Diddy made music a priority over businesses to create 'The Love Album - Off the Grid'

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If Sean “Diddy” Combs had a choice, the self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur would be hunkered down in a recording studio rather than running his many successful businesses

LOS ANGELES — If Sean “Diddy” Combs had a choice, the self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur would be hunkered down in a recording studio rather than running his many successful businesses.

But for more than a decade, Diddy put creating albums on hold. He credits a late-night dream a couple years ago with waking him up from his musical slumber.

“I stepped away for a little bit, went through a lot of things in life, and then got that call one day from God. She was like, ‘It’s time,’” he recalled in a recent interview. The three-time Grammy winner said the soft voice he heard instantly motivated him to refocus his attention back to making his own music again.

On Friday, Diddy will release his new album called “The Love Album — Off the Grid." His fifth studio project features nearly 30 guests including Mary J. Blige, Justin Bieber, H.E.R., Babyface, John Legend, Busta Rhymes, Summer Walker, Teyana Taylor, Coco Jones and Jazmine Sullivan. The album's lead single “Another One of Me” features The Weeknd, French Montana and 21 Savage.

It’s his first solo studio project since his 2006 chart-topping “Press Play,” which had two top 10 hit singles: “Last Night” with Keyshia Cole and “Come to Me” featuring Nicole Scherzinger.

After his epiphany, Diddy built a recording studio at his home and started to work on music.

“It was God as a woman. … And I was like, ‘It’s time,’” he said, describing his dream.

“I was asking myself the question: ‘If you had to do one thing for the rest of your life, what would you do?’ And that would be to make music.'

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