Diddy- Dirty Money Robbed!
Diddy-Dirty Money made their worldwide television debut last night on ‘American Idol’ closing the show with a rousing performance of their new single “Hello, Good Morning” from their highly anticipated album Last Train to Paris in stores on June 22nd.
The Danja produced single quickly catapulted into the top ten of the iTunes single sales charts within a few short hours of the strobe-lit, heart-stopping performance.
“Hello, Good Morning” features rapper T.I. and infectious vocals from Sean “Diddy” Combs, Dawn Richard, and Kalenna Harper. Grammy-Award winning songwriter Rico Love co-wrote the single. Diddy describes Last Train to Paris as, “emotional, provocative, limitless music you can sink your teeth into.”
Combs, who has sold 75 million albums worldwide, has teamed up with singer/songwriters Dawn and Kalenna to create the new super-group Diddy-Dirty Money. Together, this musical trio infused with formidable singing, songwriting, and production talent create a new sound: ‘Train Music,’ an electro-hip hop soul funk experience.
Their debut CD, which is the embodiment of this new sound, reveals an intense love story that defies today’s musical status quo. Guest producers for the album include Rodney Jerkins, Danja, Mario Winans, and D’Mile.
Joining Diddy behind the microphone are singer/songwriters Dawn Richard, a founding member of the platinum-selling girl group Danity Kane, and Kalenna, whose burgeoning songwriting career has led her to work with a long list of music industry luminaries.
“Diddy-Dirty Money is a movement that represents a change in music,” declares Richard. “It’s different from what most people expect. But if they take the chance to listen, they will respect it.”
Known for having his finger on the pulse of what’s next, Combs had a notion that Dawn and Kalenna were kindred spirits when he brought the two together to write songs in 2009.
“All that Hollywood stuff doesn’t work for us,” adds Kalenna. “Dawn and I aren’t background singers simply standing next to Diddy, and Diddy-Dirty Money isn’t just more of the same. It’s an organic group that grew out of a shared passion for music.”
Kanye West Has Two Things: Attitude & Style
Even after the whole Taylor Swift MIC snatching incident, Kanye still maintains his gansta attitude. He acts like he cares about what the media say but we all know better. Well the other thing that Kanye also got is style. Check out the yellow Cardigan that he's rocking. No one can deny Cardigans are really in right now. If you don't own one, you should stop what you're doing and get one right now, its a necessity for your wardrobe. Soon be stocking some at our online shop for our Spring/Summer collection so check back soon. In the meantime, jack Kanye's swag- he don't mind.
Did Bow Wow Lose Swag?
Recently reports surfaced that Bow Wow is hard at work on his Cash Money debut album tentatively titled Who Is Shad Moss. Bow Wow stated in an interview with Real Talk NY that he is seeking lyrical guidance from Jadakiss (a claim that ‘Kiss says is still just in talks) for his first project since leaving Sony Records and dropping commercial failure New Jack City II.
So what exactly does Bow Wow have to keep rapping for? Maybe because he enjoys it. But the fact he’s seeking “lyrical guidance” says that he’s not comfortable with who he is as an emcee. Being a child star, it’s hard for his audience to understand his new grown up attitude. Couple that with the fact that Bow Wow’s acting career is being talked about much more than his rap career, and one has to wonder if maybe he should drop the rap and make a career out of acting.
It’s difficult to tell somebody to stop doing something that they love to do but it’s hard to see Bow Wow’s next album becoming a critical and commercial success. As a rapper, Bow Wow was never good. The kids loved him but now he’s a 23-year-old man with a completely different perspective than his “Bounce With Me” days. When he rapped about kid stuff, it was cute for the little girls. But now that he’s grown, hearing him spew rhymes about having a pole in his basement is kind of awkward.
The biggest problem for Bow Wow is making his grown-man rap believable for his audience. It’s a situation that plagues many kid rappers and most never come out of the situation any better. For Bow Wow, his acting career is flourishing and if this new album fails, he should really consider a future in film.
There’s nothing wrong with that. Sooner or later you have to grow up, right?