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| by kenn on 7/24/2005 08:31:00 PM |
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Jay Z Signs Charlie Baltimore
Source:GHOST (http://jayzdefjam.blogspot.com/)
Charli Baltimore visited Angie Martinez today where she officially announced that she is no longer in any type of contractual obligations with Irv Gotti & Ja Rule, members of The Inc record label that used to be the rappers home. Charli, 29, has re-signed directly with Def Jam recordings however, after Jay-Z was appointed president. Jay-Z, 36, and Baltimore go back to her modeling days before she became a rap star. Jay, Charli, the late Notorious B.I.G. & Lil' Cease were set to form a rap group known as the Comission. After B.I.G.'s death, the group took a hiatus before going into record the remainder of the album, however after an altercation between Jay-Z & the executive producer of the project Lance "Un" Rivera sparked an attempted murder & assault charge, the project was indefinetly put on hold. Baltimore & Lil' Cease (a member of Junior M.A.F.I.A. that also included rap superstar Lil Kim) chose to pledge their loyalty to Jay, which meant Charli's album was indefinetly shelved (seeing as she was co-signed to Rivera's Untertainment label) and Cease began work on a solo record, The Wonderful World of Cease-a-Leo: A Long Time Coming, which was released in 1999 to poor reception from critics & fans.
Jay-Z introduced Baltimore to rap producer Irv Gotti who was immediatley impressed by the rapper's natural ability. Baltimore was signed to Murder Inc records, and appeared on chart topping hits alongside rapper Ja Rule & singer Ashanti. Major press coverage & promotion followed on Charli's album The Diary, but after conflicts over album's material and budget, Charli decided not to sacrifice her pride in order to meet industry standards. Jay however was not willing to let Charli go that easily, she was signed to a one album contract, with the possibility of a second depending on her debut's impact. This will be her third debut, counting 1999's Cold as Ice & 2003's The Diary which were never released.
Baltimore announced today on the Angie Martinez show on New York's Hot 97 that she is in the studio tweaking tracks from both albums and recording new material as well. A first single is going to be recorded next week. Collaborations are to include Pink, Bobby Valentino, Ghostface Killah, Cassidy & Jay-Z himself. Until then, Baltimore can be found hosting the new DJ KaySlay mixtape where she also supplies some of her newest material in years, a freestyle & a "hype track" entitled "Not that Easy".
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