PLEASURE P GETS READY FOR HIS “INTRODUCTION”;

Bluestar/Atlantic recording artist Pleasure P has announced early details of his hugely anticipated debut album, titled “THE INTRODUCTION OF MARCUS COOPER.” The collection – which features the hit singles, “Boyfriend #2” and “Did You Wrong” – will arrive in stores and at all digital retailers May 5th.

“Boyfriend #2” recently impacted at Urban and Rhythmic radio outlets nationwide. The single is shaping up as a major online sensation, having already drawn nearly 2.5 million streams on Pleasure P’s official MySpace page, located at www.myspace.com/pleasurepmyspace. The track’s companion video clip world premiered on MySpace Tuesday, January 27th.
The early success of “Boyfriend #2” follows Pleasure P’s smash debut single, “Did You Wrong,” which lit up the Rhythmic charts last fall. The track’s accompanying video – currently streaming at Pleasure P’s official website, http://www.pleasurepmusic.com/ -- proved a blockbuster introduction for the Miami-based singer, reaching the top 5 on BET’s 106 & Park countdown.

What’s more, Pleasure P – a.k.a. “The New Bad-Boy of R&B” – is featured on a new hip-hop hit, “Shone,” Poe Boy/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida’s urban single from his eagerly awaited sophomore album, “ROUTES OF OVERCOMING THE STRUGGLE.”

Pleasure P – who can be seen in the January/February issue of XXL – first attracted international attention as a member of Bluestar/Atlantic recording group Pretty Ricky. With “THE INTRODUCTION OF MARCUS COOPER,” the gifted singer/songwriter embarks on what is likely to be a stunning solo career. Full details – including a complete tracklisting and updated single/video information – will be revealed shortly

NOTORIOUS B.I.G. EXPLODES ONTO BILLBOARD 200

Bad Boy Records’

“NOTORIOUS:

MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE” has made a remarkable chart entry, arriving on the Billboard 200 at #4, with sales of 43,000 – the week’s top debut. What’s more, the musical companion to the blockbuster Fox Searchlight motion picture has arrived at #1 on the “Top Rap Albums” tally, and #2 on both the “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” and “Top Digital Albums” charts.NOTORIOUS has also proven a true cinematic event, grossing $23.4 million in its first four days in release. The film opened January 16thin 1,638 locations with the highest per screen of all films in release - $14,286.

“NOTORIOUS: MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE” features timeless Notorious B.I.G. classics like “Juicy” and “Hypnotize” alongside never-before-released demos and new tracks by some of hip-hop’s biggest stars, including Jay-Z and Jadakiss. The album is highlighted by the Kanye West-produced single, “Brooklyn Go Hard,” performed by Jay-Z and featuring Santogold. The track is currently a top 25 hit on Billboard’s “Hot Rap Tracks” chart. Furthermore, the soundtrack showcases an additional single/video, “Letter to B.I.G.” by Jadakiss (Feat. Faith Evans), as well as a new version of the Notorious B.I.G. milestone, “One More Chance/The Legacy (Remix),” featuring CJ Wallace and Faith Evans.At the heart of “NOTORIOUS: MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE” is the everlasting music of the Notorious B.I.G. Among the classics included on the collection are “Warning,” “One More Chance/Stay With Me Remix,” and “Kick In The Door.” The album is highlighted by a number of previously unreleased demos, including “Microphone Murderer” and “Guaranteed Raw,” as well as the Notorious B.I.G.’s first-ever officially released track, “Party and Bullsh**” (originally from the soundtrack to the 1993 film, Who’s The Man?).

“NOTORIOUS: MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE” has drawn extensive critical praise. “There are just a few great soundtracks out there,” noted the New York Post. “The music for A Clockwork Orange is one, and the record supporting The Big Chill is another. Add this rap record to that small list.” Newsday declared the album to be “a first-rate reminder of the greatness of the Notorious B.I.G.,” while the Baltimore Examiner called it “a must-have.” The Philadelphia Inquirer summed it up: “Anyone who needs to be clued in as to what made the Notorious B.I.G. a great rapper can get that schooling here.”A special edition of the album is available exclusively at Target stores nationwide. The two-disc set includes an all-new documentary DVD, Remembering Christopher Wallace, featuring exclusive, never-before-seen private interviews with the family members who carry on the Notorious B.I.G.’s memory, including his mother, daughter, and son.

NOTORIOUS charts the remarkable rise of Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace – who, in just a few short years, shot from the tough streets of Brooklyn to the heights of hip-hop legend. Peeling back his mythic image eleven years after his tragic death, NOTORIOUS reveals the tumultuous and all-too-brief journey of a blazingly talented, fiercely determined young man whose unforgettable rap stories of inner city street life, with their raw truth and vivid rhymes, became emblematic of a whole generation’s brutal reality and its dreams of escaping it for something bigger. Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Voletta Wallace Films/By Storm Films/State Street Pictures and Bad Boy Films production, NOTORIOUS, directed by George Tillman, Jr. (SOUL FOOD, MEN OF HONOR), from a script by Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker. Producers are Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace, former managers Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts, Robert Teitel and Trish Hofmann. Sean “P Diddy” Combs serves as the film’s Executive Producer, and George Paaswell is the co-producer.

NOTORIOUS stars Angela Bassett (ER, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns), Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher, Friday Night Lights, Miracle at St. Anna), Jamal Woodward in his motion picture debut as the Notorious B.I.G., and Anthony Mackie.