I’m not familiar enough with all of these originals to say for sure whether these versions improve on them, but from what I do know, there isn’t much difference. Most of the time, it’s just other rappers added in. As he mentions in the intro and interlude, Diddy seems to think that makes him a genius of the remix.
The most altered track is the closer, 'You Gets No Love', which modifies the instrumental with Eurythmics' 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'.
The best moment here is Carl Thomas’ 'Woke Up This Morning', but that’s only because it already used Biggie’s superior 'My Downfall' instrumentation—this version just tacks Biggie onto an already solid song. The weakest track is 'So Complete', which is just dull.
Diddy’s ad-libs and weak lyrics don’t help either. Take 'I Need a Girl' as an example:
"At first we were friends, then became lovers (Oh) / You was more than my girl, we was like brothers (Oh) / All night we would play fight under covers."
… I get what he's trying to say but it just wounds weird.
Overall, I’m not a fan of the late '90s/early '00s Bad Boy sound. Very little here rises above mediocrity. If you want to hear someone who actually remixed great songs, made them sound different, and in some cases even better, check out R. Kelly’s discography.
Best Tracks: Unfoolish, Notorious B.I.G., Woke Up This Morning
1 P. Diddy–Intro
2 G. Dep*– Special Delivery (Remix) 60
3 P. Diddy–I Need a Girl (Part 2) 54
4 P. Diddy–Bad Boy For Life (Remix) 63
5 P. Diddy–I Need a Girl (Part 1) 67
6 P. Diddy–The Remix Phenomenon (Interlude)
7 Ashanti–Unfoolish 68
8 112–Dance With Me (Remix) / Peaches & Cream (Remix) 60
9 Mary J. Blige– No More Drama (Remix) 61
10 P. Diddy & Cheri Dennis–So Complete (Remix) 20
11 The Notorious B.I.G.–Notorious B.I.G. (Remix) 70
12 P. Diddy–That's Crazy (Remix) 50
13 Carl Thomas–Woke Up In The Morning (Remix) 72
14 Faith Evans–You Gets No Love (Remix) 50
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