No Way Out (Puff Daddy album)
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| Released | July 22, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Daddy's House Recording Studios (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 77:52 | |||
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No Way Out is the debut
The Family. It was released on July 22, 1997 by Arista Records and Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Entertainment.[1] The album's crediting of the Family references the guest appearances
from his label-mates at Bad Boy Records.
Puff Daddy worked extensively with
.No Way Out saw significant commercial success, debuting at number one on the
40th Grammy Awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.[2] It remains Puff Daddy's best selling album, with over 7 million copies shipped in the United States, and is considered a classic hip hop album.[3]
Background
Speaking about the album's title, Puff Daddy said that because of
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Nashiem Myrick and Ron Lawrence as well as engineers Axel Niehaus and Tony Maserati down to the Caribbean Sound Basin studio in Maraval, Trinidad, along with everything that they needed to craft hits. In the book, Puffy is quoted as saying, "For the next two years, I wanna have radio on lock. Call the girlfriend, wifey, or whatever, and let 'em know that you're not gonna be around for a few weeks. We're gonna get away from all this drama, put our heads together, and when we come back, we’re coming back with hits." The material would later be used on No Way Out, Life After Death
and other Bad Boy albums from 1997 to 1999.
Accolades
In the United States, the album topped on the
Forbes' 40th highest-paid entertainers, along with southern hip hop rapper Master P and Oprah Winfrey
.
The music video for "Been Around the World" features cameo appearances by Jennifer Lopez, playing Puff Daddy's love interest in a fictional storyline. Its positive reception led to widespread rumors of a personal relationship between the two in the media. This was later confirmed when Puff Daddy and Lopez dated for a period of time in the late 1990s. Furthermore, the music video for "Victory" was one of the most expensive videos ever made.[4] The song titled "No Way Out" performed by Puff Daddy, appeared on the soundtrack for the film Money Talks (1997), but is not included on this album.
Critical and commercial performance
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[8] |
| RapReviews | 9/10[9] |
| Vibe | favourable[10] |
Upon its release, No Way Out was a significant commercial success, particularly in the United States where it reached number one on the Billboard 200 in its first week, selling 561,000 copies. It also produced five commercially successful singles, the most successful of these being the worldwide hit "I'll Be Missing You", a tribute song aimed at The Notorious B.I.G., which became the first rap song ever to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained at the top of the chart for 11 consecutive weeks, whilst topping several other charts worldwide. The other four singles, the Billboard hits "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", "It's All About the Benjamins", "Been Around the World" and "Victory", were also commercially successful, and all except the latter peaked in the top two positions of the Billboard Hot 100. On September 7, 2000, the album was certified septuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 7,000,000+ copies in the United States:[11] to date, it remains Combs' most commercially successful album.
Track listing
All tracks, with the exception of "I Got the Power", were produced by members of Bad Boy's in-house production team,
the Hitmen. The tracklisting was slightly altered on the album's clean version, where it was shortened down to thirteen songs.[12]
| 5:43 | |||
| 17. | "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (featuring Mase) |
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| 3:51 |
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| 18. | "Been Around the World (Radio Mix)" (featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase) |
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| 4:07 |
| Total length: | 77:52 | |||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
- ^[b] signifies an additional producer
- ^[c] signifies an additional music contribution
Sample credits
- "Victory" contains a sample of "Going the Distance" written and performed by Bill Conti.
- "Been Around the World" contains samples of "Let's Dance" written and performed by David Bowie, "Feeling Good" written and performed by Roy Ayers, and an interpolation of "All Around the World" written by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney, and Andy Morris, and performed by Stansfield.
- "What You Gonna Do?" contains samples of "It's Over" written and performed by Eddie Holman.
- "Don't Stop What You're Doing" contains samples of "Don't Stop the Music" written by Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples, and Cavin Yarbrough and performed by Yarbrough and Peoples, and "You Haven't Done Nothin'" written and performed by Stevie Wonder.
- "If I Should Die Tonight (Interlude)" contains reworked elements of "If I Should Die Tonight" written by Ed Townsend and Marvin Gaye, and performed by Gaye.
- "Do You Know?" contains samples from "Concentrate" written and performed by the Gaturs, and an interpolation from "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" written by Gerald Goffin, and performed by Diana Ross.
- "Young G's" contains samples from "On the Hill" written and performed by Unbelievable", written by Christopher Wallace and Christopher Martin, and performed by the Notorious B.I.G.
- "I Love You, Baby" contains samples from "Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)" written and performed by Yma Sumac.
- It's All About the Benjamins" contains samples from "I Did It For Love" written by Linda Laurie and Terry Etlinger and performed by Love Unlimited. It also contains a reworked sample from "It's Great to Be Here" written by Berry Gordy, Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, and Deke Richards, and performed by the Jackson 5, as well as an interpolation from "Jungle Boogie", written and performed by Kool & the Gang.
- "Pain" contains samples from "Let's Stay Together" written by Al Green and performed by Roberta Flack.
- "Is This the End?" contains samples from "Is This the End" written by Michael Jonzun and Maurice Starr, and performed by New Edition.
- "I Got the Power" contains samples from "Don't Wanna Come Back" written by Joyce Kennedy, Glenn Murdock, Gary Moore, and Jerry Seay, and performed by Mother's Finest.
- "Friend" contains samples from "Person to Person" written and performed by Average White Band.
- "Señorita" contains samples from "Little Lady Maria" written and performed by Ohio Players, and "No Me Conviene" written and performed by La India.
- "I'll Be Missing You" contains samples from "Every Breath You Take" written by Gordon Sumner and performed by the Police, and Adagio for Strings written by Samuel Barber. It also interpolates "I'll Fly Away" written by Albert E. Brumley.
- "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" contains an interpolation of "Break My Stride" written by Matthew Wilder and Greg Prestopino, and performed by Wilder. It also samples "The Message" written and performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and "Atomic Dog" written by George Clinton, Garry Shider, and David Spradley, and performed by Clinton. The song also contains reworked excerpts from "Big Beat" written performed by Billy Squier, and samples "Rock with You" written by Rod Temperton and performed by Michael Jackson.
Personnel
Credits for No Way Out adapted from AllMusic.[15]
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[46] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[47] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Belgium (BEA)[48] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Canada (Music Canada)[49] | 6× Platinum | 600,000^ |
| France ( SNEP)[50]
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Gold | 100,000* |
| Japan (RIAJ)[51] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
| Netherlands (NVPI)[52] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[53] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[54] | Gold | 40,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[56] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[57] | 7× Platinum | 7,000,000[3] |
| Summaries | ||
| Europe (IFPI)[58] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
See also
- List of number-one albums of 1997 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1997 (U.S.)
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- ^ Strauss, Neil (January 7, 1998). "Grammy Nominations Yield Surprises, Including Newcomer's Success". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ a b Preezy Brown (2017-07-01). "Bad Boy For Life: 20 Facts About Puff Daddy & The Family's 'No Way Out'". Vibe. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ "SoYouWanna know the ten most expensive music videos? – Videos 4 – 2". Soyouwanna.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ Stanley, Leo. "No Way Out". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Puff Daddy & the Family: No Way Out". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ Considine, J.D. (1997-08-08). "No Way Out". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ Pearce, Sheldon (2017-03-09). "Puff Daddy & the Family: No Way Out Album Review". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ Padania, Jesal (25 September 2007). "Puff Daddy & The Family - No Way Out". RapReviews. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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External links
- No Way Out – P Diddy Lyrics