Last Train to Paris
Last Train to Paris is a collaborative studio album by American rapper and record producer Diddy and American R&B and hip hop duo Dirty Money, billed collectively as "Diddy – Dirty Money". It was released on December 14, 2010, by Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records. It is the only album for Dirty Money (the duo disbanded in 2012). The album describes Diddy's alter-ego as he travels from London to Paris to regain his lost love. Last Train to Paris is predominantly hip hop, but incorporates elements of Eurodance, Italo disco and tech house.
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Guest vocalists on the album include Grace Jones, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Skylar Grey, Drake, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, T.I., Wiz Khalifa, Swizz Beatz, Trey Songz, Rick Ross, Usher, Sevyn Streeter, James Fauntleroy, Bilal and The Notorious B.I.G. The album also features vocal segues from designers and editors of the fashion world, including Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and Tommy Hilfiger. The executive producers on the album are Rodney Jerkins, Diddy, Mario Winans and Herve Pierre.
The album marks Diddy's debut with Interscope Records, after he moved his label (Bad Boy) from Atlantic Records in 2009. Last Train to Paris was generally well received by critics who praised the addition of Richard and Harper to help Diddy innovate a new sound.
The album was preceded by the release of four singles: "Angels", "Hello Good Morning", "Loving You No More" and "Coming Home", which received mixed success on the Billboard Hot 100. "Coming Home" was the most successful of the singles, peaking at number 12 on the United States. During its opening week Last Train to Paris outperformed expectations, debuting eight places higher than predicted at number 7 on the US Billboard 200. It sold 101,000 copies, compared to the 60,000-70,000 copies that Billboard had predicted it would sell.