Diddy announced the tape — produced by famed Chicago remixer Felix Da Housecat (
The electro-house mix is precisely what Diddy has been teasing for more than a year, with a Kanye-like mix of rapping and singing and a fervent promise from the Bad Boy boss on the thumping intro that, "We are the crush groovin', the body movin', the record makin' and the record breakin'. We go by the name of 'Lectro Black and we represent that dirty, dirty. We represent that electro, that funk, that hip-hop, that punk rock, the dirty, dirty. We ain't into that commercial, crowd pleasin' ass-kissin' DJ, 'throw yo hands in the air, wave 'em like you just don't care' sh--! We want your mind, we want your body, and we came to take your mother----in' soul!"
What follows is an hour of
The whole thing plays like a very long, trippy and supremely sweaty night at an underground dance club you probably can't get into, with tweaked out bits of MGMT's "Kids" thrown in for good measure about halfway into the mix. "World, get ready," Diddy warns as he pulls into the station near the end. "Can you hear the train? Last Train to Paris is comin' soon. ... Don't be confused. It's simple. 'Lectro Black ... I'm gonna f--- your mind up. I'm gonna take you to a place you're scared to go to. I'm gonna make you feel good. So this is what we call a warning shot."
The tape is a teaser for the high-concept Paris album, which Diddy has described as an emotional journey from London to France's capital, during which he falls in and out of love with a mysterious lady. He recently revealed that he put together a female duo to accompany him on the trip, former
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