P Diddy ft Keyshia Cole - 'Last Night'
You've got to love a song by the shy and retiring hip hop mogul and rap star P Diddy, in which he seems to have taken on board the fact that he is perhaps not the greatest rapper to ever rock a mic, and has taken up singing instead. But, being a collaborative sort of fella by nature, he still gives the greater portion of his own song over to someone who is far better at the singing thing than he is.
Humility? Self-awareness? Teamwork? This is P DIDDY we're talking about here, right?
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Well, it says his name on the CD, at any rate. Musically, this has a lot more in common with the spiralling hip hop soul of Outkast (the verses in particular), or 'Promiscuous' by Nelly Furtado. And the Didster - or his production peeps - has clearly used the same drum machine Prince put 'When Doves Cry' together on, way back in the early '80s.
What you can't fault the man for is his ear for vocal talent. He's the bloke who gave the world Mary J Blige after all. And Keyshia's got the kind of gospel-inflected scorch that sounds like she is literally reaching down her own throat and tugging her heart out, just so she can show the world the TRUE MEANING OF PAIN. And that's just when she's humming 'Happy Birthday'...
So, for a song which bears his name, but precious little trace of his ENORMOUS MUSICAL PROWESS, this is a bit of a corker. But does this mean we can look forward to future Diddy releases in which he isn't even in the room when they're being made? Well, if they're this good, why not?
Released: March 12th
(Fraser McAlpine)
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