Music Review

"P.E. 2000" (1999)

Sean P. Diddy Combs
Reviewed by Matt Diehl | Aug 06, 1999
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Sean P. Diddy Combs; Genre: Singles

Like he did with Grandmaster Flash's ''The Message,'' rap's Midas mogul paradoxically takes yet another socially conscious rap classic — Public Enemy's ''Public Enemy No. 1'' — and gets jiggy with it. While ''P.E. 2000'' sparks ample retro-rap nostalgia and dance-floor dynamite, adding inappropriately cooing female choruses puts the ''Why?'' in Puffy's Y2K. B-

Originally posted Aug 06, 1999 Published in issue #497 Aug 06, 1999 Order article reprints

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