Bad Boy for Life

Background

"Bad Boy for Life" was produced in 1998 but was not released until 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, actors Ben Stiller and 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.

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

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

In other media

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

References

References

1. Jason Birchmeier. "Review". [[Allmusic]].
2. David Browne. (July 30, 2001). "The Saga Continues... Review".
3. Soren Baker. (July 22, 2001). "P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family, "The Saga Continues ..."". [[Los Angeles Times]].
4. "P. Diddy - "Bad boy 4 life"". mvdbase.com.
5. (April 4, 2002). "The Music Video Production Association Announces This Year's Nominees For the 11th Annual MVPA Awards". PRNewswire.
6. "2002 Video Music Awards". [[MTV]].
7. (October 13, 2001). "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles".
8. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2001". Australian Recording Industry Association.
9. "Rapports annuels 2001". Ultratop.
10. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2001". [[GfK Entertainment]].
11. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2001". [[UKChartsPlus]].
12. (December 29, 2001). "The Year in Music 2001: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks".
13. (December 21, 2001). "Most-Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs of 2001".
14. (June 22, 2001). "Going for Adds: Urban".
15. Patel, Minal. (July 21, 2001). "The Rhythm Section".
16. (September 22, 2001). "New Releases – For Week Starting September 24, 2001: Singles".
17. (October 1, 2001). "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 1st October 2001". ARIA.
18. Deen, Sarah. (September 29, 2021). "Jesy Nelson and Nicki Minaj confirm collab on her first solo song Boyz".