Is anyone anticipating the new Diddy album?

also O_O at 'love come down' but yeah I could see how it feels out of the place on this. a little too sharp

This album is approaching my top ten, just hours from my submitting the P&J ballot.

ditto

on a "am i seriously thinking about putting this in my top 3 after one listen!?" tip

I still don't care for "Angels" or the Drake number, but the first six songs are just beasts.

the bridge w puffy on hello good morning is like my fav 15 secs of music this year

could make a song out of it imo

wiz's weird enunciation always gets stuck in my head and i'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing

i didn't like "Hello We're Boring" or "The Biggie/Jay Mashup Show" as singles but they work well in the context of the album

wiz's weird flat voice is annoying imo and i don't know why people listen to him

that song is also weird because of puffs breathy encouragements after each line of wizs verse

This album is approaching my top ten, just hours from my submitting the P&J ballot.

― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:50 AM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ditto

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thinking it might fall like 11 or 12. Diddy and Monae are both angling to get on there.

Diddy made it to #10 on mine, which I did a few days ago

i wrestled with this too. ended up mentally ranking LTTP at #12 or so, still not totally convinced i shouldn't have bumped it into my actual top 10...

Loving "Last Night Part 2" right now.

this is probably gonna be my #3 of the year

i want to thank diddy

thank you mased god

that "e. honda doing a leg kick" sample on 'looking for love' is so good

"Would you still ride if it was a Civic"

This ultimately didn't make it :(

half my pazz & jop top 6 will have been released in the past 3 weeks :/

that ciara/diddy dirty money/jazmine sullivan all released pretty amazing albums in the final stretch really shows up the concurrent kanye love

I gave the album 3.5 stars in my review. Still really like it, though.

i'm in the same boat except for me it's diddy/jazmine/my chemical romance lol

i haven't been able to check out anything new in the month of december at all :/ fucking dead laptop

I was amazed to hear that some company were able to vastly increase its sales of some shitey vodka to African Americans, merely by getting Puff Diddy to endorse it.

so basically you were amazed by the concept of endorsements?

sounds like he perceives a lack of discernment in the african american community

trying to find the appropriate gif ....

that ciara/diddy dirty money/jazmine sullivan all released pretty amazing albums in the final stretch really shows up the concurrent kanye love

I have a really hard time calling the Diddy album "amazing". Its way better than I expected, but still falling short of Kanye's or even being among the best of the year (full disclosure: Kanye isn't going to make my top ten either). And I'm really having a hard time hearing what you guys are hearing in that Jazmine Sullivan. I love "Holding You Down", but the other three tracks I've heard just aren't exciting me.

Anyway, what I wanted to say that I think we can blame publications with early due dates just as much as we want to blame the critics for not giving these albums love. Also, I'm far from getting any of this mainstream rap/R&B promo stuff, how are they about sending out advances?

am i imagining it when he says "let's end this charade" but pronounces it "Sade"?!

it's stronger than pride

sort of feel like whether you prefer this to kanye is about as good a 2010 litmus test as we're gonna get

I think another interesting discussion to be had about the two albums is the insular vs collaborative nature. We may have already touched on this somewhere, but too much shit to wade through to find it. I mean, both feature tons of guest stars, but Kanye's is one very singular vision while Diddy's, while the whole vibe is very focused, feels like so many different minds being thrown into it. My thoughts aren't really clear yet on which I prefer, but I find it interesting to think about.

Maybe the wrong thread for this, don't want to start a whole new one, but have you guys heard that new David Banner? The cover art alone makes it look like it might share some ideas with this Diddy thing.

it doesn't

okay, insightful

shit had no idea "change" a) wasn't on the album and b) was a terius job. love that one - no idea how it could have been left out, seems essential

alright now that i think of it it seems sort of terius in an idiosyncratic way - according to wiki, this is a tricky joint - what are some reference points for this? i'm sort of blanking

dont' say "sorry" btw

ugh apologize in advace for the following 25 terius posts u_u

"Change" is on the deluxe edition (which is better than the undeluxe edition)

"loving you no more" remix ft t-pain & gucci mane
http://hulkshare.com/mnwys2may4wy

i think i've gotten to the point where, also counting "ass on the floor" and "i know", i love basically every song that's not tagged as "ft. [somebody]" and am gradually but surely working my way into the rest

oh ok forgot about that first brown joint and also "yeah yeah you would", love those too

i keep skipping the middle part of this but that's just because i love "last night pt 2", "i know", and "change" so much and just want to get to them

who the hell decided to cut "last night pt 2" and "change" from the album proper i wanna know

chris brown's last verse on "i know" is secretly one of the best on this whole album

"change" sucks

^truth bomb

"lsat night pt 2" is great but i'm not sure it would fit into the album -- it's like "veteran" on love king or something -- i get why it was left off, the fact that it exists is enough

LSAT night

if i skip any songs on the album it's the last two