A few years ago Diddy (aka P Diddy, Puff Daddy, etc) made a big splash at the annual Miami Winter Music Conference by making a few surprise appearances alongside legendary producer Felix Da Housecat and DJ Hell. There was a song called "Jack U" that Felix and Diddy had produced together and rumors were swirling around the industry that the hip-hop impresario was making a foray into dance music. No album seems to have materialized (though some videos on YouTube that appear to depict Diddy trying to buy ecstacy on the dancefloor in Ibiza have), but Diddy is heading back to the WMC this year after a two year absence. And best of all, he's posted a ranting and bizarre clip on YouTube announcing his party, which is couched as a battle between Diddy himself and a range of talents including big room dancefloor don Steve Angello, San Francisco tech funk phenomenon Claude Von Stroke, and the Bronx-based teen duo Martinez Brothers. It's an impressively tasteful lineup and a bizarre collision of the blindingly commercial ends of pop and dance music (Diddy and Angello) with some really significant underground talents (CVS and Martinez Brothers). Wish we were heading down to check this out on Friday...




Posted by James Friedman

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