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No Way Out [PA] - Daddy, Puff (CD 2005)

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 Notorious B.I.G. & Jay-Z)
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 (distr)
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.

Editorial 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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      "It's All About The Benjamins" says it all
    Review created: 06/28/03
    by: iamday19 -- a member of Epinions

    Pros:
    Some great songs (especially "Victory")

    Cons:
    Some horribly commercialized songs

    The only real reason I wanted this CD was because of the track "Victory", which is one of my all time favorite songs. There were a few other good ones on this CD, but most of it seems to be commercial fillers. Here's the songs on the album and what I think of them. I had forgotten what some of the songs sounded like, so I left those blank.

    NO WAY OUT
    This was a short intro and prayer by Puff Daddy. For a prayer, it actually was a pretty good track. The synths that backed up the prayer were arranged very well.

    VICTORY
    Absolutely the best song on the album. Busta Rhyme's appearance in the chorus made this song even better than it already is.

    BEEN AROUND THE WORLD
    I really did not care for this song, even though it was one of the singles of the album. Mase is a good rapper, but the cheesy background music is just horrible (Especially since it is sample from 'Let's Dance' by David Bowie). I did like the little skit they placed at the end of this track about the mad rapper and mad producer. That was kind of amusing.

    WHAT YOU GONNA DO
    I loved this song also. As a story on living a gangster life, it is a very intense song.

    DON'T STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING
    Another one of the cheesy songs on the album.

    IF I SHOULD DIE TONIGHT
    Similar to the first track "No Way Out", but not as good.

    DO YOU KNOW
    I actually love the hook of this song (although most other reviewer's didn't like it.) The lyrics weren't particularly unique, but the melody was nice.

    YOUNG G'S

    I LOVE YOU BABY
    This one was sort of good.

    IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS
    I was hoping that this would be the rock remix, because that version of "It's All About The Benjamins" is awesome. However, this was the lame cheesy hip hop version of the song. Even if it does say REMIX on the cover of the CD, it's not the good one.

    PAIN
    This one is similar to "What You Gonna Do"

    IS THIS THE END
    I liked this song. It had a catchy hook to it.

    I GOT THE POWER

    FRIEND

    SENORITA
    It has a sexy skit at the beginning in which Puffy is learning some Spanish from this Latina girl he is with. Other than that, it's not that great of a song.

    I'LL BE MISSING YOU
    Stinks. I don't like "The Police" version either.

    CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN
    Also stinks. It's very cheesy.

    Some of the songs are good, while others aren't. You could probably blame the original writers for that, since every single song on here was sampled from someone else.


    Review ID: 10000000000250614
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