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Artist: P.Diddy
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

14 reviews
Sales Rank: 8681

Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 075679357526
EAN: 0075679357526
ASIN: B000I0SGA8

Release Date: October 16, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Tracks:

•	Testimonial (Intro)
•	We Gon' Make It featuring Jack Knight
•	I Am (Interlude)
•	The Future
•	Come To Me featuring Nicole Scherzinger
•	Tell Me featuring Christina Aguilera
•	Wanna Move featuring Big Boi, Ciara and Scar
•	Diddy Rock featuring Timbaland, Twista and Shawnna
•	Claim My Place (Interlude)
•	Everything I Love featuring Nas and Cee-Lo
•	Special Feeling featuring Mika Lett
•	Crazy Thang (Interlude)
•	After Love featuring Keri
•	Through The Pain (She Told Me) featuring Mario Winans
•	Thought You Said featuring Brandy
•	Last Night featuring Keyshia Cole
•	Makin' It Hard featuring Mary J. Blige
•	Partners For Life featuring Jamie Fox

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Heralding yourself as "the man who provided more jobs for blacks than armed service" takes some sort of ego, but if IPress Play/I - the first album in five years from music business CEO turned rapper/producer Sean 'P Diddy' Combs - suggests he's as lacking in modesty as ever. But at least he's got the tunes to back it up. Forget the schmaltzy tone and sampled hooks of "I'll Be Missing You": IPress Play/I is a hip-hop album to the core, built on a sturdy foundation of punchy beats and blippy, retro-sounding electronics - Timbaland/Neptunes-inspired, but by no means copyism. An impressive line-up of guests are deployed wisely: there's blink-and-you'll-miss-'em cameos from Outkast's Big Boi ("Wanna Move"), Nas and Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo ("Everything I Love"), Timbaland and Twista (the edgy, downbeat "Diddy Rock") - and even Christina Aguilera, who sounds anything but the pop puppet atop the body-rocking beats of "Tell Me". What's more, Diddy can really rap now - perhaps in part thanks to his decision to hire a team of ghostwriters ("The Future", in particular, bears the unmistakable influence of Pharaohe Monch). There's weak moments - the jazz-funk tinged "Special Feeling" is the sort of honeyed crooner Justin Timberlake could pull off, but Diddy struggles with. All the same, this is an album that'll please fans and surprise naysayers. i--Louis Pattison/i

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Maybe half a dozen great tracks November 18, 2006
zithobile (London)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Everything said about P Diddy's rapping is true. But this CD has maybe half a dozen great tracks. The guests dominate and several do their best work of the year on this CD. Which I guess must mean that P Diddy is pretty good at something.

5 out of 5 stars

The Future of RB/Hip-Pop December 1, 2008
LT Twalo (Johannesburg, South Africa)
A lot has been said about how Diddy put together the best producers/ best rhymers/ best guests together in order to make an album for him and he just came in to do the vocals and put his name on the cover. br / br /Anyway when I got the album the 1st thing I checked was the credits only to learn that out of 19 tracks only 5 were produced by the so called "A list" producers. br /1 beat from Timbaland - Beats/muscles on steroids br /1 beat from Just Blaze - This is what I do br /1 beat from The Neptunes - We're not done yet br /1 beat from Rich Harrison - Mr Rich Harrison to you br /1 beat from Kanye West - When have you ever known me to lose br / br /The rest of the album is helmed by a solid (but definitely not superstar) group of producers who are perhaps one hit away from making the above list. The most high profile of these "B list" producers is Havoc who has been outshined by his protege Alchemist of late. Havoc outdoes himself on "The Future" (my favourite track) He restores my faith in him by expanding his sound while staying true to his roots. Danja who is definitely next in line is behind another favourite "Diddy Rock" and the hot "Wanna Move." The other producer who features prominently on the CD is one of Diddy's own hitmen, Mario Winans. br / br /So no Scott Storch, no Dr Dre, no Cool Dre, no Swizz Beatz, no DJ Toomp. C'mon people.... br /OK he did get some of the best people in the industry to guest on his album and a lot of them are better than him. Diddy gets criticised for it while Hi-Tek is praised for it on Hi-Teknology 2. J Dilla is praised (R.I.P) for it on The Shining while Diddy is crucified for it. OK he doesn't write his own rhymes but Dr. Dre doesn't neither. At least (like Dre) he is not afraid to admit it. br / br /All the politics aside the music is the real reason why you need to check for this album. br / br /The album opens with a typical Bad Boy piano loop (See Forever). On here Diddy kicks his hottest verse since "Victory" on No Way Out. br / br /"We Gon' Make It" follows with horns that must have Jay-Z kicking himself for not having plotted his return earlier and scooped this K-Def beat (Watch out Just Blaze). Diddy does not slouch on the mic either, doing his best Jigga impression with swagger filled but poignant rhymes. br / br /Tell Me who shot Big?/ br /And take the bullets out of 2pac's ribs/ br /If I could I would reverse the car, reverse the beat/ br /Put it on a pot and pour it over a D-Dot beat/ br /Sometimes I get Drunk for stress relief/ br /Sometimes I put Life After Death on repeat (we ride)/ br /Whats a 4 door Bentley coup without my nigga on passenger the side?/ br /And still I try/ br /To get money stay fly, finish the race holding my crown high/ br /I fly next to God my eyes on the prize/ br /Been away a long time but now I'm re-energized/ br /The life and times of a mastermind/ br /Dedicate every breath to claim my design/ br /And the day I die/ br /Let a G4 fly and dump my ashes over NY/ br / br /After another punchline littered, Jay-Z reminiscent verse (If Jay is coming back then the world needs Puff) over some more horns, this time courtesy of the Hitmen on "I Am", the dark phase of the album begins. This is also the Pharaoh Monch phase of the album. br / br /"The Future" is easily the best song on the album with its driving beat and rapid fire/staccato lyrics. The imagery so vivid as Diddy describes his vision of the future and his part in it (The potential to be the first black president). "Hold Up" continues the onslaught with its soldier drums and Angela Hunte on the hook. Havoc hasn't sounded this fresh in a minute. br / br /The mood lifts again as the 1st single "Come To Me" rolls in, followed by the Christina Aguilera feature on "Tell Me," another definite party starter. But the highlight of this phase (party/club) of the album is definitely "Diddy Rock" featuring long-time Bad Boy collaborator Twista alongside Timbaland and Shawnna whose energy steals the show. br / br /Kanye West puts his stamp on "Everything I Love" which has a typical Kanye 'Late Registration' West beat only at twice the speed and has Diddy straining to keep up at times, but Nas rides it like a pro. At this point the album goes on RB mode where Diddy reveals his vision of the future of music. br / br /The Brandy assisted "Thought You Said" and the Keyshia Cole helmed "Last Night" are the best examples of this new sound. Up-tempo with a slow groove, that place where RB meets Pop and House. The latter even lifting from the old Prince. On "After Love" Timbaland shows Diddy that he is the one who has been leading this revolution in music with JT and Nelly Furtado. However Diddy does not quite do the beat justice. Diddy does better on the Rich Harrison master cut, "Making It Hard" br / br /Whether you agree with this review or not one thing that no one can deny is that Diddy has created an album which sounds like nothing else that's sitting on the shelves. No gats, no drug tales, no eagles dropping or shoulders leaning, no snapping, no speeches on how black people should be living, no lessons on what real hip-hop should sound like, no daddy left me or I miss my dogs so pour out a little liquor. Just that pure, high energy, lets have a good time music. In my mind this is what Hip-Pop should sound like. The album is eclectic but not in the sense that we are used to. This is not Mos Def, Wyclef Jean or even Kanye West, Diddy blends Hip-Hop, RB, Dance/Electronica to create an album that can only be described as the future of RB/Hip-Pop

5 out of 5 stars

Surprisingly good November 18, 2007
Mr. J. Hanly (South Wales, UK)
When i bought this album, i didn't expect much. Its Diddy, not a great lyricist but i thought it was worth a shot with all the guest appearances he has on the album. But clearly i made the right choice, because almost every song is a great hit. br / Stand out tracks are Wanna Move, Thought you said, Tell me, Come to Me, Last Night, Everything i Love, Diddy Rock and Special Feeling. The rest are great tracks and some are memorable beats taken from various places similar to how Kanye West re-produced the beat for Touch the sky. Timbaland's beat on Diddy rock is fantastic. br /

4 out of 5 stars

Press Pause October 22, 2006
Amanda Richards (ECD, Guyana)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful

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. br / br /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. br / br /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. br / br /With so many talented guests, there's hardly any room for Diddy at this party, and that ain't necessarily a bad thing. br /

4 out of 5 stars

Puffy doin' his thing after 5 year hiatus... October 17, 2006
FERGUS (London, England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

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. br / br /Stand out tracks are: br / br /Come to Me br /Testimonial br /Tell Me br /The Future br /Everything I Love (Nas is blazin' on this track!) br / br /Definetley worth a buy in my book, because of it's creativity. br / br /Peace

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