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}} ''Last Train to Paris'' is the fifth studio album by American rapper and record producer Diddy. It was released on December 13, 2010, by Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records. The album describes Diddy's alter-ego, as he travels from London to Paris, to regain his lost love. It also introduces the world to Diddy's R&B/Hip-Hop collective, Diddy – Dirty Money, a group consisting of Dawn Richard (formerly from a group Danity Kane) and singer-songwriter Kalenna Harper. Diddy – Dirty Money performed on the album, alongside a total of sixteen guest vocalists, who range from Grace Jones and Lil Wayne, among others. The reflection conjures the concept of the album, ''Last Train to Paris'' 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 Herve Pierre, ''Last Train to Paris'' is predominately hip hop, but incorporates elements of Eurodance, Italo disco and tech house. It marks Diddy's debut with Interscope Records, after he moved his label (Bad Boy) from Atlantic Records in 2009. The album cover is a photograph at Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, France) taken by Australian cricket writer and photographer Jarrod "Jrod" Kimber. ''Last Train to Paris'' was generally well received by critics who praised the addition of Richard and Harper to help Diddy innovate a new sound and produce some unique records. The album preceded by the release of four singles; "Angels", "Hello Good Morning", "Loving You No More" and "Coming Home", which received mixed success on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The latter has become the most successful, peaking at number 12 on the United States. On ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it marked as the top five or top ten, so much in Europe. During its opening week ''Last Train to Paris'' outperformed expectations, debuting eight places higher than predicted at number 7 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. == Conception == Diddy described the ''Last Train to Paris'' as an "electro-hip-hop-soul funk" album which has been three years in the making.〔 Diddy says the sound of this album was influenced "by being in the dance music world and doing stuff with Felix da Housecat, Erick Morillo, Deep Dish, DJ Hell and being in Ibiza and DC10." The arc will follow Diddy's character as he tours from London to Paris and finds the woman of his dreams - only to lose her, find her, lose her again and find her a final time. The records were conceptualised from Diddy's comments to his producers. He told Alex da Kid (who produced "Coming Home") "I want a beat that makes me feel like a white man in a basement in Atlanta." Diddy said that "most of the producers he worked with, he's been friends with for a long time. The records came together by hanging out with them, taking them to parties and showing them movies".〔 In an interview with MTV News Diddy said "One of the things (Money ) trying to represent is emotion... Not being afraid to show emotion on record. A lot of records out right now — no disrespect to them, but they're all surface. It's about what people have or a dance. All our records are gonna be about love, feelings and emotion. Last Train to Paris is a love story and the most vulnerable album I've ever been involved in. It's raw emotion — you get a feeling, a vibe." Diddy also released an application for the iPhone that integrates his social networking site and Twitter feed. A short film will also accompany the album.〔 Rap producer Bangladesh, also confirmed that he would be producing for the album. According to ''New York'' magazine, the album was "assembled from 60 or so songs. The genesis of ''Last Train to Paris'' is full of odd stories involving our hero, ensconced in a darkened studio, barking batty ideas to his production team."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Last Train to Paris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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