The_Love_Album:_Off_the_Grid

<i>The Love Album: Off the Grid</i>

The Love Album: Off the Grid

2023 studio album by Sean "Diddy" Combs


The Love Album: Off the Grid is the fifth studio album by American rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, released on September 15, 2023.

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Combs signed with the record label Motown in late 2022 to release its bonus tracks, "Gotta Move On" and "In the Porsche", and in 2023, the album's only single, "Another One of Me". The album itself was released independently by Combs's Love Records; it marks his first project to not be released by Bad Boy Records.[1][2] It includes guest appearances from The-Dream, Herb Alpert, Nova Wav, Busta Rhymes, Dawn Richard, Kalenna, Nija, Jozzy, Jacquees, Fabolous, Swae Lee, Summer Walker, the Weeknd, French Montana, 21 Savage, Justin Bieber, Jazmine Sullivan, Ty Dolla Sign, Kehlani, Coco Jones, Kalan.FrFr, K-Ci, Jeremih, Mary J. Blige, Teyana Taylor, Burna Boy, Babyface, John Legend, and H.E.R.[3] The extended version was released five days later and contains additional guest appearances from Bryson Tiller, PartyNextDoor, and Metro Boomin. Production was handled by a variety of record producers, such as Diddy, Nova Wav, Ty Dolla Sign, and Metro Boomin themselves, alongside Stevie J, Timbaland, London on da Track, J Dilla, D'Mile, OZ, the Stereotypes, Mick Schultz, and DaHeala, among others.

It is Combs's first solo album since 2006's Press Play, his first album as Diddy since the 2010 collaborative album Last Train to Paris, and his first project following the 2015 mixtape MMM (Money Making Mitch), which was credited to Puff Daddy.[4] Two months following its release, he was subjected to numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, which overshadowed the album's promotion.[5]

Background

Diddy released a four-minute trailer for the album on August 22, 2023, which included the names of some of the featured artists, such as Justin Bieber, Swae Lee, Mary J. Blige, Babyface, Jozzy, Yung Miami, French Montana, DJ Khaled, Teyana Taylor, The Weeknd and 21 Savage, among others.[6] A press release called the album "a journey of retreating from the craziness of the world with a partner by shutting out all the distractions to just love on one another".[7] Diddy also proclaimed that the "era of love is here" and "R&B is back" alongside the announcement, and touted the album as containing the "last collab" of Canadian singer the Weeknd's career on "Another One of Me", due to the singer stating that he would no longer feature on other artists' songs.[3] This proved untrue when in 2024 the Weeknd appeared on multiple tracks released by Future and Metro Boomin. The song is also a collaboration with Moroccan-American rapper French Montana and features Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage and was released as the lead and only single from the album on the same date as its release.[8]

Critical reception

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Reviewing the album for The Guardian, Rachel Aroesti wrote that Combs "hasn't lost his knack for novelty" but "you inevitably find yourself searching for his vocal presence among the lush, swirling R&B", which "all adds up to an oddly dissatisfying return".[9]

Commercial performance

In the United States, The Love Album: Off the Grid debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 and earned 30,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[10][11] The album debuted at fifth on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, marking Diddy's fifth top ten on the chart.[12]

The album debuted at number 33 on the UK Album Downloads Chart on September 22, 2023.[13]

Track listing

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Charts

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References

  1. "Diddy Receives First Grammy Nomination As a Lead Artist". November 14, 2023.
  2. Mier, Tomás (August 31, 2023). "Diddy Is Featuring Literally Everyone on The Love Album: Off the Grid". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  3. Ellington, Andre (September 1, 2023). "Diddy Shares Star-Studded Love Album: Off the Grid Tracklist". HipHopDX. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  4. "Behind the calamitous fall of hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs". Los Angeles Times. December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  5. Denis, Kyle (August 22, 2023). "Diddy Announces The Love Album: Off the Grid: Here's When It Arrives". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  6. Fofana, Oumou (August 31, 2023). "Sean "Diddy" Combs will make his return to R&B with The Love Album: Off the Grid". Revolt.tv. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  7. Caraan, Sophie (September 12, 2023). "Diddy Shares Teaser for The Weeknd's Final Collab, "Another One Of Me"". Hypebeast. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  8. JT (September 22, 2023). "Final First Week Numbers For Rod Wave, Diddy and Sleepy Hallow". HipHopLately. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  9. ANTWANE FOLK (September 26, 2023). "Diddy's 'The Love Album: Off The Grid' Lands Top 10 Debut on Billboard's R&B Albums Chart". Rates R&B. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Diddy – The Love Album: Off the Grid". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 24, 2023.

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