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Puffy Taps Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, R. Kelly, Mase,
Nas For New LP:
With Sean "Puffy" Combs' court date for his assault case
pushed back until early August, the Bad Boy Records CEO
can now focus on completing his new record, "Forever," due
out on August 24. |
More info is beginning to come to light about the new Puffy
album, the follow-up to 1997's multi-platinum "No Way Out,"
as Combs has enlisted an all-star cast of hip-hop artists for
the record, including Jay-Z, Bizzy Bone, Busta Rhymes, R.
Kelly, Mase, 112, Nas, Faith Evans, Lil' Kim, Cee-Lo from
Goodie M.O.B., and Kelly Price, among others.
Jay-Z is featured on "Go," a track co-produced by Daven
Vanderpool, while Bizzy Bone weighs in on "Angels with
Dirty Faces, " a song built around a bass sample from Earth,
Wind & Fire's "Fantasy."
Busta Rhymes drops his mad flow on "Reverse," a track
Busta co-wrote with Puffy that also features vocals from
Cee-Lo. R&B crooner R. Kelly provides the call-out hook
for another song, "Satisfy," and 112 gets into the act with
Ronald Isley on "Lay Your Troubles Down."
Kelly Price is featured on "Get Off (I'll Do This For You)," a
song described by the rapper's label as an "uptempo Bad Boy
party number," and Faith Evans, the widow of Puffy's good
friend and mentor, the late Notorious B.I.G., comes out for
another track, "Who Do It Better."
Other tracks on "Forever" include the Christopher
Cross-sampled "My Best Friend," and "Is This the End, Pt.
2," a sequel of sorts to a track that originally appeared on "No
Way Out."
As we previously reported (see "Reports Of Settlement
Loom As Puffy Reworks Public Enemy For New Video"),
the first single from "Forever" will be "PE 2000," a remake of
Public Enemy's "Public Enemy No. 1," a cut from the
venerable rap group's 1987 debut, "Yo! Bum Rush the
Show."
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