In preparation for their upcoming season, MTV ran a marathon of episodes of "Making The Band 3" this past Saturday (June 10). I know I was still a bit hung over and hazed by the time the shows aired but something seemed odd.
Either they went back in after production and spliced in Cheri Dennis' almost hot single "I Love You" or I must not have been paying attention as closely as I should when the episodes originally aired.
Think about it, Cheri sings the theme song "Oh La La" and Diddy pimps her debut track all through out the show. "I Love You" isn't just used to segue from scene to scene, the girls actually learn choreography for the track. They also learn how to sing and perform the theme song. Now I know most people are like, "As long as Cheri is getting paid it doesn't matter." Uh... yeah, it does. Unless there is a written agreement that explicitly states:
1. Cheri after all this waiting we are gonna have five other girls sing your song. 2. We are gonna use the world's most popular music network to fuse their visual identity to your song.
3. Then we are gonna put these same five girls who have greater public recognition than you in your video. They will have better hair, make up and styling than you and quite possibly, their album may even drop before yours... and I'm going to have you sing background for them.
We're not gonna get into how Cassie came out of nowhere (yeah, I am clear on Ryan Leslie and Next Selection and all that jazz). We're not even gonna get into how you can type Cheri Dennis into the search field on Amazon and the DVD for "Making the Band 2" comes up. WTF?
But again, we could be barking up the wrong tree. I mean, Cheri could have very well said Diddy, " I love when you shit all over me. I'm into that." Who knows...
Elsewhere in R&B, the NY Daily News confirms that Christina Milian was dropped like a hot potato from Island Def Jam. But they revealed one small bit of information that we didn't have days ago when WE first made the announcement. Apparently, Rihanna's hit "SOS" was originally given to Christina and she turned it down. Ain't that some shit? And if that ain't bad enough, Vibe cancelled her scheduled August 2006 cover and replaces her with Keyshia Cole -- clearly a Vibe favorite. Damn Mimi!
I'm not saying she should have recorded "SOS," but I'm saying maybe she should have recorded "SOS."
Can't be mad at Diddy. He's doing the same thing that he was doing with Biggie Lyrics in making the band two.
It's called A.S.C.A.P. Every time HIS music is played or a lyric recited he and whoever else owns some of the publishing gets a check. So when they're playing that song throughout the broadcast, Puffy's cash register is ringing. Just like when he had the band reciting Biggie's lyrics during the last series. Diddy is alot of things but he's no fool.
LOL, Cheri Dennis is cool but that song sucks wit Jim Jones aka Scruff McGruff. And Christina can go back to Disney with all that pop music. In '96 she woulda went double platinum but its '06 and that pseudo pop/hip hop music is played out.
What up, skdamc... you right. But if I was Cheri Dennis, just from the perspective of what its NOT doing for HER, I would be a little tight. But then thats why ya need good lawyers and a good team of people beind you to make sure decisions are being made that are gonna benefit both you and your label. I think most acts these days are getting shorted for "the greater good."
LoL. Hasn't any1 noticed what these rappers/singers with record companies do? Diddy was a rapper & still tries to be 1 at times. Missy Elliot is a rapper and remember that girl who won that contest that was on TV...I think her name was Jasmine. What happened to her & what happened to Tweet? When she was supposed to be promoting them and producing their shit, she ditched them for the hottest new female, Ciara. The list goes on with BIG TIME rappers/singers who own record companies but never pay attention to their artist when it comes to someone hotter or their own album. Anyone who signs with Diddy is a fool, but then again Cassie get on my damn nerves and can't sing for shit, so it's good she's signed with Diddy!
Everybody knows that if you value your royalty checks and soul you shouldn't sign with Diddy. No she shouldn't be mad at him. As for Christina Milian I'm glad she got dropped, homegirl couldn't sing a lick and Rihanna should be getting dropped too. Did Mimi actually think people wanted to read a cover story on Christina?
Yeah, perhaps your weren't paying attn cuz they used the track to "I Love You" all throughout the original broadcast of Making the Band, it wasnt "spliced" in. lol In fact, it helped to created song recognition cuz when the label serviced the single a few months later most DJs and PDs were already familiar w/ the song from hearing it on Making the Band.
Wassup Dig?
I thought you were in hiding after that 187 on Friday. LOL
Anyhow, these acts get blinded by the "Diddyness" and pretty soon they're walkin' around wtih "Free (Your name here)" t-shirts on. Reading is funndamental.
Diddy..Whatever happened to Dream,Carl Thomas,Loon, Mario Winans,Da Band andall those other groups you decide to put under your roster without even making a hit or album..
I think this nigga got ADD, he cant focus on one thing(group) at a time...He allover the place...out of all the artists who have been on the Bad Boy roster..he has yet to make a legend....just washed up never was has beens....
Put the cheesecake down and take some Focus Factor or some shit....
Haha, nah I got the lawyers Cheri shoulda had, so Im good. Yo, fuckin wit yall Friday got me a weekend stan on that shit, I had to go cut somebody last night, LOL, got me actin up at 9:30 on a Sunday night! LOL
Of course it's good news, no it's wonderful news. Whateva, you right but please do not call her MiMi because that is the GREAT MARIAH CAREY'S nick name. C_Milian is one of the most horrible singers and performers ever. All she did was rely on her look. Why in the article I read from the link above, Island Def Jam tried to say they parted ways, the person who wrote the article wasn't even buying that shit.
She got dropped because her stuff wasn't selling, Island Def Jam put a lot of money into her promotion. So they lost a lot of money from her. She's stupid for not taking that SOS song when it was given to her, but then again that song is wack as hell. Rihanna is even worse and should get dropped, the end of this year she'll start fading because all the talented female will be coming out. Cheri Dennis, her career is over and hasn't even begun.
I feel you, Dig. That's what happens when you fight ignorance with intelligence. The Stans be like," Fukkit! I'll pretend to be her, write something stupid, then everyone will think she's just as stoopid as me! Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket!!!!" LOL
As far as this "new" Makin' The Band, King mag had the winners in an issue LAST summer. Puffy just playin' the game. Eff it, if Sean can get that cash, he should get it.
Word. But when he's all done making his millions, he should really write a book on this shit. Because I would love to know what goes thru his mind every time he slides a contract across the table. Inquiring minds wanna muhfucken know.
Yes you were not paying attention as closely as you should have when the Making the band 3 episodes originally aired. This is old footage.
And it was a good marketing move. When Cheri Dennis' single began getting rotation on the radio after the season was over I liked the song already. The only problem was I thought those girls from the show were singing it. LOL.. oh well pros and cons. Then I was like.. Cheri who?
Dig, baby is that you?...You always gotta check now. With all the stans running around it's like Total Recall and shit.
I'm more or less shaking my head that Diddy has all these girl acts. I guess when he had mostly dudes (Carl Thomas, Mario Winans, 112 B5), it didn't help sales much.
I think we all get gassed off singles his artists put out because we deep down inside WANT TO BELIEVE IT WASN'T JUST B.I.G..
But damn...we got gassed off that Mario Winans and it went triple wood, gassed off the Bad Boy Sdtk, it went bronze, and Black Rob's album which was better than expectations went styrofoam. Ness had that hot single (remember Skdamc-My Hood had Philly open in '04!) and still no album...
That dude can sell some cologne and some clothes but maybe his music days are a wrap. Shit, remember when you could guarantee hearing Faith, Total, or 112 on rotation on your radio station. You think I want to go back to 94,95,96 hella bad?...meet the man who would sell his left kidney to go back to those days!
Cheri Dennis shouldn't be pissed at Puffy(I refuse to call this nigga Diddy). She should be mad at herself. Everybody knows Puffy will fuck you over for $.25 and a bottle of ProActive.
As for Christina Milian...it can get worse. She may not be able to get any more movie roles.
Yes sir, in the flesh.
And you aint the only one that wanna go back. Back to the days when 112's Slim was actually slim... back when we aint care that Total couldnt actually sing cause their outfits were hot and every chick on the block suddenly had the same paw print tattoos that Keshia had and swore they had em first... ah, those were the days, LOL.
I forgot that nigga preserves his sexy slangin Proactiv too. Does he have time to effectively run a label anymore?...ADD might be right...and you would think anyone in their right mind would NOT under any sign to Diddy, Suge Knight, or Baby.
Seriously.
Diddy shelves more niggas than Pathmark, Suge has 50 Cents (literally) in his bank account, and Baby only has half his former roster threatening him on wax and print and makes money selling his own personalized Lugz (LUGZ, DAMNIT!)
These niggas should be on the post office window, for real.
LOL
They probably would be making more at the post office LOL. But Diddy cant be faulted, I mean, a man HAS to moisturize his situation, LOL
Random: Yo, I seen Nikki D (remember her? "Daddy's Little Girl") on 106 & Dark (LOL) Friday. She lookin crazy as hell.
I feel you, Naj. Now Ness is sellin' white tees, sweat socks and mixtapes up 52nd street. Piffy, (as a compromise to Chevy G.)reminds me that crazy street cat. The one you be talkin' to but then realize that y'all havin' two TOTALLY different converstions.
As far as Christina Milian...damn..."don't be mad UPS is hiring."
Sorry... needed to tie in a Biggie line. Why was she on the cover to begin with considering her album dropped almost 2 months ago?...VIBE to me hasn't been relevant in a long time,the last awards show sucked so bad I was hoping a nigga got stabbed to liven it up.
Damn Nikki D...she was the truth. But not too many rappers from that era actually looked like they aged well-and them niggas completely got fucked by labels.
Rule # 4080...no joke.
I feel you, Naj. Now Ness is sellin' white tees, sweat socks and mixtapes up 52nd street. Piffy, (as a compromise to Chevy G.)reminds me that crazy street cat. The one you be talkin' to but then realize that y'all havin' two TOTALLY different converstions.
Posted by: skdamc at June 12, 2006 12:15 PM
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LMAO...He's one of those brothas that wait for you like a half a block from the El and will not take no for an answer when you say I'm good and offer yet ANOTHER bottle of oils.
Fam, I got bottles on my dresser from like 2000 from tryin to "help a brother out" I got more oil than Exxon at the crib. Just preserving my sexy I guess.
Christina is ugly
If anyone should be mad it should be da band i bet they were sick when they figured the song that they sweated blood and tears over wasnt actually theirs. Cheri dennis really did look like shit in that video but diddy is the same ol same ol nothing new. And milian had a little talent but not enough, rihanna needs to get dropped also but her sells are good. She might not see the money but def jam will.
LMAO @ Naj.
I keeps it movin. I refuse be breakin' out 'cause a mufukka wanna hit me off with sample of "Purple Cush". All that shit smell like soap anyway. You know how they try to hit the back of your hand with the bottle top and the next thing you know you got a red blistery ring on ther back of your hand?
Diddy knows business. Just not the music business. Diddy and Bad Boy was the shit back in the day. They were the first rocafella. but diddy has a habit of raping artists. why do think the lox left, faith evans left, 112, total, carl thomas, and mase left. he snitched on shyne (which was his best emcee sice biggie) mario winans went platinum and where the fuck is he? If Biggie was alive he would have left and Rocafella would have got him. Also, he signs people who suck now. The best artists on his label are Boyz In Da Hood, 8ball & MJG, Yung Joc, and Cheri Dennis. The Biggest mistake he ever made was when he chose to sign Faith Evans over Mary J. Blige (but im glad he didnt). This nigga had a chance to sign so many superstars. but he chose not to. and he treats his artists like slaves. he is a fuckin tyrant in the studio. his artists have no cretive freedom. thats why the last good albums puffy has had since Shyne's album was 8ball & MJG's album and the Boyz in the Hood album (i still havent heard joc's album but i heard its ass crackers). he sucks as a rapper too. the reason whe was good in the beginning was because biggie wrote his rhymes. Bad Boy was supposed to be the new motown, but lets be real, Koch has a better roster than BaD Boy right now!
top 10 mistakes puffy has made as ceo of bad boy:
1. choosing faith evans over mary j. blige
2. passed up on signing missy as an artist and timbaland as a producer
3. passed up on signing jay-z
4. passed up on signing DMX
5.passed up on signing Ludacris
6. passed up on signing Fabolous
7. passed up on signing the game
8. Making The Band II & III
9. Letting Mase come back to Bad Boy
10. the Bad boy gospel album
Unbelievable...what is goin on. Hopefully all you cats in here is females. And writer of this blog...dog...you got too much time on ya hands fam.
These SOHH blogs have become nothin more than a place to come pick on retarded kids.
GET A JOB!
Oh hell no...lmao!!!! Dig, skdamc & Naj, its fuckin Monday dammit. I gotta work today. Don't start that shit back up ya did on friday....lmao. Ya murdered that klingon bitch.
as far as ms. millian goes she ios sexy as fuck but she sucks as a performer i love her but good riddens. as i said be4 dfe jam already has enough youn female singers like, rhianna, teiarra mari, karrina paisan and megan rochelle(who is better than any of the chicks). she had to go, but i would have let rhianna go first. she is the worst mistake def jam ever made. she cant sing, cant dance, cant perform, has the personaltity of a wood board. theonly thing she has is that she is sexy, but she looks like a light skinned tyra with that big ass forehead. DROP RIHANNA JAY-Z. DO THE WORLD A FAVOR!
TOP 10 WORST MISTAKES BY DEF JAM
1. NOT PUSHING KEITH MURRAY
2. KICKING OUT LYOR COHEN AND KEVIN LYLES
3. SIGNING RHIANNA
4. LETTING SISQO GO SOLO
5. NOT SIGNING THE GAME
6. MAKING JAY-Z PRESIDENT (AND IT HURTS ME TO SAY THAT)
7. LETTING DMX GO TO SONY
8. NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH TO GET JADKISS AND STLYES AWAY FROM INTERSCOPE, AND OVER TO DEF JAM
9. PUSHING JEEZY AND RICK ROSS HARDER THAN THEY PUSH LUDACRIS, REDMAN, THE ROOTS, FABOLOUS OR METHOD MAN
10. RUSSELL SIMMONS NOT SIGNING NAS SOONER. SHIT WE HAD TO WAIT 14 YEARS FOR NAS TO SIGN WITH THE LABEL HE SOULD HAVE BEEN WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE
Lots of you may not like SOS but its number 1 and platium all over the world Rihanna album went gold in the USA in a month I'm glad Rihanna do different types of music she cant be pigeon hole in one genere Rihanna has 2 songs in the top 10 SOS was number 1 for 3 weeks unfaithful is number 9 and climbing britney spears cant sing but she's a pop artist with catchy songs. who makes money like britney? the problem with lots of you niggers you think america is the world lots of you need a passport that hood shit only works in the project niggers dont buy enough cds to support RNB you have to crossover to make real money that keep it real shit dont pay the bills if christina had sold half of rihanna's sales her ass would still have a contract if Qwen Stefani can try to do RNB N REGGAE WHEN SHE'S rock artist why cant Rihanna do pop their is a Jamaican saying 'dont watching the noise of the market watch you correct change" so rihanna need to continue do what sh'e doing she has a nike plus five more with other companies.
Adonys, dont worry, Im on good behavior today... at least on this blog, LOL. I cant speak for Naj and SKDAMC, they a couple of loose cannons, LOL.
Oh shit Rhi Rhi's cousin, Deaf Moses rises from the Dead...damn Dig, I thought you murked fam. You apparently should have squeezed that shit til the clip was empty.
So if I pick on someone, I'm "Just Wondering" does that make them a retard?
Just Wondering.
Yo Dig, Naj:
WTF is this? Dawn of The Dead? That DeafBlindandDumb"Thou shalt not puctuate"Moses is back. AND he used the "-er" version. Where my black gloves...
Yo Naj:
I was "Just Wondering" myself, with the infinite blogs available, why come here if it's SOHH stupid? I was also "Just Wondering" when they installed computers in the breakroom at Church's Chicken...
Just Wondering...
(skdamc creepin through the bushes)
"OJ!"
Yeah I was also just wondering how they make those honey butter biscuits so goddamn good too...
just wondering.
"A wilderbeast's plaintive wailing"
This blog was not about Rhianna, JerryskidMoses. You seem to get your impression of Black americans from BET and Rap records, so, really, there's no hope for you. Crawl back into the coconut from wence you came. keep effin' around and I'ma send immigration for your ass. Batty bwoy...
Black Moses... baby, you got the scripture wrong. JESUS rose from the dead. J-E-S-U-S not Moses....
First you adding commandments after we done already printed em up, and now this....
Ima have to ask to see your papers...um... scrolls, son...LOL
Yo Dig,
You want some of this? Hurry up 'cause all we got left is some lip skin and a hearing aid....
Glad I got you ladies attention. I sent ya sister Mecca packin, and I thought maybe ya'll was totin her purse for her...good to see ya'll are still "bout it bout it".
Church's got computers from that stack I was bankin off yo momma trickin behind the dumpster. She IS that "other white meat"...at least where I'm pokin it. The back of her throat that is.
Naj...hop out my pocket son..and get at these clowns. I know you got all day...you post every 15 minutes. Homeboy got each blog saved as a favorite so he don't miss nuffin.
"B..BB...BB....BB...BLOGGGERS!!!"
TAG, YOU'RE IT!
Yo this shit is worse than when they bumrushed the crackhead on Boyz n the Hood (with the We Want Eazy shirt-lol) who tried to take Dougboy's chain.
Even Lil Chris in the chair jumped that nigga.
And no matter how many times we throw the trash can on you, Rhianna can't sing.
Oh snap!! Yo momma jokes!!That's some original shit.LOL
I was "just wondering", how is "yo momma"? Tell her sorry about the triznain, blunts got passed, somebody put some "X" in the Hypno and shit got out of hand.
LMAOOO!
did anybody notice that the cd displayed says featuring black rob and jim jones??? isnt it young joc on that joint???
Uh oh I'm slippin--it's been more than the 15 minutes--shit!
My nigga Corky came back...I was just wonderin if he was done spreadin that glaze on the biscuits.
What kills me is the main niggas that hate the blog so much always come back and criticize the blog...
yep...I have all day, fam...my job affords me the luxury to shoot the shit and still get work done. You're mad that at you piss poor gig, you have only breaks and lunch before some micromanaging muthafucka lays into your ass. Nigga you're even mad at the blog writer. You wish you could spend the day shootin the shit and get paid from it--you want to be "SOHH Wonderin" so fuckin bad, you come on here and make a comment or two on some hater shit.
Listen...this goes out to you and some of you others who hate me for typin some random shit during the week. When I'm busy, I'm busy, when I'm not, I'm here...that simple-A-B-C-1-2-3.
Ever "wonder" why you never see me after 6:00 like pretty much ever?
Because when I'm on my own time, I do (gasp) OTHER shit...like many of us mainstays do.
I'll be damned...I just sent a powerpoint presentation (might be too much for you) and managed to send something back simultaneously...
We'll see you on you're second break before you cash out your register...it's been fun.
Yeah nklbrat.
Black Rob is on the mixtape version of that song and Young Joc is on the official song. I don't know why they got it like that.
LMAOOO!
Naj
Why did I actually HEAR that (gasp) LOL
Now wait that was a lot to digest since you are a retard by your own admission.
But I don't play tag. Maybe that's what you and your people do down at Church's do when it's closing time, but you got the wrong dude. Also I think "wondering" about niggas' gender and saying they are "in your pocket" as you put it becomes borderline homo...There's gotta be a gay pride parade you could be a drum major in instead of blog sissy tagging.
That was less than 15 minutes, so that kinda puts me on track again.
Naj = Mouse in "Devil in The Blue Dress"
"If you didn't want me to kill him, why did you leave him with me."
Damn, Naj, between you and Dig, I ain't NEVER gonna get off parole. You know that muthafukka's head exploded as soon as you typed "power point". Now, I gotta clean the brain matter, jheri curl juice and skittles of the screen.
Damn...........Crack.........Babies........
Naj likes when dudes poot in his mouth. He said it reminds him of when his momma used to give him a kiss before she dropped him off at the short bus stop. Ya'll had ya'lls own stop, cuz the normal kids kept peein in old coke cans and you kept tryin to pick it up and drink it.
come here Naj..taste this one. tastes like jalepeno poppers and spicy chicken breast.