Music Review

Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (1997)

Sean P. Diddy Combs
Reviewed by Matt Diehl | Mar 28, 1997
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Sean P. Diddy Combs; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

By coasting on overused samples from Grandmaster Flash's hip-hop hit ''The Message'' and a bite from Matthew Wilder's new-wave curiosity ''Break My Stride,'' this producer/Svengali doesn't win points for originality on Can't Nobody Hold Me Down. Leaving most of the rapping duties to cohort Mase, Puff Daddy instead serves more as cheerleader, easing Flash's social commentary into party braggadocio.

Originally posted Mar 28, 1997 Published in issue #372 Mar 28, 1997 Order article reprints

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