Man, it'd be tight if Diddy redid Bad Boy Records & got it going like the 90's again

[Obtain Knowledge]

Diddy was doing his thing in Hip Hop and R&B in the mid to late 90's working with everyone from Biggie to Mariah Carey. It'd be tight if Diddy got all of the Hitmen producers back together and then started signing new up and coming emcees and singers again. I think it'd be interesting to see him sign some artists like maybe Big Krit, Curren$y, and Roc Marciano. Then get singers like Bruno Mars, Rebecca Ferguson and Elle Varner to fill out the R&B side of things.


Diddy had the talent spread out all across the board on his record label:

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w8Vu9SENok]112 - Only You (Bad Boy Remix) (feat. Biggie & Mase) [1996] - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Big Mel]

Shut your bytch ass up

 

[Big Mel]

Can't wait to hear that new roc Marc and Elle barn crack!


Sit your dumb ass dowm

 

[Flav]

anybody sign to puff these days is crazy as fukk unless he returned all the stolen publishing back to HipHop Whoville.

 

[Binary]

I miss the old Bad Boy Records

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

Then some of the classics he helped produce for other artists:

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

I miss the old Bad Boy Records

Me too.

 

[Harry B]

Then some of the classics he helped produce for other artists:

Mariah Carey - Honey (Bad Boy Remix) - YouTube

was in that video

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

was in that video

Yup, everybody was

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

I can remember when this video came out and I was like,

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2ak3kJSuI]Puff Daddy & The Family (Feat. Mase & Carl Thomas) - Been Around The World [Remix] [Music Video] - YouTube[/ame]


Then who could forget this?




Even the R&B tracks stayed on point (Ma$e's verse on the first one below is one of my favorites):



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[TrapHouse Rock]

you really think the young kids whose minds change every month that determine urban radio and your top 40 are gonna be vibing to roc marciano, elle varner, or give a fukk about what diddy did in the 90s when they were in kindergarten and shyt back then


i realize i contribute to what determines whats popular, but i am not the core demographic. people will not get shyt popping like any times before. times are different now, and i'm not really complaining its just how it is


accept and be content that the machine can get behind a rapper like kendrick lamar and put enough money into him to be successful on a nationwide level. also accept that the machine can get behind an act like chief keef and make him successful fairly quickly on a nationwide level (though some of his shyt do be decent)


french montana is a pretty sizeable 'hip hop star', but outside of the hip hop fans aint no one tryna hear french montana. and no one in general tryna hear MGK or Red Cafe and cassie could probably put out a decent R & B CD , but she'll go the electropop route cause thats what diddy's pushing on her.


even if he were to sign the coli's 10 favorite rappers, 90% of the top 40 generation aint even tryna hear them

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

also i have no idea, but r & b groups just do not sell anymore. you can try as hard as you want and diddy has, but i havent seen that shyt work in so long

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

you really think the young kids whose minds change every month that determine urban radio and your top 40 are gonna be vibing to roc marciano, elle varner, or give a fukk about what diddy did in the 90s when they were in kindergarten and shyt back then


i realize i contribute to what determines whats popular, but i am not the core demographic. people will not get shyt popping like any times before. times are different now, and i'm not really complaining its just how it is


accept and be content that the machine can get behind a rapper like kendrick lamar and put enough money into him to be successful on a nationwide level. also accept that the machine can get behind an act like chief keef and make him successful fairly quickly on a nationwide level (though some of his shyt do be decent)


french montana is a pretty sizeable 'hip hop star', but outside of the hip hop fans aint no one tryna hear french montana. and no one in general tryna hear MGK or Red Cafe and cassie could probably put out a decent R & B CD , but she'll go the electropop route cause thats what diddy's pushing on her.


even if he were to sign the coli's 10 favorite rappers, 90% of the top 40 generation aint even tryna hear them

No, what I'm saying is that Diddy could lock down Hip Hop/R&B or Pop music again if he really wanted too. But I think his focus is really on his vodka, restaurants, clothing lines and tv/movie deals. But Diddy knows and has what it takes to make talented artists became stars and name brands. The time or era has nothing to do with it when it comes to someone like Diddy because he's always thinking and moving forward, so he knows what works and what doesn't. That's what makes Diddy, "Diddy". He would know how to market and sell artist like Big Kritt or Curren$y because he's a hustler.

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

also i have no idea, but r & b groups just do not sell anymore. you can try as hard as you want and diddy has, but i havent seen that shyt work in so long

Again, Diddy's full attention hasn't really been on music because he's getting money from his vodka, restaurants, movie/tv deals etc. If he really was all about the music like he was in the 90's, he could do it. That's how he's gotten the vodka and tv/movie deals because he's a hustler. He understand and knows how to run businesses.

 

[Kings County]

nikka if music period was like the 90's again shyt would be amazing

i got more 90's rap in my ipod than anything that came out in the last 7-8 yrs