Finale show was last night in LA - and it was truly special. I shit on shiny suits back in the late 90s, and I laughed really hard at "10 years from now we'll still be on top" but I still was secretly into all the Puff and Mase hits. It's funny to even think that had to be sorta secretive in 97-98. Anyway.

Puffy is a smart man who realizes he can't carry a show. He's just not a great live performer. He let the songs be the star. It was most obvious when he opened with Victory - which is a great opener to a show but 2/3 of the song was people who werent there so it was lacking. He did Bad Boy for Life and then brought out Nas for Hate Me Now, then Mase to get into Can't Nobody Hold Me Down and Been Around the World. Hits right off the bat.

Then he just carouseled through Bad Boy & related artists for the next 2+ hours -

112 (It's Over Now, Dance with Me, Peaches and Cream, Anywhere)
Total (Trippin, No One Else, What You Want, Kissin You)
The Lox (Last Day, We Gonna Make It, I Get High, Knock Yourself Out, Wild Out)
Carl Thomas (Summer Rain, I Wish)
Faith Evans (No Other Love, I Love You, You Gets No Love, You Used to Love Me, Can't Believe, Soon as I Get Home)
French Montana (a buncha stuff I dont really know)
Lil Kim (Quiet Storm Remix, Big Momma Thing, No Time, Get Money, Lighters Up)

Then Puff came back out promising that the night was gonna start getting legendary, as if it hadn't been already. He jumped into a couple of his own songs, mainly focusing on just the beat and hook (again, smart guy) - I Need A Girl, brought out Mase to do Feels So Good...then said he was gonna bring out some guests.

Mary J Blige came out to Real Love and people lost their shit. She did Be Happy and a few others.

DMX came out for about 10 minutes and tore the house DOWN - Ruff Ryder Anthem, What They Really Want, Party Up, etc. Crazy energy.

Then Puff said he loves RNB and baby making music. A Jodeci logo flashed briefly, but then Puff disappeared and Dre and Snoop came up from the floor to Tha Next Episode. The moment of Dre, Snoop, and Puff together on a stage wasn't lost on the crowd (who was just losing it the ENTIRE time). Dre asked if he could leave, and Puff said NOPE and they did Still D.R.E - after which Puff gave nothing but respect to Dre and Snoop for everything they've done for hip hop.

Jodeci came out to do a few songs. They...didn't sound great, but it was cool to see them nonetheless.

And then Puff and Mase came back out to do the rest of the hits with guests from the rest of the show - Love Like This (with Faith), Only You (with 112), Can't You See (with Total), Woah (with Black Rob), All the Way Up (with French Montana), All About the Benjamins (with Lil Kim) and then EVERYONE came out to do I'll Be Missing You.

Hypnotize played while we walked out.

I always wanna hate on these nostalgia tours but...this was fucking legendary.

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