The Love Album: Off the Grid

The Love Album: Off the Grid
Diddy shirtless and wearing white pants mid-stride in the middle of a red box
Studio album by
Diddy
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2023 (2023-09-15)
GenreR&B
Length93:16
Label
  • Love
  • Stem
Producer
Diddy chronology
MMM (Money Making Mitch)
(2015) 		The Love Album: Off the Grid
(2023)
Singles from The Love Album: Off the Grid
  1. "Another One of Me"
    Released: September 15, 2023

The Love Album: Off the Grid is the fifth studio album by American rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, released on September 15, 2023.

Combs signed with the record label Motown in late 2022 to release its bonus tracks, "Gotta Move On" and "Sex In the Porsche", and in 2023, the album's only single, "Another One of Me". The album was released independently by Combs' Love Records. It was his first not released by Bad Boy Records.[1][2] It includes guest appearances from The-Dream, Herb Alpert, Nova Wav, Busta Rhymes, Dawn Richard, Kalenna, Nija, Jozzy, Jacquees, Fabolous, Swae Lee, Summer Walker, the Weeknd, French Montana, 21 Savage, Justin Bieber, Jazmine Sullivan, Ty Dolla Sign, Kehlani, Coco Jones, Kalan.FrFr, K-Ci, Jeremih, Mary J. Blige, Teyana Taylor, Burna Boy, Babyface, John Legend, and H.E.R.[3]

The extended version contains additional guest appearances from Bryson Tiller, PartyNextDoor, and Metro Boomin. Production was handled by a variety of record producers, such as Diddy, Nova Wav, Ty Dolla Sign, and Metro Boomin themselves, alongside Stevie J, Timbaland, London on da Track, J Dilla, D'Mile, OZ, the Stereotypes, Mick Schultz, and DaHeala, among others.

It is Combs's first solo album since 2006's Press Play, his first album as Diddy since the 2010 collaborative album Last Train to Paris, and his first project following the 2015 mixtape MMM (Money Making Mitch), which was credited to Puff Daddy.[4] Two months following its release, he was subjected to numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, which overshadowed the album's promotion.[5]

Background

Diddy released a four-minute trailer for the album on August 22, 2023, which included the names of some of the featured artists, such as Justin Bieber, Swae Lee, Mary J. Blige, Babyface, Jozzy, Yung Miami, French Montana, DJ Khaled, Teyana Taylor, The Weeknd and 21 Savage, among others.[6] A press release called the album "a journey of retreating from the craziness of the world with a partner by shutting out all the distractions to just love on one another".[7]

Diddy proclaimed that the "era of love is here" and "R&B is back" alongside the announcement, and touted the album as containing the "last collab" of Canadian singer the Weeknd's career on "Another One of Me", due to the singer stating that he would no longer feature on other artists' songs.[3] This proved untrue when in 2024 the Weeknd appeared on multiple tracks released by Future and Metro Boomin. The song is also a collaboration with Moroccan-American rapper French Montana and features Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage and was released as the lead and only single from the album on the same day of its release.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[9]
HipHopDX[10]
AllMusic[11]
The Times[12]

Reviewing the album for The Guardian, Rachel Aroesti wrote that Combs "hasn't lost his knack for novelty" but "you inevitably find yourself searching for his vocal presence among the lush, swirling R&B", which "all adds up to an oddly dissatisfying return".[9]

Commercial performance

In the United States, The Love Album: Off the Grid debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 and sold 30,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[13][14] The album debuted at fifth on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, marking Diddy's fifth top ten on the chart.[15]

The album debuted at number 33 on the UK Album Downloads Chart on September 22, 2023.[16]

Two months following its release, Diddy was subjected to numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, which overshadowed the album's promotion.[5]

Track listing

The Love Album: Off the Grid track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Brought My Love" (featuring The-Dream and Herb Alpert)
3:18
2."What's Love" (with Nova Wav)
3:14
3."Deliver Me" (performed by Diddy - Dirty Money featuring Busta Rhymes)
  • Combs
  • Dawn Richard
  • Kalenna
  • Busta Rhymes
3:19
4."Stay Awhile" (with Nija)
  • Diddy
  • Stevie J
  • Lil Rod Madeit
2:35
5."Homecoming" (with Jozzy)
  • Diddy
  • Stevie J
  • Bailey
  • Jackson
  • Lil Rod Madeit
3:24
6."Pick Up" (with Jacquees featuring Fabolous)
4:07
7."Tough Love" (featuring Swae Lee)
4:22
8."Stay Long" (with Summer Walker)
2:25
9."It Belongs to You" (with Jozzy)
  • Combs
  • Donald
  • Diddy
  • London on da Track
  • Bailey
  • Williams
  • Slimwav
2:37
10."Another One of Me" (with the Weeknd, French Montana and 21 Savage)
  • Diddy
  • BongoByTheWay
  • DaHeala
  • Hudson
  • Bailey
  • D. Taylor
4:46
11."Intermission (Side B)"Combs
  • Diddy
  • Slim Wav
2:39
12."Moments" (featuring Justin Bieber)
  • Diddy
  • Knox
  • Dopson
  • Winans
  • Stevie J
  • D'Mile
  • Vindver
  • Jackson
  • Chris Payton
  • Bailey
  • Slimwav
4:33
13."Need Somebody" (with Jazmine Sullivan)
  • Diddy
  • Key Wane
  • Winans
  • D'Mile
  • Bailey
  • Slimwav
  • Lil Rod Madeit
4:18
14."Bosses in Love" (with Nova Wav)
  • Combs
  • Coney
  • Andrews
  • Bailey
  • Monroe
  • Diddy
  • Winans
  • Bailey
  • Slimwav
  • Ghost Kid
0:53
15."Mind Your Business" (with Kehlani and Ty Dolla Sign)
  • Diddy
  • Winans
  • Bailey
  • Slimwav
  • Ghost Kid
4:51
16."Nasty" (interlude; featuring Jozzy)Donald
  • Diddy
  • Stevie J
  • Zac Brunson
1:40
17."Reachin'" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Coco Jones)
  • Diddy
  • Ty Dolla Sign
  • Stevie J
  • Lil Rod Madeit
  • Bailey
  • Damn James
  • Johnson
  • Lil Cobaine
3:10
18."Stay Part 1" (with Kalan.FrFr and K-Ci featuring Jeremih)
  • Diddy
  • Jackson
  • D. Taylor
  • Lil Rod Madeit
  • Dinuzzo
3:36
19."I Like" (with Mary J. Blige)
  • Combs
  • Jordan
  • Jackson
  • Coleman
  • Nash
  • Diddy
  • Stevie J
  • Jackson
3:44
20."Closer to God" (featuring Teyana Taylor)
  • Diddy
  • D'Mile
  • Brown
  • London
  • Lumpkins
  • Bailey
  • D. Taylor
  • Aaron Lindsey
4:04
21."Boohoo" (featuring Jeremih)
  • Diddy
  • Schultz
3:09
22."Burna Boy Interlude" (with Burna Boy)Damini OguluDiddy1:03
23."Kim Porter" (with Babyface featuring John Legend)
  • Diddy
  • Camper
  • Timbaland
  • Bailey
7:17
24."Space" (with H.E.R.)
5:55
Total length:93:16
Extended bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
25."Gotta Move On" (featuring Bryson Tiller)
2:40
26."Sex in the Porsche" (with PartyNextDoor)
  • Combs
  • Brathwaite
  • Christopher Wallace
  • Coleman
  • Carl Thompson
  • Norman A. Glover
  • Reginald D. Ellis
  • Jordan
  • Bailey
  • Monroe
  • Nyan Lieberthal
  • Diddy
  • Stevie J
  • Bailey
  • Slimwav
  • Nyan
3:34
27."Creepin'" (remix; with Metro Boomin and the Weeknd featuring 21 Savage)
3:52
Total length:103:22

Charts

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