Forever (Diddy album)
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| Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Studio | The Hit Factory (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 73:04 | |||
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Forever is the second studio album of American rapper Sean Combs, under the name P. Diddy. Released on August 24, 1999, by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and sold 205,343 units in its first week. Despite this, Forever was met with mixed to negative reviews and failed to match the success of his previous album, No Way Out (1997).
Forever was Combs' only album to be released solely under the name of "Puff Daddy"; his debut album, No Way Out was billed under "Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family". As with previous Bad Boy releases, much of the criticism was directed towards the over-commercialization of the hip hop genre and its incorporation of dance-pop, lower production quality and lackluster lyrics compared to its predecessor, many of which caused controversy at the time.