Making the Band 2

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Making the Band 2: Diddy Delivers, by Sting7: A week after their album, Too Hot For TV is released, Da Band makes a big splash on the Billboard Charts. Good news for Bad Boy, but the joy may be temporary as the rumor mill buzzes and dark clouds swirl around money and members!

Making the Band 2 Finale: No More Drama... For Awhile, by Sting7: Those trappings of success! Fan adulation, autographs, industry buzz, and big fat checks! But someone is having trouble with all this fame so fast, and wants to retire! How will it end for Sara, Ness, Dylan, Chopper, Babs, and Fredd?

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 12: Pay Me Now or See You Later!, by Sting7: It seems we've endured the personal plights of all the bandmates – down to the never-ending struggle of Babs vs. her weaves. What else could happen? As the deadline looms and Diddy is in t-crossing stage. There is a still one problem. The biggest one. Money. Chopper wants his. Now!

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 11: Dylan Rhymes with Gone, by Sting7: For all the misbehaving Da Band has done, Dylan is pushing the envelope further than ever. Even his bandmates know his days are numbered. Is it possible that Dylan really doesn’t know how short his rope is? Can he turn things around before the axe falls?

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 10: Same Ol’ Chopper!, by Sting7: The band, Da Band, survived the Ness-Fredd Wars just in time for a new war to brew! Diddy is putting the finishing touches on the single and the band still can’t get along! Will Chopper send Sara completely over the edge?

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 9: Dumb and Dumber, by Sting7: The band has convinced Diddy they are ready to work. This is the last chance! The pressure is on and tempers are flaring... and fists are flying! Will Fredd and Ness continue to be in the band after Diddy finds out?

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 8: Mysterious Tactics, by Sting7: Diddy is fed up and is fully prepared to dump the band! Diddy has made alternative plans already! The band has to put in a lot of work to get back in his good graces... if Fredd can stay awake long enough.

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 7: Put Your Mind Right!, by Sting7: The band’s lack of production (and effort) has sent Diddy over the edge. He’s been disrespected for the last time. The consequences could be dire, and the results could be downright... mysterious. Will Babs’ and Dylan's constant battling cost them their spots?

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 6: Why Deny the Problem Child?, by Sting7: The band gets the opportunity to work with Grammy-winning performer and producer Wyclef Jean! But, life in the studio proves to be tougher than any of them imagined. Will they crack under the pressure of the looming album deadline?

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 5: Discovering Sara, by Sting7: When the band routinely descends to juvenile behavior, Sara looks like she'd rather be at home with her kids. With two weeks to make a single, the pressure is starting to get to her. Farnsworth, quite the fashion plate, gives her a perfumed shoulder.

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 4: School o’ Hard Knocks, by Sting7: The desire to get to work has descended to fists of fury as the pressure of producing an album to P Diddy's satisfaction explodes! In the midst of all the battles, Bad Boy executive Harve Pierre begins to wonder if they are wasting their time!

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 3: If the Butler Can Do It…, by Sting7: Time to go to work! The hazing is over, and serious part has begun. The band gets a butler (sort of), and realize that ghetto fabulous (style or attitude) is not quite what P Diddy had in mind for his brand new band. Dylan and Babs get some rough criticism!

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 2: This Ain’t the Backstreet Boys, by Sting7: P Diddy is making a point. Hip-hop is about struggle. In his estimation, his newly created band came back to work with a little too much attitude, and a little too little appreciation. So he has to mash them. Can Ness and Chopper survive long enough to reap the benefits?

Making the Band 2, Season 2, Episode 1: No Cheesecake ‘Til Brooklyn, by Sting7: The band is back and ready to get to work! Not so fast. P Diddy still thinks they need to be initiated and hazed awhile first. Brooklyn-born tough girls Babs is not the first to be outraged.

Making the Band 2, Season 2 Jumpoff: Band Practice, by Sting7: Once upon time, there lived a tyrant named P Diddy, who gathered hopefuls to make a band. The band was made, but that is only half the story. We get a refresher of last season, as well as a preview of the new season. The way the lives of the principals have changed is amazing. You could even say... mysterious.

Making the Band 2, the Finale: Meet the Band!, by Sting7: The time has come for Bad Boy's latest act to be unveiled! What effect will Chopper's juvenile behavior, Mina's ball-dropping, the return of Babs (and yet another previously dismissed contestant), and Mysterious' (at right) secret desire for a solo career, have on the final result?

Making the Band 2, Episode 9: The Beast Is Back!, by Sting7: Eight days away from the final cut! The Bad Boy staff turn up the heat on the remaining hopefuls. What effect will a grueling rap-off and the surprise return of a previously cut contestant have on the final roster? The road to fame and fortune just got bumpier for Mina (at right)!

Making the Band 2, Episode 8: Cuts, Permanent and Otherwise, by Sting7: P Diddy has admitted he is having a hard time cutting anyone. He's been hoping that the contestants' behavior decide for him. His wish comes true! Four people will go, and it's probably not who you're expecting!

Making the Band 2, Episode 7: The Rest of Your Life… and Death, by Sting7: Pocahantas is gone because she was unprofessional. Bad Boy does not tolerate bad behavior! Could this the needed wake-up call for Chopper to straighten up his act, or will it take a shocking event that shakes the House that Diddy Built to its core?

Making the Band 2, Episode 6: Devils Don’t Cry, by Sting7: Put sixteen stressed, tired, and aggravated wannabe superstars in one house and what do you get? Arguments, expletives, racial slurs, disciplinary action, and a crying rapper! What in the world could make Jamie Huy look so bad?

Making the Band 2, Episode 5: The Diddy Decision, by Sting7: After two open calls, dance lessons, public performances, trips to the track, and for one contestant, to the hospital, the 30 semi-finalists have been reduced to 12. Or is it 15? Harve Pierre and Alison Stanley assist P Diddy in Making the Band 2.

Making the Band 2, Episode 4: Determination in Mysterious Ways, by Sting7: Everybody knows that a good band has to have members who have, um, gone through boot camp. Wait… Well, that's what P Diddy wants, and what His Royal Highness wants, His Royal Highness gets. Unfortunately, one contestant has to be taken away in an ambulance, while another gets ripped for saying a bad word that P Diddy uses all the time.

Making the Band 2, Catching Up to Episode 3, by Sting7: You might think that Making the Band 2 is about, well, making a band. You’d be wrong. It’s about Sean “P Diddy” Combs making a band, and don’t you forget it. He has a problem with the contestants he’s gotten, and the MTV folks end up on a side of the camera they didn’t expect. Let’s see if he can find somebody worthy of his time.

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