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All rights reserved.| 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)
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 Rolling Stone (05/13/1999) Vibe (10/01/1997) Rolling Stone (05/13/1999) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||
Review created: 05/20/00 by: ck_knipp -- a member of Epinions Pros: SOME original sounds, good beats, smooth lyrics Cons: several songs are just terrible, Puff Daddy's ego gets in the way Puff Daddy and the Family's No Way Out cd is one of the best and worst rap cds of all time. The songs vary from great to boring so often that you're not sure if your listening to the same album the whole time. The three big hits of the album (Been Around the World, I'll be Missing You, and Can't Nobody Hold Me Down) are obviously the highlights of the cd, but several other songs, especially Victory and What you Gonna Do?, also get your blood pumping. By now you're saying, "This cd is great!!", but then the whole album comes into perspective. After jamming to a real great song, you feel the need to leave the room during one of the incredibly stupid interludes or a pathetic excuse for a song like Do You Know?. Basically, this cd is only for the hardcore rap loving fans of Puff Daddy. The cd has it's highs, but the lows nearly cancel l them out. If you really love Puff Daddy, or don't mind skipping around the cd a lot, get this cd for the highlights, otherwise, don't bother. Review ID: 10000000000250615 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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