Forever (Puff Daddy album)
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| Studio album by Puff Daddy | ||||
| Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998-1999 | |||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop | |||
| Length | 73:49 | |||
| Label | Bad Boy, Arista | |||
| Producer | Sean "Puffy" Combs (exec.), The Hitmen (also exec.) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| Rolling Stone | unfavorable |
| USA Today | |
Forever is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Puff Daddy released on August 24, 1999 in North America by Bad Boy Records, with a release in the United Kingdom the following day. This was the first Puff Daddy album released under just the name "Puff Daddy" as his debut album was released under "Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family".
Forever received generally favorable to mixed reviews from most music critics, directed at the heavy use of sampling in Combs' work, as well as commercially changing hip-hop music simultaneously, which caused controversy at the time. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 album chart. To date, the album has received positive to mixed reviews from music critics, and has spawned three singles that have attained Billboard chart success. In late 1999, Forever was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping over one million units in North America. In 2006, Q magazine included Forever in their list of the 50 worst albums of all time.
Nearly two years after Combs released his first joint collaboration album, No Way Out, which debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number one and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in February 1998, whereas Combs (under the name "Puff Daddy"), was nominated for Best New Artist, which he lost. He also collaborated with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, for the single "Come with Me" for the 1998 film Godzilla. The song had sampled "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin, and reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart, whilst stalling at #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100. He was also obligated to star as Willie Beamen in the motion picture, Any Given Sunday, the role however went to Jamie Foxx. During the summer of 1998, the recording for Combs' debut album began to take place, and then to commence on the following year.
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