Forever (Puff Daddy album)

Forever
Studio album by Puff Daddy
Released	August 24, 1999
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	The Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre	Hip hop pop rap
Length	73:04
Label	Bad Boy Arista
Producer	Sean "Puffy" Combs (also exec.) Amen-Ra Anthony Dent Carlos Broady D-Dot Joe Hooker J-Dub Nashiem Myrick Prestige Yellow Man Zach White
Puff Daddy chronology
No Way Out (1997) Forever (1999) The Saga Continues... (2001)
Singles from Forever
"P.E. 2000" Released: July 17, 1999 "Satisfy You" Released: 1999 "Best Friend" Released: February 2000

Forever is the second studio album of American hip hop recording artist Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, released on August 24, 1999, by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records.^[1] The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200,^[2] received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),^[3] and sold 205,343 units in its first week. Despite this, Forever was met with mixed to negative reviews and trailed the success of his previous album, No Way Out (1997).^[4]

Forever was Combs' only album to be released under the name of "Puff Daddy", as his debut album, No Way Out was billed under "Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family". As with previous Bad Boy releases, much of the criticism was directed towards the over-commercialization of the hip hop genre and its incorporation of dance-pop, lower production quality and lackluster lyrics compared to its predecessor, many of which caused controversy at the time.