Subject: Sean Combs

• U Shoulda Seen Him On Billboard!

  Abstract Workshop's flagship rapper Jud Nester debuts magic track "U Shoulda Seen Her On Myspace" at #4 (!) on this week's Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Sales chart way above other new singles by Young Jeezy (#17) and Eminem/50 Cent/Lloyd Banks/Cashis (#26) and Fat Joe (#36)! Plus Jud comes in at #15 on Hot 100 Singles between the Arctic Monkeys and Diddy and at #84 on Hot R&B Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Lots of congratulations to Jud and Abstract for pulling this off. When I tal

  November 16, 2006

• P. Diddy Needs Help

  "I'm a celebrity hip-hop media mogul. Seriously." And he's placed an ad on Media Bistro's joblistings site. Read the ad after the jump, with my translations of classified adspeak in brackets. Can I hate the playa and the game? I think so.

  January 17, 2008

• The LA Times, That Tupac/Diddy Story, and the Value of The Google

  Okay, I'm not trying to pile on Chuck Philips or the Los Angeles Times over the now-retracted story about Sean "Diddy" Combs' alleged involvement in a 1994 attack on Tupac Shakur. Ever since The Smoking Gun ran a withering dissection of the documents on which the whole story depended and the Times was forced to issue a sweeping apology for the piece, that pile has gotten pretty damn big, with both readers and other journalists getting in on the action. I just want to make sure our readers get a

  March 28, 2008

• Reg-O-Meter© -- Week Ending May 3

  ●We’ll dispense with the usual rundown of all things eye-rollingly wretched in the Reggie this week—our way of being nice, what with the new round of departures at OC’s largest-circ fishwrap just announced. So we won’t even get into that intellectually-challenging poll where the Reggie asked its dwindling readership what they thought of the new hot sauce at Del Taco. Or letter-writing idiot Norman Abbod of Lake Forest, who was offended by Jen Burke’s first-person shaggy dog story�

  May 3, 2008

• Shiny, Happy Peephole

  September 28, 2000

• Semi-Tough

  July 19, 2001

• The Whole Pita a.k.a. The Greek Island Grille a.k.a. Thasos

  Costa Mesa's The Whole Pita (a.k.a. "The Greek Island Grill") is now known as "Thasos - Greek Island Grille".  Same owners, same food (for the most part), but a new name.  Why did the place pull a Sean "Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Diddy" Combs on us? I called and asked. They have a few new items, they said. I didn't really press on to get them to really tell me why "Thasos" was better than "The Whole Pita", because I kind of already knew. "The Whole Pita" sounds like a place that focuses on just

  January 5, 2009

• High Security Meets High Fashion

  Slate follows up on word that Barack Obama wore bullet-proof clothing during his inauguration by noting that a Colombian company, Miguel Caballero, makes bullet-resistant leather jackets, polo shirts, windbreakers and ruffled tuxedo shirts, which range from a few hundred dollars to $7,000 in price. Hmmm, who in Colombia would need fashionable, bullet-proof clothing?Media Bistro's Unbeige had fun with the menswear line back in August, when it debuted at Harrods of London:What do you buy for the

  January 22, 2009

• Listen to the Band: Dusty Angel and the Have Nots

   Don't be alarmed folks. Despite his crazed outward demeanor on stage, or in the photo to your left, Dusty Angel is really just a nice, approachable guy. In fact, if you are a musician and happen to peddle your sonic wares in the belly of Downtown Long Beach, then chances are you actually have approached him, or been approached by him. Aside from fronting the fireball of eclectic energy known as the Have Nots, Angel is also a show promoter for the Blue Cafe. But aside from that, his rhyme s

  February 5, 2009

• Is JT's New Tequila Biz Venture Justified?

  Not content with a hugely successful music career, a record label and a fashion line, Justin Timberlake is now branching out into the world of alcohol.901, his new brand of tequila, is named for the area code of Memphis, Timberlake's hometown, and also (rather unconvincingly) "because 901 is the time of night when your evening is ending but your night is just beginning".The liquor has reportedly been in development for two years, and is launching in stores in Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas and

  March 20, 2009

• [Trendzilla] The Twin Towers of Fashion

  March 12, 2009

• Notorious B.I.G., Made B.L.A.N.D.

  January 15, 2009

• [CD Review] Steinski, 'What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective' (Illegal Art)

  June 12, 2008

• Baby Got Back

  May 8, 2008

• Power-puffy Grrrls

  Puffy AmiYumi Go Butch (Walker), Rock Harder, Stay Cute

  November 15, 2007

• Hova-rated

  Jay-Z’s American Gangster Proves He Ain’t All That—and Never Was

  November 8, 2007

• Aural Reports

  The (White) Rapper Flow: Loose Logic’s Rhymes and Production Are On (Dana) Point

  October 11, 2007

• The Happy Ones

  December 13, 2001

• Special Hootenanny Conflict-of-Interest Edition

  July 8, 1999

• Espanol Sung Here

  WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Crossing over: whos doing it, whos not

  December 28, 2006

• Hip! Hop! Shop!

  May 4, 2000

• Ruining Dad's Vinyl

  September 7, 2006

• Andy Summers' War

  February 9, 2006

• The Nip Slip

  February 3, 2005

• College Admissions

  Take the Kanye West aptitude test

  June 24, 2004

• Air Guitar Hero

  January 1, 2004

• Quackos

  May 22, 2003

• Crazy Horse gone loco

  February 27, 2003

• Nothing to Prove

  February 13, 2003

• OC Weekly Marks the Passing of . . .

  January 2, 2003

• Do Not Disturb the Sexy!

  September 26, 2002

• Worlds of Wonder

  December 27, 2001

• The Same Struggles Exist

  September 27, 2001

• Damn Dirty Remakes

  May 31, 2001

• Western Philosophy

  March 29, 2001

• Sex Is Bad

  February 15, 2001

• Q & A

  July 27, 2000

• Pass the Mic!

  October 7, 1999

• Don the Beachcomber Goes Freaky for Tiki

  April 30, 2009

• Top Five Little Known Facts About Soulja Boy

  ​I interviewed Soulja Boy (who I'll just go ahead and call by his real name DeAndre Way) recently, and it was pretty wild. The Atlanta-based, teen millionaire rapper wore his colossal, eponymous pendant--which he says contains a hundred Gs of diamonds--and bragged about how all the big names in hip hop have been kissing his ass lately. No idea how much his chain is worth, but the latter claim actually holds up. Though in the wake of his gimmicky 2007 YouTube smash "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" no

  August 14, 2009

• Dance Music Pick of the Week: Caldwell at Code

  ​ Evolution is a beautiful thing. While it has been nice to see California smooth-house artisans such as Kaskade, Jay-J and Andy Caldwell gain international clubland acclaim, their Kenny G.-like dance music often lulled us into a deep siesta. But artists change. Kaskade has moved on to trancier climes, Jay-J is now a New York big-room spinner, and now Caldwell has found a tougher voice.The Los Angeles-based Andy Caldwell, once the spokes-spinner for laid-back OP clothing, has been such the qui

  September 10, 2009

• Onetime Smooth-House DJ Andy Caldwell Toughens Up His Sound

  October 29, 2009