A week after Lil’ Kim vocalized her dissatisfaction over the forthcoming Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious, the women she attacked have responded to her comments.

Both Faith Evans and Naturi Naughton responded in shock to the Brooklyn rapper’s harsh words, which Evans, for one, has said were unfounded.

In an exclusive interview at the film’s New York City premiere on Wednesday (November 7), Naughton told AllHipHop.com that she was as surprised as any one else to hear that Kim was unhappy with her on-screen representation.

“I hope that when she sees it, she enjoys it,” said the 24-year-old former 3LW singer. “I really put my heart and soul into it, so I hope that her opinion isn’t affected by my performance. Because I wanted to bring her to life in a very real way, as best as I could. I try not to get distracted because people will like it and some people won’t. What can I say.”

Early last week, Kim stated that she had no intention on supporting the film, adding that she was outraged by the film and disappointed in Faith and Biggie’s mom Voletta Wallace for their involvement.

At issue primarily seems to be the negative depiction of her relationship with the slain rapper. “I was not involved in the movie,” she told Hip Hop Weekly. “[The filmmakers] never came and asked me anything about Biggie. But again, this was Faith and Ms. Wallace’s movie.”

Evans, whose 11-year-old son Christopher “CJ” Wallace, Jr. makes his acting debut as his father in the film, maintains that each person portrayed in the film had to authorize the use of their life’s rights in the film.

“I don’t think I would have signed anything had I felt I was not portrayed properly,” the former Mrs. Wallace told MTV in an interview Thursday (January 8). “I think she had the opportunity to do that. I could be mistaken. I wasn’t there.”

As for the final representation of Kim’s affair with B.I.G., Evans pointed out that in compiling information for the biography Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G., on which Notorious is based, writer Cheo Hedari Cocker must have heard enough similar accounts from others to write what he wrote.

In related news, in an interview apparently conducted before the Lil’ Kim interview surfaced, Ms. Wallace expressed her desire to speak with the woman with whom she has remained at odds since her son’s murder in 1997.

“I saw a side of my son that I heard of but I haven’t accepted,” Ms. Wallace told Essence Magazine of her reaction to the film. “I’m angered by certain things, disappointed and shocked. So this film taught me tolerance and to be less critical. I would love to speak to Lil’ Kim, because I need to ask more about this love relationship because I really didn’t like the way he treated her and I’m praying that that’s not it. Only she can answer those questions. She’s a sweet girl and I didn’t think she deserved to be treated the way he treated her, if that’s the case.”

Notorious hits theaters next Friday (January 16) starring Angela Bassett as Ms. Wallace and Antonique Smith as Faith, alongside Naughton’s Lil’ Kim.

Jamal “Gravy” Woodard plays the adult Notorious B.I.G.

Koch Records has announced that Harlem, New York rapper Jim Jones has joined the company’s executive staff, as Vice President of Urban A&R.

Jones will be responsible for signing and developing new talent for the Urban Division of Koch Records, which is the #1 independent record label in the United States.

“It feels good to know that the hard work has been recognized by the same people that have helped me get to this point in my career,” Jones told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “They recognize that I’m not only an artist but a person that can smell talent and be able to mold a superstar.”

Jim Jones’ solo albums On My Way to Church (2004), Harlem: Diary of a Summer (2005) and Hustler’s P.O.M.E. (2006) were all released via Koch Records.

Hustler’s P.O.M.E. contained Jones’ massive hit single “We Fly High (Ballin’).”

According to Alan Grunblatt, General Manager for Koch, Jones’ successes as a recording artist have helped put the label “on the map.”

“He truly knows what it takes to make a hit record. I am thrilled to be working with him for many years to come,” Grunblatt said.

The first release under Jones’ tenure with Koch will be the debut album by Juelz Santana’s new group, Skull Gang, which is due in stores February 24.

New singles from the album, “Body Like Mazi” and “Rock Starr” featuring Lil Wayne and Starr are scheduled to impact radio in the coming weeks.

Juelz Santana is also working on a new studio album that will be released in late 2009.

A new Hip-Hop themed series is coming to E! Entertainment titled Candy Girls, which will focus on women in rap music videos.

The 30-minute show, which is labeled a “docu-soap,” centers around aspiring and established female actresses who work for an agency, which casts the potential models in the videos.

E! ordered eight episodes of Candy Girls, which will air Sunday nights at 10:30 PM, immediately following the premiere of the third season of “Keeping up with the Kardashians.”

“In order to reach the career pinnacle of appearing in ‘A-list’ music videos and gain access to the world of superstars, private jets and exclusive parties, you need to be able to play the game as well as you look,” said E! in a press release about the series. “Musicians need to live their image and that includes surrounding themselves with the beautiful women who are so often featured in their videos at all times. However, like runway models, these women know they need to get in early and make their money fast before time takes away the looks that make them so successful.”

Candy Girls is executive produced by Leah Landon, Troy Carter and Jason Carbone, while Good Clean Fn and Coalition Media are producing the series.

Atlanta rapper T.I. has settled the matter of an overdue lawyer’s bill for the mother of his sons, in compliance with a Fulton County judge’s ruling. The 28-year-old star appeared visibly bothered by the situation while testifying in an Atlanta court room Tuesday (January 6). He told the judge that his failure to pay the $8,000 in legal fees in November as previously ordered was an oversight, explaining that the order to pay was lost when he changed assistants. The payment is part of an ongoing child support case between T.I., born Clifford Harris, and LaShon Dixon, the mother of his eight and seven-year-old sons.

The Beastie Boys have confirmed via their official website the reissue of one of Hip-Hop’s greatest and most creative albums in Paul’s Boutique.

Initially received as a commercial disappointment in 1989, Paul’s Boutique went on to amass a strong following due to the Dust Brother’s prodigious and intricate sampling techniques, and the savvy, pop culture heavy lyrics of the Beasties.

Ten years after its release, the album was certified double platinum.

The LP remains a masterpiece in the art of sampling, and due to the progression of clearance laws will likely never be duplicated.

The project preceded the genre altering copyright lawsuit of singer Gilbert O’Sullivan (Grand Upright Music) vs. Biz Markie (Warner Bros. Records).

Sullivan’s winning judgment required all Hip-Hop artists afterward to pay clearance fees and relinquish song publishing rights for samples, effectively diminishing Hip-Hop tracks featuring more than 2 samples.

Paul’s Boutique boasts over 100 samples throughout its 15 tracks.

The memorable final song, “B-Boy Bouillabaisse,” is a 9 section suite consisting of over 20 samples ranging from Bob Marley and Pink Floyd to Johnny Cash and Jimi Hendrix.

Jay-Z and producer Bigg D used “B-Boy Bouillabaisse” as the backbone for “Hello Brooklyn 2.0,” the bass-heavy, Lil Wayne assisted track off of 2007’s American Gangster.

Although Amazon lists the reissue for January 27, the Beastie Boys have not confirmed the release date, or what bonuses the reissue will contain.

The remastering of Paul Boutique’s will coincide with the album’s 20th anniversary.