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The Saga Continues... (2001)

Where the lyrics of The Saga Continues... take you, and where it was really made.

P. Diddy's third studio album was billed to his Bad Boy Family roster, yet it still debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.

Key places

Recorded at Circle House Studios (2001)

Recording site The Hit Factory Criteria — The credits list Circle House Studios as a place where the album was recorded. The point is placed at the city center of Miami. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Daddy's House Recording Studio (2001)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — The credits list Daddy's House Recording Studio as a place where the album was recorded. The point is placed at the city center of New York City. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Chicago Trax Recording Studio (2001)

Recording site Chicago Recording Company — The credits list Chicago Trax Recording Studio as a place where the album was recorded. The point is placed at the city center of Chicago. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Saga Continues...: third studio album by American rapper P. Diddy (디디)
• Released 10 July 2001 by Arista and Bad Boy Records
• Credited to "P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family", the same billing as the debut No Way Out (1997)
• The Bad Boy Family refers to the label's signees at Bad Boy Records
• First studio album released by Combs under the P. Diddy name
• Final release under the Bad Boy Records and Arista Records joint venture
• Track list of 25 songs, with features from G-Dep, Loon, Black Rob, Mark Curry, Faith Evans, Pharrell and Mario Winans

Background

• We Invented the Remix was the last overall project with Arista
• Two singles were released as remixes, Pt. 1 with Usher and Loon, and Pt. 2 with Mario Winans, Ginuwine and Loon

Recording

• Recorded at Circle House Studios, Daddy's House Recording Studio and Chicago Trax Recording Studio
• Mixed at Circle House Studios, Daddy's House Recording Studio and The Warehouse Recording Studios in Miami, Florida
• Pro Tools engineering by Jimmy Patterson, Marc Pfafflin and Roger Che
• Mastered at Sterling Sound by Chris Athens
• Harve Pierre credited as associate executive producer

Cover

• Photography by Justin Jay
• Design by Victoria Jordan
• Creative direction by Angela Lockhart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born Sean John Combs in Harlem, New York City, on November 4, 1969.
• Worked as a talent director at Uptown Records, helping develop Jodeci and Mary J. Blige.
• Founded Bad Boy Records in 1993 after leaving Uptown.
• Debut album No Way Out (1997) topped the Billboard 200 and was certified septuple platinum.
• "I'll Be Missing You" was the first rap song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Changed his stage name several times: Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, and later Love.
• Founded Sean John clothing in 1998, winning CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year in 2004.
• Co-founded the Revolt television network in 2013.
• Received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2008, the first male rapper to be honored.
• Convicted in 2025 of transportation to engage in prostitution; sentenced to 50 months in prison.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Critics gave the album mixed to negative reviews
• Soren Baker of the Los Angeles Times praised it as a quality hip-hop collection with plenty of swagger, grit and sure-shot singles, and an upbeat outlook
• A HipHopDX staff writer praised the diverse roster of new artists and label alumni, but criticized P. Diddy's lyrical flow and tempo
• Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews praised 'Bad Boy For Life' and 'Where's Sean?' and G. Dep's 'Child of the Ghetto', but criticized the beat on 'Diddy'
• AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier praised the spotlight given to Black Rob and G. Dep and the cohesive in-house production, but criticized P. Diddy's rhetorical swagger
• Robert Christgau cited 'That's Crazy' as a choice cut, while saying the album was not worth the time or money
• The Guardian's Alexis Petridis called P. Diddy a poor rapper and said the album's misogyny and violence had been done before

Records

• Debuted at number two on the Billboard 200
• Topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
• Spawned three singles: 'Let's Get It', 'Bad Boy for Life' and 'Diddy'
• 'I Need a Girl (To Bella)' also released as a single in remix form

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album's notes say the release is the edited version with the profanity removed.
• The track 2 credits list excerpts or samples of 'Sirius' by The Alan Parsons Project.
• Two remix versions of 'I Need a Girl' appeared on the We Invented the Remix Vol. 1 release.
• 'D.I.D.D.Y.' features Pharrell, and the track list includes 'Can't Believe' with Faith Evans and Carl Thomas.
• The Italian Wikipedia entry names 'D.I.D.D.Y.' and 'Bad Boy for Life' as the two songs taken from the album as singles.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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