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Classic Diddy Joint! Rest in Peace Black Rob!!

It's bad boy for life even in 2020

For years now, Puff has been telling us all that Bad Boy "can't stop", "wont stop" and that they "don't even know how to stop." On the title track of P Diddy and the Family's newest album, "The Saga Continues", Puff switches it up a little and says, "There's certain things in live that you can stop, and there's certain things in life that can't be stopped." A fitting intro to the CD, being that the sample off the track is also used by the Chicago Bulls upon their entrance onto the basketball court.Although "The Saga Continues" was supposed to be a Bad Boy compilation rather then a Puff solo, Puff fills the album with in-house guest spots in an effort to really give everyone a taste of what's to come. The stars of the album are the usual suspects, Black Rob, G-Dep, and Mark Curry. But many newcomers also make their presence felt, such as former Harlem World member Loon, Bristal, the Hoodfellaz, and Kain, Puff's Caucasian prodigy. While some may wonder who all these new guys are, don't worry; you'll know who they all are soon enough.For anyone left doubting of G-Dep's skill, the album features a great number of guest appearances from Dep, including one of only three solo tracks. On "Child of the Ghetto", also the name of Dep's upcoming opus, Dep laces an eerie violin beat courtesy of Coptic, with grimy descriptions of ghetto life on the streets of Harlem. Of course, there's also the sonic hit "Lets Get It" along with "Blast Off" which also features Mark Curry and Loon. Nearly every track that G-Dep appears on is tight, which hopefully will reflect his upcoming solo album.Aside from Dep, the other neophytes assure their roles in the game and shine in their own right. Mark Curry and his husky voice provide the finale verse on the current single "Bad Boy 4 Life", and he also appears on the album finale "The Last Song". Over a hype mechanical beat, Curry claims he's"...the official bona fide, tested and tried, I get in like cancer and work from the inside..." Even the white rapper trend is taken to another level by Puff. On the g-funkish "Lonely", Kain spits "Come on Mya ride it with me, leave the lame respect the game, when you hangin on my arm you expect the same, an ecstasy when you sex the Kain, I only link with the wealthiest and only cop jewels if it drops Celsius..." Recently incarcerated Shyne however, is nowhere to be found on the album. That's probably the most disappointing element of the entire album.There are a few appearances by outsiders, such as Kokane on "Lonely" and Eightball & MJG on "Roll With Me". The R & B element is kept pretty much to a minimum, with a few appearances by upstart Cheri Dennis, and of course the beautiful "Can't Believe" by Carl Thomas and Faith. The typical Hitmen producers aren't as prominent on this cd either, focusing more on works by Yogi and Mario "Yellow Man" Winans. Not to say that these aren't welcome changes, both Yogi and Yellow Man produce some of the albums best tracks. There's also a few notable others, such as the aforementioned Coptic, Bink on "The Last Song", Buckwild on the Cheri Dennis solo "So Complete", and "producers of the moment" the Neptunes on possibly the albums worst song, "Diddy".Overall, if this is what is to be expected from Bad Boy in the future, then Puff can rest assured that he'll be riding the top for a long while. His production, r & b, and lyrical squads are unparalleled by any other label. Hopefully Puff will keep the boys busy in the studio and we'll be enjoying a plethora of new material well into the new millennium. Stay up Shyne, we miss you.

It's really good

The problem, the thing that can't be disguised by increased ongoing success, any number of outrageous PR stunts or changes of moniker, is simple. P Diddy, or Puff Daddy, or Sean "Puffy" Combs, is as many things to as many people as anyone who needs that many names ought to be. But the one thing he ain't is a rapper.Of course, Combs knows this. Certainly, anyone with his track record as an auteur in as competitive an environment as rap and R&B music can't be ignorant of the truth. His genius is not as a lyricist, and he isn't a stylist about to revolutionise the rap game with a new flow or a voice of depth and resonance. What he is good at, has always been good at, is being a musical window-dresser. Puffy takes things that other people make - beats, raps, songs, choruses, whatever - puts the makers in new poses and fresh clothes, and provides them with a globe-sized stretch of double glazed store front in which to impress anyone who happens to pass by.So this third album by Puffy The Artist is, as were its predecessors, a bunch of tracks on which he features alongside others better able to carry them off. But, also like both 'Forever' and, to a greater extent, the excellent 'No Way Out' before it, 'The Saga Continues' is as clever, as crafty and as sussed a slice of mainstream hip hop as you'll hear in a while. OK, so it's not as peerless as Jay-Z's barnstorming current opus. But neither is it as self-serving or self-consciously hip as many of the latest lauded offerings from hip hop's increasingly irrelevant margins.There are moments where Puffy stars - such as the point during 'On Top' where he reminds us he's "Still the same cat who put that Flava In Ya Ears / Most-wanted successful rap mogul", and the knowing confession of the brilliant 'Bad Boy For Life' single where he shouts "Don't' worry if I write rhymes, I write cheques". But for the most part, he's happy again to let the extended Bay Boy family and sundry others strut their stuff - and in the process he's caused the creation of another record that will delight his fans, annoy his detractors and pick up sufficient floating voters from the remaining middle ground so as to shift the platinum numbers he's used to.He still can't rap though.

I like p diddy music alot