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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 103 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19967
Category: Music
Artist: Diddy
Publisher: Bad Boy
Studio: Bad Boy
Manufacturer: Bad Boy
Label: Bad Boy
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 83863
UPC: 075678386329
EAN: 0075678386329
ASIN: B000GPI2EA
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Testimonial (Intro) | | • | We Gon' Make It | | • | I Am (Interlude) | | • | The Future | | • | Hold Up | | • | Come To Me | | • | Tell Me | | • | Wanna Move | | • | Diddy Rock | | • | Claim My Place (Interlude) | | • | Everything I Love | | • | Special Feeling | | • | Crazy Thang (Interlude) | | • | After Love | | • | Through The Pain (She Told Me) | | • | Thought You Said | | • | Last Night | | • | Making It Hard | | • | Partners For Life |
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Album Description
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. Blige, and Heavy D...to the Biggie, 112, Mase, Total, and No Way Out era. As time evolved, and I started traveling around the world and going into dance and techno clubs, I began to see music from a global point of view. It all came together on Press Play, all those sounds in my head. I've evolved, studied the game, been a part of it, had success. It all comes down to press play. After you press play, it's gonna make or break you in this game." A year in the making, Press Play finds Diddy joined by a who's who of contemporary artists and producers. Among the guest performers are: Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx, Big Boi, Brandi, Keyshia Cole, Nas, Fergie, Avant, and Pharoah Monch. Diddy was joined on the production side by the likes of Kanye West, Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Havoc from Mobb Deep, Will.I.Am, Rich Harrison, among others.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs has spent so many years as an entertainment/fashion mogul and tabloid celebrity, that it's easy to forget that he also makes music. Press Play, his first album since 2001's The Saga Continues, is a reminder that whether he's named Puff, Puffy, or Diddy, Combs has a keen sense of what makes a good pop/hip-hop song but that he's also a middling rapper. Listening to Diddy rap in the same monotone flow he's had for years--not to mention his anemic songwriting--is a distracting sonic drag on an otherwise fluidly produced album. There are some excellent tracks, however. Mobb Deep deliver the dark and sinister "The Future" while Rich Harrison knocks out another vigorous workout of a beat for "Making It Hard." The best songs like "Everything I Love" (featuring Nas and Cee-Lo) and the fast, frenetic "Wanna Move" (with Big Boi, Ciara, and Scar) allow Diddy to play a secondary role rather than the main attraction. He's still a savvy mind behind the scenes, but there's not much gained in putting him in front of the mic. --Oliver Wang
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 The only album I could call a time-stopping experience July 31, 2008
I could listen to this album over and over again. The first time I heard I thought it was ok, but too long (80 minutes!). But I like it more and more everytime I hear it, and I've been listening to it since it came out. This is probably my favorite CD ever, which is surprising because I wouldn't expect it from someone like Diddy, who's known as a so-so rapper at best when it comes to music. He doesn't really stay in the spotlight much on this album at all. He plays it smart and knows his limits, sharing the spotlight with so many talented singers, rappers, and producers. The first half is good with a couple of decent rap songs and some good club bangers, but the second half is where it becomes amazing and you realize what the album is truly about. By the end you'll feel like you heard a masterpiece. The story is so well put together you could make this into some kind of movie or musical.
Favorite Tracks:
6. Come To Me - The first single off the album. It was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. Definitely a cool song that gets you in the mood for clubbin and all that.
7. Tell Me - An even harder club banger produced by Just Blaze (who has worked with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ghostface Killah, and Usher among many others). Diddy's lyrically decent here, but the spotlight is mostly on Christina Aguilera, who sings the bridge and the hook. It's surprising that this one wasn't big on the charts.
14.) After Love - My favorite and one of the most emotional songs on the album. Keri Hilson pours her heart out on this amazing Timbaland/Danja beat. Diddy's parts are cool as well.
17. Last Night - The third single off the album. This one was also a top 10 hit on the charts. It features an amazing, emotional beat and backdrop by Mario Winans and some awesome vocals from Keyshia Cole. This song is a perfect example of Diddy not staying in the spotlight. Diddy only has background vocals and some of the hook!
19. Partners For Life - A great Neptunes-produced song to end the album. Jamie Foxx sings the hook beautifully with some smooth background vocals from Pharrell. I could never get tired of this song.
Those are some personal favorites of mine. Other songs worth mention are "Wanna Move," "Diddy Rock," and "Through The Pain." All the songs are good, though, and you won't want to miss appearances by Mary J. Blige, Nas, Cee-Lo of Gnarls Barkley, Ciara, Big Boi of OutKast, and other big stars. Don't judge a CD by its cover, give it a shot.
Just Press Play March 13, 2008
I love this album despite the negative reviews I have read so far. This album will get you high on music while we enjoy the vibe. This album is a love story, a sly romantic tale of two peopl who meet, seduce each other, fall in love, and then experience the inevitable pain of that love breaking. This album, underneat that, is the tale of a dream, a helpless romantic who is balancing the dreamstate of his passions with the passions with the passions of his dreams coming true. The tracks spans the realm of Diddy expressing himself. This album is inspired by the movements of bodies in dark after-hours spots all over the world, those sexual, sensual places where the music is the beat but the vulnerability of meeting someone new and dancing with them for the first time offers up all kinds of possibilities. This album really reflects that. This album has been certified PLATINUM. This album was destined to be successful.
 push eject August 15, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
for asome reason diddy wants to put out another cd don't know why but this sucks this just provers that the devil works in mysterious ways how else can a no rapping fake producing jerk like puff can be around this long who wantas to hear about kim porter will bad boy please shut up funny how suge knight can go broke but we still get diddy.
 welcome back diddy July 17, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
i think diddy did a great job. he has good hits on here. the song and video with Nicole from the pussy cat dolls is hot. and christina aguilera's voice sounds so good and strong on Tell me. she did a good job. diddy took his time with this album unlike a lot of the "rappers" out there. i don't know why people don't like this album.
Probably the best beats of 2006! And no, I'm no fan of Diddy's!! June 26, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Beyonce did her thing in 2006 but something about the beats in most of these songs...very infectious.
Testimonial (intro) - 9
We Gon' Make It - 6.5
I Am (interlude) - 7.5
The Future - 6.75
Hold Up - 5.5
Come To Me - 8.5
Tell Me - 7.25
Wanna Move - 7
Diddy Rock - 6.25
Claim My Place (interlude) - 7
Everything I Love - 7.5
Special Feeling - 6.25
Crazy Thang (interlude) - 7
After Love - 8 (solid, could be a single)
Through The Pain (She Told Me) - 7.25 (Mario comes off as whiny)
Thought You Said - 7.5 (really loud and different)
Last Night - 8.5
Making It Hard - 7.25 (Sounded like a B'Day reject. Not that that's bad but...)
Partners For Life - 6 (Probably the second worst song on the album)
7.184210526= 3.5 stars
Top 5
Testimonial (Intro) 9
Come To Me 8.5
Last Night 8.5
After Love 8
Thought You Said 7.5
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