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Track Listing
1. No Way Out (Intro)
2. Victory - (featuring The Notorious B.I.G./Busta Rhymes)
3. Been Around the World - (featuring The Notorious B.I.G./Mase)
4. What You Gonna Do?
5. Don't Stop What You're Doing - (featuring Lil' Kim)
6. If I Should Die Tonight - (interlude, featuring Carl Thomas)
7. Do You Know?
8. Young G's - (featuring Jay-Z/The Notorious B.I.G.)
9. I Love You Baby - (featuring Black Rob)
10. It's All About the Benjamins - (remix, featuring The Notorious B.I.G./Lil' Kim/The Lox)
11. Pain
12. Is This the End? - (featuring Ginuwine/Twista/Carl Thomas)
13. I Got the Power - (featuring The Lox)
14. Friend - (featuring Foxy Brown)
15. Senorita
16. I'll Be Missing You - (featuring Faith Evans/112)
17. Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - (featuring Mase)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | 112, Black Rob, Busta Rhymes, Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, Foxy Brown, Ginuwine, Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Mase, Notorious B.I.G. & Jay-Z, The Lox, The Notorious B.I.G., Twista | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Puff Daddy (rap vocals); Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, 112, Ginuwine (vocals); The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown, The Lox, Mase, Black Rob, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Twista (rap vocals); Melissa Feliciano (spoken vocals); Stevie J., J-Dub (piano, programming); Dent (programming); Kelly Price, Simone Hines (background vocals).
Producers include: Stevie J., Sean "Puffy" Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Carlos Broady.
Engineers include: Stephen Dent, Doug Wilson, John Eaton.
Recorded at Caribbean Sound Basin, Trinidad, West Indies; D.A.R.P. Studios, Atlanta, Georgia; Daddy's House Recording Studios and The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
Puff Daddy was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. NO WAY OUT won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "I'll Be Missing You" won and "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.
As in the case of Teddy Riley or Dr. Dre, it is not unlikely for a producer-extraordinaire to step to the forefront as an artist. With the release of NO WAY OUT, Sean "Puffy" Combs adds to an extensive musical resume. From hip-hop dancer to hit-making producer to CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment to recording artist, Puff Daddy has proven to be a man of many talents.
Puffy's debut as an entertainer showcases both hardcore ("It's All About The Benjamins Remix") and mainstream ("Do You Know?") hip-hop songs. As a producer, Puff Daddy is the master when it comes to sampling old records and turning them into new hits, as he does with his tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. on "I'll Be Missing You," which incorporates the music from The Police's "Every Breath You Take." Other songs give Puffy a chance to test his own rap skills, like "Is This The End?" which matches him up with the world's fastest rapper, Twista.
Industry Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
...with his new, imperious NO WAY OUT, Puffy places himself at the center of the pop universe....Ain't nothin' held him down yet....Say what you like, these tracks are soulful and charming...
Vibe (10/01/1997)
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.Vibe (10/97, p.159) - ...with his new, imperious NO WAY OUT, Puffy places himself at the center of the pop universe....Ain't nothin' held him down yet....Say what you like, these tracks are soulful and charming...
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
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