but you might do a song tonight that if I hear that song it could make me say ‘man, this is the person I would like to deal with,’ but if I don’t get that song then all I know is the last stuff you brought me.
Erin Geismar of The East Hampton Press reports that East Hampton, NY police have arrested a woman charged with trespassing upon an East Hampton property owned by Diddy.
According to the report, it was the second incident involving Cemelia Green, who had previously appeared at the property, claiming that she was married to Diddy. After a maintenance worker called the police, she left. But, she returned again 10 days later and that is when she was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief, both in the second degree.
Shaheem Reid of MTV News reports, along with the accompanying video below (warning: some inappropriate content), that Lil' Wayne was in Miami over the weekend shooting music videos parts, in anticipation of his one year prison sentence, which begins today.
One of the parts was for the music video to Diddy/Dirty Money's "Strobe Lights." In the clip below, it appears that they were preparing to tape him in front of a green screen, which would allow them to place him in front of whatever background they would like. Capricorn Clark, Global Brand & Viral Marketing Director for Sean Combs/Bad Boy and "I Want to Work for Diddy" judge, is seen during this portion.
A trio of seemingly unfinished Yung Joc songs have appeared online, titled "Meet Me in the Back," "Please Believe" and "With the Lights On." "Please Believe" is an extended (by a couple of minutes) version of "Please Believe It" by Yung Joc, which we first mentioned in September of 2008.
In the video below, Gorilla Zoe and Block discuss the 28 (really 29) mixtapes in 28 days campaign as well as how artists need to promote themselves these days, among other things.
Yung Joc is featured as a guest on a pair of new tracks from R&B group Krave ("Diamonds") and singer Chanj ("Dance For Me").
Now that Gorilla Zoe's 29 mixtapes in 28 days have come to an end, Jeevan Brown of Ozone has an interview with Zoe focused on the string of mixtapes. I found this answer interesting:
After you’re done with theses mixtapes, when can we expect an album?
That’s a label thing right now. Basically, my situation is in the middle of negotiating as far as that one album a year. I’m signed to Block Ent. and Bad Boy for life. Bad Boy isn’t with Atlantic anymore, but Atlantic decided to keep me. So, Block and Atlantic are going through negotiations right now.
Via Krysten Hughes.
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