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...Combs, head of Bad Boy Records and the hottest producer in hip-hop, went into what he calls a deep depression after his friend and chief collaborator, gangsta rapper Biggie Smalls, was gunned down outside a Los Angeles party. Coming hard after the slaying of rival rap star Tupac Shakur, who had been feuding with Bad Boy, the killing sparked speculation that the two incidents could be linked. Now Combs, 26, has re-emerged with his first solo album, No Way Out. It's an uneven work--the piano-driven Do You Know? flashes with brilliance, the dour Young...
TIME: What about speculation that you had something to do with Tupac Shakur's murder...
After the premature deaths of Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, pop music seemed to take a step back. Hey, it's only rock 'n' roll--Does everyone have to be so uptight, so self-destructive...
Enter the sensitive-guy rocker. Sure, Cobain, Shakur and Smalls were sensitive in their own way--Shakur even recorded a tribute to his mom--but their vulnerability was often drowned in guitar feedback or thumping beats. Many of today's top male performers, like neo-soul crooner Maxwell, Christian-pop singer Bob Carlisle, soft-focus R.-and-B. singer Babyface and PG-13 rated rapper-actor Will Smith, go further; the aggression, the sharp edges, the dangerous sexuality are all gone, leaving almost pure...
Double albums in hip-hop tend to be as unnecessarily tedious as two-part sitcom episodes and director's-cut home videos. Even the late rap superstars Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. released disappointing double CDs that were heavy on gangsta attitude and light on well-crafted songs. Last week the hard-core rap group Wu-Tang Clan came out with theirs, Wu-Tang Forever (Loud/RCA). Given the fact that the group's last album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) had been lauded in hip-hop circles for its labyrinthine lyrics and creatively jagged production...