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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Press Pause, 22 Oct 2006
Diddy is one of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry, and like a true tycoon, he often gets other people to do stuff for him. This album is made by the guest artistes, and we're talking Christina Aguilera, Nicole Scherzinger, Big Boi, Ciara, Timbaland, Twista, Avant, Nas, Cee-Lo, Mario Winans, Brandy, Keyshia Cole, Mary J. Blige, and Jamie Foxx, among others.
Most of the tracks are co-written by the man himself, but you'll need to discount his sometimes uninspired rapping, where he's reminiscing about the Biggie/Tupac days or talking about himself, which he does a lot. It may me just me, but it sounds a little weird to be rapping about liking to hear children singing and thanking the Almighty while your lyrics are of the PA variety.
The better tracks are first single "Come to Me" with Nicole Scherzinger, second single "Tell Me" with Christina Aguilera, "Wanna Move" with Big Boi, Ciara and Scar, the fresh "Diddy Rock" with Timbaland, Twista and Shawna and the catchy "Special Feeling" which was produced by will.i.am. Try also "After Love" with Keri Hilson, produced by Timbaland and Danj NDZ.
With so many talented guests, there's hardly any room for Diddy at this party, and that ain't necessarily a bad thing.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice , 8 Dec 2006
Hmmmmm... First off I want to say that in the end this man brought us Biggie in manys opinion the best rapper ever, so to be fair to the man he has got his place in hip-hop history. He is also the richest man in hip-hop at $346 million, all of this was self made. So an album from him would definitely get some attention. Nowadays in the UK outside of hip hop circles Diddy is probably best known for the Making the band mtv show. For some odd reason neither Danity Kane (the end product of making the band) Cassie (me and u a huge hit) or Yung joc (number 3 American album) are on this. All 3 acts are signed to diddy's bad boy label and all 3 have produced a top 5 us album in the last year Danity Kane hitting number 1. right onto the album....
Straight out of the gate diddy himself admitted he had ghostwriters BUT he did write some stuff. Before you make fun of him as you're a hater remember some others that had ghostwriters Dr dre and easy E. I've got nothing against these artists (well dre is involved with the ja rule beef and i take Ja's side). still at least he admitted it so `ill give him that. the intro (testimonial) is amazing for an intro. its not a track just a beat with diddy doing some amazing lyrics over it. very good intro with reply value. We Gon' Make It is a typical club tune thats really quiet good. the sample was also used for Jigga's new tune " show me what you got" so i reckon someones losing their job. "i am" is a diss to 50 cent with the line "im richer b***h" nothing really exciting about it just that that line beats 50. 50 has taken on some of the best lyrically (Nas, Jadakiss( rest of D block) and Ja rule (your opinion may differ from mine here)) his main diss for all of them was " i sold more" which to any proper hip hop lover means nothing (Big L's yet to go gold) but to some it does. Diddy is the king of commerical. now what has 50 got to show for himself, everyone he disses is better in some way. I could talk (diss) 50 for ages but this is a diddy review so "I am" is an ok track and for any 50 fans reading "its murdaaa".
the future is quiet a boring track and very skipable. "Hold up" has great street style production. the children singing is really quiet haunting but at the beginning he says "i love it when children sing" so theres a court case in the future for him. its quiet good lyrically too. "come to me " you 'll have heard this, got to number 4 in the charts great club banger and thats about it. Next up "tell me" with Christina Aguilera. This track could be huge. I love it personally, Just blaze with amazing production and christina drops some amazing vocals. the rapping's also above par. this track could hit number one easily and bring both artists album sales up. best track I think and worth downloading as its probably the best commercial song of the year. The next two songs are average with nice beats good for background music but thats about it. skip the interlude to get to "everything I love" with Nas. club banger and its funny seeing Diddy trying to be Nas but Nas is great (Hip Hop is Dead.. the N out december 19th) with quality lyrics hopefully a good sign of things to come. The next track sounds like he stole it from Justin Timberlake. Skip it.
After a boring interlude at track 10 we hit the R&B crossover hits. the first one with Keri is very good (could be a hit) my favourite one in this section of the album. I believe Keri whoever she is could be big. "Through the pain" Mario Winans is very good i like to chill to it as its got a nice beat and rhymes. "Thought you said" with brandy could be a moderate hit. its quiet good but doesn't have that x factor. the album kind of dies until the end but some people may like some of it. Its good background music like most of the album due to its nice glossy commercial sound.
Overall its not a classic by any means. Its not lyrically brilliant or has outstanding brilliant production but it does what it says on the box. Its plays. with a sprinkle of Great tracks (8 of them and the intro) but only one ( tell me) will be played loads. I recommend it for a great commercial album and for background music. Diddy can still make hits. Nothing for a hip hop head to get worked up about its nothing special but it is better than most commercial trash out here (50, Nelly, most of the south) so buy it for a bit of a change. Puff should be respected because he survived the whole east west coast feud and is still relevant today. But Diddy why no Danity Kane in the UK they would be at least hit top ten maybe even number one and make them the international stars you always say they will be. I don't personally like them but they have talent and would help bad boy get to the top. Bad boy died with Big but they still have some power but anyway...
Nice cd check it out if you have a spare ten pounds its worth it but buy tell me anyway its quality.
R.I.P. The Notorious B.I.G.
Bad boy for life ( but dont release any more biggie stuff except maybe a greatest hits box set because we dont want Biggies legacy ruined like the way Pacs was ( he does more cds per year than most artist that are alive ))
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Puffy doin' his thing after 5 year hiatus..., 17 Oct 2006
After hearing this album, i must say that i had mixed feelings. The first half of the album seems to have the best tunes, whereas the latter part of the album sounds kinda boring. But, the reason i give it four stars is because i believe it has the potential to grow on me.
Stand out tracks are:
Come to Me
Testimonial
Tell Me
The Future
Everything I Love (Nas is blazin' on this track!)
Definetley worth a buy in my book, because of it's creativity.
Peace
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