"BAD BOY HELPED MAKE HIP HOP WHAT IT IS TODAY - AND THIS COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS ALL THE MUSIC, HISTORY AND VISION THAT MADE BAD BOY NUMBER 1”… SAYS SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS AKA PUFF DADDY

 

“THIS SET REMINDS ME OF ALL THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WAS PUT INTO OUR WORK YEARS AGO. I’VE PERFORMED SONGS LIKE ‘LOVE LIKE THIS’ OVER 1,000 TIMES AND TAKE PRIDE THAT THESE SONGS STILL GET PLAYED TODAY.  IT’S SO GREAT TO KNOW THAT FANS STILL APPRECIATE THE WORK”… SAYS FAITH EVANS

 

“BAD BOY WILL LIVE FOREVER AND BECAUSE OF THAT, 112 LIVES FOREVER. TWENTY PLUS YEARS LATER AND WE’RE STILL TOUCHING LIVES.... LEGACY!”… SAYS 112

 

“I GREW UP LISTENING TO THE SONGS ON THIS BOX SET AND I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO BE ON AN ALBUM WITH MANY OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS. THIS MUSIC WILL CONTINUE TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME, JUST LIKE THE LEGACY OF BAD BOY"… SAYS JANELLE MONAE

 

A must-have for any music lover and collector, the BAD BOY 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET EDITION celebrates Sean “Diddy” Combs aka Puff Daddy and his Bad Boy Entertainment’s 20+ year legacy as the ruling authority on hip hop and R&B.  Following a painstakingly thorough selection process curated by Bad Boy President Harve Pierre, the collection will take readers on a journey through the history of Bad Boy Entertainment, reminding fans of the label’s reputation as hip hop’s most notorious vanguards.  The Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition will be available tomorrow, Friday, August 12th, both physically and digitally at iTunes and Amazon.  Watch Sean “Diddy” Combs explain the motivation behind the box set and its inspiring story here.

 

Fans can hear all of the hits like “I Need a Girl,” “Juicy,” “I Don’t Wanna Know,” “Hypnotize,” “Money, Power, Respect,” “Peaches & Cream,” “Can’t You See,” “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix),” “Love Like This,” “Feel So Good,” “Pop That,” “Damaged,” and “I’ll Be Missing You,” from an all-star lineup of artists including Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Total, Carl Thomas, Mase, 112, The Lox, Cassie, Janelle Monáe, Danity Kane, Machine Gun Kelly, French Montana as well as many other beloved Bad Boy artists.

 

Sean “Diddy” Combs aka Puff Daddy serves as Executive Producer and Harve Pierre as Co-Executive Producer for the Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition, which is distributed exclusively by Rhino, a Warner Music Group company holding part of the Bad Boy Catalogue.  The collection arrives in the wake of the already-overwhelming buzz surrounding Bad Boy’s 20th anniversary, including two critically-acclaimed, sold-out shows at the Barclays Center, as well as the announcement of Puff Daddy & the Family’s highly-anticipated Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, set to kick off this August 25th 2016.  Tickets for the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour are available at Livenation.com. For additional information about the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, click here.

 

To purchase the BAD BOY 20th ANNIVERSARY BOX SET EDITION please visit –

• iTunes (explicit): http://smarturl.it/badboy20dlexp
• iTunes (clean): http://smarturl.it/badboy20dlclean
• Amazon (explicit): http://smarturl.it/BadBoy20CD

 

An exclusive video of Sean “Diddy” Combs aka Puff Daddy taking fans through the latest collection can be  found here – https://youtu.be/yOxanvuVE2I

 

An exclusive video of the unboxing of the collection can be found here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXu9av3gofs

 

ABOUT BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT: Bad Boy Entertainment is the award-winning, globally celebrated music, media and entertainment company founded by Sean "Diddy" Combs. Bad Boy was a pioneer in hip hop and, for more than 20 years, has been one of the music industry¹s premier production, distribution, publicity, promotions and marketing companies. Bad Boy helped to launch the careers of Hip-Hop and R&B heavyweights like Puff Daddy, Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack, Ma$e, Faith Evans, 112, Mario Winans, Dream, Black Rob, The Lox, New Edition, Danity Kane, Carl Thomas, Yung Joc, Total, Cassie and dozens of others.  Today, Bad Boy has an exclusive joint venture label partnership with Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, which includes record deals with Puff Daddy, French Montana, Christian “King” Combs and Quincy Brown. Other current Bad Boy artists such as Cassie and MGK remain at Interscope under the Bad Boy Imprint.  And the Bad Boy catalog, together with Bad Boy/Atlantic artist Janelle Monae, stay with Warner Music Group as per the prior venture agreement between WMG and Bad Boy.  Parts of the Bad Boy catalog are also administered through Rhino.

 

ABOUT RHINO: Based in Burbank, California, Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment was founded in 1978 and is the world's leading pop culture label. Emphasizing flawless sound quality, bonus tracks, informative liner notes, award-winning creative packaging, an offbeat sense of humor, and a strong social conscience, Rhino continues to set the standard for excellence in the reissue business it pioneered in both the physical and digital worlds.  Rhino is also expanding the definition of what a catalog music company is, as evidenced by the label's name and likeness representation deal with Frank Sinatra and its multi-faceted relationship with Grateful Dead. The vast Rhino catalog of more than 5,000 titles features material by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Doors, Chicago, Black Sabbath, John Coltrane, Alice Cooper, Linda Ronstadt, The Ramones, The Monkees, Curtis Mayfield, among many others.