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...July 21, Dupri will showcase his talents as a rapper-performer and release Life in 1472, his debut solo album. Well, it's sort of a solo album; hedging his bets, Dupri's CD features an impressive array of already successful guest performers, including rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mase and Lil Kim, as well as R.-and-B. singers Carey, Usher and Keith Sweat. "It's a ghetto version of Quincy Jones' Back on the Block," says Dupri. "His album was a wish list of people he wanted to perform with, and so is mine...
...That's how I see it." And he fends off Puffy comparisons by asserting, "The shoes I wear are a whole lot bigger than the shoes that he wears. I'm more hands-on than Puffy in terms of my production." In a sly move, Dupri recently signed Mase, who performs on Puffy's label, Bad Boy, to a deal under which the rapper will find and produce new talent for Dupri...
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...words of fellow rapper Mase, "Now Puff rules the world." Sean "Puffy" Combs, also known as Puff Daddy, is arguably the biggest figure in hip-hop today. His success is not just limited to his performing; Puff Daddy has also taken a behind-the-scenes role in the music industry and, in the process, has profoundly influenced black culture. Some critics have even gone as far as calling him the Elvis Presley of our decade...
...year-old is founder and CEO of BadBoy Entertainment, the record label through which, it seems, anyone who wants to make it big must go. The Bad-Boy family which he fathered includes the biggest names out in the hip-hop world, names like Li'l Kim, Mase and the late Notorious B. I. G. Even those not on his record label are clamoring to get a piece; Puff Daddy has produced hits with Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Busta Rhymes and others...