I mean, Diddy said they were the best male group in the last 10 years, but what does he know, he rides around town in a silver Jeep Wrangler with neon lights under the engine and eats Fruity Loops with Orange Juice and Ciroc Vodka, lol.

Anyway, I’m assuming this is the first single from Day 26’s sophomore set, “Forever In A Day,” which is scheduled to invade the streets April 14. I’m not particularly excited about the track, but my spidey senses tell me it could pick up steam the more I listen to it. Of course, Diddy and Joc are riding the front and back ends of the track to give it that extra “umph,” but I’m not sure if it worked too well.

Day 26 ft. Yung Joc & Diddy- I’ma Put It On Her |Prod. By Blaze The Champ|

Like it, Love it or Leave it???????

Sincerely

Low “I wonder if Diddy reads this blog?? Nah….I doubt it” Key

At first notice, Diddly Did was counting on the magical abilities from T-Pain to assist in making his project epic, to say the least. Diddy even recorded several episodes of the two in the studio collaborating on the effort. EPIC FAIL!
However, a little birdie over at Bad Boy informed me the other day that Puff The Magic Producer has scrapped the effort and is heading in a totally different direction. Well, that information serves true because Diddy has now conjured up the idea of calling his new album, “The Last Train To Paris”.

From what Diddy has revealed to MTV.com, the set will be an all-expenses paid trip through a love affair that commenced while on tour overseas (not really, but that’s the story line).

Says Diddy, “It’s about this tumultuous love roller-coaster relationship that occurs. It’s everything from love, pain, sex, God, celebration. It’s a lot of things rolled into one. It’s a conceptual album.”

Ok, whatever. Seeing as how I’m over the whole “conceptual album” marketing ploy, I’m taking it upon myself to inflict some of my A&R’ing capabilities into the mix. Rest assured, this list doesn’t derive from the hating vein in my left arm, more so the, ehhh….how can I put this delicately…….the WHAT ARE YOU THINKING muscle in my left shoulder.

I know you guys probably have some issues with the title, so feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments section.

10. Pay Stubs: A detailed and introspective journey through Diddy’s checkbook proving once and for all, he’s not that heartless, Cambodian breast milk drinking man everyone perceived him to be. 

9. Assistants Make The World Go Round: Seeing how I once served as one of his Jr. Executive Assistants back in 2003, I could easily A&R this project. Song titles could  include, “Cheesecake Chronicles”, “Dog Sitter”, Louie Bag Grabber”, T.G.G.O.T (The Greatest Gopher of All-Time), “My Son, Your Son”, “Where’s My Umbrella” and “Don’t Tell My Artists”.

8. The Big Pay Back: No, this isn’t going to be an album where Diddy takes a shot at each and every individual who slung mud at the mention of the first letter in his name. See, this is Diddy’s album where he collaborates with every artist he’s every screwed over and pays them, get this, their FULL QUOTA. Not only that, but anything the song earns after its release, each check will go to that respective artist. TAKE THAT, TAKE THAT!

7.  Your Show, My Show: This album will shy away from hip-hop and lean in the direction of TV and Broadway. Since Diddy can’t leave anything untouched, he decided to record all of his auditions and release them via MP3. Expect readings from such scripts as, “Heroes”, “Two & A Half Men”, “Lost”, “Entourage”, “Shrek The Musical”, “The Office”, “Making The Band”, “Scrubs”, “24″, “CSI: The Music Industry” and many more! 

6. R&B (Rhythm & Babes): It’s no secret, Puff loves the ladies. If I had a dollar for every time I heard about Puff being cuddled up with some foxy mama, I’d probably retire right after this blog was posted. Puff will use R&B to clarify who he’s bumped uglies with, who he wants to bump uglies with and who will never get to see his “ugly”. Oh and you can expect exclusive skits from Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Kim Porter, that random broad from ATL, Aubrey O’ Day, Cassie, Oprah, Lauren London and Ellen DeGeneres  (she hasn’t been confirmed yet). 

5. B.L.A.O.G. (Blogging Like An Original Gangster): This will be a video album. Once Diddy plastered his face on his YouTube channel, The Diddy Blog franchise maneuvered its way into the hearts of every gossip blogger from here to Tibet. From hiding under the covers from Sarah Palin and John McCain to eating Fruit Loops with Orange Juice, Diddy did it all. Diddy will exclusively perform all his songs from wherever he’s located. Whether he’s loading a Delta Airlines flight to sit Coach Class or weaving through traffic on the West Side Highway in a Jeep Wrangler, Puff’s going to show it.    

4. Push The Button: We all know Diddy is one of the best “button pushers” in the industry, but on this project, we’ll get to see why. Instead of rapping over the tracks, Diddy will record himself yelling and screaming his commands to that specific producer he’s collaborating with. Song titles include, “I Don’t Like That”, “Turn My Sh*t Up”, “You Want Your Check?”, “Get My Gun, This Fool Is Effin Up My Kick Drum”. 

3. Strike Three, You’re Out: Judging from this title, you can already grasp what the concept of this album is about. Since the start of his career Puff’s been known for showing his disgruntled artists the door. Well on this project, everyone who got the “Diddy Boot” will have their chance to relive that fateful day they received that agonizing recording pink slip. Diddy’s going to even up the anty by collaborating with each artist on their respective track. 

2. I’M B.I.G.: Puff will rap over BIG’s instrumentals detailing on each song how he removed BIG’s creative soul, bit by bit. Oh please, act like he didn’t do that in real life. 

1.  I Rap, You Write, Produce & Sing: This won’t be different from any other album. Puff raps, and whoever he’s working with will write, produce and sing. His press release for the album will be “Your idea……MY IDEA aka DEBO! CLASSIC!

Spare me of the “You’re such a hater” commentary, I’m just poking fun at the obvious. Aye Diddy, someone told me you might be mad at this list….well, ARE YOU???

Sincerely

Low “Take That, Take That…HHHAHAHAHAHAHA” Key

Last night, DSA Media Group, Don Pooh Music Group, and LTB Entertainment honored R&B Queen, Mary J. Blige at Spotlight Live in NYC. The extravaganza, which was held in correlation with the Heart Of The City Tour that wrapped up it’s final show at Madison Square Garden last night, brought out the industry’s most elite. DJ Goldfinger took care of the nights musical needs spinning the latest and greatest in  hip hop & R&B.

Unfortunately I (LowKey) was still recovering from my previous rendezvous with the Heart Of The City show Tuesday night, so I didn’t get a chance to attend. Lyor Cohen, who was in attendance last night, said about the event ” Mary J is coming off a successful tour and we had to come out to celebrate. She has a rare, genuine quality and we have to celebrate it. Congrats to Mary J. Blige and congrats to my friends @ DSA Media Group for putting this together.”

The good folks over at PDG Public Relations (What’s up Carine????) slid a couple of visual goodies my way, so stop being lazy, scroll down and take a peek to see who hit up Spotlight Live.

Sincerely

Low “Last night sure as hell looked fun” Key  

Warner Music Group CEO, Lyor Cohen 

Stephen Hill, Mary J. Blige, Kendu Issac (MJB’s husband/manager) 

Power 105’s, ED Lover and DSA Media President, Dante Simpson

The Retro Kids (Sighhhhh) 

 Trina and Lyor Cohen

Day 26 

L to R: NY Giants Brandon London, Geoffrey Pope, Derrick Ward

Kevin Lile, Mary J. Blige and Kendu Issac 

Trina  

And though the visual publicity isn’t a bad thing, I really came down to Spring Bling to do my job, catch a quick tan, enjoy the water and head back North….not duck the Hip Hop Paparazzi. I swear LowKey’s life is never boring! Khaled and Ross checked in with BET.com, Day 26 and The Pop Off Boyz shared their first Spring Bling experiences and from the look of it, Soulja Boy isn’t tooooo fond of The Pop Off Boyz, but we’ll find out what that’s about tomorrow. Enjoy these photos and check out what JackPot is up to on his side of town.

LowKey TRYING to enjoy The Pop It Off Boyz, but that damn camera came outta nowhere! Yeah, that’s Soulja Boy in the background!

Shawty Lo chops it up with Shawty LowKey. Again, the Hip Hop Paparazzi wasted no time in snapping the pic!

Day 26, who were dressed in allll BLACK clothing in 80 degree weather, took some time out to let me know how they were enjoying their first Spring Bling. And of course, you know who was right there just flashing away!

Fun times with Day 26! Unfortunately, all smiles ceased once I got done with my interview…

The Black Boys and I began to plot on the evening festivities and how to take out that sneaky photographer!

-LowKey

I bumped into a couple of my industry comrades, but my thought process wasn’t functioning that well to think about photo opps, so a couple shout outs will have to suffice for now: Whas good B.Hines…..Whas good Aura (AllThatsFab.Com). Check out some visuals, along with my colorful commentary from the release party below.

Vocal coach Ankh Ra hit the red carpet to chop it up with BET’s Black Carpet

106 & Park host, Terrence J, slid through to show Day 26 some love. I think homey was moving erratically just so his necklace could swing back and forth…HA!

The Day 26 promo van outside of Club Room Service. I was attempting to take shots of the street team holding promo signs, but since they looked highly upset, I refrained from doing so. I guess Diddy didn’t give them their speech on “NO BITCHASSNESS @ BAD BOY” yet.

Donnie and super producer Seven Aurelius arrive together.

LowKeezzy took some time out to flick it up with some lovely ladies…one made me guzzle a Vitamin Energy Drink while she took a picture of me and the other said “text me when the boys get here, I’m going inside”. What the hell??? I thought I only worked for BET??? (Day 26 arrived, LowKey got to texting…Translation: BitchAssNess at its finest)

Donnie poses for the hip hop paparazzi.

Seven Aurelius couldn’t WAIT to pose for the hip hop paparazzi.

Dennis The Menace slid through squinting his eyes every chance he got. Word on the street is he’ll be playing Former Lil Kim Manager & Biggie’s Right Man D-Roc in the film “Notorious”..congrats homey!

The boys FINALLY arrived after the event’s publicists kept telling us “oh they’re 15 minutes away” every 15 freaking minutes. I have no idea what Q is pointing at.

One of the event’s coordinators. She was blacking on EVERYTHING MOVING! After I snapped this flick, I saw two orange flames light up in her eyes annnnnnd that’s pretty much all I remember. Nonetheless, once the demons left her system, she did manage to score everyone outside a cup of Hot Chocolate.

I damn near fell off the ladder/chair I was standing on due to the insanely AWKWARD smile Robert had on his face….PUHAHAAHHAHAHAH!

-LowKey