Sean Combs shaped hip-hop as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and Brother Love, producer, executive, and occasional hitmaker.
For a sense of his sound, 'Victory' and 'Been Around the World (Remix)' hold up. They're the kind of tracks that still turn up on hip-hop radio.
He started Bad Boy Records in 1993 and built it around The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die.' His own 1997 album 'No Way Out' had 'Bad Boy for Life,' and tracks like 'Victory' became radio staples even as his production work often overshadowed his recordings. The legal troubles, like the 1999 nightclub shooting, have been part of the story, but so have later albums like 2010's 'Last Train to Paris.'
Bad Boy's early success came from The Notorious B.I.G., then Combs released 'No Way Out' in 1997. Later albums included 'Last Train to Paris' in 2010 and 'MMM' in 2015, alongside ventures like the Sean John clothing line.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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