Press Play

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Press PlayOpis:Heralding yourself as "the man who provided more jobs for blacks than armed service" takes some sort of ego, but if Press Play - 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": Press Play 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. --Louis PattisonProduct descriptionInternational products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.

ReviewSean Combs is CEO of Bad Boy, he has the Sean John Clothing line, his own reality show, owns a restaurant and even has his own fragrance. He is the entrepreneur mogul of the Hip-Hop era goddamnit! And still he wants to give us more... With an array of fabulous artists and hot producers(including Christina Aguilera, Kanye West, Timbaland, Jamie Foxx, The Black Eyed Peas' Wil.i.am, OutKast's Big Boi, and Mary J Blige) 'Press Play' should be magnificent. And it would be, if Diddy wasn't 'rapping' on any of the tracks. Harsh, maybe, but hardly unfair. Even Mr Diddy himself boasts that he cares more about writing cheques than rhymes, so we shouldn't be surprised that the results are so mediocre. But, given the fact that he's bought in the best talent money can buy, there are still a few stand out tracks. The militant "The Future" and eerie "Hold Up" are both excellent, mainly because there're written by Pharoahe Monch - who by the sounds of it also gave Diddy a step-by-step on how to impersonate a real rapper. The album's highlight, "Everything I Love", is produced by Kanye West, with Gnarls Barkley's Cee Lo's instantly recognizable vocals, and the always impressive Nas flowing like only he can. Puffy trys something new by doing an 80's Prince sound on "Special Feeling" and "Last Night" (with Keyshia Cole). His singing on the latter leads me to believe that someone's taking the rise at the listener's expense - the monotonous off-beat vocal delivery sounds like it was sung by a Little Britain character and ruins, well...everything! So when the automated voice on the album wants to know "are you ready to press 'play' "? Sorry honey - I've just got to say "no"! --Maxine Headley Find more music at the BBC This link will take you off in a new windowAutor:P.

DiddyNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2006-10-16Waga: 0.23 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 5 cmDługość: 5.5 cmImportUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.