Making of the Band II- MTV & Puffy - Page 30

MeezDiscreet · #**436** 09-12-2003, 03:47 AM

babs has what we like to call "NO H.O.T.S."---no hair on the sides. she really shouldn't do that ponytail

it may sound mean, but ness looks like proof for the evolution theory.

but, i like others, am proud to see them make it this far. but did yall hear puff say "yall went from being online, to...." why does p.d. think he's someone's d.p.?

CrimsonTide4 · #**437** 09-12-2003, 07:04 AM

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Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
babs has what we like to call "NO H.O.T.S."---no hair on the sides. she really shouldn't do that ponytail

it may sound mean, but ness looks like proof for the evolution theory.

but, i like others, am proud to see them make it this far. but did yall hear puff say "yall went from being online, to...." why does p.d. think he's someone's d.p.?

LMAO @ No H.O.T.S.!!

Yeah it should be standing IN line and not ON line. . . Puffy wanted to pledge something. Somebody should put him on (I am soooo joking).

Questions404 · #**438** 09-12-2003, 08:26 AM

I know a handful of folks from the tri-state area, and they have a tendency to say that they waited on line for movie tickets or waited on line at WalMart. I was confused the first two or three times I heard it, but then just had to take it like I take it when someone says that someone did a 360-degree change not realizing that 360-degrees will put you in the same place as you started.

NOWorNEVER · #**439** 09-12-2003, 11:25 AM

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...like I take it when someone says that someone did a 360-degree change not realizing that 360-degrees will put you in the same place as you started.

Oooh, I hate it when people say 360 instead of 180

RedefinedDiva · #**440** 09-12-2003, 05:24 PM

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Yeah it should be standing IN line and not ON line. . . Puffy wanted to pledge something. Somebody should put him on (I am soooo joking).

I have heard other people say that! Maybe it's a regional thing....

Senusret I · #**441** 09-12-2003, 07:26 PM

The Hilltop - Campus
Issue: 09/12/03

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Students feel the Da Band event was unorganized
By Melanie R. Holmes

Students feel the Da Band event was unorganized

An anxious crowd of students swarmed the confusion-ridden Blackburn Center on Wednesday in heavy anticipation of meeting Da Band, a music group comprised of five rappers and a singer signed to Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.

The event was organized by Entertainment Power Players (EPP), a student organization comprised of college label representatives interested in the music industry, in conjunction with the Universal Music Group, a music distribution company and label.

Originally scheduled for 1p.m. in the Punch Out, students crammed into the cafeteria level of the student center to meet the band members and have a poster autographed in promotion of the group's first and upcoming album. However, it was soon determined that the Punch Out was not a big enough area based on the number of students who arrived.

"There was a crazy amount of people," senior Autumn Dennard said, who is the Universal Music Group and Lifestyle college representative. "We definitely expected around 300 people, which is something that could fit into the Punch Out."

In actuality, Dennard estimates that about 800 students showed up. "We had to move to the ball room because there were too many risks with having it in the Punch Out," Dennard said.
The location change was quick to stir up commotion as students scrambled to the top level of Black Burn to find a spot in line. From that point on, complaints were numerous.

"There was so much confusion and too many people in a tight spot all rushing the door," Natasha Carter said, a freshman communications major. "It was a fire hazard."

Adds junior administrations of justice major Devin Harper, "They didn't think of all the people who were going to come. They should have had it in the ball room to begin with." Harper also suggests that the event should have been less publicized. However, Dennard claims that although the advertisement in Tuesday's edition of the Hilltop received a lot of attention, news of the event spread mostly by word-of-mouth. Furthermore, Dennard also states that the affair was put together at the last minute, as EPP and the Universal Music Group were given less than one week's notice that Da Band was available.

"We organized it according to the group's schedule," Dennard said. "It was just us trying to bring something to Howard University to liven things up."

Students also complained that they were not allowed to take pictures with members of Da Band once they were allowed into the ball room.

"We had to accommodate all the students," Dennard said. "Pictures slowed the flow of traffic."

But just as there were students who criticized the event, many others left the ball room in euphoria.

"It was exciting to know that they were even coming," Briana Henderson said, a freshman psychology major.

Sophomore Kirkland Wallace agrees. "They were real cool," said Wallace, a business management major. "They didn't mind shaking your hand, even if it was the hundredth person they'd met."

Although Dennard admits that EPP and the Universal Music Group could have been better prepared and apologizes for any inconvenience, she reiterates the fact that they were not expecting such a massive turn out.

"We recorded all the things that need to change and have gone over our organization tactics," Dennard said, "but I am definitely proud of it as well as everyone else in EPP. This was our first event for the year, but with more planning time, our next events will top this and bring the excitement back to Howard."

lil_sunshine · #**442** 09-18-2003, 03:51 PM

I'M JUST HAPPY THAT THE DAYUM SHOW IS FINISHED!!!!!!! THEY ALL GOT ON MY LAST NERVE; SARA ALWAYS MAD AT CHOPPER, NESS ALWAYS FIGHTING WITH SOMEONE, BABS COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMETHING AND DYLAN JUST LOOKING OUT OF PLACE ALL THE TIME!! OH, AND ESPECIALLY FRED PLAYING IN HIS HAIR WITH ONE HAND WHILE THE OTHER HAND'S THUMB IS IN HIS MOUTH!!! CAN YOU SAY YUCKY AND IMMATURE?!?!?!?!?

CrimsonTide4 · #**443** 09-18-2003, 06:33 PM

OH I found out that it was Fred and Babs.

Gina1201 · #**444** 09-18-2003, 07:19 PM

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OH I found out that it was Fred and Babs.

That just sounds NASTY!!! YUCK!!!

Questions404 · #**445** 09-19-2003, 08:46 AM

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OH I found out that it was Fred and Babs.

That is the pits -- what happened to his girl that he was talking about during the show. While she is in Miami raising their child, he is in New York getting physical with a woman who looks like a man. That is horrible . . . a thumb-sucking hair-twirling man and a woman who is hard as a rock. No wonder they asked Babs more than once if she heard from Fred when he was still in Miami contemplating whether he was still going to be a member of the group. Why would anyone play with their careers like that? One false move and either one of them could have said that they refuse to work with the other.

FeeFee · #**446** 09-19-2003, 09:51 AM

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OH I found out that it was Fred and Babs.

Please, oh please don't ruin my appetite!!!!!!

Queencece · #**447** 09-19-2003, 10:32 AM

I thought it was Babs and Ness instead of Babs and Fred....which would have been the lesser of two evils so to speak.

Yuck!

Q

Eclipse · #**448** 09-24-2003, 11:52 AM

Da Band was in Atlanta last night on a promotional tour (meet and greet kinda thing with radio and other industy folks) and the people on the Frank Ski morning show talked about them BAD!

Not humble, seemed bored, not hungry enough, had it too easy, bad attitudes, etc. They dogged them out! They said everyone kinda acted like the event was beneath them and that they did not need to go out of their way to be nice to these people because hey, da Band is already successful

The only one they were somewhat positive about was Ness. They also said Sara was chilled, but seemed a little standoffish. The onese they spoke about the worst were Babs and Chopper. One person even said Chopper was acting like he was already a STAR!

It will be interesting to see what happens with them, especially when they realize they are making NO MONEY right now!

FeeFee · #**449** 09-24-2003, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by Eclipse
Da Band was in Atlanta last night on a promotional tour (meet and greet kinda thing with radio and other industy folks) and the people on the Frank Ski morning show talked about them BAD!

Not humble, seemed bored, not hungry enough, had it too easy, bad attitudes, etc. They dogged them out! They said everyone kinda acted like the event was beneath them and that they did not need to go out of their way to be nice to these people because hey, da Band is already successful The only one they were somewhat positive about was Ness. They also said Sara was chilled, but seemed a little standoffish. The onese they spoke about the worst were Babs and Chopper. One person even said Chopper was acting like he was already a STAR!

It will be interesting to see what happens with them, especially when they realize they are making NO MONEY right now!

They should'nt even be allowed to go on a promotional tour with their bad attitudes. Obviously they didn't take heed to P. Diddy's advice. I wonder how he feels about the group now??

RedefinedDiva · #**450** 09-24-2003, 10:06 PM

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One person even said Chopper was acting like he was already a STAR!

He has been acting like that since the first season.