Defending the Indefensible: P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family- The Saga Continues...

I got this album back in High School and at first I didn't like it, but then I came to love it. It's the album that Puffy dropped right after the whole trial and J. Lo thing, and is technically a solo album but is actually a compilation featuring all of the rappers and singers that were signed to Bad Boy Records at that time. This includes, G. Dep, Black Rob, Loon, Eightball and MJG, Mark Curry, the white rapper Kain, Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, Cheri Denis and other random people. Because Diddy was trying to distance himself from the trial the entire album's production is very positive and triuphant sounding. It always makes me happy when I put it on after not listening to it for a looong time.

Black Rob, G. Dep and Loon kill this... but there are skippable tracks, especially the few RnB tracks...and a few Hip Hop tracks with annoying production...

I'm not saying it's a classic, just that I like it! A lot!

Christgau gave this album a scissor, for the song "That's Crazy" and I agree that's a great song, but I think there are other choice cuts on this worth a listen...