Bad Boy Entertainment (also known as Bad Boy Records) is a record label founded in 1992 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean Combs. Today, it operates as a division of Sony Music Entertainment, and is currently distributed by Epic Records.
After his climb from a non-paying internship to becoming an A&R executive at Uptown Records, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs was fired in 1993 by Andre Harrell. Combs soon founded Bad Boy Records in 1993. The label’s first release was "Flava In Ya Ear" by Craig Mack, followed quickly by Mack's debut album, Project: Funk Da World in 1994. On the heels of these releases came "Juicy" and Ready to Die, the lead single and debut album from The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Biggie Smalls), released the same year. While Mack's album went gold, Ready to Die achieved multi-platinum success. Dominating the charts in 1995, B.I.G. became one of the genre’s biggest names of the day and Bad Boy’s premier star. Also in 1995, the label continued its success with platinum releases by Total and Faith Evans. Bad Boy, meanwhile, staffed a bevy of in-house writer/producers, including: Easy Mo Bee, Chucky Thompson and D Dot—all of whom were instrumental in producing many of Bad Boy’s most noted releases during this time.
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The bad boy is a cultural archetype that is variously defined, and is often used synonymously with the historic terms rake or cad: a male who behaves badly, especially within societal norms.
The stereotypical "bad boy" was described by Kristina Grish in her book Addickted as "the irresistible rogue who has the dizzying ability to drive women wild" with a "laissez-faire attitude about life and love".
An article in The Independent compared the term "bad boys" with men who had a particular combination of personality traits, sometimes referred to as a "dark triad", and reported that a study found that such men were likely to have a greater number of sexual affairs.
"Bad Boy" is a song composed and recorded by Larry Williams. The song was recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California on August 14, 1958. The musicians on the recording included Williams on vocals and piano, Earl Palmer on drums, René Hall on guitar, Jewell Grant on baritone sax, Plas Johnson on tenor sax, and Ted Brinson on bass. The record did not break the Top 40 charts in the United States.
"She Said Yeah" was originally the B-side of the Larry Williams single, and has been covered by the Rolling Stones and the Animals, amongst others. The Beatles loved the song and almost certainly performed it on stage and fully intended to record it. Paul McCartney in the liner notes to his album Run Devil Run said "Me and John [Lennon] particularly loved Larry Williams...Bony Moronie...John did Slow Down...I was always going to do She Said Yeah". Roy Young (who was invited to join The Beatles) recorded a cover version in 1959. Paul McCartney finally recorded it in 1999.
I'm just a bad boy
All dressed up in fancy clothes
I'm taking the trouble
To blow my bubbles away
Bad boy
Life is just a bowl of cherries
I'm taking the trouble
To turn my night into day
The hot blazing sun
Won't hurt my head
'Cause you'll always find me
Right there in the shade
I can see all the folks
They're laughing at me
'Cause I'm just a naturally, crazy, lazy
Bad boy
Life is just a bowl of cherries
I'm taking the trouble
To turn my night into day
The hot blazing sun
Won't hurt my head
'Cause you'll always find me
Right there in the shade
I can see all you folks
You're laughing at me
'Cause I'm just a naturally, crazy, lazy
Bad boy
All dressed up in these fancy clothes
And I'm taking the trouble
To blow my bubbles away