Considering the movies come out this Friday, I’m assuming this is one of the last of many viral video diaries that the producers of Notorious put together dating back to mid 2008. The strategy seems to have worked as every hip-hop and urban blog has consistently posted them. But will it get people into the theaters? We will find out this Friday! This one is about actress Angela Bassett who plays Biggies’ mom, Voletta Wallace.

The internet be crawlin with pics of the Notorious movie premiere which screened on Wed. night in NY. Meanwhile, execs from Target of all places were putting the finishing touches on a deal with Bad Boy and Atlantic Records to release an exclusive version of the movie soundtrack.

According to Billboard, the Target exclusive CD will be a double disc set that includes “Notorious: Music From And Inspired by the Original Motion Picture” (Bad Boy Records) and the exclusive documentary, “Remembering Christopher Wallace,” that is not included on the standard edition. The documentary features interviews with B.I.G.’s mother, daughter and son. The album will be in stores next Tuesday while the movie opens on Fri. the 16th.

Jamal Woolard AKA Gravy talked to Sohh.com about preparing for his very large role as the Notorious B.I.G. in the upcoming biopic Notorious. Similar to B.I.G., Gravy also grew up as a New York M.C. and was known for his “large” stature. Regardless of the body-type similarities, Gravy had to undergo rigorous training at the “B.I.G. Bootcamp” where he was Continue Reading…

This movie is just around the corner. We been covering this for what seems like over a year now. Here are two new video diary pieces from the movie which were directly given to us by Fox Searchlight. First video is about the Junior M.A.F.I.A. and their role in the movie and the second is about the famed Hammerstein Ballroom show that they recreated for the movie. This Hammerstein clip was also used as an MTV online Sneak Peek. Movie comes out 1/16/09.

Bad Boy Records and 20th Century Fox have just announced the official track listing to the Notorious soundtrack which Diddy has been personally supervising. The soundtrack is a collaboration with Bad Boy, their distributor Atlantic Records and 20th Century Fox Music.

TRACKLISTING:

1. “Notorious Thugs” (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)

2. “Hypnotize”

3. “Notorious”

4. “Juicy”

5. “Party & Bullsh–”

6. “Warning”

7. “One More Chance” remix (featuring Faith Evans)

8. “Brooklyn Go Hard” (Jay-Z featuring Santogold)

9. “Letter to B.I.G.” (Jadakiss featuring Faith Evans)

10. “Kick in the Door”

11. “What’s Beef”

12. “World Is Filled”

13. “One More Chance” (featuring CJ)

14. “The Notorious Theme” (composed by Danny Elfman)

15. “Microphone Murderer” (previously unreleased demo)

16. “Guaranteed Raw” (previously unreleased demo)

17. “Love No Ho” (previously unreleased demo)

Bad Boy Records will be dropping the official soundtrack to the upcoming movie Notorious. No word yet on the track listings but you can already check out the art and get info from Amazon. Album is set to drop January 13, 2009. The official album cover art shown here is taken from the new poster.

Fox Searchlight has just released the official movie poster to the upcoming biopic Notorious which comes out in theaters January 16th. Searchlight held a survey for faithful NahRight readers back in September. Here is a look at the other potentials they were deciding between before coming to this final decision. What do you guys think of the art?

The newest episode of the Notorious movie blogs is all about the choreography and making sure the actors knew how to stand, rap, dance and break it down on stage just like the real B.I.G., Diddy, Lil Kim, etc.