im not.

im just giving credit to a hip hop icon.

First of all Diddy is a producer. He is part of one the best production teams in hip hop.

diddy is more like a Quincy Jones in the fact that he conducts beats. if he has a sound in his head then he tells someone to play it if he has a idea in his head he tells someone to create it.

you cant fault him for that.

2nd Mase. Mase in his hey day would run rings around 95 percent of emcees around today.

everyone from 50 cent to fabolous to kanye west has bitten his style.

and hes better then all three.

i still remember he a freestyle with him a b.i.g back in the mid 90s and mase murdered it.

even biggie said this is one the best rappers he heard.

3rd.

as a exec producer there are probably none better.
the way he puts records together are brilliant.

and lets not forget from the early 90s to 2002 bad boy were the best record label in the business.

now puffy might have sold out. and become less relevant over the years and become very frustrating but you deny he has done more for hip hop then most.

REAL SPLIT WORDS!
PLUS: THE VERSE IN “NO LOVE” FROM LIL WAYNE IS THE BEST I’VE HEARD FROM WAYNE.

EMINEM IS GOOD.. HE NED TALKING TO SOMETHING ELSE TOO!

Secondly, you don’t give the guy who runs the label the credit for the quality and success of the music on it. Diddy did not write any of ArchAndroid. He did not touch those 2 8ball & MJG records (it’s worth note that they left Bad Boy for Grand Hustle after 2 albums…). He does not produce without the assistance of Sean C, LV, Mario Winans and D-dot.

He does not write his own lyrics. This is a well known fact. He barely even performs on his records. His albums are shot full of guest features and posse cuts. His best album, the apex of that trash heap he calls a career, was most notable for OTHER people’s verses. No Way Out was all about Lil Kim, BIG, and whatever little hoodrats he’d wrangled at the time. Not him. Now he’s hiding his tone deaf vocals between poor Dawn Robinson and that fake ass Estelle looking chick in Dirty Money.

What he is is a glorified talent scout, media mogul, actor, and a reality TV star. That’s all well and good, but he ain’t done shit for hip hop since co-producing parts of What’s the 411 and Ready to Die. And if Jay Elect knows what’s good for him, he’ll keep his distance. Diddy cannibalizes talent.

but 10 years ago he still had one the best group of artists in his label.

g-dep, black rob, loon, shyne, 112….

lets not forget 8ball and MJGs album which was sick.
and lets not forget like someone mentioned above

ArchAndroid which was one of the best albums released this year.

PS

im not the biggest fan of diddy anymore but i do acknowledge and give credit when its due.

PS

plus he got jay electronica in his corner…..

Regarding Diddy, you said he’s worked WITH the best. His only skill is figuring out how to make bank off of greatness. And all of his greatest exploits end around 1996. Since then, he’s brought us one hit wonders, court drama, shootings, wrecked careers, sensational TV shows, selfish and self-centered business practices, shitty solo albums… a whole parade of awful. And the only one who benefits from all the hoopla at the end of the day is HIM. He’s not even recording on his own label anymore!

And now, a list of artists who are worse off now than they were before meeting Diddy:

The LOX, Total, Foxy Brown, Black Rob, G. Dep, Loon, Day26, Da Band, Danity Kane, Shyne, Cherri Dennis, Dream, New Edition…

funny, i wrote this whole long thing about nothing and ended up deleting it. anyway.

Canibus is a better lyricist then Eminem period.

you would rather listen to eminem talking about killing his moms and raping his girlfriend and dissing britney spears
then
listening to canibus giving you a history lesson?

and PS. Sean ‘puffy’ combs is responsible for some of the greatest hip hop and soul music in history.

this is a guy who has created, produced and work with with some of the best.

he gave us biggie, mary j blige, craig mack, jodeci, mase, usher (dont worry about usher)

was instrumental in the careers of heavy d and even jay-z.

gave mariah carey her career back.

and created one of the greatest production teams in history.

the hitmen.

peace

afan.