Pair Of Hip-Hop Titles Back On Release Schedule

Two months ago, we told you about three major hip-hop titles that had been temporarily shelved for various reasons. Two of those titles have now found their way back onto the December release schedule.

Troubled rapper T.I.’s new album No Mercy is now set for a December 7th street date. Formerly titled King Uncaged, No Mercy includes the single "Get Back Up", which features a guest spot from R&B singer Chris Brown. The album is poised to be one of the top hip-hop releases of 2010.

After lighting up the stage at the American Music Awards, Diddy’s side project Diddy-Dirty Money will release Last Train to Paris, their debut album, on December 14th. Once set to release back in June, Diddy was recently quoted as saying that he was aiming for a December street date—and we’re glad he was able to come through.

As proven previously, the titles’ street dates are subject to change.

Because all orders on these titles were canceled in September, we want to remind libraries to make sure they reorder today!

T.I., Diddy-Dirty Money, Young Jeezy releases shelved

Three hotly anticipated hip-hop releases have been shelved—at least temporarily—by their respective record labels.

King Uncaged, deemed rapper T.I.’s comeback album after his release from prison earlier this year, has been put on hold and will not be released on September 28th as previously announced. According to the Rap-Up website, T.I. will be spending some time promoting his new film Takers before heading back into the studio to record some new material for his oft-delayed release¹. No future release date has been set at this time.

In addition, another hip-hop-star-turned-actor has had trouble meeting scheduled release dates. Diddy’s project, Diddy-Dirty Money, originally announced their debut album, Last Train to Paris, back in May. Several months and multiple street date changes (the most recent being September 21st) later, there is still no official date set for the album’s release. Diddy, however, was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal blog, saying that the album would be out in December “God willing”².

Also, we have received word from Universal Music that Young Jeezy’s forthcoming release, TM 103, has been delayed indefinitely. Originally slated for a September 28th release, Jeezy recently told Billboard that the album would be his “best” album yet³.

As a result of these changes, Midwest Tape will cancel all orders for King Uncaged, Last Train to Paris, and TM 103. Be sure to check back at www.midwesttapes.com for updated release information on these three titles if and when it becomes available.

¹http://www.rap-up.com/2010/08/17/ti-delays-king-uncaged-again/

²http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/09/10/fashion%E2%80%99s-night-out-diddy-and-anna-wintour-hug-it-out/

³http://www.billboard.com/news/jeezy-sets-tm103-release-date-calls-it-his-1004105091.story#/news/jeezy-sets-tm103-release-date-calls-it-his-1004105091.story