Last Train to Paris
Last Train to Paris is a collaborative studio album by American rapper and record producer Diddy and American R&B 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 by Dirty Money before their 2012 disbandment, although the group reunited once more to co-perform on a song from Diddy's fifth album, The Love Album: Off the Grid in 2023. Story-wise, the album follows Diddy's alter-ego as he travels from London to Paris to regain his lost love; subject matter and lyrics are predominantly based around dramatized descriptions of romance, heartache, vulnerability, regret, and emotional conflict. Last Train to Paris is predominantly contemporary R&B, but incorporates elements of Eurodance, Italo disco and tech house.
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Released | December 14, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2010 | |||
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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 Harve Pierre.
The album marks Diddy's first and only project with Interscope Records after he and his Bad Boy label parted ways with Atlantic Records in 2009. Last Train to Paris was generally praised by critics, who commended the addition of Richard and Harper to help Diddy innovate a new sound. Its three preceding singles, "Angels", "Hello Good Morning" and "Loving You No More", were met with moderate success on the Billboard Hot 100; however, its fourth, "Coming Home" peaked at number 11 on the chart and foresaw the album's release the following month—in December. The album spawned two further singles released the next year, both of which failed to chart. During its opening week, Last Train to Paris outperformed expectations, debuting eight places higher than predicted—at number seven—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. However, despite this, the album underperformed sales-wise.