Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released on Thursday. Dirty Money's "Last Train to Paris" sees across the board gains while "Coming Home" gains in all but two charts, including a three slot gain on the Hot 100, resting at #19.
Albums
The Billboard 200
69. "Last Train to Paris" by Dirty Money (up from 104).
Top Current Albums
65. "Last Train to Paris" by Dirty Money (up from 95).
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
14. "Last Train to Paris" by Dirty Money (up from 22).
46. "The ArchAndroid: Suites II and III" by Janelle Monae (down from 38).
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony member Krayzie Bone has released his own version of Dirty Money's "Last Night Part 2" where he leads off the record with a verse and the sung chorus. You can listen at AllHipHop.com.
Play-N-Skillz, the production duo that won a GRAMMY for their work on Chamillionaire's "Ridin'," has released a remix to Dirty Money's "Coming Home." The song features only a small, small portion of Skylar Grey and does not feature any vocals from Dirty Money.
They shared a link to the video below, where you can hear the clip, via their Twitter profile.
Last month, a previously unreleased Dirty Money record titled "Set Me Free" appeared online, featuring Rico Love. Not much is known about the record, as it had not been mentioned previously by any of the artists before it popped up. The version that appears online sounds like an unfinished cut, likely recorded in consideration of the group's "Last Train to Paris" album.
CIT Group, a company that provides financialing to small and middle market companies, has provided a senior structured credit facility to Sean John parent Christian Casey LLC, which the company will use to expand it's domestic and international licenses.
"Our expertise in the apparel and retail market allowed us to structure a credit facility that provides Sean John with liquidity through an asset-based lending facility against its trademarks and other intangible assets," ion said John Daly, President of CIT Trade Finance in a press release. "We have worked closely with the Sean John team over the past seven years and we look forward to further building this relationship in the future."
Jeffrey Tweedy, Executive Vice President of Sean John, said, "Our relationship with CIT has allowed us to build the Sean John business into one of the most dominant sportswear brands in America. CIT's continued support will allow us to grow our business both domestically and internationally while it simultaneously provides us with flexibility to react to opportunities in the marketplace."
OMG!, Music quotes a Simon Cowell appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno regarding Diddy being a judge on the U.S. version of his show "The X Factor," which he executive produces. Cowell shot down the idea, saying that Diddy was "too expensive" for the role.
SOHH.com asked Cee-Lo Green to he felt was the most underrated music artist. His pick? Janelle Monae.
"There's a lot of reasons why I feel like Janelle could be considered the most underrated right now," he wrote. "I think the biggest reason is because she kind of reminds me a little bit of myself. I love the fact that she embodies so much that the average mind of anyone, let alone a music consumer, would deviate from the course of an entire album."
