We Invented the Remix

We Invented the Remix
Remix album by P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family
Released	May 14, 2002
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Length	56:20
Label	Bad Boy, Arista Records
Producer	P. Diddy Mario Winans Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie EZ Elpee Megahertz Irv Gotti 7 Aurelius Ayinde Buckwild Daron Jones Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre
P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family chronology
P. Diddy The Saga Continues... (2001) P. Diddy We Invented the Remix (2002) Diddy Press Play (2006)
Singles from We Invented the Remix
"I Need a Girl (Part One)" Released: February 26, 2002 "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" Released: May 21, 2002 "Special Delivery (Remix)" Released: 2002

We Invented the Remix is a remix album by P. Diddy with the Bad Boy Family, released on May 14, 2002. It features remixes of hit singles by artists from Diddy's Bad Boy Records record label. The album reached the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart for a week and was later certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies. The album also reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. The album featured the hit singles "I Need a Girl (Part 1)", which reached number 2 in the U.S., and "I Need a Girl (Part 2)", which reached number 4, a rare occurrence of both parts of the same song both becoming big hits. This was the last album Bad Boy would release under the Arista Records label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	[2]
RapReviews	6.0/10[3]

Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic praised the album for crafting a collection of top-notch producers and guest artists to create sure-fire hits that are better than those from The Saga Continues..., concluding that "As a result, We Invented the Remix confirms Combs' return to the top of the urban music world after a few years of struggle."^[1] Wise Q of HipHopDX also praised the tracks for the producers and guest artists that come up with their own interpretation but questioned if Diddy can keep his remix formula going without losing any creative steam.^[2] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews said that despite great remixes of "Special Delivery" and "I Need a Girl", he criticized P. Diddy's involvement on the album for making terrible choices to songs that were both unoriginal and pointless, concluding that "If anything it proves that some songs DON'T need a remix, and even those that do should be given better treatment than the selection was here. If you can't find the album on sale or at a comparable price it's just not a good investment. The only thing P. Diddy "Invented" here was a mediocre album."^[3]

Track listing

Chart positions

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External links

• We Invented the Remix lyrics