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バッド・ボーイ・レコーズ所属メンバーのヒット曲リミックスに加え、バッド・ボーイが手がけた人気アーティストのリミックスも収録の豪華オムニバスアルバム登場。アッシャーがゲスト参加するキュートなヒップホップヴアージョン<5>(2002年5月全米チャート2位)、全米No.1独走中のアシャンティ「フーリッシュ」に、The Notorious B.I.G.の「#!*@ You Tonight」をアレンジした<7>、メアリー・J.ブライジのスローバラードを、ベースラインが軽快なダンサブルナンバーに仕上げた<9>(2002年2月R&Bチャート16位)など、貴重なテイクのオンパレードだ。(速藤年正)
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Don't believe the hype: Bad Boy Records did not invent the remix, the company has just done a good job using it. But the past is the past. Don't come here if you're looking for Puffy's earlier ground-breaking work with the likes of
Jodeci and
Super Cat. The "hits" here are of a more recent vintage, and if these remixes are any indication, it seems Diddy has reached the bottom of his bag of tricks. Screeching bells,
Ghostface Killah and the return of the MacK (
Craig Mack) give G Dep's "Special Delivery" (from last year's
Child of the Ghetto) that hyped Bad Boy flavour of yore, but it's all downhill from there. Lines such as "We used to drive the whole city wild" make listening to "I Need a Girl", Puffy's maudlin ode to ex-squeeze
J Lo, a cringe-inducing experience, and the producer-rapper's painfully weak rhyme ruins
Mary J Blige's "No More Drama". Most disturbing is Puffy's crass opportunism:
Biggie's "voice from the grave" duet with
Ashanti (on "Unfoolish") is downright creepy and ultimately unnecessary. --
Rebecca Levine