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	{{Infobox album		{{Infobox album
	\| name = No Way Out		\| name = No Way Out
	\| type = studio		\| type = studio
	\| artist = ] & ]		\| artist = ] & ]
	\| cover = No Way Out - Puff Daddy.jpg		\| cover = No Way Out - Puff Daddy.jpg
	\| alt =		\| alt =
	\| released = July 22, 1997		\| released = July 22, 1997
	\| recorded = ~~July 1996 – April~~ ~~1997~~		\| recorded = 1996–1997
			\| genre = {{hlist\|]}}
	\| venue =
	\| ~~studio~~ =		\| length = 77:52
	\| ~~genre~~ = {{hlist\|]\|]}}		\| label = {{hlist\|]\|]}}
			\| producer =
	\| length = 77:52
			* Sean "Puffy" Combs
	\| label = {{hlist\|]\|]}}
			* ]
	\| producer = {{hlist\|] {{small\|(])}}\|] {{small\|(also exec.)}}\|"]" {{small\|(also exec.)}}\|] (]\|]\|Nashiem Myrick\|Carlos "6 July" Broady\|Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker\|Yogi)\|Black Jeruz\|]}}
			* ]
	\| prev_title =		\| prev_title =
	\| prev_year =		\| prev_year =
	\| next_title = ]		\| next_title = ]
	\| next_year = 1999		\| next_year = 1999
	\| misc = {{Singles		\| misc = {{Singles
	\| name = No Way Out		\| name = No Way Out
	\| type = studio		\| type = studio
	\| single1 = ]		\| single1 = ]
	\| single1date = ~~February~~ 11, 1997		\| single1date = January 7, 1997
	\| single2 = ]		\| single2 = ]
	\| single2date = May 23, 1997		\| single2date = May 27, 1997
	\| single3 = ]		\| single3 = ]
	\| single3date = August 12, 1997		\| single3date = August 12, 1997
	\| single4 = ]		\| single4 = ]
	\| single4date = November 14, 1997		\| single4date = November 14, 1997
	\| single5 = ]		\| single5 = ]
	\| single5date = March 31, 1998		\| single5date = March 17, 1998
	}}		}}
	}}		}}
	'''''No Way Out''''' is the debut ] by American rapper ]. It was released on July 22, 1997 by ] and ]. The album's crediting of "The Family" references the ]s from his label-mates and other artists, where Puff Daddy initially gained recognition through his public image and work as a producer for Bad Boy.

			'''''No Way Out''''' is the debut ] by American rapper ]. It was released on July 22, 1997, via ] and Puff Daddy's ].<ref>{{cite web\|author=Cheo Hodari Coker\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-22-ca-14957-story.html?_amp=true\|title=The Spotlight Turns on Puffy Combs : Dancing Close to the Flames\|work=]\|date=July 22, 1997\|accessdate=December 27, 2021}}</ref> The album is credited to "Puff Daddy & the Family"; the latter act refers to ]s from his signees at Bad Boy.
	Puff Daddy worked extensively with ] and The Hitmen when creating the album, which saw a change in direction following the former's ] a few months prior to release. This greatly affected Puff Daddy, which he expands upon on the album with a combination of aggressive and introspective lyrics, as well as with raw production to convey his varying emotional state before and after his friend’s death. Additional production was provided by ] and ], while the album contains features from The Notorious B.I.G., ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].

			Puff Daddy worked extensively with ] and the Hitmen when creating the album, which saw a change in direction following the former's ] months prior to release. This greatly affected Puff Daddy, and with a combination of aggressive and introspective lyrics, he conveys an emotionally vulnerable state representing the before and after of B.I.G.'s death. Additional production was provided by ], while the album contains features from the Notorious B.I.G., ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
	''No Way Out'' saw significant commercial success, debuting at number one on the ], selling over 561,000 copies in its first week of sales. The album's singles also saw commercial success, namely with "]", which became a worldwide hit, and the first rap song to debut at number one on the ]. "]" also peaked at number one, while "]" and "]" reached number two. The album also saw widespread critical success, with Puff Daddy being nominated for five awards at the ], winning the ].<ref name="Grammy1998">{{cite news\|last=Strauss\|first=Neil\|title=Grammy Nominations Yield Surprises, Including Newcomer's Success\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/07/arts/grammy-nominations-yield-surprises-including-newcomer-s-success.html?pagewanted=2\|accessdate=16 July 2011\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=January 7, 1998\|page=2\|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> It remains Puff Daddy's best selling album, with over 7 million copies shipped in the United States, and is considered a classic rap album.

			''No Way Out'' was met with significant commercial success, debuting atop on the ] with first week sales of over 561,000 copies. Its lead single, "]", peaked atop the ] several weeks after its January 1997 release. Its follow-up, and the album's second single, "]", became a worldwide hit and the first hip hop song to debut atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while its fourth single, "]", peaked at number two. ''No Way Out'' also earned critical success, receiving five nominations at the ], from which it won ].<ref name="Grammy1998">{{cite news\|last=Strauss\|first=Neil\|title=Grammy Nominations Yield Surprises, Including Newcomer's Success\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/07/arts/grammy-nominations-yield-surprises-including-newcomer-s-success.html?pagewanted=2\|access-date=July 16, 2011\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=January 7, 1998\|page=2}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Vibe"/> However, the album's reliance on ] was criticized by '']'', '']'', and ].

	==Background==		==Background==
	Speaking about the album's title, Puff Daddy said that because of ]'s death on March 9, 1997, he had felt that there is 'no way out' of things the way we were. The album's lyrical content is ~~filled~~ ~~with~~ ~~some of his~~ emotions that he felt while mourning the loss of his close friend. In the song, titled "Is This the End?", he raps about experiencing the drive-by shooting that happened in ], California, which took ~~The~~ Notorious B.I.G.'s life. The album was originally called ''Puff Daddy & ~~The~~ Goodfellas'', then slated to be titled ''Hell Up in Harlem'', but following the death of ~~The~~ Notorious B.I.G., he decided to switch the album's title to ''No Way Out''. As discussed in "''Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G.''" by Cheo Hodari Coker, the weight of the ] and the accompanying threats had taken its toll on Combs and those around him. It was decided that they needed to get away and become focused on making hits. So, Combs brought producers Steven "Stevie J." Jordan, ], Nashiem Myrick and ] 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'', '']'' and other Bad Boy albums from 1997 to 1999.		Speaking about the album's title, Puff Daddy said that because of ]'s death on March 9, 1997, he had felt that there was 'no way out of things the way we were'. The album's lyrical content was inspired by the emotions that he felt while mourning the loss of his close friend. In the song, titled "Is This the End?", he raps about experiencing the drive-by shooting that happened in ], California, which took the Notorious B.I.G.'s life. The album was originally called ''Puff Daddy & the Goodfellas'', then slated to be titled ''Hell Up in Harlem'', but following the death of the Notorious B.I.G., he decided to switch the album's title to ''No Way Out''.

			As discussed in "''Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G.''" by Cheo Hodari Coker, the weight of the ] and the accompanying threats had taken its toll on Combs and those around him. It was decided that they needed to get away and become focused on making hits. So, Combs brought producers Steven "Stevie J." Jordan, ], Nashiem Myrick and ] 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'', '']'' and other Bad Boy albums from 1997 to 1999.

	==Accolades==		==Accolades==
	In the United States, the album topped on the ], with 561,000 copies sold in the first week. The album topped music charts worldwide for 24 non-consecutive weeks. In 1998, ''No Way Out'' would win the ] for the Best Rap Album. On September 7, 2000, the album was certified seven-times platinum by the ] (RIAA). In 1997, among the ten songs that reached at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 list, four of them belonged to Bad Boy Records. The album spawned two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles – "]" and "]" – and the "number 2" singles "]" and "]". The longest reign of the label's four hits was this single "I'll Be Missing You", which topped the charts for 11 weeks. The melody for "I'll Be Missing You" is sampled from ]'s 1983 hit "]". This successful album led to Puff Daddy to be named as one of '']''{{'}} 40th highest-paid entertainers, along with ] rapper ] and ].		In the United States, the album topped on the ], with 561,000 copies sold in the first week. The album topped music charts worldwide for 24 non-consecutive weeks. In 1998, ''No Way Out'' would win the ] for the Best Rap Album. On September 7, 2000, the album was certified seven-times platinum by the ] (RIAA). In 1997, among the ten songs that reached at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 list, four of them belonged to Bad Boy Records.

			The album spawned two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles – "]" and "]" – and the "number 2" singles "]" and "]". The longest reign of the label's four hits was this single "I'll Be Missing You", which topped the charts for 11 weeks. The melody for "I'll Be Missing You" is sampled from ]'s 1983 hit "]". This successful album led to Puff Daddy to be named as one of '']''{{'}} 40th highest-paid entertainers, along with ] rapper ] and ].
	The music video for "Been Around the World" features cameo appearances by ], 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 "]" was one of the ] made.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/musicvideos/musicvideos3.html \|title=SoYouWanna know the ten most expensive music videos? – Videos 4 – 2 \|publisher=Soyouwanna.com \|accessdate=2012-03-03 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210001433/http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/musicvideos/musicvideos3.html \|archivedate=February 10, 2010 }}</ref> The song titled "No Way Out" performed by Puff Daddy, appeared on the soundtrack for the film '']'' (1997), but is not included on this album.

			The music video for "Been Around the World" features cameo appearances by ], 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 "]" was one of the ] made.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/musicvideos/musicvideos3.html \|title=SoYouWanna know the ten most expensive music videos? – Videos 4 – 2 \|publisher=Soyouwanna.com \|access-date=March 3, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210001433/http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/musicvideos/musicvideos3.html \|archive-date=February 10, 2010 }}</ref> The song titled "No Way Out" performed by Puff Daddy, appeared on the soundtrack for the film '']'' (1997), but is not included on this album.
	==Critical and commercial performance==

			==Reception==
			===Critical reception===
	{{Album ratings		{{Album ratings
			\|rev1=]
	\|rev1=]\|rev1score={{rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-way-out-mw0000025853 \|title=No Way Out \|last=Stanley \|first=Leo \|website=AllMusic \|access-date=2017-08-24}}</ref>
	\|~~rev3~~=~~'']''~~\|~~rev3score=C+~~<ref>{{Cite web \|url=~~http~~://ew.com/~~article/1997/08/08~~/no-way-out/ \|title=No Way Out \|last=~~Considine~~ \|first=~~J.D. \|authorlink=J. D. Considine\|date=1997-08-08~~ \|website=] \|access-date=~~2017-08-~~24}}</ref>		\|rev1score={{rating\|4\|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-way-out-mw0000025853 \|title=No Way Out \|last=Stanley \|first=Leo \|website=] \|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
			\|rev2='']''
	\|rev4='']''\|rev4score=7.8/10<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22953-no-way-out/ \|title=Puff Daddy & the Family: No Way Out Album Review \|last=Pearce \|first=Sheldon \|date=2017-03-09 \|website=pitchfork.com \|access-date=2017-08-24}}</ref>
			\|rev2score=Negative<ref name=Billboard>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-08-16.pdf\|title=Reviews & Previews, Albums, Rap\|work=Billboard\|date=August 16, 1997\|page=61\|volume=109\|issue=33\|access-date=August 19, 2024\|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
	\|rev2='']''\|rev2score={{rating-Christgau\|hm2}}<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2837 \|title=Robert Christgau: Album: Puff Daddy & the Family: No Way Out \|website=robertchristgau.com \|access-date=2017-08-24}}</ref>
			\|rev3='']''
			\|rev3score=C+<ref name=EW>{{Cite magazine \|url=http://ew.com/article/1997/08/08/no-way-out/ \|title=No Way Out \|last=Considine \|first=J.D. \|author-link=J. D. Considine\|date=August 8, 1997 \|magazine=] \|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
			\|rev4=]
			\|rev4score=Mixed<ref name=MTV>{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family, No Way Out (Arista)\|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/reviews/archive/blather/puffdaddy_rev.html\|publisher=MTV\|date=1997\|access-date=August 19, 2024\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010706114908/http://www.mtv.com/music/reviews/archive/blather/puffdaddy_rev.html\|archive-date=July 6, 2001\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\|rev5='']''
			\|rev5score=7.8/10<ref name=Pitchfork>{{Cite web \|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22953-no-way-out/ \|title=Puff Daddy & the Family: No Way Out Album Review \|last=Pearce \|first=Sheldon \|date=March 9, 2017 \|website=] \|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
			\| rev6 = ''RapReviews''
			\| rev6score = 9/10<ref name="Rap Reviews">{{cite web \|last1=Padania \|first1=Jesal \|title=Puff Daddy & The Family - No Way Out \|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_puffnowayout.html \|website=RapReviews \|accessdate=August 19, 2024\|date=September 25, 2007\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080127083258/https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_puffnowayout.html\|archive-date=January 27, 2008\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			\| rev7 = '']''
			\| rev7score = {{rating\|2.5\|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite web\|last=Brackett\|first=Nathan\|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=63048&cf=1579\|title=No Way Out\|work=Rolling Stone\|date=September 4, 1997\|access-date=August 19, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010702143426/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=63048&cf=1579\|archive-date=July 2, 2001\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\|rev8 = '']''
			\|rev8Score = Positive<ref name="Vibe 1997">{{cite magazine\|title=Puff Daddy: No Way Out (Bad Boy Records)\|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_oSsEAAAAMBAJ/page/n167/mode/2up?q=%22no+way+out%22\|first=Michael A.\|last=Gonzales\|volume=5\|issue=8\|pages=159–160\|date=October 1997\|magazine=]\|access-date=August 19, 2024\|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
			\|rev9 = '']''
			\|rev9Score = {{rating-Christgau\|hm2}}<ref name="Village Voice">{{cite magazine\|last=Christgau\|first=Robert\|author-link=Robert Christgau\|date=September 23, 1997\|volume=42\|issue=38\|title=Consumer Guide\|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2837\|magazine=]\|page=78\|access-date=May 9, 2024}}</ref>
	}}		}}

	Upon its release, ''No Way Out'' was a significant commercial success, particularly in the United States where it reached number one on the ] in its first week, selling 561,000 copies. It also produced five commercially successful singles, the most successful of these being the worldwide hit "]", a tribute song aimed at The Notorious B.I.G., which became the first rap song ever to debut at number one on the ], and remained at the top of the chart for 11 consecutive weeks, whilst topping several other charts worldwide. The other four singles, the ] hits "]", "]", "]" and "]", 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 ] for sales of 7,000,000+ copies in the United States:<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web\|title=Diddy searchable database\|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Diddy&format=&go=Search&perPage=50\|publisher=]\|accessdate=16 July 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155506/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Diddy&format=&go=Search&perPage=50\|archivedate=24 September 2015}}</ref> to date, it remains Combs' most commercially successful album.
			Since its release, the album has been evaluated in the context of the ] and deaths of ] and The Notorious B.I.G.<ref name=EW /><ref name=Pitchfork /> The ] of hits from past decades has also been debated by critics.<ref name=EW /><ref name=Billboard /><ref name="Strauss sampling"/> In 1997, ] of ''The New York Times'' called Puff Daddy the "king of sampled hits".<ref name="Strauss sampling">{{cite web\|last=Strauss\|first=Neil\|title=Sampling Is (a) Creative Or (b) Theft?\|work=The New York Times\|date=September 14, 1997\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/14/arts/pop-view-sampling-is-a-creative-or-b-theft.html\|access-date=August 19, 2024\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090414225616/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/14/arts/pop-view-sampling-is-a-creative-or-b-theft.html\|archive-date=April 14, 2009\|url-status=live\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

			''No Way Out'' received a wide range of reviews. ] rated the album four out of five stars, with Leo Stanley calling it "a compelling, harrowing album" and "more substantial...than most mid-'90s hip-hop releases".<ref name=AllMusic /> For '']'', Michael A. Gonzales praised the producers for creating "fierce, moody sonic mainpulations that are changing the soundscapes of pop music".<ref name="Vibe 1997"/>

			Positive reviews continued in later years. ''RapReviews.com'' rated the album 9 out of 10 points in 2007. " The replay value is astronomical, and the album is packed full of great beats, classic singles and excellent guest appearances," wrote Jesal Padania for the site.<ref name="Rap Reviews"/> Reviewing the album in 2017, '']'' rated it 7.8 out of 10 points, regarding it as "a party record spotted with bouts of depression and sorrow" and "feel-good music that tops the charts".<ref name=Pitchfork />

			Other reviews were less favorable, especially towards the lyrics and production. Grading the album a C+, '']'' critic ] pointed out "the obvious contradictions within their shoot-first, mourn-your-friends-later attitude" of Puff Daddy and his collaborators.<ref name=EW /> Considine also questioned the choice of samples, in calling "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and other tracks "shamelessly derivative".<ref name=EW /> For '']'', ] also criticized the samples on the album: "...the over-reliance on huge swathes of undiluted samples is simply clumsy, lazy, and demeaning to the sources."<ref name=Billboard /> ] acknowledged that Puff Daddy's repurposing of older songs was commercially successful but pointed out: "...there is a clear difference between sampling snippets and manipulating them into a beat...and just straight-away rapping over a relatively recent hit record."<ref name=MTV />

			For '']'', ] compared Puff Daddy's rapping style on the tracks with guest appearances by The Notorious B.I.G.: "B.I.G.'s rhymes are dynamic, authoritative; Puff Daddy's voice is thin, and he delivers his verses in a flat monotone."<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> Regarding the samples, Brackett commented that Puff Daddy was among "artists who merely bask in the reflected glory of the songs from which they draw."<ref name="Rolling Stone"/>

			===Commercial performance===
			Upon release, ''No Way Out'' was quickly met with commercial success. In Combs' home country of the United States, it debuted atop the ] with 561,000 copies sold in its first week. Supported by five commercially successful singles, including "]", which, along with the album itself, served as a tribute to the then-recently deceased ]. The song became the first in hip hop to debut atop the ], where it remained for 11 consecutive weeks, while topping several other charts worldwide. The album's first single, released prior to B.I.G.'s death, "]", also peaked atop the chart, for seven consecutive weeks.

			Its fourth single, "]", peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while its fifth, "]" peaked within the top 20. On September 7, 2000, the album received septuple platinum certification by the ] (RIAA), for sales of 7,000,000 units in the United States.<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web\|title=Diddy searchable database\|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Diddy&format=&go=Search&perPage=50\|publisher=]\|access-date=July 16, 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155506/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Diddy&format=&go=Search&perPage=50\|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> As of 2024, it remains Combs' most commercially successful release.

	==Track listing==		==Track listing==
	All tracks, with the exception of "~~Young~~ ~~G's~~", were produced by members of Bad Boy's in-house production team, ]. The tracklisting was slightly altered on the album's ~~remastered~~ ~~edition~~, where it was shortened down to thirteen songs.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/33hEDxsIVGf7R6wRdZBQOw \|title=No Way Out (Remastered Edition) by Diddy \|publisher=] \|~~publicationdate~~=July 1, 2012 \|~~accessdate~~=June 6, 2018}}</ref>		All tracks, with the exception of "I Got the Power", were produced by members of Bad Boy's in-house production team, ]. The tracklisting was slightly altered on the album's clean version, where it was shortened down to thirteen songs.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/33hEDxsIVGf7R6wRdZBQOw \|title=No Way Out (Remastered Edition) by Diddy \|publisher=] \|date=July 1, 2012 \|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>

	{{Track listing		{{Track listing
	\| headline = ''No Way Out'' {{nobold\|– ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/no-way-out-remastered-edition/906589010\|title=No Way Out by Puff Daddy & The Family \|publisher=] \|~~publicationdate~~=July 1, 1997 \|~~accessdate~~=June 6, 2018}}</ref> and ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4OGaOZUHLhSeiicZB909aL \|title=No Way Out by Diddy \|publisher=] \|~~publicationdate~~=July 1, 1997 \|~~accessdate~~=June 6, 2018}}</ref>}}		\| headline = ''No Way Out'' {{nobold\|– ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/no-way-out-remastered-edition/906589010\|title=No Way Out by Puff Daddy & The Family \|publisher=] \|date=July 1, 1997 \|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> and ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4OGaOZUHLhSeiicZB909aL \|title=No Way Out by Diddy \|publisher=] \|date=July 1, 1997 \|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
	\| extra_column = Producer(s)		\| extra_column = Producer(s)
	\| total_length = 77:52		\| total_length = 77:52
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	\| title2 = ]		\| title2 = ]
	\| note2 = featuring ] and ]		\| note2 = featuring ] and ]
	\| writer2 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|]\|Jordan}}		\| writer2 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|]\|Jordan}}
	\| extra2 = {{hlist\|Stevie J\|]{{ref\|a\|}}}}		\| extra2 = {{hlist\|Stevie J\|]{{ref\|a\|}}}}
	\| length2 = 4:56		\| length2 = 4:56

	\| title3 = ]		\| title3 = ]
	\| note3 = featuring ~~The~~ Notorious B.I.G. and ]		\| note3 = featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and ]
	\| writer3 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Wallace\|]\|Deric Angelettie\|]}}		\| writer3 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Wallace\|]\|Deric Angelettie\|]\|]\|]\|Ian Devaney\|Andy Morris}}
	\| extra3 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|D-Dot\|Amen-Ra{{ref\|a\|}}}}		\| extra3 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|D-Dot\|Amen-Ra{{ref\|a\|}}}}
	\| length3 = 5:25		\| length3 = 5:25

	\| title4 = What You Gonna Do?		\| title4 = What You Gonna Do?
	\| writer4 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Lawrence\|Nashiem Myrick}}		\| writer4 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|Lawrence\|Nashiem Myrick}}
	\| extra4 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|Amen-Ra\|Myrick}}		\| extra4 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|Amen-Ra\|Myrick}}
	\| length4 = 4:55		\| length4 = 4:55
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	\| title5 = Don't Stop What You're Doing		\| title5 = Don't Stop What You're Doing
	\| note5 = featuring ]		\| note5 = featuring ]
	\| writer5 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|]}}		\| writer5 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Jones\|]}}
	\| extra5 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|]{{ref\|b\|}}}}		\| extra5 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|]{{ref\|b\|}}}}
	\| length5 = 3:58		\| length5 = 3:58
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	\| length6 = 2:59		\| length6 = 2:59

			\|
	\| title7 = Do You Know?		\| title7 = Do You Know?
	\| writer7 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Angelettie}}		\| writer7 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Angelettie\|]}}
	\| extra7 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|D-Dot{{ref\|c\|}}}}		\| extra7 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|D-Dot{{ref\|c\|}}}}
	\| length7 = 6:06		\| length7 = 6:06

	\| title8 = Young G's		\| title8 = Young G's
	\| note8 = featuring ] and ~~The~~ Notorious B.I.G.		\| note8 = featuring ] and the Notorious B.I.G.
	\| writer8 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|Wallace\|]}}		\| writer8 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Carter\|Wallace\|]}}
	\| extra8 = ]		\| extra8 = ]
	\| length8 = 5:25		\| length8 = 5:25

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	\| title10 = ]		\| title10 = ]
	\| note10 = featuring ], ~~The~~ Notorious B.I.G., and Lil' Kim		\| note10 = featuring ], the Notorious B.I.G., and Lil' Kim
	\| writer10 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|]\|]\|Wallace\|Jones}}		\| writer10 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|]\|]\|Wallace\|Jones}}
	\| extra10 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|D-Dot}}		\| extra10 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|D-Dot}}
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	\| title13 = I Got the Power		\| title13 = I Got the Power
	\| note13 = featuring ~~The~~ LOX		\| note13 = featuring the LOX
	\| writer13 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Jacobs\|Phillips\|Styles\|]}}		\| writer13 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Jacobs\|Phillips\|Styles\|]}}
	\| extra13 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|]}}		\| extra13 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|]}}
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	\| title14 = Friend		\| title14 = Friend
	\| note14 = featuring ]		\| note14 = featuring ]
	\| writer14 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|Jordan}}		\| writer14 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|Jordan\|Carter<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/33227026/credits\|title=Credits / No Way Out (2014 Remaster) / Diddy — TIDAL}}</ref>}}
	\| extra14 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|Stevie J}}		\| extra14 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|Stevie J}}
	\| length14 = 6:37		\| length14 = 6:37

	\| title15 = Señorita		\| title15 = Señorita
	\| writer15 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Jason Graham}}		\| writer15 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Jason Graham}}
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	\| title16 = ]		\| title16 = ]
	\| note16 = featuring ] and ]		\| note16 = featuring ] and ]
	\| writer16 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|]\|]\|]\|Michael Keith\|Jordan}}		\| writer16 = {{hlist\|Combs\|]\|Todd Gaither\|]\|]\|]\|Michael Keith\|Jordan\|]\|]\|]}}
	\| extra16 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|Stevie J}}		\| extra16 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|Stevie J}}
	\| length16 = 5:43		\| length16 = 5:43
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	\| note17 = featuring Mase		\| note17 = featuring Mase
	\| writer17 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Betha\|Carlos Broady\|Myrick}}		\| writer17 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Betha\|Carlos Broady\|Myrick}}
	\| extra17 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|6 July\|Myrick}}		\| extra17 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|July 6\|Myrick}}
	\| length17 = 3:51		\| length17 = 3:51

			\| title18 = ] (Radio Mix)
			\| note18 = featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and ]
			\| writer18 = {{hlist\|Combs\|Wallace\|]\|Deric Angelettie\|]\|]\|]\|Ian Devaney\|Andy Morris}}
			\| extra18 = {{hlist\|Puff Daddy\|D-Dot\|Amen-Ra{{ref\|a\|}}}}
			\| length18 = 4:07
	}}		}}

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	* "Don't Stop What You're Doing" contains samples of "]" written by Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples, and Cavin Yarbrough and performed by ], and "You Haven't Done Nothin'" written and performed by ].		* "Don't Stop What You're Doing" contains samples of "]" written by Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples, and Cavin Yarbrough and performed by ], and "You Haven't Done Nothin'" written and performed by ].
	* "If I Should Die Tonight (Interlude)" contains reworked elements of "]" written by ] and ], and performed by Gaye.		* "If I Should Die Tonight (Interlude)" contains reworked elements of "]" written by ] and ], 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 ] and ], and performed by ].		* "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 ] and ], and performed by ].
	* "Young G's" contains samples from "On the Hill" written and performed by ], an interpolation of "Little Ghetto Boy" written and performed by ], and samples from "]" written by ], ], and ], and performed by Biz Markie. It also contains a reworked sample from "]", written by Christopher Wallace and ], and performed by ~~The~~ Notorious B.I.G.		* "Young G's" contains samples from "On the Hill" written and performed by ], an interpolation of "Little Ghetto Boy" written and performed by ], and samples from "]" written by ], ], and ], and performed by Biz Markie. It also contains a reworked sample from "]", written by Christopher Wallace and ], 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 ].		* "I Love You, Baby" contains samples from "Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)" written and performed by ].
	* It's All About the Benjamins" contains samples from "I Did It For Love" written by ] and performed by ]. It also contains a reworked sample from "It's Great to Be Here" written by ], ], ], and ], and performed by ], as well as an interpolation from "]", written and performed by ].		* "It's All About the Benjamins" contains samples from "I Did It For Love" written by ] and performed by ]. It also contains a reworked sample from "It's Great to Be Here" written by ], ], ], and ], and performed by ], as well as an interpolation from "]", written and performed by ].
	* "Pain" contains samples from "]" written by ] and performed by ].		* "Pain" contains samples from "]" written by ] and performed by ].
	* "Is This the End?" contains samples from "]" written by Michael Jonzun and ], and performed by ].		* "Is This the End?" contains samples from "]" written by Michael Jonzun and ], and performed by ].
	* "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 ].		* "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 ].
	* "Friend" contains samples from "Person to Person" written and performed by ].		* "Friend" contains samples from "Person to Person" written and performed by ].
	* "Señorita" contains samples from "Little Lady Maria" written and performed by ], and "No Me Conviene" written and performed by ].		* "Señorita" contains samples from "Little Lady Maria" written and performed by ], and "No Me Conviene" written and performed by ].
	* "I'll Be Missing You" contains samples from "]" written by ] and performed by ], and "Adagio for Strings" written ~~and performed~~ by ]. It also interpolates "]" written by ].		* "I'll Be Missing You" contains samples from "]" written by ] and performed by ], and ] written by ]. It also interpolates "]" written by ].
	* "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" contains an interpolation of "]" written by ] and Greg Prestopino, and performed by Wilder. It also samples "]" written and performed by ], and "]" written by ], Garry Shider, and David Spradley, and performed by Clinton. The song also contains reworked excerpts from "Big Beat" written performed by ], and samples "]" written by ] and performed by ].		* "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" contains an interpolation of "]" written by ] and Greg Prestopino, and performed by Wilder. It also samples "]" written and performed by ], and "]" written by ], Garry Shider, and David Spradley, and performed by Clinton. The song also contains reworked excerpts from "Big Beat" written and performed by ], and samples "]" written by ] and performed by ].

	==Personnel==		==Personnel==
	Credits for ''No Way Out'' adapted from ].<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web\|title=No Way Out > Puff Daddy & The Family > Credits\|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r299695/credits\|work=]\|publisher=]\|~~accessdate~~=16 July 2011}}</ref>		Credits for ''No Way Out'' adapted from ].<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web\|title=No Way Out > Puff Daddy & The Family > Credits\|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r299695/credits\|work=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

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	{{col-end}}		{{col-end}}

	==Charts ==		==Charts==
			{{col-start}}
			{{col-2}}

	===Weekly charts===		===Weekly charts===
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	! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position		! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|Australia\|17\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|]<ref name="AUSalbum">{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out\|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Puff+Daddy+%26+The+Family&titel=No+Way+Out&cat=a\|work=australian-charts.com\|publisher=Hung Medien\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
			\|-
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 17
			{{album chart\|Austria\|1\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Flanders\|9\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Wallonia\|24\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{album chart\|BillboardCanada\|1\|artist=Puff Daddy\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Netherlands\|6\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Finland\|9\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{album chart\|France\|18\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|Germany4\|2\|id=2570\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|] (Flanders)<ref name="BELalbum1">{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out\|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Puff+Daddy+%26+The+Family&titel=No+Way+Out&cat=a\|work=ultratop.be\|publisher=Hung Medien\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 9
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|New Zealand\|12\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|] (Wallonia)<ref name="BELalbum2">{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out\|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Puff+Daddy+%26+The+Family&titel=No+Way+Out&cat=a\|work=ultratop.be\|publisher=Hung Medien\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 24
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|Norway\|11\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|]<ref name="US200">{{cite web\|title=Diddy – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums\|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/p214335/charts-awards/billboard-albums\|work=]\|publisher=]\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 1
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|Scotland\|55\|date=19970817\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 28, 2023}}
	!scope="row"\|]<ref name="NLalbum">{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out\|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Puff+Daddy+%26+The+Family&titel=No+Way+Out&cat=a\|work=dutchcharts.nl\|publisher=Hung Medien\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 6
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|Sweden\|6\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|]<ref name="FRAalbum">{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out\|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Puff+Daddy+%26+The+Family&titel=No+Way+Out&cat=a\|work=lescharts.com\|publisher=Hung Medien\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 18
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|Switzerland\|1\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|]<ref name="GRalbum">{{citeweb\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out\|url=https://ukmix.org\|work=ukmix.org\|\|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 3
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|UK\|8\|date=19970802\|artist=Puff Daddy & The Family\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|]<ref name="NZalbum">{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out\|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Puff+Daddy+%26+The+Family&titel=No+Way+Out&cat=a\|work=charts.nz\|publisher=Hung Medien\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 12
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|UKR&B\|1\|date=19970727\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Puff Daddy And The Family – No Way Out\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/No%20Way%20Out\|work=]\|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 8
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|Billboard200\|1\|artist=Puff Daddy\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|US ]<ref name="US200"/>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 1
	\|-		\|-
			{{album chart\|BillboardRandBHipHop\|1\|artist=Puff Daddy\|album=No Way Out\|rowheader=true}}
	!scope="row"\|US ] (])<ref name="US200"/>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\| 1
	\|}		\|}
			{{col-2}}

	===Year-end charts===		===Year-end charts===
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	!scope="column"\|Position		!scope="column"\|Position
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align~~="~~left~~"\|~~German~~ Albums ~~Chart~~<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.~~offiziellecharts~~.de/charts/~~album-jahr~~/~~for~~-~~date-1997~~ \|title=Top 100 ~~Album-Jahrescharts~~\|~~language~~=~~German~~ \|~~publisher~~=~~]\|accessdate=September~~ 8, ~~2016~~}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/albums-chart\|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1997\|website=ARIA\|access-date= December 17, 2020}}</ref>
			\|99
	\|align="center"\|36
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1997\|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1997\|language=de\|website=Austriancharts.at\|access-date= December 19, 2020}}</ref>
			\|21
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a\|title=Jaaroverzichten 1997\|language=nl\|website=Ultratop\|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
			\|71
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a\|title=Rapports Annuels 1997\|language=fr\|website=Ultratop\|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
			\|74
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1997&cat=a\|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1997\|language=nl\|website=DutchCharts.nl\|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref>
			\|86
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|European Top 100 Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-12-27.pdf \|title=Eurochart Top 100 Albums 1997\|access-date=November 1, 2019 \|magazine=] }}</ref>
			\|41
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1997 \|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts\|language=de \|publisher=]\|access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>
			\|36
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1997-12-31\|title=Top Selling Albums of 1997\|website=The Official NZ Music Charts\|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref>
			\|45
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1997&dspp=1\|title=Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1997\|website=]\|language=sv\|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>
			\|86
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1997/alben\|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1997: Alben\|language=de\|website=Hitparade.ch\|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>
			\|21
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+1997&pg=PA17\|title=The Year in Music 1997: Top Billboard 200 Albums\|magazine=Billboard\|date=December 27, 1997\|page=YE-26\|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>
			\|10
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ\|title=1997 The Year in Music\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=109\|issue=52\|page=YE-39\|date=December 27, 1997\|access-date=April 24, 2021}}</ref>
			\|5
	\|}		\|}
			{{col-end}}

	==Certifications==		==Certifications==
	{{Certification Table Top}}		{{Certification Table Top}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Australia\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Australia\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Austria\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Austria\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Belgium\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Belgium\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Canada\|award=Platinum\|number=6\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1999\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Canada\|award=Platinum\|number=6\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1999\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=France\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1998\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=France\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1998\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Japan\|award=Platinum\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1998\|certmonth=1\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Japan\|award=Platinum\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1998\|certmonth=1\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Netherlands\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Netherlands\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=New Zealand\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997~~\|id=3796~~\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out~~\|accessdate=November 19, 2019~~}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=New Zealand\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|id=1997-11-28\|source=newchart\|access-date=2024-11-20\|title=No Way Out}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Sweden\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1998\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Sweden\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|certyear=1998\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Switzerland\|award=Platinum\|relyear=1997\|certyear=2001\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Switzerland\|award=Platinum\|relyear=1997\|certyear=2001\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United Kingdom\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United Kingdom\|award=Gold\|relyear=1997\|artist=Puff Daddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|certyear=1997\|id=4619-1011-2}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United States\|award=Platinum\|number=7\|relyear=1997\|certyear=2000\|artist=Diddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|salesamount=7,000,000\|salesref=<ref>{{cite web\|author=Preezy Brown\|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/bad-boy-for-life-20-facts-about-puff-daddy-the-familys-no-way-out\|title=Bad Boy For Life: 20 Facts About Puff Daddy & The Family's 'No Way Out'\|publisher=]\|date=2017~~-07-01~~\|~~accessdate~~=2019~~-12-01~~}}</ref>}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United States\|award=Platinum\|number=7\|relyear=1997\|certyear=2000\|artist=Diddy\|type=album\|title=No Way Out\|salesamount=7,000,000\|salesref=<ref name="Vibe">{{cite web\|author=Preezy Brown\|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/bad-boy-for-life-20-facts-about-puff-daddy-the-familys-no-way-out\|title=Bad Boy For Life: 20 Facts About Puff Daddy & The Family's 'No Way Out'\|publisher=]\|date=July 1, 2017\|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>}}
	{{Certification Table Summary}}		{{Certification Table Summary}}
	{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Europe\|title=Puff Daddy\|artist=No Way Out\|type=album\|award=Platinum\|certyear=1998\|~~accessdate~~=November 19, 2019}}		{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Europe\|title=Puff Daddy\|artist=No Way Out\|type=album\|award=Platinum\|certyear=1998\|access-date=November 19, 2019}}
	{{Certification Table Bottom}}		{{Certification Table Bottom}}

	==See also==		==See also==
	*]		* ]
	*]		* ]

	==References==		==References==
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	{{Grammy Award for Best Rap Album}}		{{Grammy Award for Best Rap Album}}

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Latest revision as of 02:30, 23 November 2024

1997 studio album by Puff Daddy & the Family

No Way Out

Studio album by Puff Daddy & the Family

Released

July 22, 1997

Recorded

1996–1997

Genre

Hip hop

Length

77:52

Label

Producer

Sean "Puffy" Combs
The Hitmen
Big Jaz

Puff Daddy & the Family chronology

No Way Out
(1997)

Forever
(1999)

Singles from No Way Out

"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
Released: January 7, 1997
"I'll Be Missing You"
Released: May 27, 1997
"It's All About the Benjamins"
Released: August 12, 1997
"Been Around the World"
Released: November 14, 1997
"Victory"
Released: March 17, 1998

No Way Out is the debut studio album by American rapper Puff Daddy. It was released on July 22, 1997, via Arista Records and Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records. The album is credited to "Puff Daddy & the Family"; the latter act refers to guest appearances from his signees at Bad Boy.

Puff Daddy worked extensively with the Notorious B.I.G. and the Hitmen when creating the album, which saw a change in direction following the former's shooting and death months prior to release. This greatly affected Puff Daddy, and with a combination of aggressive and introspective lyrics, he conveys an emotionally vulnerable state representing the before and after of B.I.G.'s death. Additional production was provided by Jaz-O, while the album contains features from the Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, Mase, Lil' Kim, Carl Thomas, Jay-Z, Black Rob, the LOX, Ginuwine, Twista, Foxy Brown, Faith Evans, and 112.

No Way Out was met with significant commercial success, debuting atop on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of over 561,000 copies. Its lead single, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 several weeks after its January 1997 release. Its follow-up, and the album's second single, "I'll Be Missing You", became a worldwide hit and the first hip hop song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, while its fourth single, "Been Around the World", peaked at number two. No Way Out also earned critical success, receiving five nominations at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, from which it won Best Rap Album. 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. However, the album's reliance on sampling was criticized by Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and MTV.

Background

Speaking about the album's title, Puff Daddy said that because of the Notorious B.I.G.'s death on March 9, 1997, he had felt that there was 'no way out of things the way we were'. The album's lyrical content was inspired by the emotions that he felt while mourning the loss of his close friend. In the song, titled "Is This the End?", he raps about experiencing the drive-by shooting that happened in Los Angeles, California, which took the Notorious B.I.G.'s life. The album was originally called Puff Daddy & the Goodfellas, then slated to be titled Hell Up in Harlem, but following the death of the Notorious B.I.G., he decided to switch the album's title to No Way Out.

As discussed in "Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G." by Cheo Hodari Coker, the weight of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry and the accompanying threats had taken its toll on Combs and those around him. It was decided that they needed to get away and become focused on making hits. So, Combs brought producers Steven "Stevie J." Jordan, 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 Billboard charts, with 561,000 copies sold in the first week. The album topped music charts worldwide for 24 non-consecutive weeks. In 1998, No Way Out would win the Grammy Award for the Best Rap Album. On September 7, 2000, the album was certified seven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 1997, among the ten songs that reached at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list, four of them belonged to Bad Boy Records.

The album spawned two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles – "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and "I'll Be Missing You" – and the "number 2" singles "Been Around the World" and "It's All About the Benjamins". The longest reign of the label's four hits was this single "I'll Be Missing You", which topped the charts for 11 weeks. The melody for "I'll Be Missing You" is sampled from the Police's 1983 hit "Every Breath You Take". This successful album led to Puff Daddy to be named as one of 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. 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.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Billboard	Negative
Entertainment Weekly	C+
MTV	Mixed
Pitchfork	7.8/10
RapReviews	9/10
Rolling Stone
Vibe	Positive
The Village Voice

Since its release, the album has been evaluated in the context of the East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry and deaths of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. The sampling of hits from past decades has also been debated by critics. In 1997, Neil Strauss of The New York Times called Puff Daddy the "king of sampled hits".

No Way Out received a wide range of reviews. Allmusic rated the album four out of five stars, with Leo Stanley calling it "a compelling, harrowing album" and "more substantial...than most mid-'90s hip-hop releases". For Vibe, Michael A. Gonzales praised the producers for creating "fierce, moody sonic mainpulations that are changing the soundscapes of pop music".

Positive reviews continued in later years. RapReviews.com rated the album 9 out of 10 points in 2007. " The replay value is astronomical, and the album is packed full of great beats, classic singles and excellent guest appearances," wrote Jesal Padania for the site. Reviewing the album in 2017, Pitchfork rated it 7.8 out of 10 points, regarding it as "a party record spotted with bouts of depression and sorrow" and "feel-good music that tops the charts".

Other reviews were less favorable, especially towards the lyrics and production. Grading the album a C+, Entertainment Weekly critic J. D. Considine pointed out "the obvious contradictions within their shoot-first, mourn-your-friends-later attitude" of Puff Daddy and his collaborators. Considine also questioned the choice of samples, in calling "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and other tracks "shamelessly derivative". For Billboard, Havelock Nelson also criticized the samples on the album: "...the over-reliance on huge swathes of undiluted samples is simply clumsy, lazy, and demeaning to the sources." MTV acknowledged that Puff Daddy's repurposing of older songs was commercially successful but pointed out: "...there is a clear difference between sampling snippets and manipulating them into a beat...and just straight-away rapping over a relatively recent hit record."

For Rolling Stone, Nathan Brackett compared Puff Daddy's rapping style on the tracks with guest appearances by The Notorious B.I.G.: "B.I.G.'s rhymes are dynamic, authoritative; Puff Daddy's voice is thin, and he delivers his verses in a flat monotone." Regarding the samples, Brackett commented that Puff Daddy was among "artists who merely bask in the reflected glory of the songs from which they draw."

Commercial performance

Upon release, No Way Out was quickly met with commercial success. In Combs' home country of the United States, it debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 561,000 copies sold in its first week. Supported by five commercially successful singles, including "I'll Be Missing You", which, along with the album itself, served as a tribute to the then-recently deceased Notorious B.I.G.. The song became the first in hip hop to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for 11 consecutive weeks, while topping several other charts worldwide. The album's first single, released prior to B.I.G.'s death, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", also peaked atop the chart, for seven consecutive weeks.

Its fourth single, "Been Around the World", peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, while its fifth, "Victory" peaked within the top 20. On September 7, 2000, the album received septuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for sales of 7,000,000 units in the United States. As of 2024, it remains Combs' most commercially successful release.

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.

*No Way Out* – digital download and streaming
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"No Way Out (Intro)"	Sean Combs Steven Jordan	Stevie J	1:22
2.	"Victory" (featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes)	Combs Christopher Wallace Trevor George Smith Jr. Jordan	Stevie J Puff Daddy	4:56
3.	"Been Around the World" (featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase)	Combs Wallace Mason Betha Deric Angelettie Ron Lawrence David Bowie Lisa Stansfield Ian Devaney Andy Morris	Puff Daddy D-Dot Amen-Ra	5:25
4.	"What You Gonna Do?"	Combs Kimberly Jones Lawrence Nashiem Myrick	Puff Daddy Amen-Ra Myrick	4:55
5.	"Don't Stop What You're Doing" (featuring Lil' Kim)	Combs Jones Ron Lawrence	Puff Daddy Ron Lawrence	3:58
6.	"If I Should Die Tonight (Interlude)" (featuring Carl Thomas)	Combs Carl Thomas Jeffery Walker	Puff Daddy J-Dub	2:59
7.	"Do You Know?"	Combs Angelettie Shawn Carter	Puff Daddy D-Dot	6:06
8.	"Young G's" (featuring Jay-Z and the Notorious B.I.G.)	Combs Carter Wallace Burton Smith	Rashad Smith	5:25
9.	"I Love You, Baby" (featuring Black Rob)	Combs Robert Ross Lawrence Jay Garfield	Puff Daddy Ron Lawrence Waxx Jesse "Corparal" Wilson	4:03
10.	"It's All About the Benjamins" (featuring the LOX, the Notorious B.I.G., and Lil' Kim)	Combs Sean Jacobs Jason Phillips David Styles Wallace Jones	Puff Daddy D-Dot	4:38
11.	"Pain"	Combs Myrick	Puff Daddy Myrick	5:08
12.	"Is This the End?" (featuring Carl Thomas, Ginuwine, and Twista)	Combs Thomas Elgin Lumpkin Carl Mitchell Jordan	Puff Daddy Stevie J	4:34
13.	"I Got the Power" (featuring the LOX)	Combs Jacobs Phillips Styles Jonathan Burks	Puff Daddy Big Jaz	4:05
14.	"Friend" (featuring Foxy Brown)	Combs Inga Marchand Jordan Carter	Puff Daddy Stevie J	6:37
15.	"Señorita"	Combs Jason Graham	Puff Daddy Yogi	4:07
16.	"I'll Be Missing You" (featuring Faith Evans and 112)	Combs Faith Evans Todd Gaither Quinnes Parker Daron Jones Marvin Scandrick Michael Keith Jordan Sting Albert E. Brumley Samuel Barber	Puff Daddy Stevie J	5:43
17.	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (featuring Mase)	Combs Betha Carlos Broady Myrick	Puff Daddy July 6 Myrick	3:51
18.	"Been Around the World (Radio Mix)" (featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase)	Combs Wallace Mason Betha Deric Angelettie Ron Lawrence David Bowie Lisa Stansfield Ian Devaney Andy Morris	Puff Daddy D-Dot Amen-Ra	4:07
Total length:				77:52

Notes

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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 Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin, and performed by Diana Ross.
"Young G's" contains samples from "On the Hill" written and performed by Oliver Sain, an interpolation of "Little Ghetto Boy" written and performed by Donny Hathaway, and samples from "Vapors" written by Marcel Hall, Antonio Hardy, and Marlon Williams, and performed by Biz Markie. It also contains a reworked sample from "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 and 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.

Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander – mixing
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie – associate executive producer, composer, producer
Lorrenn Argumendes – assistant engineer
Michael Benabib – photography
Carlos "6 July" Broady – producer
Sean "Puffy" Combs – engineer, mixing, producer, executive producer
Bill Conti – composer
Lane Craven – engineer, mixing
Stephen Dent – engineer, programming
John Eaton – engineer
Jay Garfield – producer
Rasheed Goodlowe – assistant engineer
J-Dub – producer
Stevie J. – piano, producer, programming
Jazz – producer
Steve Jones – assistant engineer
S. Jordan – composer

Michael Lavine – photography
Ron Lawrence – composer, producer
Al Machera – engineer
Tony Maserati – mixing
John Meredith – assistant engineer
Lynn Montrose – assistant engineer
Nasheim Myrick – producer
Axel Niehaus – engineer
Michael Patterson – engineer, mixing
Diana Pedraza – engineer
Herb Powers – mastering
Kelly Price – vocals
Christopher Wallace – executive producer
Doug Wilson – engineer
Yogi – producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	17
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	24
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)	9
French Albums (SNEP)	18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)	11
Scottish Albums (OCC)	55
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	1
UK Albums (OCC)	8
UK R&B Albums (OCC)	1
US Billboard 200	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	99
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	74
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	86
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)	41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	45
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	86
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	21
US Billboard 200	10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	5

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	Gold	35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)	Gold	25,000
Belgium (BEA)	Gold	25,000
Canada (Music Canada)	6× Platinum	600,000
France (SNEP)	Gold	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	Platinum	200,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	Gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Gold	7,500
Sweden (GLF)	Gold	40,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)	Platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	7× Platinum	7,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)	Platinum	1,000,000
Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Discography Production discography Sexual misconduct allegations
Studio albums	No Way Out Forever The Saga Continues... Press Play The Love Album: Off the Grid
Mixtapes	MMM (Money Making Mitch)
Remix albums	We Invented the Remix
Singles	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" "I'll Be Missing You" "It's All About the Benjamins" "Been Around the World" "Victory" "Come with Me" "Satisfy You" "Let's Get It" "Bad Boy for Life" "Diddy" "I Need a Girl (Part 1)" "I Need a Girl (Part 2)" "Come to Me" "Tell Me" "Last Night" "Finna Get Loose" "Workin (Remix)" "Gotta Move On" "Another One of Me"
Featured singles	"No Time" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Honey" "Nothin' Move But the Money" "Lookin' at Me" "Hate Me Now" "All Night Long" "Notorious B.I.G." "Son of a Gun" "Trade It All, Pt. 2" "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" "I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)" "Bump, Bump, Bump" "Do That..." "Shake Ya Tailfeather" "I Don't Wanna Know" "Nasty Girl" "Take You There" "Imma Put It on Her" "Must Be Love" "Better on the Other Side "All I Do Is Win (Remix)" "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" "Scream & Shout (Remix)" "Creepin (Remix)"
Diddy – Dirty Money	Last Train to Paris "Hello Good Morning" "Loving You No More" "Coming Home" "Your Love" "Ass on the Floor"
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1990s	Poverty's Paradise – Naughty by Nature (1995) The Score – Fugees (1996) No Way Out – Puff Daddy and the Family (1997) Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z (1998) The Slim Shady LP – Eminem (1999)
2000s	The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem (2000) Stankonia – Outkast (2001) The Eminem Show – Eminem (2002) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2003) The College Dropout – Kanye West (2004) Late Registration – Kanye West (2005) Release Therapy – Ludacris (2006) Graduation – Kanye West (2007) Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne (2008) Relapse – Eminem (2009)
2010s	Recovery – Eminem (2010) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West (2011) Take Care – Drake (2012) The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2013) The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem (2014) To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar (2015) Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper (2016) Damn – Kendrick Lamar (2017) Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B (2018) Igor – Tyler, the Creator (2019)
2020s	King's Disease – Nas (2020) Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator (2021) Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar (2022) Michael – Killer Mike (2023)

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