Bad Boy for Life

"Bad Boy for Life" is a song by American rappers P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry, featured on Diddy's 2001 third album The Saga Continues.... Contrary to popular belief, Mike Tyson does not appear in this video due to safety fears, instead sending his body guard in his place. Produced by Megahertz (Dorsey Wesley), it was released as the second single from the album in November 2001 and reached number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[1] This song will appear on the soundtrack for WWE 2K17 which Diddy himself is an executive producer for it's soundtrack.

Background

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",^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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, actor Ben Stiller, actor Richard Dunn, rappers Xzibit, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, boxer Mike Tyson, television host Pat O'Brien, basketball players Shaquille O'Neal, Baron Davis and rap rock band Crazy Town.^[5] The video was nominated for Best Rap Video at both the 2002 MVPA Awards^[6] and the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.^[7]

Track listing

12" vinyl (78612-79400-1)^[8]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Boy for Life" (club mix)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
2.	"Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
3.	"Bad Boy for Life" (radio mix)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
4.	"Bad Boy for Life" (acapella)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
Total length:			16:36

European CD single (Arista 74321 88431 2)^[9]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Boy for Life"	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:13
2.	"Let's Get It"	Trevell Coleman, Jeremy Graham, Ross, Al Green, Mabon Hodge	4:16
Total length:			8:29

European maxi single (Arista 74321 88430 2)^[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Boy for Life" (club mix)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:13
2.	"Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:13
3.	"Let's Get It" (club mix)	Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge	4:16
4.	"Let's Get It" (remix)	Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge	4:01
5.	"Can't Believe" (club mix)	Sean Combs, Mario Winans, Mechalie Jamison, Michael Jones, Jack Knight, Andre Young, Chris Taylor, Nasir Jones, Jermain Baxter, Anthony Cruz	3:49
6.	"Hoodfellaz" (club mix)	Graham, Ronald Smith, Chris Moss, Kamau Herbert, Goss	4:03
Total length:			24:35

United Kingdom 12" vinyl (Arista 74321 88998 1)^[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Boy for Life"	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
2.	"Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
3.	"Let's Get It" (remix)	Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge	5:19
4.	"Let's Get It" (instrumental)	Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge	4:30
Total length:			18:07

United Kingdom maxi single (Arista 74321 88998 2)^[12]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Boy for Life"	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
2.	"Bad Boy for Life" (instrumental)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	4:09
3.	"Let's Get It" (remix)	Coleman, Graham, Ross, Green, Hodge	5:19
4.	"Bad Boy for Life" (music video)	Wesley, Curry, Ross, Fisher, Goss	5:56
Total length:			19:33

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

Chart performance

Chart (2001-02)	Peak
US Billboard Hot 100^[1]	33
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles^[1]	5
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40^[1]	2
US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40^[1]	15
Australian Singles Chart^[13]	20
Austrian Singles Chart^[14]	41
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)^[15]	14
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)^[16]	7
Dutch Singles Chart^[17]	17
Swedish Singles Chart^[18]	32
Swiss Singles Chart^[19]	20
UK Singles Chart^[20]	13

References

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↑ Jason Birchmeier. "Review". Diddy - The Saga Continues. Allmusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ David Browne (July 30, 2001). "The Saga Continues... Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ Soren Baker (July 22, 2001). "P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family, "The Saga Continues ..."". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
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↑ "2002 Video Music Awards". MTV Video Music Awards. MTV. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
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Sean Combs

Discography Production discography Accolades

Studio albums	No Way Out Forever The Saga Continues... Press Play Last Train to Paris

Mixtapes	MMM (Money Making Mitch)

Remix albums	We Invented the Remix

Singles	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" "I'll Be Missing You" "It's All About the Benjamins" "Been Around the World" "Victory" "Come with Me" "Satisfy You" "Bad Boy for Life" "I Need a Girl (Part 1)" "I Need a Girl (Part 2)" "Come to Me" "Tell Me" "Last Night" "Through the Pain (She Told Me)" "Angels" "Love Come Down" "Hello Good Morning" "Loving You No More" "Coming Home" "Ass on the Floor" "Workin (Remix)"

Featured singles	"No Time" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Honey" "Lookin' at Me" "Hate Me Now" "All Night Long" "Notorious B.I.G." "Son of a Gun" "Show Stopper" "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" "Bump, Bump, Bump" "I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)" "Shake Ya Tailfeather" "I Don't Wanna Know" "Nasty Girl" "Take You There" "Imma Put It on Her" "Must Be Love" "Better on the Other Side "All I Do Is Win (Remix)" "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" "Scream & Shout (Remix)"

Related articles	Bad Boy Records Sean John P. Diddy's Starmaker The Notorious B.I.G. I Want to Work for Diddy A Raisin in the Sun Diddy – Dirty Money

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