It’s all love in Diddy’s world. The music legend and enterprise mogul unveiled his newest studio effort, The Love Album: Off the Grid, on Friday (Sept. 15).
The jam-packed function lineup consists of notable names resembling The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige, Jazmine Sullivan, H.E.R, Summer season Walker, Babyface, John Legend, Teyana Taylor and extra. “Music is my past love, and music has given me a second probability at life, so stepping again into the studio to make this album has been a soulful expertise that introduced me nearer to myself and my objective,” Diddy mentioned in a press launch. “This album wasn’t created to feed an algorithm or be related with the developments of the instances — it was created to the touch souls and freely categorical my story with the most effective artists, writers and producers shaping the way forward for R&B.”
This undertaking marks his first official launch underneath his new label, Love Information, and his first solo album since 2006’s Press Play. Since then, he dropped his 2010 collaborative undertaking Final Practice to Paris with Daybreak Richard and Kalenna Harper as Soiled Cash, and his 2015 mixtape MMM (Cash Making Mitch).
Diddy is Billboard‘s most up-to-date cowl star, and he opened up concerning the inspiration behind the brand new launch. “This isn’t simply an R&B album; it’s an R&B film [about love],” he mentioned of his undertaking, which he executive-produced and curated. “It’s in all probability one of many greatest collections of expertise ever, all unified on one album. And I occur to be blessed to have The Weeknd’s final function. The tune talks about being distinctive, in a way — telling your ex-girl that one other certainly one of me gained’t come round.”
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