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No Way Out (Puff Daddy album) 

No Way Out
No Way Out cover
Studio album by Puff Daddy and the Family
Released July 1, 1997
Recorded December 1996 -
April 1997
Genre East Coast hip hop
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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Puff Daddy and the Family chronology
No Way Out
(1997)
Forever
(1999)

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.

Contents

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 and interpolations
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
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
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
  • "Concentrate" by The Gators
8 "Young G's" 5:25 The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Kelly Price Rashad Smith
  • "On the Hill" by Oliver Sain
  • "Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway (interpolation)
9 "I Love You Baby" 4:03 Black Rob Sean "Puffy" Combs & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence for The Hitmen
  • "Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love)" by Yma Sumac
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
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
17 "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" 3:51 Mase Sean "Puffy" Combs, Carlos "6 July" Broady, & Nashiem Myrick for The Hitmen

Chart positions

Singles

Single Information
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
  • Released: 1997
  • Billboard Hot 100: #1 (6 weeks)
  • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #1 (6 weeks)
  • Hot Rap Singles: #1
"I'll Be Missing You"
  • Released: 1997
  • Billboard Hot 100: #1 (11 weeks)
  • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #1 (8 weeks)
  • Hot Rap Singles: #1
"It's All about the Benjamins (Remix)"
  • Released: 1997
  • Billboard Hot 100: #2
  • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #7
  • Hot Rap Singles: #1
"Been Around The World"
  • Released: 1998
  • Billboard Hot 100: #2
  • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #7
  • Hot Rap Singles: #1

Album

Year Chart Position
1997 The Billboard 200 1


External links

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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