Puff Daddy - Forever

When MC Lyte rapped "Beat biter / Dope style taker / Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker," she wasn't referring to Puff Daddy, but those words may have echoed in the brains of many non-NY producers--especially those from New Orleans and the Bay Area--upon hearing the bad boy don's second solo effort, Forever. For much of the latter part of the '90s, many New York rappers have included a couple of token G-funk or bounce-influenced tracks on their albums, but on Forever, Puff takes it to extremes, with almost half the album falling into that category. One would think that Puff's lazy, unskilled drawl would fit perfectly with the foreign sonics, but instead, his mumbling is more blatant, twitching erratically like the proverbial fish out of water, especially on cuts like "What You Want" and "Satisfy You" (where he loops the Luniz' classic "I Got 5 On It"). Where he sticks to the usual plan, he pulls it off steadily, and on "Journey Through the Life," a powerful posse cut with Nas, Beanie Sigel, and Lil' Kim, he's created a NY thug cut par excellence. Just goes to show you can't teach an old producer new beats--even if he pays royally for them. --Jon Caramanica Amazon.com

 2.5 stars: Puff gets my vote for best bling and best flosser of alltime.
Nobody stunts like Puff. Sorry Birdman. In 1999 BadBoy Records was still living off the success of No Way Out, Life After Death and Mase's Harlem World. So Puff steps to the plate again with Forever. The music is just okay and plays more like a compilation due to the large amount of guest stars. But like I said nobody stunts like Puff Daddy. Dude had the most diamonds and was banging Jennifer Lopez in her prime. Hell, he made JLo who she is today!

Top Joints:
Reverse (Shyne Po rips it)
Journey Through The Life (Great posse cut where Nas and Beans kill the track)
Is this the End? (Kinda Wierd Track That Works. Twista shines on it)
PE 2000 (Stuntin)
January 15, 2007

 Weak follow up to good first album
Like many reviewers have said Bad Boy's downfall began with this weak album. Diddy or Puffy was going through his thug phase and the album shows it. The only songs that showed promise were Is This The End 2, Do You Like It and Satisy You. December 14, 2006

 Lets clear up one thing
I am a hater, to the core. I hate Puffy and thats all it is to it. Now there, you don't have to say it.So on to the review.
First off every lyrical line Puffy spit in this album was outdone by everybody. Every track he had the weakest flow and the worst rhymes. And thats the truth. I don't know how true this is, but I heard Loon was behind most of Puffy's lines on this album. So that should explain the utter wackness in his lyrics. The truth is I don't care who writes his lines. It could be Tupac and Nas doin it, since its not them spittin it, then it actually takes away from the rhymes itself. Almost this entire album is filler. The best tracks is Real N**** and journey through my life. I really didn't feel that beat a whole lot but Nas and Beanie's verses was off the hook. However that is not enough for me to give this album more than one star. Now I love MC Lyte and Public Enemy, but they should get smacked in the back of they heads with crowbars for lettin him mutilate their classics. Thats not musical artistry, thats butcher work. Fake Thug dedication really gets under my skin. The title alone. No disrespect to Biggie as an artist cause I do like him still. But they put a diss on Tupac on Life after Death after he died, then denied it for years. So perhaps the fake thug dedication should be to him, cause thats some sucker s***. I didn't hear his latest album, I'm not going to review it, I didn't even visit that section. If you a fan of this guy, then you gon cop this and his new one regardless. If you like me and hate just about everything he puts out, you won't be caught within a mile of that s***. November 17, 2006

 Puff Daddy - Forever
Two years after his impressive debut, "No Way Out," Puff Daddy returns with his second solo album in 1999. With impressive guest features such as Jay-Z, Redman, Bizzy Bone and Cee-Lo who could go wrong? This album also showcases some of the new Bad Boy roster like Shyne, G. Dep and Mark Curry. Can Puff live up to the hype with this album or will it fall to the sophomore curse.

1. Forever (Intro) - No Rating

2. What You Want - 4.5/5

3. I'll Do This for You (Featuring Kelly Price) - 4/5

4. Do You Like It...Do You Want It... (Featuing Jay-Z) - 4.5/5

5. Satisfy You (Featuring R. Kelly) - 4.5/5

6. Is This the End Part 2 (Featuring Twista) - 4.5/5

7. I Hear Voices (Featuring Carl Thomas) - 4/5

8. Fake Thugs Dedication (Featuring Redman) - 3/5

9. Diddy Speaks! (Interlude) - No Rating

10. Angels With Dirty Faces (Featuring Bizzy Bone) - 3/5

11. Gangsta S*** (Featuring Lil' Kim & Mark Curry) - 3.5/5

12. P.S. 112 (Interlude) - No Rating

13. Pain (Featuring G. Dep) - 3/5

14. Reverse (Featuring Shyne, G. Dep, Cee-Lo, Busta Rhymes & Sauce Money) - 4.5/5

15. Real N***** (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Lil' Kim) - 4.5/5

16. Journey Through the Life (Featuring Nas, Beanie Sigel, Lil' Kim & Joe Hooker) - 5/5

17. Best Friends (Featuring Mario Winans) - 5/5

18. Mad Rapper (Interlude) - No Rating

19. P.E. 2000 (Featuring Hurricane G) - 4/5

Overall:

60.5/75

4 Stars

This is a good effort but doesn't compare to "No Way Out." Most tracks on here are good but there's a couple that are straight up wack. The production is top notch of course. Can't speak on his lyrics because....well they're not his haha. Check it out if you're a fan of Puffy Daddy or Bad Boy Records. October 15, 2006

 The worst rap album in 1999 (please believe it!!!)
Just when you thought puffaluffagus coudnt get any wacker he drops this overrated trash called "Forever" and proves us all wrong. We all stand corrected. Whats wrong with this album? Same flaws as the last one: Crappy beats, infantile lyrics and tons of guest features that dont add anything good to this
s--tfest. Decent tracks: Do you like it do you want it and
Real N---as. Filler: I hear voices, Best Friend, Is it the end part2, Satisfy you, PE 2000(what was Public Enemy thinking when they let this slut sample their classic record?), Fake thugs dedication etc. Bottom line: Puffy is a dishonorable mention that nobody wants to admit. He open up the door for all the hippop icons(Jarule, Fabolous, Mase, Loon, Chingy, Nelly etc) that you bash into submission but you never get on his case for what he did. HOW INSANE ARE YOU!!! This album is as bad as the first one and you know it! All of puffy's albums should be trampled by every soccer team in the world just like his face! September 1, 2006

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