It’s been four years since Diddy has released an album himself. With the release of his new album, Last Train to Paris, it would have been nice This album, which he collaborated with Dirty Money on, is full of attempts to change the sound of hip-hop. But that’s all they are- attempts. The sound is unconventional and not in the way that makes an impact. It simply makes the listener dismiss the work as pure noise. The tracks sound like they were made by someone who is in a studio for the first time, too excited to mess with the different sounds they can make.

The only glimmer of tolerable sound this album has is in its finale song, “I’m Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey).” For some reason, they decided to mix this with a conventional sound.

It’s nice to see an attempt to introduce new sound into the music industry, an industry which has become plagued with monotony, but this isn’t the different that the music bizz needs. It still has a hint of traditional hip-hop, just poorly constructed, which is why it’s still better to listen to Puff Daddy in the 90s than Diddy now.

Kevin Beerman