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Post by Auset on Oct 7, 2003 13:12:51 GMT -5
Sean “P.Diddy” Combs’ Da Band has already started shooting the third season of "Making Of The Band II," which features the group on their first tour.
"MTV is already following us," group member Ness told AllHipHop.com. "The third season is us acting a fool!" Still, R&B siren Sara said there were no physical fights as of yet in the taping like last season.
“Making of the Band II” was a hugely successful television venture that was executive produced by P.Diddy and televised on MTV on Wednesdays.
At press time, the group was en route to Atlanta for Diddy’s 5th Annual Bad Boy (Oct. 3-4) weekend in Atlanta, Georgia.
If fans haven’t seen or heard from Dylan, it’s because he’s missed some of the promotional tour due to travel constraints stemming from New York State-appointed probation. The dancehall artist has community service commitments to the State and legally he must get a judge’s approval in order to leave the five boroughs.
Still, Dylan managed to go to Puerto Rico for the Mix Show Power Summit and is also headed down to Atlanta with his musical comrades.
In addition, according to Ness, Bad Boy’s Da Band is already moving major units when their album, Too Hot For TV, which hit stores on Sept. 30.
“There is no downtime. We’re trying to make our album No. 1. We’re number two right now and we are 50,000 copies from making it [No. 1],” he said. “With hard work everything pays off.”
Furthermore, Da Bad also said they were not concerned with those that had criticisms of their music or the those blatantly “hating.”
“We Da Band! We gonna keep working. We gonna keep doing what we do,” said Young City (formerly known as Chopper). “We don’t care what nobody says. We got the worst critic – P.Diddy.”
“I would do it all over again,” Sara said of their hazing-like trek to superstardom.
Da Band’s album is currently in stores nationwide.
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Post by Msmoore on Oct 7, 2003 13:58:02 GMT -5
Yesterday v-103 in ATL had Mr.Bentley on the Frank Ski morning show, the interview was very interesting. Mr.Bentley was basically telling how he came to meet Diddy, he is from ATL and went to MoreHouse studied Business upon graduation he said he worked In Lenox Mall at Polo, that is his name here because he worked there for a while,he went to NY to pursue his dream of working in the Entertainment Industry, I think he said he had been in NY for one day and came across Diddy in the city and Diddy pointed him out of a crowd and told him to meet him at the Hit or sound factory in NY I'm sorry I cannot remember the name? but he was damn near flyin through the city trying to be prompt, but it was so funny when he was telling it because he said "here I am a little country boy, what I know about a Hit factory?" but he made it there kicked it w/Diddy., they were leaving Diddy wanted him to ride w/him in the Limo, when he got in the back seat, Diddy said that he needed reservations at the four seasons, gave mr. bentley the phone, and blasted the music!!!!!! you know he was hollarin in the phone and got introduced to mr.CLICK!!!! Diddy told him that if he could not get those reservations then he might as well get out of the limo and find where ever he was goin because he didn't have a place for him!!!! Needless to say thy got to the restaurant, mrbentley ran upstairs past everyone found a table and busted it himself!!!!! by the time Diddy got upstairs he had a table Ready and Waitin!!!! Now if that aint initiation I do not know what is?  I did not get to hear the rest of it but it was a very good interview and the ATL was givin him nothing but love!!! One of the questions asked was how did he get through those tough times w/those nuckle heads fightin and carryin on? he said he came so close to quiting becz he had a deadline the pressure was on especially since he is the A@R Rep, but he kept his Bible close at hand and prayed because only GOD kept him there!!! |
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Post by Auset on Oct 7, 2003 14:07:14 GMT -5
I am soo glad that you posted that interview because all throught the show i kept saying:
1. why is he letting them kids act a fool like he can't do nothing and he is the road manager.
2. why is he letting diddy talk to him like he aint human.
Girl I felt a little bad for bently but then again he know's what he is doing because being diddy's holla boy has to pay good. plus he get cameo's in video's and all that extra good stuff. I'm glad he got the chance to live his dream.
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Post by Tori on Oct 9, 2003 10:20:44 GMT -5
Can we get a poll going about who thinks Sara and Diddy had some mess goin on when the cameras were off?
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Post by Auset on Oct 23, 2003 18:29:28 GMT -5
This is from www.noyesmen.comNo Yes Men Entertainment received threats of rape and murder from some members of P. Diddy’s group Da Band. On one episode of Making the Band, P. Diddy warned his crew that many contenders in the industry would shoot verbal shots at them and No Yes Men’s group Da Underdogs were the first to do so. Da Underdogs did a song mocking Da Band called "Dismissin Da Band". This song quickly spread throughout the underground circuit. No Yes Men decided to package copies of the song equipped with telephone # and web address printed on each CD cover to be mailed out to various record labels in hopes of striking a deal. No Yes Men Executive W. Youngblood heard the local radio station announce that members of Da Band would be signing autographs at Howard University. He decided to drive to Howard and give a copy to Da Band with hopes that it would spark an underground Hip Hop verbal brawl between the two groups Da Band and Da Underdogs. W. Youngblood spotted Da Band members Fred and Chopper at Howard University. As he approached Fred to hand him a CD their bodyguard stopped him. "You can’t do that," said the Bodyguard. "Well you give it to him then" replied W. Youngblood. The bodyguard took the CD looked at it and with a surprise expression on his face handed it over to Fred. We assume the surprised look on his face was due to the words, written on the CD "Dismissin Da Band". Fred looked at the CD then quickly whispered something into Chopper’s ear as he handed him the CD. Chopper took one look at the CD then hawk spit at W. Youngblood. As W. Youngblood made a move towards Chopper he was abruptly stopped and escorted away by bodyguards. |
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Post by Auset on Oct 23, 2003 18:30:09 GMT -5
After W. Youngblood told this story to Panama, No Yes Men CEO. Panama asked him what Da Band did with the CD. "I saw Chopper put it in his back pocket" said W. Youngblood. W. Youngblood was furious and wanted revenge since he was spit at. Panama said that there was no need for retaliation because once they hear the lyrics from the song it will punish them mentally and mental punishment last longer than physical punishment. The game of life is eerily similar to the game of chess. Whoever has the strongest mental strategy and makes the best moves will come out on top of the game. The best move for this situation was not to physically retaliate but instead just wait and be patient. Maybe the song would cause them to respond with a battle song of their own making the score even between the two groups. This would have been ok with us because battle rappin is within the spirit of Hip Hop. However what happened next went beyond the boundaries of Hip Hop and into the realm of undisciplined foolish behavior. The day after members of Da Band received a copy of the song. Fred and Dylan called the phone number on the CD at 7:30am. They left a 4 minute message. To hear the message in its entirety, 1st message
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Post by Auset on Oct 23, 2003 18:30:41 GMT -5
At 3:30am the next day Chopper and Fred called again leaving another message full of threats. 2nd Message
Battling is battling, if you can’t handle the heat of the battle, get out the Hip Hop game. In the first season of Making the Band, P. Diddy set up a rap battle between Ness and the New York City Freestyle Champ J. Mills. Despite the vicious nature of the rhymes spit from each contender there was no beef afterwards, because it’s universally understood that battling is within the spirit of Hip Hop. Battling should never escalate to any form of criminal activity. However, this is the way some members of Da Band chose to battle. No Yes Men wasn't looking for a street war, but if it comes it comes, we will defend ourselves successfully. No Yes Men is trying to keep the art of battling in its truest form reminiscent to the Jay-Z and Nas battle, as opposed to another Biggie-Tupac travesty.
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