Press Play is the fourth studio album by American hip hop recording artist P. Diddy. It was released on October 17, 2006, by Bad Boy Records. The album was supposed to be his first album released under the "Diddy" stage name, but he couldn’t legally release albums under Diddy after a lawsuit from DJ Richard “Diddy” Dearlove. Press Play was his first release distributed by Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records. Press Play features several guest contributions from Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Aguilera, Keyshia Cole, Brandy, Jamie Foxx, Ciara, Nas, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige, CeeLo Green, Keri Hilson, Big Boi, Mario Winans, Avant and Fergie, among others. Primarily dance-pop and hip hop-oriented in sound, it is a loose conceptual album that contains the lyrical themes discussing the concerns to the ups and downs of his relationship. The album supports 4 hit singles "Come to Me", "Tell Me, "Last Night" and "Through the Pain (She Told Me)". It became available to the preview on MTV's The Leak on October 10, 2006, one week before the album was sold in stores. Press Play received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Commercial performance Press Play debuted at number-one on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 170,000 copies. Press Play is the fourth studio album by American hip hop recording artist P. Diddy. It was released on October 17, 2006, by Bad Boy Records. The album was supposed to be his first album released under the "Diddy" stage name, but he couldn’t legally release albums under Diddy after a lawsuit from DJ Richard “Diddy” Dearlove. Press Play was his first release distributed by Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records. Press Play features several guest contributions from Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Aguilera, Keyshia Cole, Brandy, Jamie Foxx, Ciara, Nas, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige, CeeLo Green, Keri Hilson, Big Boi, Mario Winans, Avant and Fergie, among others. Primarily dance-pop and hip hop-oriented in sound, it is a loose conceptual album that contains the lyrical themes discussing the concerns to the ups and downs of his relationship. The album supports 4 hit singles "Come to Me", "Tell Me, "Last Night" and "Through the Pain (She Told Me)". It became available to the preview on MTV's The Leak on October 10, 2006, one week before the album was sold in stores. Press Play received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Commercial performance Press Play debuted at number-one on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 170,000 copies. false 2025-10-06 18:26:46 2006 2006-10-17 2006-10-17 79 Hip Hop 113753 2126555 b7be5274-75d5-365b-8fbc-c8dc35fc2d27 cabb4fcf-4067-4ba5-908d-76ee66fcf0c6 8925790c-2efc-31cd-9874-e3e57f39b194 /media/data/media4/Music/P. Diddy/Press Play/folder.jpg /media/data/media4/Music/P. Diddy/Press Play/backdrop1.jpg P. Diddy P. Diddy feat. Avant P. Diddy feat. Big Boi, Ciara & Scar P. Diddy feat. Brandy P. Diddy feat. Christina Aguilera P. Diddy feat. Jack Knight P. Diddy feat. Jamie Foxx P. Diddy feat. Keri Hilson P. Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole P. Diddy feat. Mario Winans P. Diddy feat. Mary J. Blige P. Diddy feat. Mika Lett P. Diddy feat. Nas & Cee-Lo P. Diddy feat. Nicole Scherzinger P. Diddy feat. S. Rosete P. Diddy feat. Timbaland, Twista & Shawnna P. Diddy 1 1 02:33 1 2 03:33 1 3 01:46 1 4 03:12 1 5 03:29 1 6 04:36 1 7 04:06 1 8 05:18 1 9 05:12 1 10 03:25 1 11 04:23 1 12 04:25 1 13 01:15 1 14 04:47 1 15 05:28 1 16 05:49 1 17 06:26 1 18 04:54 1 19 04:31