Bad Intentions is the debut solo studio album from British rapper, singer, and songwriter Dappy, released on 22 October 2012 via Takeover Entertainment Limited and Island Records.

[2] Bad Intentions includes guest appearances from English musician Brian May, English-Irish boy band The Wanted and upcoming British rapper Margs.

"[4] His first solo effort was a collaboration with fellow rapper Tinchy Stryder, on the lead single from his fourth studio album, Full Tank, entitled "Spaceship".

[5] In a press interview in April 2012, Dappy revealed that the album's third single was set to be called "Dare to Dream".

Dappy's N-Dubz bandmate, Fazer, makes a cameo appearance in the music video for the track, playing the piano in the bridge section.

[9] The track was written and recorded as a solo piece, and the collaboration with Brian May did not occur until several months later, when the guitarist favoured Dappy's material.

Big strings, ear-snagging choruses and the occasional bit of witty wordplay makes them the most listenable of the set", however "the bulk of Bad Intentions fails to appeal", rating the album 2 out of 5 stars.

musicOMH's Tim Lee believed that the album "doesn't lack bravado" and compared Dappy's album to The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem, saying that "Dappy would love Bad Intentions to be considered in a similar vein [to The Marshall Mathers LP]" but "it misses out on replicating anything good from it" and "lacks wit, inventiveness and even the decency to stick to its cause".

British newspaper Metro rated Bad Intentions 1 out of 5 stars, saying: "an inventory of violent sexism, hilariously inept arrhythmic rapping and r’n’b 'skits' that make Chris Moyles sound like Oscar Wilde", demeaning its "constant sexual braggadocio".

Andy Gill of The Independent viewed the album's content as mostly angry: "He constantly boils over into splenetic, scattershot anger.

Ian Gittins of Virgin Media compared Dappy to American rapper Eminem due to the album's comedic themes: "This lack of gravitas bedevils this utterly generic, predictable, dreary record.