Is anyone anticipating the new Diddy album?

"last nite pt 2" bonus track is great

http://hulkshare.com/475jbj0ezof6

justin sounds fine imo

i only breezed thru this really quickly but --> high expectations time here --> it hasnt crashed my top 10 or anything, although i do like it.

i think 'press play' might be more interesting / less conservative seeming to me than this does, or something. although i do appreciate what hes going for here

SMOKE WEED LISTEN TO SADE

fuchsia gaiters and cummerbunds

I want production credits... they available anywhere? Would like them for my review.

And I want to know who wrote Diddy's lyrics this time... Pharoahe Monch? Probably Hov again. Maybe Drake lolz.

Nm. I hadn't looked at Wikipedia yet. Doh.

there doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary re songwriting credits

im trying to love this but instead its just 'good.' o well

you're looking for love

i think the first six proper tracks are an incredible run - there's so much packed in there, so many ideas, and i love the way all the voices crowd in, no one voice really being allowed to wrest control of a song - it really does make it feel v urgent in an action movie kind of way.

second half doesn't click with me as much though i think that's actually cuz i'm so familiar with its highlights already, and the chris brown tracks seem the weakest (not just cuz it's him).

yeah there is a pretty clear break in quality starting w/ the trey songz joint that move this from possibly the #1 album of the year to a solid 5-8/9 range

LOL Ross totally wrote "Looking for Love" for Diddy. It's Ross's rhyme scheme exactly.

but still that second half has "strobe lights", "hello good morning" & "loving you no more" so it's still a good listen

hello good morning is so good

but still that second half has "strobe lights", "hello good morning" & "loving you no more" so it's still a good listen

yeah and "shades" - i love all those songs, i just have to get used to them flowing as part of an album

also "last night pt. 2" and "change" and "coming home," this albums is A+

i totally get the alex da kid hate but "coming home" is transcendent

i'm glad that they're putting "looking for love" out as a single, i think it should be a hit

i like "i know" a lot too -- the songwriting is a bit ordinary but i think the over emotive yearning & the housey thump of the chorus work well in the context of the album

yeah, i incorrectly assumed "i know" would be a trainwreck because of that guest list

yeah and "shades" - i love all those songs, i just have to get used to them flowing as part of an album

― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Monday, December 13, 2010 4:13 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, i guess i'm not really saying "second half" in a classic sense where you would break it off after the first chris brown song -- i think the minor dip in quality happens at the trey song

also "last night pt. 2" and "change"

are these actually on any editions of the album?! didn't know "change" was out there, that's the one terius kept hyping as better than "umbrella"

Damn it -- I thought I was done with my year-end listenning.

for p&j purposes is this officially Diddy-Dirty Money or can i just go w/ Dirty Money

lex, they're on the deluxe edition

alfred, listen to this

"change" is okay but not as good as the "change" that uses the eric clapton hook that diddy is on on thr33 ringz

it's styled "diddy - dirty money"

blech

I think "hate you now" is my favorite one on this for now

though when those tambourines or whatever they are come in on the second verse of "hate that you love me" i got CHILLS for real - that song is just gorgeous

i do feel like pretty much every song on this album really does open up w/ repeated listens -- even the stuff that leaked out before this -- i think the whole moody, meditative vibe of the album really plays into that

also i def think that the "smoke weed, listening to sade" influence is heavy here

Diddy - Dirty Money is a terrible and cumbersome artist name for this.

i think the whole moody, meditative vibe of the album really plays into that

idk, meditative implies that stillness is its thing, which is the case in places of course, but i get a real sense of twitchy, dramatic action - exactly what you'd expect from a hyperactive manchild who's driven by insomnia (which is an actual lyric here!)

During Diddy's last verse on "Your Love" it sounds like the "Hot Toddy" beat, no?

And the twitchy, Timbaland-esque beat on "STrobe Lights" is a 7 Aurelius beat. Makes sense. Love it.

i actually do think there is a real stillness to the album, even to the "hyperactive" songs (exception maybe "hello, good morning")

xp that's funny, because the first thing it reminded me of was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIK4m0ploXg

Downloading now. I'm really excited to perhaps care about a Diddy album for, like, the first time ever.

It's a good listen. "Last Night Pt 2" is fantastic.

Coming Home is great. Um. Did not anticipate liking this so much?

Admire the audacity of the cover. Wish they'd just released it as Dirty Money.

But if I had to pick between the overstuffed with features concept hip hop albums of 2010, this takes it, I think.

Whoa @ "Looking For Love"

Downloading now. I'm really excited to perhaps care about a Diddy album for, like, the first time ever.

― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, December 13, 2010 4:58 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

his last one is good dude -- p sure all the people excited about this one were feeling 'press play' too

I'm as guilty as anyone of being lol Diddy for well nigh a decade now.

yeah i don't think I ever 180'ed so hard as when I realized I adored 'Press Play'

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/12/diddy_dirty_money.html

this is the first Diddy album I've ever considered buying

haha sooo tempted 2 hate on this album right now
holding contrarianism in check

J0rdan otm about this petering out towards the end (like T.I.'s bit on "Hello Good Morning" though).

all of HGM is fire