Sean “P. Diddy” Combs has finally secured distribution for his Bad Boy Records after 8 months of negotiations. Puffy was holding out for $100 million but realized that he had to settle for less due to the condition of the music industry. Bad Boy joins Universal who also distributes the likes of Interscope/Aftermath/Shady, Def Jam, and Cash Money…
Warren G is trying to make yet another comeback after 2001’s “Return of the Regulator” was met with no reaction from the public. Dr. Dre’s half brother has just signed a deal with Artist Direct and will release “The G Files: Case # 213.” Speaking of ‘213,’ Snoop said that Warren G, Nate Dogg and himself would be releasing an album under that name this year. For those unaware, before their solo careers, they were a group called 213, in reference to Long Beach’s area code…
In some release news, Zion I’s long-awaited “Deep Water Slang 2.0” is finally dropping on February 18th. Pumpkinhead’s EP, “A Beautiful Mind” drops this coming Tuesday and be sure not to sleep on Phil Da Agony’s new mixtape. The Likwit Crew’s “Smokefest Vol.1” is mad nice…
After being mentioned in a not so kind context in The Source, Haystak has lashed out against The Source and Benzino. He told allhiphop (in reference to Benzino), “At this time he might feel like, or it seems as though he feels like he don’t have a leg to stand on so he’s tryin’ to make a prosthetic one out of a white rapper.” Haystak continued, “seems to me at this time the only one tryin’ to infiltrate somethin’ is Benzino.” In fact, Haystak is willing to battle Benzino and put up a million dollars in the event that he loses. His agent is trying to make it happen…
