| 2/4/2003 "I don't understand Puff Daddy..." To me, Sean "Puffy" Combs makes no sense. Why is he such a famous celebrity? I mean, sure, he is responsible for a whole shitload of popular hiphop, rap, and r&b albums and groups/acts over the past decade, but when you really look at his musical talent and delivery, he's such a copycat that he deserves no credit. I know that he's a big famous record producer, and he runs his own clothing line, "Sean Jean" and all, but I'm talking mainly about his career as a musician. I mean, first of all, he's never in his own video. He's always in some other act's video, just casually walking around in the background, shaking to the music, or checking his cell phone or pompilot or something. When he does actually have to rap, or perform his part of the song, he usually only has a paragraph, and he more or less "speaks" the part rather than rapping it. I mean, rap stars get away with a whole lot these days. Eminem, no matter how much I hate him, still gets my respect as a real "rap star." First of all, the nickname "Puffy" is really stupid. I read somewhere that he got that nickname because of the way that he used to puff his chest out way back in peewee football. The stupid nickname just needs to be dropped. I mean, what if your mom used to call you something stupid like "Dinkybear" or something when you were younger? Would you continue to use that nickname for the rest of your life? I know that I sure as hell wouldn't. ...And then he adds the word "Daddy" after it, just because it's a common word choice in names of rap stars. Look at "Mac Daddy" and "Daddy Mac" from Kris Kross, and "Trick Daddy," etc... I know there are more, but I'm not going to waste my time looking for them. He eventually shortened his alias of "Puff Daddy" to "P.Diddy" which made it even more ridiculous than it was in the first place. He gave his girlfriend of the time, Jennifer Lopez, the nickname of "J.Lo." Ok, the abbrieviations have got to go. I find them more laughable and stupid than interesting and cool. So now that I've bitched about the name(s), and his so-called "rapping" skills...let me also point out the fact that the majority of his singles and songs from his albums are rip offs of other songs. I mean, he's used "Every Breath You Take," by the Police and "Cashmere" by Led Zeppelin. Also, his dancing sucks. P.Diddy, being such a high-noted figure in his market should be expected to know how to dance. I mean, all the guy ever does is either stomp and sway at the camera, while waving his arms around, or he does that so-called "trademark" dance of his where he sticks his arms up in the air and shakes himself as he spins around in a circle. If you've ever seen that "Missing You" video with Faith Evans and any live performance of it, you know the move I speak of. It's so laughably horrible. In short, P.Diddy's humongous ego shows through his half-assed attempts at being a rap star, and his stupid "I'm too good for this video" vibe that he likes to portray in every other groups video that he appears in. -Rob |
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| Yeah, he's a "Bad Boy" alright. *snicker, snicker* |