Press Play [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Diddy (Sean Combs)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Bad Boy
• ASIN: B000GPI2EA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,847 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Testimonial (Intro) - Diddy

2. We Gon' Make It - Diddy, Jack Knight

3. I Am (Interlude) - Diddy

4. Future - Diddy

5. Hold Up - Diddy

6. Come to Me - Diddy, Nicole Scherzinger

7. Tell Me - Christina Aguilera, Diddy

8. Wanna Move - Ciara, Diddy,

9. Diddy Rock - Diddy, Shawnna, Timbaland, Twista

10. Claim My Place (Interlude) - Diddy

11. Everything I Love - C-Lo, , Diddy, Nas

12. Special Feeling - Diddy, Mika Lett

13. Crazy Thang (Interlude) - Diddy,

14. After Love - Diddy, Keri Hilson,

15. Through the Pain (She Told Me) - Diddy, Mario Winans

16. Thought You Said - Brandy, Diddy

17. Last Night - Keyshia Cole, Diddy

18. Making It Hard - Mary J. Blige, Diddy

19. Partners for Life - Diddy, Jamie Foxx

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Product 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I Just Don't Understand!, November 2, 2006

By	B. Davis (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Do I even have to give it one star? Maybe I'm getting old but, who makes the decision on what gets released for mass distribution and airplay? I understand the man has his own label and clothing and bling-bling but....where's the true talent that enabled him to get where he is today? Modern music is sooooo stale. Same stuff, crammed down everybody's throat. Where's the "next big act?" to knock everything else out? It's all image and glitter now.......talent is no longer required. Think for yourself!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars DONT PRESS PLAY......, December 12, 2006

By	S. ELLIS - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ok you already know, this album is full of collabos from Twista to my main girl Keyshia Cole. But this cd sucks. Yeah he got some tight beats to rock in the club to but thats it. My favorite track is LAST NIGHT feat. KEYSHIA COLE, That girl can blow, and thats makes the song tight, not Diddy. And like others have been saying, Yeah Diddy is a great business man and thats it. In my opinion he should just stay behind the scene's. Hang up the rapping Diddy, cause you are not it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 2-1/2 stars -- Why? Why? WHY?, June 22, 2007

By	Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Let's be honest: was anyone really checking for a new Diddy album? We all know that he was never really the best lyricist, but he still shined when he wanted to ("Diddy", "It's All About the Benjamins"). But his latest album Press Play will have you doing everything BUT that.

Now, Diddy has been known for bringing a slew of guest stars on his albums, especially since his first and third releases credit some variation of "and the family". At first glance, it appears that he is trying to roll for dolo this time around (although that didn't work on Forever), but in actuality, this album is also littered with guest stars, and their performances really aren't that great. And as far as the Bad Boy influence, I can conversely compare this release to posthumous Biggie releases: Biggie was paired with artists he'd probably never work with if he were alive, while here, you'll find people that normally wouldn't be paired with Diddy, like Nas ("Everything I Love") and Big Boi ("Wanna Move").

There are a few tolerable tracks like "After Love" and the necessary song with Mary J. Blige on the hook, "Making It Hard". The best songs, though, would have to be "Come to Me" (with Nicole Scherzinger -- I don't know WHY I like that song so much) and the latest single, "Last Night" featuring Keyshia Cole (but it should really say Keyshia Cole featuring Diddy because Diddy is only on the chorus). But other singers seem to make bad songs even worse, like Brandy ("Thought You Said") and, unsurprisingly, Mario Winans ("Through the Pain"). And if 2006 wasn't such a bad year for collabos, the Christina Aguilera-assisted "Tell Me" would have easily been in the running for my most hated collaborations.

That song also suffers from a hectic beat, which points out another downfall on the album: the production. The beat from the aforementioned "Wanna Move" sounds like it came straight from a Yamaha drum machine, and "Special Feeling" sounds like it was made with a My First Sony. But other songs are just garbage, like "The Future" and especially "Diddy Rock" (and that's also a wack title). Also skippable is "Hold Up", which features Diddy saying that when it comes to foes: "They disturb me, but it's love like tennis." What?

And this damn album is 79 minutes long, too. Basically, as other reviewers have said, the only button you'll really be pressing after listening to Press Play is STOP/EJECT.

Anthony Rupert