Young Money & Cash Money Alumni B.G., Juvenile Share The Stage In Lafayette, LA

Not an official reunion, but a very unpublicized event with the Cash Money and Young Money crews joining forces on the Lil Wayne 'Before I Go' tour stop in Lafayette, LA at the Cajundome on January 8.

The Cash Money festivities begin with B.G. then Juvenile start at the 1:45 mark and go from there.

the Photo links are just of Lil Wayne's set:
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B.G.: Hometown Paper 'Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood' Album Review

via New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Too Hood" is B.G.'s first studio release since '06, and he takes a minute to address the absence on the track "Back To The Money": "Everywhere I go, they ask me, Gizzle, where you been/ You ain't looking hard enough, I tell 'em, look again."

In real life, B.G. moved his family to Detroit for two years after Hurricane Katrina. He wanted a break from the New Orleans scene even in evacuation.

"I didn't want to be where everybody else was at," he said. "There was just too many people that I knew in Houston and Atlanta and I just wanted to go a little further away."

"Too Hood" languished in music-industry limbo for almost two years. The rapper T.I., who has an executive producer credit on the album, helped B.G. put together his deal with Atlantic Records. But T.I. was arrested on federal gun charges in October 2007. B.G. suspects that Atlantic was nervous about putting out his album without T.I. being available to help promote it.

"I'm used to dropping an album a year, every eight, nine months. I guess they figured I needed T.I. to hold my hand. But T.I. went to the CEO of Atlantic and was like, 'I grew up on B.G. B.G. can carry his own weight - he's a legend in the game.'"

The hottest songs on the album find B.G. reaching into the wayback machine for heavy-hitter production chops. Craig "KLC" Lawson, who cranked out hits in the '90's as part of No Limit Records' Beats by the Pound team, and Cash Money Records legend Mannie Fresh each produced two tracks. "My Hood," a pledge of allegiance to the New Orleans streets, is buoyed by Fresh's trademark shiny synthesizers. KLC's "Hit The Block & Roll" features a sample that might be the best use of a screaming electric guitar in hip-hop since producer Rick Rubin (via Slayer) helped the Beastie Boys fight for their right to party. If anyone questioned B.G.'s star power, "Too Hood" is the high-wattage answer.

Read the full album review here:
B.G. keeps it street on a new album, 'Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood'

Gucci Mane Nips Chris Brown Heels In First Week Sales Charts

The final Nielsen/Soundscan sales and chart rankings for 12/8 releases:



Chris Brown - Graffiti (Jive/Zomba)
102,000 sold / Rank #7



Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis (Asylum/So Icey Ent.)
90,000 sold / Rank #10



Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland (Doggy Style/EMI/Priority)
59,000 sold / Rank #21



Timbaland - Shock Value 2 (Interscope/Mosley Music)
39,000 sold / Ranks #32



Clipse - Til The Casket Drops (Columbia/Re-Up Gang)
31,000 sold / Rank #41



B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (E1/Chopper City Records)
19,000 sold / Rank #65

Related:
Projected First Week Sales On Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, Clipse, Snoop, Timbaland & B.G.

Projected First Week Sales On Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, Clipse, Snoop, Timbaland & B.G.

According to Hits Daily Double, here are the projected first week sales for Super Tuesday 12/8 new releases.

Ranked as follows:



Chris Brown - Graffiti (Jive/Zomba)
95k-100k



Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis (Asylum/So Icey Ent.)
85k-95k



Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland (Doggy Style/EMI/Priority)
55k-65k



B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (E1/Chopper City Records)
40k-50k



Timbaland - Shock Value 2 (Interscope/Mosley Music)
35k-40k



Clipse - Til The Casket Drops (Columbia/Re-Up Gang)
30k-35k

The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, December 15) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, December 16.

B.G. Listening Session For 'Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood' In NYC

B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood on E1/Chopper City Records in-stores December 8.

B.G., DJ Khaled & Game On DJ Green Lantern Radio Show

Game does a phoner from California (talking about The RED Album, Dr. Dre, Detox, etc.) but the rest (B.G. & DJ Khaled) are in the Sirius studios in NYC with DJ Green Lantern for this interview.