The Saga Continues

by Diddy, P. Diddy & the Bad Boy Family, Puff Daddy & the Family

Overview

A lot happened to Sean Combs during the two-year gap between Forever and The Saga Continues. Besides the obvious name change to P. Diddy and his daily appearances in the news, the overdramatic rap artist saw his popularity drop considerably during those two years -- a serious issue for someone as attention-hungry as Combs. So The Saga Continues signals to everyone that his Bad Boy empire is in fact still an empire. "Bad Boy for Life," the album's big, opening anthem, perhaps sums up the situation best: "We ain't going nowhere/We can't be stopped." It's a fairly simple claim, but this pretension towers largely over every single second of this album. Combs isn't just trying to make great music anymore; he's trying to reclaim his credibility. In his mission to do so, he has recruited the latest roster of Bad Boy talent, anchored by two stellar rappers, Black Rob and G. Dep, who are to be viewed as the successors to the departed Biggie Smalls and Shyne. Combs gives these two plenty of time in the spotlight here -- as much as himself -- and they definitely showcase their talent commendably, as do many of the other Family members. It's nice to see Combs stay in-house for this album rather than assembling a disparate best-of-the-best roster like he did on Forever. This decision helps give the album more of a cohesive feel, as these Family members, and also the often daring production, make this an impressive album at times. It's Combs himself, though, who mars what could be a solid album with his rhetorical swagger. When he's surrounded by his crew, he's fine, though you wish he could rap as well as he can present the talent of others. Rather, it's when Combs steps into the spotlight, particularly during the numerous interludes, that his swaggering often goes too far, teetering on the fine line between self-assurance and unintentional farce. ~ Jason Birchmeier

Product Details

Release Date:	07/10/2001
Label:	Bad Boy Entertainment
UPC:	0786127304527
Rank:	79503

Tracks

1. The Saga Continues
2. Bad Boy for Life
3. Toe Game (Interlude)
4. That's Crazy
5. Let's Get It
6. Shiny Suit Man
7. Diddy
8. Blast Off
9. Airport (Interlude)
10. Roll with Me
11. On Top
12. Where's Sean?
13. Child of the Ghetto
14. Incomplete (Interlude)
15. So Complete
16. Smoke (Interlude)
17. Lonely
18. I Need a Girl (To Bella)
19. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (Interlude)
20. If You Want This Money
21. I Don't Like That (Interlude)
22. Back for Good Now
23. Can't Believe
24. The Last Song
25. Thank You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

P. Diddy & the Bad Boy Family   Primary Artist
Diddy   Primary Artist
Loon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jack   Primary Artist
Lo   Primary Artist
Kain   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Big Azz Ko   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Hoodfellaz   Primary Artist,Vocals
Marsha   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Black Rob   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
MJG   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bristal   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Neptunes   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mark Curry   Primary Artist,Vocals
8Ball   Primary Artist
Carl Thomas   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Faith Evans   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Rob Black   Primary Artist
Cheri Dennis   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kokane   Primary Artist,Vocals
P. Diddy   Primary Artist,Vocals
8Ball and MJG   Primary Artist
Kain Cioffie   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mario Winans   Primary Artist,Vocals
Three The...   Primary Artist,Vocals
M. Curry   Primary Artist
Puff Daddy   Primary Artist
G. Dep   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Hoodfellaz   Primary Artist
Eightball   Primary Artist,Vocals
Puff Daddy & the Family   Primary Artist
Michael Carlos Jones   Vocals (Background)
Ken Faulk   Horn
Eric Kerley   Horn
M. Jones   Vocals (Background)
Joe Barati   Horn
William Ivory   Voiceover,Vocals (Background)
Jerry Peel   Horn
Mike Lewis   Horn
Dante Luciani   Horn
DJ Khaled   Scratching
The Bad Boy Family   Vocals
Willae Ivory   Vocals (Background)
Jack Knight   Vocals
Betty Wright   Vocals
Kenneth Faulk   Horn
John Thomas   Horn
Jim Hacker   Horn
David Peel   Horn

Technical Credits

Ronald Smith   Composer
Groovy Lew   Stylist
Ariel Borujow   Assistant Engineer
Juan Rosario   Assistant Engineer
J.B. Long   Composer
Bobby Springsteen   Vocal Producer
Frank Socorro   Recording
Jesse Randall Baxter   Composer
Dominick Mancuso   Recording,Assistant Engineer
Dennis Taylor   Composer
Rob Paustain   Mixing,Recording
Mike "Punch" Harper   Producer
Jeremy Graham   Composer
Jamahl Rye   Composer
Anthony Cruz   Composer
Michael Carlos Jones   Composer
Chauncey Hawkins   Composer
Kirk Robinson   Composer
R. MacDonald   Composer
C.D. Hawkins   Composer
Brian Kraz   Engineer,Recording,Assistant Engineer
Chris Moss   Composer
Jamie Soule   Assistant Engineer
Nicole Patterson   Make-Up
Alfred Figueroa   Engineer,Recording
Kenneth Cunningham   Composer
Peter Joyner   Composer
Nasir Jones   Composer
Adonis Shropshire   Composer
Hans Last   Composer
Franklin Socorro   Recording
Henry Williams   Composer
Kain Cioffe   Composer
Jermaine Baxter   Composer
Anthony Best   Composer
Dorsey Wesley   Composer
Dimitri Christo   Composer
Trevell Coleman   Composer
Jamel Fisher   Composer
Drayton Goss   Composer
Stephen Glickman   Recording,Assistant Engineer
Ayinde Bomani   Composer,Musician,Producer
Megahertz Music Group   Producer
Spike Leroy   Composer,Musician,Producer
Steven "Loss Spirits" Dorsain   Musician,Producer,Composer
M. Jones   Composer
Puff Daddy   Performer
Ralph MacDonald   Composer
"Prince" Charles Alexander   Mixing,Recording
C. Taylor   Composer
Coptic   Producer
Cathy Dennis   Composer
Yogi   Musician,Producer
Colin Michaels   Assistant Engineer
Jerry Long   Composer
Lynn Montrose   Engineer,Recording,Assistant Engineer
Marlon Goodwin   Composer
Premro Smith   Composer
Bob Kreinar   Composer
J. Graham   Composer
Sheri Blair   Composer
M. Curry   Composer
Kim Lumpkin   Project Manager
Jonathan Burke   Assistant Engineer
Rob Paustian   Mixing,Engineer
Nat Robinson   Composer
Roger Che   Editing,Engineer,Recording
M. Morrison   Composer
Jose Luis Cuevas   Engineer
Jamal Rasheed   Musician,Producer,Instrumentation
Robert Beavers   Composer
J. Fisher   Composer
D. Trotman   Composer,Producer
Stephen Dent   Mixing,Recording
Roosevelt Harrell   Composer
Jesse Weaver   Composer
Buckwild   Musician,Producer,Instrumentation
Three The...   Performer
Tommie Jr.   Recording
L. Parker   Composer
Tommie Gibson   Composer
Derrick Trotman   Composer,Producer
Michael "Punch" Harper   Musician,Composer
Mario Winans   Performer,Composer,Musician,Producer
Robert Ross   Composer,Producer
Jim Janik   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Sean Combs   Composer,Producer
Chris "The Glove" Taylor   Composer
Mechalie Jamison   Composer
Kain Cioffie   Composer
Marsha Morrison   Composer
Nas   Composer
Marv Johnson   Composer
Michael Patterson   Mixing
Bristal   Performer
P. Diddy   Composer
Al Green   Composer
Wayne Allison   Recording
Bink   Producer
Wayne "The Brain" Allison   Recording
Candido Camero   Composer
Harve Pierre   A&R,Mixing,Composer,Vocal Producer,Associate Executive Producer
William Salter   Composer
Eric Matlock   Composer
Ed Raso   Mixing
Sherri Blair   Composer
Paul Logus   Mixing,Engineer,Recording,Vocal Producer
Jonathon Burke   Assistant Engineer
Kamau Herbert   Composer
Howard Thompson   Composer
Kokane   Performer
Jack Knight   Composer
T. Michael Coleman   Composer
Chuck Mangione   Composer
Alan Parsons   Composer
Andre Young   Composer
P. Williams   Composer
Chris Athens   Mastering
Cheri Dennis   Composer
Jack Hill   Composer
Joe Cain   Composer
Clarence Reid   Composer
Larry Sturm   Engineer,Recording
Chad Hugo   Composer
Eric Woolfson   Composer
Faith Evans   Composer,Performer
Edward Archer   Composer
Carl Thomas   Performer
M. Johnson   Composer
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges   Composer
Mark Curry   Composer,Producer
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie   Composer
Stephen Glicken   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
H.C. Williams   Composer