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Angels (Diddy-Dirty Money song)

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"Angels"
Song

"Angels" is the lead single from Diddy's upcoming studio album Last Train to Paris released on November 3, 2009 through Bad Boy Records. The song features Diddy-formed group Dirty Money and late rapper The Notorious B.I.G..[2]

Background

The song was originally leaked on the internet on June 23, 2009. The leak was suppressed the next day by Diddy. The song samples the instrumentation from the 1993 song "Bad Bad Man" by Fat Joe. The beat was also used in 1997 song "Where I'm From" by Jay-Z. The Notorious B.I.G.'s verse comes from his song "My Downfall" off of his sophomore album Life After Death. In this song, Diddy makes use of the Auto-Tune effect for his verses. The only parts rapped in the song are by The Notorious B.I.G.

Remixes & Freestyles

The official remix features Rick Ross, it was leaked on November 19, 2009 with Ross have one verse replacing The Notorious B.I.G.'s rap verse, it was heard on the trailer of the January 2010 apocalyptic fantasy movie, Legion which was released on December 31, 2009. The music video for the remix was shot on December 30, 2009 at Miami, Florida & will be released soon. Diddy revealed on Twitter that Rick Ross has recorded a second verse for the remix video.

Freestyles were made by Lupe Fiasco, Raekwon, Tony Yayo & Kid Cudi.

Music Video

The music video was filmed in black-and-white scenes, it features Diddy walking and riding a motorcycle around the neighborhood of New York City.

Dirty Money's other personnel, Kalenna and Danity Kane's former member Dawn Richard, are captured making appearances in the video directed by Hype Williams.

References

3. http://notorious.my1.ru/index/diddy_last_train_to_paris/0-99 Официальная Русская стараница альбома