Puffy trys something new by doing an 80's Prince sound on "Special Feeling" and "Last Night" (with Keyshia Cole). The album's highlight, "Everything I Love", is produced by Kanye West, with Gnarls Barkley's Cee Lo's instantly recognizable vocals, and the always impressive Nas flowing like only he can. No one says it better than Diddy himself-Press Play is based on all my musical experiences - from the Uptown era, when I was working with Jodeci, Mary J. Stream songs including 'Testimonial (Intro)', 'We Gon Make It (feat.
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The militant "The Future" and eerie "Hold Up" are both excellent, mainly because there're written by Pharoahe Monch - who by the sounds of it also gave Diddy a step-by-step on how to impersonate a real rapper. Listen to Press Play by Diddy on Apple Music. Even Mr Diddy himself boasts that he cares more about writing cheques than rhymes, so we shouldn't be surprised that the results are so mediocre.īut, given the fact that he's bought in the best talent money can buy, there are still a few stand out tracks. And it would be, if Diddy wasn't 'rapping' on any of the tracks. With an array of fabulous artists and hot producers(including Christina Aguilera, Kanye West, Timbaland, Jamie Foxx, The Black Eyed Peas' Wil.i.am, OutKast's Big Boi, and Mary J Blige) 'Press Play' should be magnificent. He is the entrepreneur mogul of the Hip-Hop era goddamnit! And still he wants to give us more. Sean Combs is CEO of Bad Boy, he has the Sean John Clothing line, his own reality show, owns a restaurant and even has his own fragrance.