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| Single by P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album The Saga Continues... | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | November 27, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 12" vinyl, CD single, maxi single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Bad Boy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Dorsey Wesley, Mark Curry, Robert Ross, Jamel Fisher, Drayton Goss | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Megahertz | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Bad Boy for Life" is a song by American rappers P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry, featured on Diddy's 2001 third album The Saga Continues.... Produced by Megahertz (Dorsey Wesley), it was released as the second single from the album in November 2001 and reached number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1]
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Background
In reviews of the album, "Bad Boy for Life" has been identified as a declaration of strength by Diddy's label Bad Boy Records. Jason Birchmeier of music website Allmusic explains that the song summarises the claim "that [the] Bad Boy empire is in fact still an empire",[1] while Entertainment Weekly reviewer David Browne similarly points out the lyric "It's official/I survived what I been through" as a declaration of strength.[2] Soren Baker of the Los Angeles Times identifies "Bad Boy for Life", in addition to previous single "Let's Get It", as particularly important to the success of the album.[3]
Music video
The music video for "Bad Boy for Life" was directed by Chris Robinson, filmed in June 2001 and released in early July, and features a number of cameo appearances including guitarist Dave Navarro, actor Ben Stiller, rappers Xzibit, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Boxer Mike Tyson and punk rock band Blink-182.[4] The video was nominated for Best Rap Video at both the 2002 MVPA Awards[5] and the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.[6]
Track listing
| 12" vinyl (78612-79400-1)[7] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Bad Boy for Life" (club mix) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
| 2. | "Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
| 3. | "Bad Boy for Life" (radio mix) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
| 4. | "Bad Boy for Life" (acapella) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
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Total length:
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16:36 | |||||||||
| European CD single (Arista 74321 88431 2)[8] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Bad Boy for Life" | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:13 | |||||||
| 2. | "Let's Get It" | Trevell Coleman, Jeremy Graham, Ross, Al Green, Mabon Hodge | 4:16 | |||||||
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Total length:
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8:29 | |||||||||
| European maxi single (Arista 74321 88430 2)[9] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Bad Boy for Life" (club mix) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:13 | |||||||
| 2. | "Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:13 | |||||||
| 3. | "Let's Get It" (club mix) | Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge | 4:16 | |||||||
| 4. | "Let's Get It" (remix) | Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge | 4:01 | |||||||
| 5. | "Can't Believe" (club mix) | Sean Combs, Mario Winans, Mechalie Jamison, Michael Jones, Jack Knight, Andre Young, Chris Taylor, Nasir Jones, Jermain Baxter, Anthony Cruz | 3:49 | |||||||
| 6. | "Hoodfellaz" (club mix) | Graham, Ronald Smith, Chris Moss, Kamau Herbert, Goss | 4:03 | |||||||
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Total length:
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24:35 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom 12" vinyl (Arista 74321 88998 1)[10] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Bad Boy for Life" | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
| 2. | "Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
| 3. | "Let's Get It" (remix) | Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge | 5:19 | |||||||
| 4. | "Let's Get It" (instrumental) | Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge | 4:30 | |||||||
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Total length:
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18:07 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom maxi single (Arista 74321 88998 2)[11] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Bad Boy for Life" | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
| 2. | "Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 4:09 | |||||||
| 3. | "Let's Get It" (remix) | Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge | 5:19 | |||||||
| 4. | "Bad Boy for Life" (music video) | Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss | 5:56 | |||||||
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Total length:
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19:33 | |||||||||
Credits and samples
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Chart performance
| Chart (2003) | Peak |
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| US Billboard Hot 100[1] | 33 |
| US Billboard Hot Rap Singles[1] | 5 |
| US Billboard Mainstream Top 40[1] | 2 |
| US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[1] | 15 |
| Australian Singles Chart[12] | 20 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[13] | 41 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[14] | 14 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[15] | 7 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[16] | 17 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[17] | 32 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[18] | 20 |
| UK Singles Chart[19] | 13 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Billboard Singles". Diddy Charts & Awards. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/diddy-p214335/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ David Browne (July 30, 2001). "The Saga Continues... Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,169233,00.html. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ Soren Baker (July 22, 2001). "P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family, "The Saga Continues ..."". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/22/entertainment/ca-25144. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ "P. Diddy - "Bad boy 4 life"". mvdbase.com. http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=21261. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ "The Music Video Production Association Announces This Year's Nominees For the 11th Annual MVPA Awards". PRNewswire. April 4, 2002. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-music-video-production-association-announces-this-years-nominees-for-the-11th-annual-mvpa-awards-76781877.html. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ "2002 Video Music Awards". MTV Video Music Awards. MTV. http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ "P. Diddy, Black Rob & Mark Curry - Bad Boy for Life (Vinyl)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/P-Diddy-Black-Rob-Mark-Curry-Bad-Boy-For-Life/release/337553. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ "P. Diddy, Black Rob & Mark Curry - Bad Boy for Life (CD)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/P-Diddy-Black-Rob-Mark-Curry-Bad-Boy-For-Life/release/1624161. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ "P. Diddy, Black Rob, Mark Curry - Bad Boy for Life (CD)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/P-Diddy-Black-Rob-Mark-Curry-Bad-Boy-For-Life/release/946266. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ "P. Diddy, Black Rob, Mark Curry - Bad Boy for Life (Vinyl)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/P-Diddy-Black-Rob-Mark-Curry-Bad-Boy-For-Life/release/252003. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ "P. Diddy, Black Rob, Mark Curry - Bad Boy for Life (CD)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/P-Diddy-Black-Rob-Mark-Curry-Bad-Boy-For-Life/release/1752838. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ "Discography P. Diddy". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=P.+Diddy. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ "Discographie P. Diddy" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=P.+Diddy. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
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(2001 Album by Various Artists)
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