Press Play (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
The New York Times	(unfavorable)^[5]
PopMatters	(6/10)^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
Slant Magazine	^[8]
USA Today	^[9]
The Village Voice	(favorable)^[10]

Press Play is the fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Sean "Diddy" Combs, released October 17, 2006 on Bad Boy Records. It is his first album under the "Diddy" stage name and the first release distributed by Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records, which acquired his Bad Boy label in 2005. Press Play features several guest contributions from hip hop and R&B musicians, producers, and ghost writers.^[10]^[11] Primarily dance-pop and hip hop-oriented in sound, it is a loose concept album that contains lyrical themes concerning the ups and downs of a relationship.^[11]

Press Play debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with sales of over 173,009. In the UK, the album debuted at number 11. Its singles "Come to Me" and "Last Night" both reached the top–ten of the Billboard Hot 100. The album became available to preview on MTV's The Leak on October 10, 2006, one week before being sold in stores.^[12] Press Play received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics.^[13] As of November 21, 2008, the album has sold 700,000 copies in the United States.^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Testimonial" (Intro)	Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen	2:24
2.	"We Gon' Make It" (featuring Jack Knight)	K-Def	3:33
3.	"I Am" (Interlude) (featuring Aasim)	Sean "Puffy" Combs, Sean C & LV for The Hitmen	1:46
4.	"The Future"	Havoc	3:11
5.	"Hold Up" (featuring Angela Hunte)	SC, Havoc (co.)	3:29
6.	"Come to Me" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger)	Sean "Puffy" Combs, Younglord for The Hitmen, Jai	4:36
7.	"Tell Me" (featuring Christina Aguilera)	Just Blaze	4:06
8.	"Wanna Move" (featuring Ciara, Big Boi, & Scar)	Danja, Big Boi	5:18
9.	"Diddy Rock" (featuring Timbaland, Shawnna & Twista)	Danja	5:12
10.	"Claim My Place" (Interlude) (featuring Avant)	Rob Lewis	3:25
11.	"Everything I Love" (featuring Nas & Cee-Lo Green)	Kanye West, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:23
12.	"Special Feelin'" (featuring Mika Lett)	Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen, will.i.am	4:25
13.	"Crazy Thang" (Interlude) (featuring Sarah Rosete)	Rob Lewis	1:15
14.	"After Love" (featuring Keri Hilson)	Timbaland, Danja	4:47
15.	"Through the Pain (She Told Me)" (featuring Mario Winans)	Mario Winans for The Hitmen	5:28
16.	"Thought You Said" (featuring Brandy)	Mario Winans for The Hitmen	5:49
17.	"Last Night" (featuring Keyshia Cole)	Mario Winans for The Hitmen	6:26
18.	"Making It Hard" (featuring Mary J. Blige)	Rich Harrison	4:54
19.	"Partners for Life" (featuring Jamie Foxx)	The Neptunes	4:30

Bonus track
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"All Night Long" (featuring Fergie)	will.i.am	6:25

Limited edition

The limited edition version of this album includes a story of photos on how Diddy met a woman in a club. The album is located in a pocket on the last page. As well as that, exclusive versions have been released from Target and Best Buy, Target having a bonus DVD and Best Buy having a bonus track called "Get Off".

Sample credits

List of samples used in Press Play:

Testimonial (Intro)

"Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears

We Gon' Make It

"Shaft in Africa" by Johnny Pate

I Am (Interlude)

Excerpts from "You've Made Me So Very Happy" by Lou Rawls

Hold Up

Excerpts from "White Shutters" by Jerry Peters

Special Feeling

"Baby I'm A Star" by Prince

Making It Hard

Excerpts from "I Need Love" by Hunts Determination

Last Night

"Erotic City" by Prince

Chart history

Chart positions

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums	1
UK Album Chart	11
UK Urban Album Chart	1
NZ Top 40	2
Australian ARIA Album Chart	18
Australian Urban Album Chart	2
Australian Rap / Hip-Hop Album Chart	4
Danish Albums Chart	24 ^[15]
Irish Album Chart	13
Swiss Albums Chart	9
French Albums Chart	31
Austrian Albums Chart	41
Swedish Albums Chart	46
Dutch Mega Albums Chart	58
German Media Control Albums Chart	31

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time by Rod Stewart	Billboard 200 number-one album October 29, 2006 - November 4, 2006	Succeeded by Hannah Montana Soundtrack by Various artists

Personnel

Production

Writers Credits:

The Game and Aasim - "We Gon' Make It"
Pharoahe Monch - "The Future", "Hold Up"
Jody Breeze (from Boyz n da Hood) - "Wanna Move", "Through The Pain (She Told Me)", "After Love"
T.I. - "Wanna Move"
Mista Raja- "Come To Me"
Ludacris - "Diddy Rock"
Royce Da 5'9" - "Tell Me"
Ness (formerly of Da Band) & Matthew Winans - "Diddy Rock"
Yummy Bingham and Aasim- "Tell Me"
Yummy Bingham and Cardan- "Tell Me"
Static - "Tell Me"
Black Rob and Aasim- "Partners For Life"
Mike Brown - "Last Night", "Diddy Rock",
Nas and Aasim- "Everything I Love"
Ryan Cardona - "Last Night"
Michael "Ace" McWhorter Matthew Winans - "Wanna Move", "Last Night", "Through The Pain"

References

↑ Kellman, Andy. Review: Press Play. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Hermes, Will. Review: Press Play. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Petridis, Alexis. Review: Press Play. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Nichols, Natalie. Review: Press Play. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Sanneh, Kelefa. Review: Press Play. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Joseph, Mike. Review: Press Play. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Hoard, Christian. Review: Press Play at the Wayback Machine (archived September 23, 2009). Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Cinquemani, Sal. Review: Press Play. Slant Magazine. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Gardner, Elysa. Review: Press Play. USA Today. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
1 2 Breihan, Tom. Review: Press Play. The Village Voice. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
1 2 Sterdan, Darryl. "Review: Press Play". Winnipeg Sun: October 23, 2006. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.
↑ The Leak: Press Play. MTV. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Press Play (2006): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Gold & Platinum: Searchable Database. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
↑ Steffen Hung. "P. Diddy - Press Play". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.

External links

Sean Combs

Discography Production discography Accolades

Studio albums	No Way Out Forever The Saga Continues... Press Play Last Train to Paris MMM (Money Making Mitch)

Remix albums	We Invented the Remix

Singles	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" "I'll Be Missing You" "It's All About the Benjamins" "Been Around the World" "Victory" "Come with Me" "P.E. 2000" "Satisfy You" "Do You Like It...Do You Want It" "Best Friends" "Let's Get It" "Bad Boy for Life" "Diddy" "I Need a Girl (Part 1)" "I Need a Girl (Part 2)" "Special Delivery (Remix)" "Come to Me" "Tell Me" "Last Night" "Through the Pain (She Told Me)" "Angels" "Love Come Down" "Hello Good Morning" "Loving You No More" "Coming Home" "Your Love" "Ass on the Floor"

Featured singles	"No Time" "Someone" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Honey" "Lookin' at Me" "All Night Long" "Hate Me Now" "Notorious B.I.G." "Son of a Gun" "Show Stopper" "No More Drama" "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" "Trade It All (Part 2)" "Bump, Bump, Bump" "I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)" "Shake Ya Tailfeather" "I Don't Wanna Know" "Nasty Girl" "Take You There" "Imma Put It on Her" "Must Be Love" "Better on the Other Side "All I Do Is Win (Remix)" "I’m on You" "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" "Scream & Shout (Remix)"

Related articles	Bad Boy Records Sean John P. Diddy's Starmaker The Notorious B.I.G. I Want to Work for Diddy A Raisin in the Sun Diddy – Dirty Money

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