| Product Summary | | Label: Bad Boy Records | | UPC: 00786127306224 | | Release Date: 5/14/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60554737 | | Item#: M6QWKX | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Intro ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Special Delivery - (remix, featuring G. Dep/Ghostface Killah/Keith Murray/Craig Mack) ~ Various Artists | | | 3. I Need A Girl (Part II) - (featuring P. Diddy/Ginuwine/Loon/Mario Winans/Tammy Ruggieri) ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Bad Boy For Life - (remix, featuring P. Diddy/Busta Rhymes/M.O.P.) ~ Various Artists | | | 5. I Need A Girl (Part One) - (featuring P. Diddy/Usher/Loon) ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Unfoolish - (featuring Ashanti/The Notorious B.I.G.) ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Dance With Me - (featuring 112/Beanie Sigel) ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Peaches & Cream - (featuring 112/Ludacris) ~ Various Artists | | | 9. No More Drama - (featuring Mary J. Blige/P. Diddy) ~ Various Artists | | | 10. So Complete - (featuring P. Diddy/Cheri Dennis) ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Notorious B.I.G. - (featuring The Notorious B.I.G./Lil' Kim/P. Diddy) ~ Various Artists | | | 12. That's Crazy - (featuring P. Diddy/Black Rob/Missy Elliott/Snoop Dogg/G. Dep) ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Woke Up In The Morning - (featuring Carl Thomas/The Notorious B.I.G.) ~ Various Artists | | | 14. You Gets No Love - (featuring Faith Evans/G. Dep) ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Compilation producer: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Compilation producer: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Sean "P. Diddy" Combs isn't your standard remixer. He doesn't just alter the beats of his songs; he re-writes his songs -- new beats, new vocalists, new lyrics, new everything. Of course, Combs doesn't actually do this himself. Rather, he outsources the work to his roster of producers (the Hit Men) and some of the biggest names in urban music. So, even if you question Combs' artistry, it's difficult to question his hitmaking ability. Money doesn't seem to be an issue for Combs. He wants to make hit songs, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to do so, whether that means bringing in superstars like Usher or hiring sure-fire producers like Irv Gotti. And he indeed offers many songs on We Invented the Remix that are chart-topping quality, in particular the two versions of "I Need a Girl" and the Ashanti/Notorious B.I.G. duet "Unfoolish." In fact, in many ways, We Invented the Remix is better than Combs' previous album, The Saga Continues. Most every song here was -- or became -- a hit, and the abundance of guests spare you We Invented the Remix's weakest characteristic, Combs himself. He seems much more reserved here than he had on The Saga Continues, and since this album is of a modest length at only 12 songs, there isn't much space for filler. As a result, We Invented the Remix confirms Combs' return to the top of the urban music world after a few years of struggle. ~ Jason Birchmeier | | P. Diddy, or Puff Daddy, or Sean "Puffy" Combs, depending on how the mood strikes him, didn't get to be one of hip-hop's biggest entrepeneurs by being the shy, retiring type. So one will conceivably take the album title's claim, and the liner notes' spin-doctored bravado, with a sizable grain of salt. Nevertheless, Puffy's skills as a hit-making producer and recording artist can't be called into question. If WE INVENTED THE REMIX was simply an unadorned compilation of past hits on Combs's Bad Boy label it would be impressive enough, but Puffy ups the ante on his pop legacy by updating the tracks with his vaunted remix skills and the addition of guest artists, turning gold into, well, more gold. New cuts by R&B siren Ashanti ("Unfoolish") and the Didster himself (most notably the romantically inclined plea for tenderness "I Need a Girl") show that the man remains a player on the move. | | P. Diddy, or Puff Daddy, or Sean "Puffy" Combs, depending on how the mood strikes him, didn't get to be one of hip-hop's biggest entrepeneurs by being the shy, retiring type. So one will conceivably take the album title's claim, and the liner notes' spin-doctored bravado, with a sizable grain of salt. Nevertheless, Puffy's skills as a hit-making producer and recording artist can't be called into question. If WE INVENTED THE REMIX was simply an unadorned compilation of past hits on Combs's Bad Boy label it would be impressive enough, but Puffy ups the ante on his pop legacy by updating the tracks with his vaunted remix skills and the addition of guest artists, turning gold into, well, more gold. New cuts by R&B siren Ashanti ("Unfoolish") and the Didster himself (most notably the romantically inclined plea for tenderness "I Need a Girl") show that the man remains a player on the move. |
Musical Guests | | Craig Mack | | G. Dep | | Ghostface Killah | | Keith Murray | | Ginuwine | | Loon | | Mario Winans | | Tammy Ruggieri | | M.O.P. | | Busta Rhymes | | Usher | | Ashanti | | The Notorious B.I.G. | | 112 | | Beanie Sigel | | Ludacris | | Mary J. Blige | | Cheri Dennis | | Lil' Kim | | Missy Elliott | | Snoop Dogg | | Bl |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/03/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 73062 | | Label : Bad Boy Entertainment | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00786127306224 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (5/24/02, pp.94-5)
- "...These freelance gigs are as playfully imaginative as Sean Combs' solo material is bereft of creativity..." - Rating: BEntertainment Weekly (5/24/02, pp.94-5)
- "...These freelance gigs are as playfully imaginative as Sean Combs' solo material is bereft of creativity..." - Rating: B |
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