query: who was the first artist signed to bad boy records

pos: Bad Boy Records Bad Boy Records Bad Boy Records (also known as Bad Boy Entertainment) is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean Combs. It operates as an imprint of Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. One of its most popular artists was The Notorious B.I.G.. After his climb from a non-paid internship to becoming an A&R executive at Uptown, Sean "Puffy" Combs was fired in 1993 by Andre Harrell. Combs soon founded Bad Boy Records in 1993. The label’s first release was "Flava in Ya Ear" by Craig Mack, followed quickly by Mack's debut album, "Project Funk da

pos: Special Delivery (song) Keith Murray, Craig Mack, and Sean "Diddy" Combs. It was released as the third single off the remix album "We Invented The Remix" (2002). It was also featured on the compilation album "Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition" (2016). Special Delivery (song) "Special Delivery" is a song by American rapper G. Dep. It's the second and final single off his debut album "Child of the Ghetto". The song features fellow Bad Boy artist P. Diddy. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Nick Quested and Bad Boy Records President Harve Pierre. Directed by Nick Quested and

neg: Bad Boy Latino and Heath Woods and Principe El Notorio from Harlem. Bad Boy Latino's first release would come from Pitbull in the form of his remix album, "Money Is Still A Major Issue." The album would not sell many copies upon its 2005 release date. This album was released by Bad Boy Latino, but was distributed by TVT Records, because Pitbull was still a signed artist on their roster and had to honor his contract. In 2006, the label released Christian Daniel's self-titled debut along with Pitbull's third album, "El Mariel." In 2007, the label released Pitbull's fourth album, "The Boatlift." Bad

neg: Bad Boy Latino Bad Boy Latino Bad Boy Latino is a Latin hip hop record label founded in 2005 by recording artists P. Diddy and Pitbull. In 2004, Sean Combs made the decision to expand his fledgling Bad Boy Records imprint to new territories. His first expansion was southern imprint, Bad Boy South, and his second was to be a Latino label, in 2005 the birth of Bad Boy Latino came about as Emilio Estefan came on board. The expansion was granted to Bad Boy through its new deal with Atlantic Records. The label then signed artists, eventually signing Pitbull, Christian Daniel, LJ,

neg: Bad Boy South label's first Platinum release. In 2007, the label debuted Boyz n da Hood artist Gorilla Zoe, who became one of the more popular acts on the label. His hit single, "Hood Nigga", would propel his album to a Gold certification. He and Yung Joc both became the label's main two artists. 2007's other release was Joc's "Hustlenomics", with his hit "Coffee Shop" with Gorilla Zoe. The label's first act 8 Ball & MJG released their second album for the label, "Ridin High." Yung Joc was recently released from Bad Boy Records. Bad Boy South Bad Boy South is a southern

neg: 112 (band) audition for the group outside of Atlanta's Club 112 in Buckhead, the boys sang for Combs and impressed him. Following another audition for Combs in front of Bad Boy producer Chucky Thompson, Bad Boy Records artist Faith Evans and Combs protégé Usher and a co-sign from Thompson and Evans, Combs signed the quartet of Michael Keith, Marvin Scandrick, Daron Jones, and Quinnes Parker to Bad Boy Records. The group then changed their name from Forte to 112, the name of the nightclub where they had auditioned for Combs. Soon afterwards they found themselves living in New York City, recording their

neg: Bad Boy Records decided to retire from rap for good, although he was to be reassigned to Bad Boy after his year break was done. In 2011, under his new deal with Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Diddy stated he was looking for new talent to add to his new Bad Boy roster. Jay Electronica, who had close ties with Diddy, was originally planned to be signed to the label but had signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint instead. Machine Gun Kelly announced that he signed to Bad Boy/Interscope on August 3, 2011. French Montana and Los also were announced as signees to the label in 2012.

neg: Bad Boy Records II soundtrack three years prior), and spun off a top five single. Their second album, Welcome to the Dollhouse also debuted at #1, and contained the group's second top ten single "Damaged". Diddy also signed Day26 and Donnie Klang to the label. However, by 2009, Combs had dissolved Danity Kane, terminating Aubrey O'Day's, D. Woods', Shannon Bex's and Aundrea Fimbres' contracts. Dawn Richard remained signed working as solo artist and songwriter for Bad Boy. In March 2009, it was reported that Richard and Combs were assembling a new girl group but later formed Diddy – Dirty Money, composed of Combs,

neg: Bad Boy South Bad Boy South Bad Boy South is a southern hip hop spin-off label of Bad Boy Records. The label was founded by Sean Combs in 2003. Bad Boy South was founded in 2003 after this signing of 8 Ball & MJG. The label was created to capitalize on the success of southern hip hop and to have one label simply focus on that genre so that the mainstream label could go out and search for other talents. For the first year, 8 Ball & MJG were the only artists on the label. In 2005, the label signed a deal with

neg: Dog Boy Dog Boy Dog Boy (born Robert Rogers) is a singer and songwriter, currently signed with Suburban Noize Records as a solo artist. Along with his solo project he also supplied vocals for the reggae/punk rock band, Too Rude, who are also signed with Subnoize. Along with bass guitarist Lazy Dread, Dog Boy created Too Rude. As time went by Dog Boy became more known for working on the Kottonmouth Kings' first three albums as a featured artist writing such hits as "On the Run" and "Dog's Life" which was featured on the soundtrack for 1999 film, "Lost & Found". Whilst

neg: Day26 "Forever in a Day", which was released April 14, 2009. Day26 was founded on the "Making the Band 4" Season 1 finale on August 26, 2007. Brian Andrews, Michael McCluney, Qwanell Mosley, Robert Curry, and Willie Taylor were chosen to be a part of Diddy's brand new all-male R&B music group, while fellow cast member Donnie Klang was chosen as a solo artist for Bad Boy Records. The name Day 26 was selected from the day that they were picked which was August 26, 2007. After being signed as a group to Bad Boy, Day 26 began another season of

neg: Block Entertainment Block Entertainment Block Entertainment or Block Ent. Worldwide is a record label created by Russell "Block" Spencer and Andrew "Gotti" Couser. The label is known for creating southern group Boyz N Da Hood and releasing artist Yung Joc. In 2005 Block signed an exclusive joint venture deal with Warner Music Group's label Bad Boy Records. In November 2009, Block Entertainment signed a joint venture deal with Capitol Records. In 2011 the label released Gorilla Zoe's album "King Kong", which features the first single "What's Going On". In the spring of 2013, Yung Eaz met Atlanta producer Nitti Beatz They recorded

neg: Ebn Ozn music act Dada Nada, released on his own label, One Voice Records. Dada Nada was signed to Polydor/London and distributed independently in North America by Ozn, who proved himself an astute businessman, going head-to-head with the major labels and gaining two Top 5 "Billboard" club hits: "Haunted House," the first house music record by a white artist ever to chart in the USA, (co-written and produced with Bob Greenberg and mixed by Mike "Hitman" Wilson) and "Deep Love," (co-written with Steve Wight and mixed by Frankie Knuckles, David Morales and Bad Boy Bill). Ned "Ebn" Liben died in 1998 of

neg: Cassie (album) Cassie (album) Cassie is the self-titled debut album by American singer Cassie, released on August 8, 2006, by NextSelection, Bad Boy Records, and Atlantic Records. Cassie was discovered by record producer Ryan Leslie, who helped her record demo tapes. After Cassie was signed by Diddy, the founder of Bad Boy Records, she continued to work with Leslie who produced the entire album. Musically, "Cassie" is an experimental R&B and pop album with hip hop influences, containing "looming synthesizer patterns" and "ice-cream-truck melod[ies] to give it a slightly twisted and threatening edge," as well as "flippant playfulness." The album was well-received

neg: Machine Gun Kelly (rapper) first SXSW show in Austin, Texas, and at the show, he was approached by Sean Combs, who had offered MGK a recording contract with Bad Boy Records, which is associated with and has its content distributed by Interscope. Prior to the contract, he was featured on the XV song "Finally Home". After signing for Bad Boy, MGK released the music video for the song "Wild Boy", which featured Waka Flocka Flame and was produced by GB Hitz. The duo appeared on BET's "106 & Park" to promote the single. In mid-2011, MGK signed a deal with Young and Reckless Clothing.

neg: Bad Boy Records Bad Boy assembled act, Da Band. Their MTV exposure lead to a Gold selling debut album. At this time, the label also signed a rapper named Aasim, whose Bad Boy debut (as of 2013) still has not been released. Bad Boy saw its fortunes improve in 2005, with the success of releases from new signees: Cassie and Yung Joc (both of whom would score top five singles/debut albums). Also in 2006, Bad Boy hit paydirt with Making The Band 3’s Danity Kane, whose debut album topped the charts at #1 (the label's first chart topping album since the Bad Boys

neg: Raheem Rah-Nyse Gibson album Child of the Ghetto. In the Spring of 2000, Rah-Nyse signed a four year contract under his company ‘Hot Bloc Productions’ with music mogul Sean Diddy Combs to join his elite team of Bad Boy Records music producers “The Hitmen”, which was managed by Diddy himself. The group included notable producers Chucky Thompson, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Steven "Stevie J" Jordan, Mario Winans and Nashiem Myrick. As a ‘Bad Boy’, Nyse’s musical contributions were remixed and used on numerous Hip hop and RnB projects, including RnB artist Amerie’s 2005 single “Man up”, which was featured on ‘Wendy Williams Brings the

neg: French Montana French released his "The Laundry Man" on February 24, 2009. The two artists resumed concentrating on their solo records, until the release of their second collaborative mixtape "Coke Wave 2" in November that year. French was included in XXL's Freshman Class of 2012. At that time he had already been signed to Bad Boy Records following the success of his single "Shot Caller", and had just signed a joint-venture between Bad Boy and Maybach Music Group. In an interview with "Rolling Stone" magazine, close friend and producer Harry Fraud revealed first meeting French Montana during a recording session at a

neg: Aasim Aasim Aasim (born Leroy Watson in Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American rapper, who first began rapping at the age of 12, and signed his first record deal with Schott Free of Loud Records at 17. While signed to the label, Aasim learned songwriting from Big Pun and Dead Prez but never released any material. When his deal with Loud Records fell through, he moved to Grind Music, and worked the mixtape and local New York radio circuits. In 2004, Puff Daddy heard him on the radio and signed him to Bad Boy Records. His debut album, "Money Pit",

neg: Brett Gurewitz the band left their original label Epitaph Records and signed to Atlantic Records, who released their next album "Recipe for Hate". While moderately successful, this was the first Bad Religion album to reach any Billboard charts and two videos for the album, "American Jesus" and "Struck a Nerve", were made. Bad Religion rose to fame with their next album, 1994's "Stranger Than Fiction", including their well-known hits "Infected" and "21st Century (Digital Boy)", which are also often considered concert staples. After the album was completed, Gurewitz soon left Bad Religion to concentrate on the future of Epitaph, citing the increasing

neg: Special Delivery (song) Special Delivery (song) "Special Delivery" is a song by American rapper G. Dep. It's the second and final single off his debut album "Child of the Ghetto". The song features fellow Bad Boy artist P. Diddy. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Nick Quested and Bad Boy Records President Harve Pierre. Directed by Nick Quested and Bad Boy Records President Harve Pierre, the video features G. Dep, P. Diddy and Black Rob as part of a FedEx-like company called "Bad Boy Express", delivering packages to people via delivery truck. The official remix features rappers Ghostface Killah,

neg: Bad Boy Records On April 25, 2012, Mase featured alongside Diddy on Wale's "Slight Work" remix, marking the first appearance of the Harlem rapper on record since 2010. Rumors began to start that Mase, as well as singer Omarion, were both signing to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. It was later revealed that Bad Boy artist French Montana was the reason Mase was making his third comeback. According to Montana, Mase is serving as an A&R representative on Montana's forthcoming Bad Boy debut, "Excuse My French," as well as appearing on the remix of Montana's "Everything's a Go." "I'm not sure what kind

neg: Bow Wow (rapper) Awards Vibe Awards Young Artist Awards Bow Wow (rapper) Shad Gregory Moss (born March 9, 1987), better known by his stage name Bow Wow (formerly Lil' Bow Wow), is an American rapper, actor and television host. As Lil' Bow Wow, he released his first album, "Beware of Dog", in 2000 at age 13, which was followed by "Doggy Bag" in 2001. In 2003, Bow Wow released his third album "Unleashed", which was the first album released after dropping the "Lil'" from his stage name. As of September 27, 2015, Bow Wow has signed a management deal to Bad Boy Records.

neg: Faith (Faith Evans album) Anymore" which featured an appearance from Mary J. Blige on the album's original pressings. Newly contracted to Bad Boy Records, Evans was consulted by executive producer Combs to contribute backing vocals and writing skills to Mary J. Blige's "My Life" (1994) and Usher's self-titled debut album (1994) prior to starting work on her debut record album "Faith". Producer Chucky Thompson- who helmed most of the album- recalls meeting Evans for the first time by her doing vocal production work on Usher's album. Though she initially was a protégé of Al B. Sure!'s, she eventually signed to Bad Boy and insisted

neg: The Notorious B.I.G. recording off the back of this success. The demo tape was heard by Uptown Records A&R and record producer Sean Combs, who arranged for a meeting with Wallace. He was signed to Uptown immediately and made an appearance on label mates Heavy D & the Boyz's "A Buncha Niggas" (from the album "Blue Funk"). Soon after Wallace signed his recording contract, Combs was fired from Uptown and started a new label, Bad Boy Records. Wallace followed and signed to the label in mid-1992. On August 8, 1993, Wallace's longtime girlfriend gave birth to his first child, T'yanna. Wallace had split

neg: Cassie (album) thirty-three, reaching number three on the R&B Albums Chart and receiving a Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry for combined sales of over 60,000 in 2015. "Cassie" had sold 650,000 copies worldwide as of January 2010. Credits adapted from AllMusic and the liner notes of "Cassie". Cassie (album) Cassie is the self-titled debut album by American singer Cassie, released on August 8, 2006, by NextSelection, Bad Boy Records, and Atlantic Records. Cassie was discovered by record producer Ryan Leslie, who helped her record demo tapes. After Cassie was signed by Diddy, the founder of Bad Boy Records, she continued

neg: Bad Boy Records Richard and a singer-songwriter named Kalenna Harper. In April 2009, Bad Boy also signed Red Cafe. In September 2009, it was announced that Combs would be leaving Warner, inking a new deal with Universal's Interscope. Under the terms of the new deal, Combs rebooted the Bad Boy name and trademark, to be operated through Interscope. The previous Bad Boy catalog and roster, however, remains under the control of Warner. In 2010, Diddy offered Mase a 1-year release from Bad Boy to settle their differences after the 2009 incident with Mase wanting to be released from Bad Boy. With this Mase

neg: Desire (Pharoahe Monch album) Desire (Pharoahe Monch album) Desire is the second solo album from hip hop artist Pharoahe Monch, released on June 26, 2007. The album comes eight years after the rapper's critically acclaimed solo debut, "Internal Affairs", which followed the break-up of Monch's former group Organized Konfusion. After a short stint on Geffen Records, a number of labels began a bidding war for the rapper, including Eminem's Shady Records, Denaun Porter's Runyon Ave. Records, Bad Boy Records and Sony Records. In early 2006, it was announced that Pharoahe had signed a deal with Steve Rifkind's Street Records Corporation for the release of

neg: Bad Boy Records were instrumental in producing many of Bad Boy’s most noted releases during this time. The rapid success of Notorious B.I.G., and Bad Boy as a company, raised some tensions, especially with the Los Angeles-based Death Row. For 2 years leading up to 1995, West Coast hip hop, dominated by Death Row, had been preeminent in mainstream Rap. Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row, held Sean Combs responsible for the shooting death of his friend Jake Robles, allegedly at the hands of Sean Combs' bodyguard. Tensions were heightened when Death Row signed 2Pac, who alleged that Bad Boy, notably The Notorious

neg: New Edition Sky Show. After having caught the attention of rapper/producer Sean Combs, who was present at one of their shows, he signed the group to his Bad Boy Records label, after their long term contract with MCA Records finally ended. In the fall of 2004, New Edition’s seventh studio album and Bad Boy debut, "One Love", was released. Though the album debuted at number twelve on the Billboard 200, it had a steady descent from the chart. The lead-off single, "Hot 2Nite," underperformed; peaking at number thirty-five and number eighty-seven on the R&B and Pop singles charts, respectively. During production of

neg: Yung Joc Enterprises label, Spencer signed Joc to Sean Combs's Bad Boy South for a multimillion-dollar deal, and Bad Boy released Joc's debut "New Joc City" that year. Joc's next album, "Hustlenomics", was released in 2007, with the singles "Coffee Shop" and "Bottle Poppin'". "Hustlenomics" sold 69,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number three on the "Billboard" 200. As of April 2009, it has sold approximately 197,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan. In 2007 Yung Joc was featured on his new artist Hotstylz single "Lookin Boy". During 2008 Yung Joc was featured in the hit singles on ""Get

neg: Ashanti (album) was at the age of 14, she was discovered by P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records. Initially, she went to Bad Boy Records and sang one of Mary J. Blige's songs in front of P. Diddy and Biggie Smalls. After being impressed by her singing ability, Diddy later signed her to a development deal, but, due to a bad contract, Ashanti did not sign with Diddy. This ultimately led to a record deal with Jive Records in 1994. This relationship soured when Jive tried to make Ashanti into a pop singer. Ashanti subsequently involved herself in schoolwork, cheerleading, and running on

neg: Los (rapper) Los (rapper) Carlos Coleman (born March 23, 1982) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer, better known by his stage name Los or King Los. Los has released various mixtapes during his career including "The Crown Ain't Safe" and "Becoming King". He originally signed to Bad Boy Records during the 2005 in conjunction with his Bloc Incorporated record deal. After his deal fell through (Bloc folded) he returned to releasing music independently. Los signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records again in February 2012, which is now distributed by Interscope Records. However, on March 19, 2014, he would announce that

neg: Bad Boys Inc Bad Boys Inc Bad Boys Inc were a British boy band, formed in 1993 by the record producer, Ian Levine. Signed to A&M Records, the members were David W. Ross, Matthew Pateman, Tony Dowding and Ally Begg. As was usual for boy bands in the 1990s, the band initially embarked on a publicity blitz and tours of nightclubs. Following their first UK hit single, "Don't Talk About Love", the band enjoyed international success with tours and promotion in Europe and Japan. After their Top 20 album "Bad Boys Inc", and three Top 20 singles including the Top 10 hit "More

neg: The Dogg Artist of the Year award raised eyebrows by other artist, who started discriminating against Sanlam-NBC's awarding system. This situation would later bring bad blood between The Dogg and music partner Gazza, whom critics claimed was robbed the award. Morocky signed the first artist to his Mshasho label, Sunny Boy, whom he met while studying at University of Namibia. It later turned out that Sunny refused a recording offer from Gazza before signing with The Dogg. At a concert in Luderitz (2005) The Dogg and Gazza got involved in a rooted argument which would later turn sour, prohibiting the two to

neg: The First Lady (Faith Evans album) Album at the 20th Soul Train Music Awards. The title of the album was inspired by Evans' original nickname with Bad Boy Records, "The First Lady of Bad Boy." On her decision to use a truncated version of the name Diddy dubbed her with, Evans commented: "[The nickname] did carry over, 'cause I'm the first artist in my genre at Capitol," she said. "More so, I chose the title "The First Lady" because a lot of my personality reminds me of people like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Hillary Clinton. [...] Of course, they go through things, 'cause they're human like

neg: Jadakiss the early 1990s as a member of The Lox, with the group eventually signing to Puff Daddy's record label Bad Boy Entertainment. After leaving Bad Boy in 2000, the group all signed to Ruff Ryders, where they embarked on solo careers, with Jadakiss releasing his debut solo album Kiss Tha Game Goodbye in 2001. Since the release of his first album in 2001, Jadakiss has gone on to release three more solo studio albums, as well as an album with The Lox and a joint album with Fabolous. In 2007, Jadakiss signed with Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam

neg: It Was All a Dream (Dream album) across North America and the UK with appearances at award shows and talk shows. It remains Dream's only album officially released after 2003's "Reality" was shelved and the girls were dropped by Bad Boy Records. Shortly after being formed, Dream's former manager, Judith Fontaine, signed them to Clockwork Entertainment so they could begin working on their debut album. There, they recorded several tracks for the album. Subsequently, Dream parted ways with Fontaine and Clockwork Entertainment. Shortly thereafter, the group signed a record deal with Bad Boy Records. This meant that much of what was recorded at Clockwork Entertainment would be

neg: Da Band the season three finale, the group effectively ended when Diddy dissolved them and chose to keep Ness, Babs and Chopper "Young City" on the label. Ness and Babs were to be a duo and Chopper was to be a solo artist on Bad Boy South. Chopper eventually left the label and was followed by Babs some time later, leaving Ness the group's only member still signed to Bad Boy. Ness has worked as a songwriter for Diddy on albums such as "Press Play" (2006). The group (minus Freddy P and Dylan, who was played by Chappelle and appeared via footage)

neg: Dog Boy in this process Dogboy recorded the debut Too Rude which was released with Suburban Noize Records on 4 April 2000. After the first album, the second Re-Invention was not released until 26 October 2004. With Rogers' success, he originally planned to work as a solo artist. "Rebel Riddim" was released on 3 April 2007. It reached #11 on "Billboard"'s Top Reggae Albums chart. Dog Boy Dog Boy (born Robert Rogers) is a singer and songwriter, currently signed with Suburban Noize Records as a solo artist. Along with his solo project he also supplied vocals for the reggae/punk rock band, Too

neg: Emile Ghantous Peace/Def Jam), Jon B (Yab Yum/Epic), B5 (Bad Boy Records), Fat Joe (Atlantic Records), R. Kelly (Jive Records), Ralph Tresvant (of New Edition), 2XL (Tommy Boy Records), Karina Pasian (Def Jam Records), Lemarvin (Motown Records), I-15 (Interscope Records), Na'Shay, Nephu, Aksent (Capitol Records), AI (Def Jam Japan), Lil Romeo (No Limit Records), and many others. In 2009, with a production schedule in high gear, Ghantous relocated to Los Angeles, CA where he worked on international releases for German artist Fabian Buch and Japanese recording artist Che'Nelle (EMI Japan Records). In 2010, Ghantous worked with R&B legend Charlie Wilson, of the

neg: Bad Boys Inc to This World", the band went on to win international acclaim by being awarded Best International Newcomer in both Denmark and Finland in 1994. They were also the first band to appear on the UK National Lottery television programme before going their separate ways in the spring of 1995. Bad Boys Inc Bad Boys Inc were a British boy band, formed in 1993 by the record producer, Ian Levine. Signed to A&M Records, the members were David W. Ross, Matthew Pateman, Tony Dowding and Ally Begg. As was usual for boy bands in the 1990s, the band initially embarked on

neg: Faith Evans Griffin. In 1993, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she worked as a backup vocalist for singer Al B. Sure!, when she was noticed by musician Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs. Impressed with her, Combs contracted her as the first female artist to his Bad Boy Entertainment record label during 1994. Newly contracted to Bad Boy Records, Evans was consulted by executive producer Combs to contribute backing vocals and writing skills to Mary J. Blige's "My Life" (1994) and Usher's self-titled debut album (1994) prior to starting work on her debut studio album "Faith". Released on August 29, 1995, in North

neg: Forever (Puff Daddy album) (RIAA), for selling 1,000,000 copies. To date, the album has sold 1.4 million copies worldwide. Forever (Puff Daddy album) Forever is the second studio album of American hip hop recording artist Puff Daddy released on August 24, 1999 by Bad Boy Records. The album rose to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart. "Forever" has also been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA. This was the first Puff Daddy album released under just the name "Puff Daddy" as his debut album was released under "Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family". "Forever" received generally favorable to mixed

neg: Forever (Puff Daddy album) Forever (Puff Daddy album) Forever is the second studio album of American hip hop recording artist Puff Daddy released on August 24, 1999 by Bad Boy Records. The album rose to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart. "Forever" has also been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA. This was the first Puff Daddy album released under just the name "Puff Daddy" as his debut album was released under "Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family". "Forever" received generally favorable to mixed reviews from most music critics, directed at the heavy use of sampling in Combs' work,

neg: Bongo Boy Records Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders, Blues musician Plainfield Slim, Gar Francis, Kelly Caruso, The Easy Outs, the Rockids, Jana Peri, Genya Ravan, Canadian artist Jon Mullane, The Swinging Iggies, members of the Doughboys under the moniker Jackie Kringles & the Elves. Also signed to the label are Swiss recording artist Michael Resin, Country artist Jordan Green, Americana artist Tom Vicario, Blues Rock artist Oddslane, Beatlemania_(musical) original cast member Les Fradkin . Bongo Boy Records Bongo Boy Records is an American record label founded by rock musician, songwriter and producer Gar Francis and Dutch entrepreneur Monique

neg: Cam'ron his cousin Bloodshed, in a group called Children Of The Corn. After Bloodshed's death in a car accident on March 2, 1997, the group disbanded and the remaining members continued solo careers. Two years before Big L's murder in 1999, Cam'ron was introduced to The Notorious B.I.G. by Mase who was signed to Bad Boy Records at the time. Biggie was so impressed by Cam'ron that he introduced him to his partner Lance "Un" Rivera who signed Cam'ron to his Untertainment label, distributed by Epic Records. His debut album, "Confessions of Fire", was released a year later in July 1998

neg: Bad Boy Records of decisions he's going to make," Montana says, "[but] I would love to see him in my camp." Mase is currently resigned to Bad Boy Records but has yet to announce whether he is resigned as part of a joint venture deal between Bad Boy and MMG. He later announced he had gotten his release from Bad Boy. In April 2013, Cassie released her first full-length project seven years after her debut album, a mixtape titled "RockaByeBaby", to positive reception. Rapper Los announced his departure from Bad Boy Records on March 19, 2014. On October 5, 2015, Combs announced that

neg: 8Ball & MJG they would sign with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records. They already had some experience with the label, being featured on the song "The Player Way" from Bad Boy rapper Mase's 1997 album "Harlem World". Their first album for Bad Boy Records, "Living Legends", came out in 2004 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Their second album on Bad Boy Records was titled "Ridin' High" and was released in March 2007. Commercially one of the high points of 8Ball & MJG's career was their being featured on Three 6 Mafia's hit song "Stay Fly" in 2005. That song peaked at

neg: Bad Boy Records of August 2016. The Hitmen is the production team for Bad Boy Records. The collective consisted of several notable producers and musicians that either worked solo or alongside Combs in composing tracks for the artists on Bad Boy as well as outside the label. On August 20, 2015, it was announced that Kanye West was a part of the current roster. Bad Boy Records Bad Boy Records (also known as Bad Boy Entertainment) is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean Combs. It operates as an imprint of Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. One of

neg: DJ Riddler Paul "Cubby" Bryant. From there he held radio mixshows with KHFI-Austin and KTFM-San Antonio. In 1995, he left Texas for New York City to work for WHTZ-Z100 and Tommy Boy Records. While at Tommy Boy Records, Rich Pangilinan was credited for his work on the platinum selling Jock Jam Megamix and Jock Jams compilations. The Jock Jam Megamix was one of the first legalized mash-ups to sell over 500,000 copies according to soundscan in the late 1990s. In addition, he helped get another Filipino-American dance artist Jocelyn Enriquez signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1997. In 2003, Rich Pangilinan was

neg: Unforgettable (French Montana song) Unforgettable (French Montana song) "Unforgettable" is a song by American rapper French Montana. It was released through Epic Records and Bad Boy Records on April 7, 2017 as the lead singles from his second studio album "Jungle Rules" along with "No Pressure". The song features vocals from Swae Lee and was produced by Jaegen and 1Mind. The song peaked at number 3 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, making it French Montana's first song as a lead artist to reach the top 10 of that chart and Swae Lee's first as a solo artist. "Unforgettable" has reached the top 10

neg: Ready to Die recorded, including the album's singles. Between the two stages, "XXL" writes that Biggie moved from writing his lyrics in notebooks to freestyling them from memory. The album was released with a cover depicting an infant resembling the artist, though sporting an afro, which pertains to the album's concept of the artist's life from birth to his death. It has been listed as among the best album covers in hip hop. On March 24, 2006, Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records won a federal lawsuit against Bad Boy Records for copyright infringement, with a jury deciding that Combs and Bad Boy had

neg: By-Sexual their Zigzo bandmate Sakura to perform as By-Sex. The four reunited again for the October 14, 2016 Visual Japan Summit at Makuhari Messe and Chain the Rock Festival on August 26, 2017. By-Sexual was formed in April 1988 in Osaka. That year they released the demo "Bad Boy Blues" on Free-Will records. They signed to Pony Canyon and in February 1990 they released their major debut, "So Bad Boy". Their first album "Culture Shock" followed in April. It reached number 6 on the Oricon chart and was named one of the top albums from 1989-1998 in a 2004 issue of

neg: Kerry Harvick Kerry Harvick Kerry Harvick (born September 10, 1974 Comanche, TX) is an American country music artist. Harvick starred on the first season of the Oxygen Network show "The Bad Girls Club". At age 19, Harvick performed on a local radio show, where she was discovered by Don Light, who signed her to a publishing contract with Cal IV Entertainment. Her first cut as a songwriter was "'Til Nothing Comes Between Us", a top-20 hit for John Michael Montgomery in 2002. Harvick signed to Lyric Street Records in 2004, working with producer Byron Gallimore. She was once married to singer Daryle

neg: Frankie J signed with the now defunct Hola Recordings which at the time had only one artist signed to the label, the brainchild of dance music legend and producer Jellybean Benitez. At the time, he was a freestyle artist known as Frankie Boy and his music was released on 3 "Maximum Freestyle" compilations but his solo CD was shelved before release. In 1999 he became a member of the Kumbia Kings created by A.B. Quintanilla, brother of Selena. He performed under Cisko. Frankie J signed as a solo artist with Columbia Records and released his first album "What's A Man To Do"

neg: Janelle Monáe the vibe. He felt like she has something that was different – something new and fresh." Monáe signed to Bad Boy in 2006. The label's chief role was in facilitating her exposure on a much broader scale rather than developing the artist and her music, because in the words of Mitchell, "She was already moving, she already had her records – she had a self-contained movement." Combs and Big Boi wanted to take their time and build her profile organically and allow the music to grow rather than put out "a hot single which everyone jumps on, and then they

neg: Bad Boy Records continue until 2005. In 1998, Combs decided to expand Bad Boy's roster to genres other than hip-hop and R&B, and subsequently signed Fuzzbubble to the label as its 1st rock act. The group appeared on the rock remix of Puff Daddy's "It's All About the Benjamins", but parted ways with the label before releasing a full-length album. In the years to follow, Bad Boy saw a commercial decline. In 1999, Mase became religious and abruptly retired from the business, leaving a serious dent in the company, especially since his 2nd album had just been released. Bad Boy found some success

neg: Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album) Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album) Love & Life is the sixth studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was released by Geffen Records on August 26, 2003. The album marked Blige's debut on the Geffen label, following the absorption of her former record company MCA Records. In addition, it saw her reuniting with Sean "Diddy" Combs, executive producer of her first two studio albums "What's the 411?" (1992) and "My Life" (1994), who wrote and executive produced most of "Love & Life" with his Bad Boy in-house production team The Hitmen, including Mario Winans,

neg: Dirty Money (duo) Dirty Money (duo) Dirty Money were a duo consisting of singer and dancer Dawn Richard and singer and songwriter Kalenna Harper. The group disbanded in 2012. Together with record producer and rapper Sean Combs they performed as Diddy – Dirty Money. They were signed to Combs' label Bad Boy Records. According to Combs, Diddy-Dirty Money was "a look, a sound, a movement, [and] a crew" and not about "drug money, illegal money, or anything negative ... for my new concept album "Last Train to Paris", I wanted to do something refreshing, something unique, something forward for myself as an artist

neg: Bad Girl (The Miracles song) Hits from the Beginning". The song was also performed by the group on their final live album, "". It has been covered by the Dazz Band, Jackie Jackson and by fellow Motown artist Mary Wells, whose version was called "Bad Boy" and appeared on her debut album, "Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance". Bad Girl (The Miracles song) "Bad Girl" is a 1959 doo-wop single by The Miracles. Issued locally on the Motown Records label, it was licensed to and issued nationally by Chess Records because the fledgling Motown Record Corporation did not, at that time,

neg: Wrath of the Math Foxy Brown, and Bad Boy Records kidnapping somebody named Hip-Hop. The Notorious B.I.G. took offense to the song, being that he was signed to Bad Boy Records, and closely affiliated with Puff Daddy and Foxy Brown. Biggie retaliated by throwing subtle jabs at Jeru in the song "Kick in the Door" (which was also aimed at other rap artists as well.) The track "Me or the Papes" contains aim for Puff Daddy, Jeru stating, “My name ain't Puff, I ain't got loot to waste,” to which Puff Daddy didn't respond. It contains many tracks that are sequels to songs on

neg: Loon (rapper) Loon (rapper) Amir Junaid Muhadith (born Chauncey Lamont Hawkins , June 20, 1975 in Harlem, New York) best known by his stage name Loon, was an American rapper formerly signed to P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records. He is best known for his role in P. Diddy's 2002 hits "I Need a Girl (Part One)" & "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" . Chauncey Hawkins born in Harlem, started his music career as a member of Mase's rap collective Harlem World and then became part of P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records under the name Loon. He released his self-titled debut album

neg: Los (rapper) he was again leaving Bad Boy and Interscope. He is currently signed to After Platinum, 88 Classic and RCA. As an 18-year-old high school student, Coleman started as a rapper with his main subject being the murder of his father. In 2002 Los auditioned for Diddy's "Making the Band 2", but after being selected to appear on the show, he refused to sign any of the paperwork required so he was unable to appear on it. Later, Coleman would end up signed to Bad Boy Records in 2005 through Bloc Incorporated, a local Baltimore record label. Bloc Incorporated eventually disbanded

neg: Maybach Music Group and Bad Boy Records with Rick Ross and Diddy set to executive produce his debut album. It was announced that his debut album Excuse My French would be released in Fall 2012 through Interscope Records. On February 4, 2012, Rick Ross spoke about the departure of Pill from Maybach Music Group and revealed that Pill was never actually signed to Maybach Music Group. Pill was already signed to Warner Bros. prior to Maybach Music Group and it was Warner executives who proposed the idea of Pill joining. Ross says that they worked out a one-year deal where Pill would be

neg: G. Dep After meeting with Sean Combs in 1998, G. Dep was signed to a $350,000, five-album deal with Bad Boy Records. In the next year, he appeared on two songs on Black Rob's 1999 debut album "Life Story". G. Dep released his debut solo album "Child of the Ghetto" in 2001. "Child of the Ghetto" peaked at #106 on "Billboard" 200 and #23 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Single "Special Delivery" from the album peaked at #59 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #3 on Hot Rap Singles. G. Dep was subsequently dropped from Bad Boy Records. G. Dep and Loon released independent

neg: Shanghai Restoration Project his college classmate Ryan Leslie, who was working as a producer with Bad Boy Records. He quit his day job and began apprenticing with Leslie, "learning his way around drum machines and mixing desks and devouring a history of hip-hop that he had missed the first time around." He sold his first song to R&B singer Carl Thomas and soon created his own group The Shanghai Restoration Project. SRP debuted as MSN Music's "New Artist of the Week" in January 2006. The group's first eponymous release, inspired by the Shanghai jazz bands of the 1930s, combines traditional Chinese instruments with

neg: Shot Caller (song) Montana announced signing with P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records in December 2011, a promotional video for the song "Shot Caller" was posted on WorldStarHipHop on December 11, 2012. A commercially available single for the song was made available on January 12, 2012, with Charlie Rock credited for the chorus feature this time around. On November 23, 2011, a remix for the song was made available featuring P. Diddy, Rick Ross and Charlie Rock. After announcing in January 2012 that Montana had signed a joint co-signing deal between Diddy's Bad Boy Records and Ross' Maybach Music Group, a promotional video and

neg: Steel Banglez Steel Banglez Steel Banglez (born 5 February 1987) is a British producer and solo artist who is signed to Warner Bros. Records. Best known for his production work with artists including MIST, MoStack, J Hus and Wiley, Steel Banglez achieved his first chart hit as a lead artist when his track "Bad" reached the top 30 on the UK Singles Chart in February 2018. Born Pahuldip Singh Sandhu in Forest Gate, Steel Banglez grew up in Newham, east London. Raised in a Sikh family, he was surrounded by traditional Indian instruments such as harmoniums and tablas as his mother was

neg: French Montana the country. It was re-released as a single on January 10, and the music video for the remix was released in February 2012. A "NY Giants remix" premiered on Funkmaster Flex's radio show on January 6, celebrating the Giants' Super Bowl win against the Patriots the day before. Having received offers from several labels, including Jay-Z's Roc Nation and Kanye's GOOD Music; on December 6 on BET, French Montana publicly announced signing with Bad Boy Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. In a subsequent interview with Billboard magazine, French revealed that had he not signed with Bad Boy that MMG

neg: Black River Entertainment Kacey. Black River does the majority of their recording in the studio "Ronnie's Place" which is located in their building in Nashville. It was previously owned by country music artist Ronnie Milsap. Black River signed Craig Morgan in 2011. Morgan, who has compiled fifteen top-40 singles on the country charts over the course of his career, had previously been with BNA Records, Broken Bow Records and Atlantic Records prior to joining Black River. Morgan gave Black River its first single ("This Ole Boy") to reach the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. On October 8, 2012, CMT reported

neg: 112 (band) the Bad Boy label was necessary due to the lack of interest. In search of greater creative control, 112 left Bad Boy Records in February 2002 and signed with Def Jam in July on their Def Soul-imprint, insisting that the breakup was amicable. They reiterated this no-hard-feelings attitude by going to Diddy's House to record a debut album for Def Jam. Disagreements remained over ownership rights to the 112 catalog of songs, and their fourth album "Hot & Wet", the Def Jam debut disc, was waylaid as a result, while negotiations ensued between Lyor Cohen of Def Jam and Bad

neg: French Montana B, and with subject matter ranging from difficult life-decisions, women, addiction and memories of his bygone friendship with his now-incarcerated rap soulmate. In August 2015, French paired with pop-opera artist Charisse Mills for the single "Champagne." On February 14, 2016, DJ Khaled announcde that he would debut French's new mixtape on We The Best Radio. The mixtape, hosted by Max B, debuted on February 19, 2016. On May 5, 2016, French's contract with Interscope and MMG ended, and he later signed a joint venture record deal with Bad Boy and Epic Records. Later, French was going to release his second

neg: Organized Konfusion Guests included Jemini, Rell, MF Doom and Raekwon. Between 2004 and 2005, Pharoahe recorded an album while he was signed to MCA/Geffen Records, which was never released. After a bidding war between prominent labels such as Bad Boy Records, Shady Records and Sony Records, Pharoahe Monch signed a deal with Steve Rifkind's SRC Records in February 2006. He released his second album, "Desire", on June 26, 2007. Prince Po released his second solo album "Prettyblack" on August 8, 2006. Around this time he was also featured on Adverse's album "David". Another Po solo LP, "Saga of the Simian Samurai", was

neg: Steve Smooth Smooth feat. Delano - International House Records – Wrote & Produced Happy – Bad Boy Bill - Moody Recordings – Add. Production and Remix Beat Freaker – Steve Smooth - International House Records – Wrote & Produced Drop It – Steve Smooth - International House Records – Wrote & Produced Costa Del Sol – Bad Boy Bill - Moody Recordings – Add. Production and Remix Everybody – Bad Boy Bill - International House Records – Add. Production Re-Conditioned – Bad Boy Bill - International House Records – Add. Production Everyday Of My Life – Dajae - Kid Dynamite Records –

neg: Patrick Alavi Patrick Alavi Patrick Alavi is a German musician and DJ specialising in funk and electronic. In 1996 Alavi released his first EP as Dj Alavi on Sonic House, a Sub Label of the German Techno Label Atomic Silence. In 2001 Alavi was signed by Bad Boy Bill for his labels Moody Recordings and International House Records. That same year Alavi signed 2 EP's on the French label Vertigo on which also Romain Tranchart from Modjo released his first EP as Funk Legacy. In 2004 Kris Menace signed Alavi for two EP's on his Label Work It Baby. The track "Power"

neg: Dan Caplen production and remixing. Caplen briefly left Britain to study in Portland, Oregon, a move which helped to inspire his approach as an artist. In 2014, D/C self-released his debut EP, “Epiphany”, gaining the attention of Atlantic Records, who signed him to the label in the following year. He then released his first single “Longing For You” on the label in February 2016. The track is taken from his first Atlantic Records EP “Bad Man” released in 2016. D/C supported UK electronic duo Honne on their UK tour in October 2015 as well as Anne-Marie on her UK tour in January/February

neg: Chucky Workclothes Chucky Workclothes Chucky Workclothes (born Charles Ditchley, October 5, 1984 is an American hip-hop artist based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. Since the start of his rap career in 2010, Chucky Workclothes established his own label, Express Life Entertainment recording "Express Life" Volumes 1, 2, and 3. He has become a well known and established artist in the local rap community. In January 2014, he was signed to RBC Records for a two album release. The first of the two, "Country Boy Livin'" with Young Bleed was released in June 2014 and followed up with the "Country Boy Livin" Tour to

neg: Robert Hart (musician) Hart moved to Atlantic Records as a solo artist, with Stewart Levine producing his first album, "Cries and Whispers". He then became the first English artist to be signed by Disney-owned Hollywood Records, and worked with Russ Ballard on Hart's self-titled album, "Robert Hart", which charted in more than 18 countries. While touring following the release of the album in 1992, Hart was approached by Mick Ralphs of Bad Company and asked whether he would be interested in fronting the band. For the next seven years Hart toured with them. He also co-wrote two of the band's albums, "Company of

neg: Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe Robinson (; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She is signed to her own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records. After her first unofficial studio album, "The Audition", she publicly debuted with a conceptual EP titled "", which peaked at number 115 on the "Billboard" 200 in the United States. In 2010, Monáe released her critically acclaimed first full-length studio album "The ArchAndroid", a concept album sequel to her first EP. It was released by Bad Boy Records and reached the number 17 spot on the "Billboard" 200. Monáe

neg: Faith Evans traffic stop in Hapeville, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. After ending with Bad Boy Entertainment Evans contracted with Capitol Records company, becoming the first contemporary R&B artist to do so, and started work on her fourth studio album "The First Lady", named after her nickname on her former label. As opposed to having an in-house team of producers who supplied most of the previous material, she and Russaw were able to gain more creative control of the album and consulted producers such as Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Mike Caren, Pharrell Williams, and Chucky Thompson to contribute to it. Upon its

neg: The Game (rapper) record deal with the independent label Get Low Recordz owned by JT the Bigga Figga. Game's mixtape reached the hands of Sean Combs, founder of Bad Boy Records, who originally was on the verge of signing him to his label. Five months later, he was discovered by Dr. Dre who listened to the mixtape that had been produced by his brother. Dr. Dre contacted Game and signed him to his Aftermath Entertainment label in 2003. In late 2003, Interscope Records CEO Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre decided to have Game work with 50 Cent and G-Unit in order to help

neg: 28 Gun Bad Boy has been inspired by live DJ sets according to Simpson. The album was released through Juice Box Records, an independent label ran by Simpson as a result of his strained relationship with Sony Music, more specifically, their refusal to release Simpson's "High Life, Low Profile" album which was recorded in 1991 as the follow-up to "Automanikk". 28 Gun Bad Boy 28 Gun Bad Boy is the third album by house music and drum and bass pioneer A Guy Called Gerald, released in 1992 through his own Juice Box Records imprint. The album is often credited as one of the first

neg: Let's Talk About It "She Is", "Make It Alright" and "My First Love"- the album was met with a lukewarm reception. It was one of many albums released on Bad Boy Records that underperformed under the Universal distribution deal. As a result, Carl Thomas left the label in 2005, while Bad Boy left Universal for a distribution deal with Atlantic Records in the same year. Let's Talk About It Let's Talk About It is the second album by R&B singer, Carl Thomas, released on March 23, 2004. Originally scheduled for a late 2003 release, the album was delayed several months due to Bad Boy

neg: Ill Na Na 2: The Fever Ill Na Na 2: The Fever Ill Na Na 2: The Fever was intended to be the fourth full-length studio album and fifth recording by American hip-hop artist Foxy Brown. The album was scheduled to be released on May 6, 2003 by Bad Boy Records and Def Jam Recordings. However, the album was cancelled due to disagreements between Foxy Brown and Bad Boy CEO Sean Combs. Brown began recording the follow-up album to her previous release "Broken Silence" in the summer of 2001. Early in April 2002, she decided to title it "Ill Na Na 2: The Fever". Amid rumors

neg: 28 Gun Bad Boy 28 Gun Bad Boy 28 Gun Bad Boy is the third album by house music and drum and bass pioneer A Guy Called Gerald, released in 1992 through his own Juice Box Records imprint. The album is often credited as one of the first full-length drum and bass albums, and it's influence has been noted to of "brought the jungle movement out of the Rave era." The track "28 Gun Bad Boy" is seen as one of the very first examples of drum and bass/oldschool jungle music. The album was produced at the Machine Room Studio, a recording studio in

neg: Press Play (album) 2008, the album has sold 700,000 copies in the United States. Limited edition List of samples used in "Press Play": Testimonial (Intro) We Gon' Make It I Am (Interlude) Hold Up Special Feeling Making It Hard Last Night Writers Credits: Press Play (album) Press Play is the fourth studio album by American hip hop recording artist Diddy. It was released on October 17, 2006, by Bad Boy Records. It is his first album under the "Diddy" stage name, making this his first release under the distribution by Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records. "Press Play" features several guest contributions from Nicole

neg: Raheem Rah-Nyse Gibson in the music licensing industry. Rah Nyse was signed to Freeze Records as the group ‘Out of Order’ in 1994. The group went on to form production team ‘Hot Bloc Productions’ and was signed to Diddy’s Bad Boy Records as a ‘Hitmen’ producer from 2000-2004. As a producer, he worked with several major labels including Atlantic Records, TVT Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia and others. HOT BLOC PRODUCTIONS DISCOGRAPHY Raheem Rah-Nyse Gibson Raheem Devon Gibson, often referred to as “Rah Nyse” or “Nyse” is an American record producer, songwriter and Lyricist. Gibson was born on February 13, 1972 in the

neg: Dame Grease label. Grease has produced several artists throughout his career. He has worked extensively with East Coast hip hop group, The LOX. Their use of Grease's sounds helped them acquire the street buzz that landed them their deal on Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records in 1996. Grease produced several songs on LOX's debut album, "Money, Power & Respect", including the hit "We'll Always Love Big Poppa". He was a producer on fellow Bad Boy artist Mase's quadruple platinum album "Harlem World" (1997). This led to Grease's work as the primary producer on DMX's debut "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" (1998),

neg: Hot & Wet the lack of interest. In search of greater creative control, 112 left Bad Boy Records in February 2002 and signed with Def Jam in July on their Def Soul-imprint, insisting that the breakup was amicable. They reiterated this "no-hard-feelings" attitude by going to Daddy's House to record a debut album for Def Jam. Disagreements remained over ownership rights to the 112 catalog of songs, and this album - the Def Jam debut disc was waylaid as a result, while negotiations ensued between Lyor Cohen of Def Jam and Bad Boy owner Combs. With both sides ultimately in agreement, Hot &

neg: Sean Combs license in Florida. Combs began working with a series of unusual (for him) artists. For a short period of time, he was the manager of Kelis; they have a collaboration titled "Let's Get Ill". He was an opening act for 'N Sync on their Spring 2002 Celebrity Tour, and he signed California-based pop girl group Dream to his record label. Combs was a producer of the soundtrack album for the film "Training Day" (2001). In June 2001, Combs ended Bad Boy Entertainment's joint venture with Arista Records, gaining full control of Bad Boy, its catalogue, and its roster of artists.

neg: The First Lady (Faith Evans album) The First Lady (Faith Evans album) The First Lady is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Faith Evans. Released by Capitol Records, it marked Evans' debut on the EMI subsidiary, following her departure from Bad Boy Records in 2003. Despite this, the singer reunited with much of her frequent contributors to work on the album, including The Neptunes, Chucky Thompson, and Mario Winans. Duo Carvin & Ivan of Karma Productions wrote and produced the predominant part of all songs that were included in the final track listing. Generally well received by critics, "The First Lady" debuted at number

neg: Not the Boy Next Door charting single with "Fly Away". The same year, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", which he co-wrote, topped the charts and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 1982, Allen's first greatest hits album was released, ending his contract with A&M Records. Allen signed to Arista Records, home of similar artist, Barry Manilow, in hope of record company support he needed to pursue his career. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic gave the album 2.5 out of 5, saying; "The nine songs on "Not the Boy Next Door" seemed to have

neg: Jeezy Corporate Thugz Entertainment. In 2001, under the name Lil J, Young Jeezy released his first independent album, "Thuggin' Under the Influence (T.U.I.)". The album included features from artists Freddy J., Kinky B, Fidank, and Lil Jon, who also produced some of the songs. In 2003, Jeezy independently released "Come Shop wit Me", a two-CD set featuring new tracks along with some songs previously released on "T.U.I""." In 2004, Jeezy signed with Bad Boy Records and joined the group Boyz n da Hood, whose self-titled album was released in June 2005 and peaked at #5 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart.

neg: French Montana With "Shot Caller" already one of the most played tracks on New York radio, on stations such as Hot 97 and Power 105, French was slated to appear on the upcoming episode of BET's "106 & Park" on December 6, where he would be debuting the music video and announcing the label he's signing with. Diddy would also appear that night as part of his "Bad Boy Takeover" campaign, whereon the two officially announced that French Montana had signed to Bad Boy Records. Between 2011-2012, "Shot Caller" had become one of the most added tracks on urban contemporary radio in

neg: Press Play (album) Press Play (album) Press Play is the fourth studio album by American hip hop recording artist Diddy. It was released on October 17, 2006, by Bad Boy Records. It is his first album under the "Diddy" stage name, making this his first release under the distribution by Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records. "Press Play" features several guest contributions from Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Aguilera, Keyshia Cole, Brandy, Jamie Foxx, Ciara, Nas, Paris Hilton, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige, Cee Lo Green, Keri Hilson, Big Boi, Mario Winans, Avant and Fergie, among others. Primarily dance-pop and hip hop-oriented in sound, it is a

neg: Steeltown Records studio in 1967, "Big Boy"/"You Changed" and "We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (to Fall in Love)"/"Jam Session". "Big Boy", Michael Jackson's first song, was released on January 31, 1968 by Gordon Keith, who was the manager and producer of the Jackson Five and their songs. "Big Boy" was played on Chicago-Gary area radio stations and became a local hit. The following March, Keith signed a contract with Atlantic Records to manufacture and distribute the "Big Boy"/"You Changed" record nationally. Atco Records, a division of Atlantic Records in New York City, distributed several thousand Steeltown copies with the "Atlantic-Atco"

neg: No Limit Forever Records band to be on the label. Romeo has also signed Louisiana artist Co-Ruff and former Death Row Records artist Eastwood Like No Limit Records, No Limit Forever also plans to release movies on the label, "Get Money" which will star No Limit founder Master P & his managing artist Gucci Mane was set to be released in 2011 but was held back & "Repos 2" was set to release in 2013 but was also held back. On November 17, 2012 Master P formed a group called Louie V Mob that features himself, Atlanta rapper Alley Boy & Washington, DC rapper

neg: Jesse West Jesse West Jesse West, 3rd Eye (born December 4, 1967 in the South Bronx, New York) is a producer/rapper. Jesse grew up in the Bronx River Projects, where the Master/Teacher DJ Afrika Bambaataa founded the Universal Zulu Nation. Born Jesse Williams III, he was one of the first rappers signed to Motown Records and in 1989, released the album "No Prisoners". He then went on to produce hit songs with many artists including GZA, Xzibit, Heavy D and KRS-One among others. One of Bad Boy Records' original "Hitmen", West recorded Biggie Smalls first demo as well as produced remixes for

neg: The Diplomats discography group consisting of Cam'ron, Jim Jones, and others, were first signed together as a group to Roc-A-Fella Records from 2002 to 2004, though they are now signed to their own label, Diplomat Records. Each individual artist, however is signed to a different label, including E1 Music, Asylum, and Def Jam, among others. The group came to further popularity in 2002 with the release of Cam'ron's third album, "Come Home With Me". The lead singles were platinum hits "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma", which both featured group mate Juelz Santana. The group followed Cam'ron's solo album shortly after with their debut