Is anyone anticipating the new Diddy 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

an air mattress seems like a dumb place to hide money tho

this peters out at the end only in the sense that the first like 7 or 8 tracks are an incredible run -- the back half is still great tho

it's styled "diddy - dirty money"

― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Monday, December 13, 2010 5:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

blech

― ad hom alone (J0rdan S.), Monday, December 13, 2010 5:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's really "Diddy-Dirty Money" with no spaces around the hyphen, which is even more awkward

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).

― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:08 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ok, just listened to this per your request on the Kanye thread, and i like it. funny thing is, the second half is WAY more appealing to me than the first--which seems kinda bland/run-o-the-mill to me. but, yeah, "Shades" is pretty damn great track! dig them X-men references--tailor-made for Dan, i'd say.

wait, Chris Brown is on this? okay, not buying it

^^i wish people wouldn't keep trying to sneak c.brown back into our lives under the "feat." guise - he's not objectionable here (and luckily the songs he's on are the weakest anyway, not just cuz of him), but i def disapprove. he's on the new keri hilson album too, disappointingly, esp given its themes. (it's actually way more impressive than i expected, that aside.)

Posted yet? nabisco's review.

i think the point about diddy looking past indie rock for artiness is a great one

Yeah: Diddy summoning the arty instincts in well-heeled, familiar guests (Grace Jones is used for her touchstone qualities though).

putting this on now and O_O at 'yeah you would' beat

this is like that usher rubber balloon beat done good

Okay, you cats sparked my curiosity on this. (And, no, not a late jumper on Diddy or whatever, I did also buy and enjoy (although nowhere near as much as some of you guys) Press Play too). Was it worth the extra bucks I paid for the deluxe version?

u_u @ "hashtag rap"

Both mistake grandeur for art, as if the thing that makes a "masterpiece" is the fancy frame, or the marble pedestal, or the velvet curtains, and not the work itself. Both imagine songs will get better if you just keep adding cool stuff to them, and that "ambition" is about scale, not meaning.

havent listened to the diddy-dirty money (lol) yet but feeling this as a MBDTF critique

On track ten now, "Angels", and I'm really not feeling this that much. I guess I'm approaching it weird, due to the comparisons to the Kanye - guess I was hoping for something a little less "safe"? I don't know, too much R&B padding too?

deluxe edition is necessary imo

am i the only one who does an indie rock double take when he says "i thirst more"