Released May 14, 2002 Artist Sean Combs Label Big Beat Records | Length 56:20 Release date 14 May 2002 | |
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Producer P. Diddy
Mario Winans
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
EZ Elpee
Megahertz
Irv Gotti
7 Aurelius
Ayinde
Buckwild
Daron Jones
Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre P. Diddy
We Invented the Remix
(2002) Diddy
Press Play
(2006) Genres Hip hop music, Contemporary R&B, Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Pop-rap Similar Sean Combs albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
We Invented the Remix is a remix album by P. Diddy with the Bad Boy Family, released on May 14, 2002. It features remixes of hit singles by artists from Diddy's Bad Boy Records record label. The album reached the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart for a week and was later certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies. The album also reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. The album featured the hit singles "I Need a Girl (Part 1)", which reached number 2 in the U.S., and "I Need a Girl (Part 2)", which reached number 4, a rare occurrence of both parts of the same song both becoming big hits. This was the last album Bad Boy would release under the Arista Records label.
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Critical reception
Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic praised the album for crafting a collection of top-notch producers and guest artists to create sure-fire hits that are better than those from The Saga Continues..., concluding that "As a result, We Invented the Remix confirms Combs' return to the top of the urban music world after a few years of struggle." Wise Q of HipHopDX also praised the tracks for the producers and guest artists that come up with their own interpretation but questioned if Diddy can keep his remix formula going without losing any creative steam. Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews said that despite great remixes of "Special Delivery" and "I Need a Girl", he criticized P. Diddy's involvement on the album for making terrible choices to songs that were both unoriginal and pointless, concluding that "If anything it proves that some songs DON'T need a remix, and even those that do should be given better treatment than the selection was here. If you can't find the album on sale or at a comparable price it's just not a good investment. The only thing P. Diddy "Invented" here was a mediocre album."
Songs
1Intro0:51
2Special Delivery (remix)Ghostface Killah - Craig Mack - Keith Murray - 4:34
3I Need A Girl Part 2Ginuwine - Mario Winans - Loon - 4:46