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Wikipedia article




"'Bad Boy for Life'" is a song by American rappers P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry, featured on Diddy's 2001 third album 'The Saga Continues...'. Produced by Megahertz (Dorsey Wesley), it was released as the second single from the album in July 2001 and reached number 33 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart.

Background



Bad Boy For Life was produced in 1998, but later released in 2001. In reviews of the album, "Bad Boy for Life" has been identified as a declaration of strength by Diddy's label Bad Boy Records. Jason Birchmeier of music website Allmusic explains that the song summarises the claim "that [the] Bad Boy empire is in fact still an empire", while 'Entertainment Weekly' reviewer David Browne similarly points out the lyric "It's official/I survived what I been through" as a declaration of strength. Soren Baker of the 'Los Angeles Times' identifies "Bad Boy for Life", in addition to previous single "Let's Get It", as particularly important to the success of the album.

Music video



The music video for "Bad Boy for Life" was directed by Chris Robinson, filmed in June 2001 and released in early July, and features a number of cameo appearances including guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Travis Barker, actor Ben Stiller, actor Richard Dunn, rappers Xzibit, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Fonzworth Bentley, boxer Mike Tyson, television host Pat O'Brien, basketball players Shaquille O'Neal and Baron Davis and rap rock band Crazy Town. The video was nominated for Best Rap Video at both the 2002 MVPA Awards and the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.

In other media



The song was used in the 2015 comedy movie 'Get Hard', as well as part of a remix/mashup with 'Bad Boys' by Inner Circle in the trailers for the 2020 film 'Bad Boys for Life', the third installment in the 'Bad Boys' film franchise.

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots also heavily used the song during their Super Bowl LIII run.

Jesy Nelson's 2021 debut single "Boyz", featuring Nicki Minaj, prominently samples the baseline and the final lyrics of the song.

Track listing



Credits and samples



;"Bad Boy for Life"

*Performed by P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry

*Produced by Megahertz Music Group

*Vocal production by Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre

;"Let's Get It"

*Performed by Three The... featuring G. Dep, P. Diddy and Black Rob

*Produced by Yogi

*Additional production by Mario "Yellow Man" Winans

*Vocal production by Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre

*Contains excerpts of "Love & Happiness" by Al Green

;"Let's Get It" (remix)

*Performed by Three The... featuring Kain, Mark Curry, Loon, G. Dep, P. Diddy and Black Rob

;"Can't Believe"

*Performed by Faith Evans featuring Carl Thomas

*Produced by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Mario "Yellow Man" Winans

*Contains excerpts from "Phone Tap" by The Firm

;"Hoodfellaz"

*Performed by The Hoodfellaz

*Produced by Yogi

Chart performance



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



References



Category:2001 singles

Category:2001 songs

Category:Sean Combs songs

Category:Arista Records singles

Category:Bad Boy Records singles

Category:Music videos directed by Chris Robinson (director)

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