音樂專輯
2002年 07月 04日
産品編號: 74321940372
美國東岸嘻哈霸主吹牛老爹與節奏藍調新偶像亞瑟小子聯手出擊,美國告示排行榜亞軍單曲超值收錄亞瑟小子排行單曲〈You Don't Have To Call〉原版及混音版、華盛頓特區節奏藍調要角Ginuwine跨刀獻聲二部曲及〈You Don't Have To Call〉和單曲音樂錄影帶位於米國東岸嘻哈版圖領軍地位的集團,莫過於由P.Diddy(aka Puff Daddy、Sean ”Puffy” Combs)所構建的「Bad Boy Entertainment」,而坐陣上位的P.Diddy也在這嘻哈當道的年代,發掘出無數知名藝人、創作過無數動聽歌曲,大眾對他最熟稔的莫過於97年《No Way Out》中的〈I'll Be Missing You〉。生長在哈林區、自小喪父的P.Diddy正好經歷了在地吸哈的全盛期;他Puff Daddy一名是來自唸書時參加足球隊的外號,當時不光以才藝賺錢,他還專搞些Party、校園演唱和賣考卷來噱瑯,縱觀今日不難發現實是天生商人一個;隨後P.Diddy因對音樂的熱忱進入「Uptown Records」,沒多久當上該廠二哥,之後開始發動Hip-Hop結合R&B的運動,首邀Urban/Contemporary R&B 才女Mary J. Blige合作,締造出多白金的傳奇樂史;結識故友The Notorious B.I.G.後,兩人在米國大廠「Arista Records」打造屬於自己的黃金吸哈盛世,爾后更不乏有LL Cool J、KRS-One、Busta Rhymes、Brian McKnight、SWV、Boyz II Men和Mariah Carey等人的爭相邀約。《The Saga Continues》是P.Diddy攻下Billboard專輯榜前十大的要輯,細碟〈I Need A Girl(Part One)〉是與Urban R&B當紅炸子雞Usher及東岸名嘴Loon共饒的超黑單曲,歡愉的重beat引領著Usher美妙之歌聲:「I need a girl to ride, ride, ride. I need a girl to make my wife. I need a girl who's mine all mine. I need a girl in my life...」,接續著P.Diddy立道出埋藏在心中許久的聲音:「Yo, I'm internationally known on the microphone. I got it all, but I really need a wife at home. I don't really like the zone, never spend the night alone. I got a few, you would like to bone...」,佐以keybord高亢美妙的和音,整體表現出黑幫痞子的無奈內心戲;單曲內還收錄Usher個人solo〈You Don't Have To Call〉,妙的是這兩曲的韻角皆為[ai](「U don't have to call. It's okay girl. I'm gonna be alright tonight...」)!與前曲同為Upbeat,相較之下Usher此調居然比P.Diddy的更猛更激動;當然,有Part One就有Part Two,來自Washington, DC的Contemporary R&B要角Ginuwine跨刀獻聲,〈I Need A Girl(Part Two)〉的姿態就略顯低調,加上Loon、Mario Winans與diva女聲的Tammy Ruggeri,二部曲在Head-Noddin的導向較嚴重之;此外還有〈You Don't Have To Call〉的混音版加Video以及title曲〈I Need A Girl(Part One)〉的MTV可觀賞,實是豐不可言。