DX: Address the critics that say Bad Boy has gotten away from real Hip Hop with artists like Danity Kane and the new solo artist Donny…
CD: What is that? Man! We’re a record company. What record company just wants to stay in one genre of music. It doesn’t make sense financially. It doesn’t make sense to limit yourself in terms of what kind of music you’re going to put out and what type of artist you’re going to sign. We gotta spread our wings and really grow as a company…which we’ve been doing.

DX: How have independent labels affected life at a major like Bad Boy?
CD: I don’t think it has affected Bad Boy per se. I think it’s a good thing for an artist to have the option of going with a major or going indie.  There’s pros and cons for both of those types of choices. What’s cool in the music business, about Hip Hop in general, is that Hip Hop started with the smaller labels, so depending on what the artist needs and what he wants to get out of it will determine whether he wants to be at a major or do the indie thing.

DX: What is the overall role of sites like Myspace and Pmpworldwide.com in the big scheme of things? Is the internet game as really as crucial as it sounds?
CD: Absolutely.  The internet is something that we have to embrace.  I think sites like Myspace give artists a great place to promote themselves, it’s a great thing.  A site like Pmpworldwide for producers for me it makes my job a lot easier to be able to reach out to producers from all over the world-  hot producers that weren’t on my radar before. Also, it makes my life easier. I can just get up in the morning at my crib and log on to Myspace and check out some artists and log on to PMP and check out some producers and go through beats at home. It’s very convenient. It cuts down on the amount of meetings I have to take. There are a lot of well-established producers on there as well, and it’s a great solution for finding them.