Puff Daddy: "Forever" Bad Boy Records

Puff Daddy has been on top of the music business for several years. His new disc is currently a best-seller.

Ask any 13 year old boy from Iowa about Puff Daddy and they will have heard of the man, also known as Sean Combs of Bad Boy Records. He owns one of the newest and phattest clothing lines, Sean John and a New York restaurant, Justin's. But is he really a rapper?

There is no questioning that Puff Daddy's new album, "Forever", has some hot beats and he did do a good job selecting writers to come up with his lyrics, but can the man rap? There is no question that Combs, has produced some of the biggest hits of the late 1990's, but is he a rapper?

People with millions of dollars to play with can live out their wildest dreams. Just look at Shaqueil O'Neil. Puff Daddy is a talented producer and deserves respect for being a great business man, but he can't rap! Instead of having to go through the hard knocks of the rap game, Puff Daddy has used his wealth to add to his list of tiles and became a rapper. He has enjoyed the cross over appeal that many commercial rappers have been able to sell to suburban America.

The best track on this album, is the remix of PE'S "Public Enemy #1" - "Public Enemy 2000. The beats are there and the lyrics are there, but there is no soul. This album was supposed to be a response to the critics that called "No Way Out" weak, but can you honestly be hard with a name like PUFF Daddy?

by Charmane Malone