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Sean
John Combs (born November 4, 1969 aka P. Diddy, Puff
Daddy, Sean "Puffy" Combs) is an African-American
record producer, CEO, and rapper. He is the founder
of Bad Boy Entertainment, one of the driving forces
in hip hop in the mid to late 1990s. P. Diddy first
skyrocketed to fame as a label executive, first for
Uptown Records and later for his own label, signing
and devloping acts such as Father MC, Jodeci, Mary
J. Blige, Craig Mack, Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans,
112, Ma$e, and Carl Thomas. His own music career,
and to a lesser extent, his production, has been
criticized as watered-down and overly commercialized
for a mainstream market, as well as an over-reliance
on obvious and lengthy sampling for most of his hit
songs.
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Biography
Early years
Originally from Harlem, New York City, Combs was
raised in the suburb of Mount Vernon, New York.
After completing his secondary education at Mount
Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx, Combs attended
Howard University in Washington, D.C. before
becoming an intern at Uptown Records. Only a few
months later, Combs was an A&R executive, and helped
produce Father's Day (Father MC; 1990), What's the
411? (Mary J. Blige; 1992), Blue Funk (Heavy D & the
Boyz; 1992) before being fired in 1993. Combs set up
his own label, Bad Boy Records, and soon signed
Craig Mack and the Notorious B.I.G..
Establishing Bad Boy
Both
Mack and Biggie quickly released hit singles,
followed by similarly successful LPs, particularly
B.I.G.'s Ready to Die. Puff Daddy, as he was then
known, began signing more acts to Bad Boy, including
Faith Evans, 112 and Total, as well as producing for
Lil' Kim, TLC, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, SWV,
Aretha Franklin and others. Mase and The Lox soon
joined Bad Boy, just as a widely publicized rivalry
with the West Coast's Death Row Records. Puffy and
Notorious B.I.G. were allied against Tupac Shakur
and Suge Knight, trading insults in songs and
interviews during the mid 1990s. Shakur was murdered
by unknown persons in 1996. Six months later, in
March of 1997, the Notorious B.I.G. was also
murdered. Both cases remain unsolved. Biggie's
second album, Life After Death, was a huge
posthumous success.
Combs' performing career
Puff
Daddy began in 1997, releasing "Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down", followed by "I'll Be Missing You". Both
singles were successful, though "I'll Be Missing
You" was written by Marvin L. Blair(a tribute to
Biggie with guests Faith Evans and 112) was heavily
criticized for sampling The Police's "Every Breath
You Take" and adding little. Puff Daddy, plus
various labelmates known as the Family, released No
Way Out, an LP, in 1997. The album also produced the
hit singles "It's All About The Benjamins," which
featured Lil Kim, The Lox and The Notorious B.I.G.
and had a popular rock remix, which was worked on by
Rob Zombie and the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, among
others; and "Been Around The World," a song that
featured Puffy's labelmate, Mase, and the late
Notorious B.I.G., and was probably best remembered
for having sampled David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and
Lisa Stansfield's "All Around The World". The song's
video starred many celebrities, such as Wyclef Jean,
Quincy Jones, and Puff Daddy's future love interest,
Jennifer Lopez. "I'll Be Missing You" won a Grammy
for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, while No
Way Out won Best Rap Album.
Puffy's
follow-up was 1999's failed Forever, which was a
commercial failure and no more well-reviewed than No
Way Out.
Controversy
On
April 15, 1999, Puffy was accused of assaulting
Steve Stoute of Interscope Records. Stoute was the
manager for Nas, whose video for "Hate Me Now"
featured Puffy being crucified. Though Puffy had
willingly filmed the video earlier that year, he
demanded that the images be removed. Stoute's
refusal led to an argument and Puffy's arrest for
assault. This was followed by a yet more negative
publicity as The Lox left Bad Boy Records, and a
recording session with Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease (both
of B.I.G.'s Junior M.A.F.I.A.) posse was interrupted
by gunfire.
In
December 1999, Puffy and his then-girlfriend,
Jennifer Lopez, were at Club New York, a midtown
Manhattan nightclub, when gunfire broke out. After a
police investigation, Puffy and fellow rapper Shyne
were arrested for weapons violations and other
charges. Puffy was indicted after a huge blow to his
case; his driver claimed that Puffy had tried to
bribe him into taking the weapon after the shooting.
With bribery charges added to the bill, Puffy was
being attacked in the tabloids on a near daily
basis. Before the trial was over, Puffy found
himself in court on numerous civil charges. One was
from a girl who claimed to have been mentally
scarred at a party ten years before, and another was
for sampling a phone conversation without
permission. His driver and the club owner also sued
before the shooting charges even made it to trial.
With a
gag order in place, the highly-publicized trial
began. His attorney was Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. A
talent agency then sued Puffy for unfair
competition, as did a woman who rented an apartment
owned by Puffy; she claimed he refused to rid the
house of vermin. Puffy then launched his own lawsuit
against a writer who did not follow through on an
alleged agreement to help write his autobiography.
Puffy was soon acquitted of all charges relating to
the shooting incident, followed almost immediately
by a break-up with Lopez. With the media circus
over, Puffy changed his stage name to "P. Diddy".
P.
Diddy in the 2000s
P.
Diddy tried to reinvent his image, but was once
again in court facing assault charges from a
Michigan television host, and then was arrested for
driving on a suspended license in Florida. In spite
of continuing legal problems, P. Diddy released a
much-delayed gospel album, Thank You, as well as a
solo hip hop LP, The Saga Continues. After yet more
legal problems stemming from an accusation of
reckless driving by the Miami police, Puffy began
working with a series of unusual (for him) artists.
A collaboration with David Bowie appeared on the
soundtrack to Training Day, while Puffy began
working with Britney Spears and *NSYNC.
This
was followed by a serious set-back for Bad Boy
Records when Arista Records stopped distributing Bad
Boy releases. Faith Evans left the label, and 112
almost did, though P. Diddy filed a restraining
order to keep them aboard. As a result, Bad Boy
Records was formed as an independent record company.
He also signed the female pop group Dream onto Bad
Boy Records in 2000.
Later
in 2002, he made his own reality show on MTV called
Making the Band 2, the sequel to the first Making
the Band. In it, contestants compete to be in a new
group on Bad Boy Records. The six finalists have to
come up with their name, CD and video (see Da Band).
In
2003, P. Diddy ran in the New York City Marathon and
raised $2,000,000 for the educational system for the
children of New York. He appeared on the March 10,
2004 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss
the marathon.
Other work
P.
Diddy is one of the most entrepreneurially-minded
men in the American music industry. In the year
2002, he featured at #12 on Fortune magazine's "40
Richest People Under 40" list. His urban clothing
line, Sean John has been nominated for the
prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America
(CFDA) Award for Menswear Designer of the Year,
every year since 2000. However, his clothes line
also brought him criticism when it was revealed that
its Honduras-based factories violated Honduran labor
laws. He also owns the restaurant chain Justin's
(named after his son). In common with many in his
industry, he also bears the mantle of
"actor-rapper"; he has appeared as a parody of a
drug dealer in Made, he played the role of Walter
Lee Younger in the critically acclaimed 2004
Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, and starred
with Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton in the film
Monster's Ball. As of 2005, P. Diddy had moved his
Bad Boy Records to the Warner Music Group. Conflict
still existed between P. Diddy and former Warners
CEOs Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles (both formerly of
Def Jam), but they arranged for his imprint to be a
part of the company.
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1.Victory
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2.Been Around The World (featuring The Notorius B.I.G./Mase)
3.What You Gonna Do?\
4.Don't Stop What You're Doing (featuring Lil' Kim)
5.If I Should Die Tonight (Interlude) (featuring Carl Thomas)
6.Do You Know?
7.Young G's (featuring The Notorius B.I.G./Jay-Z)
8.I Love You Baby (featuring Black Rob)
9.It's All About The Benjamins (remix, featuring The Notorius B.I.G./Lil'
Kim/The Lox)
10.Pain
11.Is This The End? (featuring Ginuwine/Twista/Carl Thomas)
12.I Got The Power (featuring The Lox)
13.Friend (featuring Foxy Brown)
14.Senorita
15.I'll Be Missing You (featuring Faith Evans/112)
16.Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (featuring Mase) |
1.Forever
(Intro)
2.What You Want
3.I'll Do This For You (featuring Kelly Price)
4.Do You Like It, Do You Want It (featuring Jay-Z)
5.Satisfy You (featuring R. Kelly)
6.Is This The End, Pt.2 (featuring Twista)
7.I Hear Voices (featuring Carl Thomas)
8.Fake Thugs Dedication (featuring Redman)
9.Diddy Speaks (Interlude)
10.Angels With Dirty Faces
11.Gangsta Sh** (featuring Lil' Kim/Mark Curry)
12.P.S. 112 (Interlude)
13.Pain (featuring G-Dep)
14.Reverse (featuring Busta Rhymes/Redman/Cee-Lo/Shyne/G-Dep/Sauce
Money)
15.Real N***** (featuring Notorious B.I.G./Lil' Kim)
16.Journey Through The Life (featuring Nas/Beanie Sigel/Lil' Kim/Joe
Hooker)
17.My Best Friend (featuring Mario Winans)
18.Mad Rapper (Interlude)
19.P.E. 2000 (featuring Hurricane G)
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1.The Saga
Continues (P. Diddy/G. Dep/Black Rob/Loon)
2.Bad Boy For Life (P. Diddy/Black Rob/Mark Curry)
3.Toe Game (Interlude) (Black Rob/P. Diddy)
4.That's Crazy (Black Rob/P. Diddy/G. Dep)
5.Let's Get It (The Three)
6.Shiny Suit Man (P. Diddy)
7.Diddy (P. Diddy)
8.Blast Off (G. Dep/Mark Curry/Loon)
9.Airport (Interlude) (P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family)
10.Roll With Me (Eightball/P. Diddy/MJG)
11.On Top (P. Diddy/Loon)
12.Where's Sean? (P. Diddy/Big Azz Ko/Black Rob/Kain/Loon/Mark Curry/Bristal)
13.Child Of The Ghetto (G. Dep)
14.Incomplete (Interlude) (P. Diddy/Cheri Dennis)
15.So Complete (Cheri Dennis)
16.Smoke (Interlude) (P. Diddy)
17.Lonely (P. Diddy/Kain/Mark Curry/Kokaine)
18.I Need A Girl (To Bella)
19.(P. Diddy/Loon/Mario Winans/Lo/Jack)
20.Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (Interlude) (Faith Evans/Mario Winans/P.
Diddy)
21.If You Want This Money (P. Diddy/G. Dep/The Hoodfellaz)
22.I Don't Like That (Interlude) (Bristal/Mark Curry)
Back For Good Now (P. Diddy/Black Rob/Loon/Cheri Dennis)
23.Can't Believe (Faith Evans)
24.The Last Song (P. Diddy/Mark Curry/Big Azz Ko/Loon)
25.Thank You (P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family) |
1.Intro (P.
Diddy)
2.Special Delivery (Remix) (G. Dep f/Ghostface Killah, Keith Murray &
Craig Mack)
3.I Need A Girl (Part Two) (P. Diddy f/Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans &
Tammy Ruggeri)
4.Bad Boy For Life (Remix) (P. Diddy f/Busta Rhymes & M.O.P.)
5.I Need A Girl (Part One) (P. Diddy f/Usher & Loon)
6.The Remix Phenomenon (Interlude) (P. Diddy)
7.Unfoolish (Ashanti f/The Notorious B.I.G.)
8.Dance With Me (Remix)/
9.Peaches & Cream (Remix) (112 f/ Beanie Sigel & Ludacris)
10.No More Drama (Remix) (Mary J. Blige f/P. Diddy)
11.So Complete (Remix) (P. Diddy & Cheri Dennis)
12.Notorious B.I.G. (Remix) (The Notorious B.I.G. f/Lil' Kim & P. Diddy)
13.That's Crazy (P. Diddy f/Black Rob, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg & G.
Dep)
14.Woke Up In The Morning (Remix) (Carl Thomas f/The Notorious B.I.G.)
15.You Gets No Love (Remix) (Faith Evans f/G. Dep)
16.Special Delivery (Remix) (Video)
17.I Need A Girl (Part Two) (Video)
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01. Shaking Up
the Cause
02. Prophecy Street
03. Movin' It Uptown
04. Just Me and No One Else
05. Coast to Coast Combat
06. Big Business
07. Know My Face
08. Mo Money Making
09. On the Back Foot
10. Cuttin' It Loose
11. To the Power of One |
