No Way Out (album)
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| Studio album by Puff Daddy and the Family | |||||
| Released | July 1, 1997 | ||||
| Recorded | December 1996 - April 1997 |
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| Genre | Rap | ||||
| Length | 1:17:51 | ||||
| Label | Bad Boy | ||||
| Producer | Sean "Puffy" Combs (Exec.), Christopher Wallace (Exec.), Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie (Exec.), The Hitmen (Including Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Steven "Stevie J" Jordan, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Nashiem Myrick, Carlos "6 July" Broady, Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker, & Yogi), Black Jeruz, & Big Jaz | ||||
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No Way Out is a 1997 debut album by Puff Daddy and the Family. Originally titled Hell Up In Harlem until the The Notorious B.I.G.'s death, the album topped the album charts in the US with 561,000 units sold in its first week of release, debuting at #1. The album won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The album had two Billboard Hot 100 number one singles, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and "I'll Be Missing You," and two number two singles, "Been Around the World" and "It's All about the Benjamins". Furthermore, the music video for "Victory" is one of the most expensive videos ever made.[1] Ironically, a song titled "No Way Out" appears on the soundtrack to the film Money Talks, but is not included on the album.
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[edit] Track listing
All tracks except "Young G's" were produced by members of Bad Boy Records' in house production team, The Hitmen.
| # | Title | Length | Featured Artists | Producer(s) | Samples |
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| 1 | "No Way Out (Intro)" | 1:22 | Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | ||
| 2 | "Victory" | 4:56 | The Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | "Going the Distance" by Bill Conti |
| 3 | "Been Around The World" | 5:25 | The Notorious B.I.G., Mase | Sean "Puffy" Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence for The Hitmen | "Let's Dance" by David Bowie |
| 4 | "What You Gonna Do?" | 4:55 | Sean "Puffy" Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, & Nashiem Myrick for The Hitmen | ||
| 5 | "Don't Stop What You're Doing" | 3:58 | Lil' Kim | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence for The Hitmen | |
| 6 | "If I Should Die Tonight (Interlude)" | 2:59 | Carl Thomas | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker for The Hitmen | |
| 7 | "Do You Know?" | 6:06 | Kelly Price | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie for The Hitmen | |
| 8 | "Young G's" | 5:25 | The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Kelly Price | Rashad Smith | |
| 9 | "I Love You Baby" | 4:03 | Black Rob | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence for The Hitmen | |
| 10 | "It's All about the Benjamins (Remix)" | 4:38 | The Notorious B.I.G., The L.O.X., Lil' Kim | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie for The Hitmen | "I Did It For Love" by the Love Unlimited "It's Great to Be Here" by The Jackson 5 |
| 11 | "Pain" | 5:08 | Carl Thomas | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Nashiem Myrick for The Hitmen | |
| 12 | "Is This The End?" | 4:34 | Carl Thomas, Ginuwine, Twista | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | |
| 13 | "I Got The Power" | 4:05 | The L.O.X. | Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen & Big Jaz | |
| 14 | "Friend" | 6:37 | Foxy Brown, Simone Hines | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | |
| 15 | "Señorita" | 4:07 | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Yogi for The Hitmen | ||
| 16 | "I'll Be Missing You" | 5:43 | Faith Evans, 112 | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | "Every Breath You Take" by The Police |
| 17 | "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" | 3:51 | Mase | Sean "Puffy" Combs, Carlos "6 July" Broady, & Nashiem Myrick for The Hitmen | "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson |
[edit] Chart positions
[edit] Singles
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"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
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"I'll Be Missing You"
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"It's All about the Benjamins (Remix)"
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"Been Around The World"
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| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1997 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
[edit] Samples and interpolations
"Victory"
- "Going the Distance" by Bill Conti
"Been Around the World"
- "Let's Dance" by David Bowie
- "Feeling Good" by Roy Ayers
- "All Around the World" by Lisa Stansfield (interpolation)
"What You Gonna Do?"
- "It's Over" by Eddie Holman
"Don't Stop What You're Doing"
- "Don't Stop the Music" by Yarbrough and Peoples
- "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder
"Do You Know?"
- "Concentrate" by The Gators
"Young G's"
- "On the Hill" by Oliver Sain
"It's All About the Benjamins"
- "I Did it For Love" by Love Unlimited Orchestra
- "It's Great to Be Here" by Jackson 5 (remix only)
"Pain"
- "Jesse" by Roberta Flack
"Señorita"
- "Little Lady Maria" by Ohio Players
"I'll Be Missing You"
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
- "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder (interpolation)
- "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
- "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
- "Big Beat" by Billy Squier
- "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson
[edit] External links
- No Way Out - P Diddy Lyrics
| Preceded by Men In Black - The Album by Various artists |
Billboard 200 number-one album August 9 - August 15, 1997 August 23 - September 5, 1997 September 13 - September 19, 1997 |
Succeeded by The Art of War by Bone Thugs N Harmony |
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