Product Description

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 turningthem 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 fastestrapper, Twista.

Track Listing

1. No Way Out - Puff Daddy
2. Victory - Puff Daddy & Notorious BIG/Busta Rhymes
3. Been Around The World - Puff Daddy & Notorious BIG/Mase
4. What You Gonna Do - Puff Daddy
5. Don't Stop What You're Doing - Puff Daddy & Lil' Kim
6. If I Should Die Tonight - Puff Daddy & Carl Thomas
7. Do You Know - Puff Daddy
8. Young G's - Puff Daddy & Notorious BIG/Jay-Z
9. I Love You Baby - Puff Daddy & Black Rob
10. It's All About The Benjamins - Puff Daddy & Notorious BIG/Lil' Kim/The LOX
11. Pain - Puff Daddy
12. Is This The End - Puff Daddy & Ginuwine/Twista/Carl Thomas
13. I Got The Power - Puff Daddy & The LOX
14. Friend - Puff Daddy & Foxy Brown
15. Senorita - Puff Daddy
16. I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans/112
17. Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy & Mase

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13076 in Music
• Released on: 2005-10-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.co.uk Review
For old-school hip-hop fans, raised on Run-DMC and Public Enemy, this is the equivalent of Chinese water-torture: a 17-track collection of tepid beats, lame, solipsistic rhymes and numbingly obvious 80s-pop references--mostly performed by the music's reigning majordomo: a man who, to all appearances, can neither rap, sing nor dance. What's indisputable, however, is that Sean "Puffy" Combs' success demonstrates a profound rupture in the hip-hop firmament. As the style intruded upon the commercial mainstream, its makers sensed the lucrative opportunities on offer, and became more blatantly aspirational; consequently, the lyrics changed--their subject-matter shifting from revolution to acquisition, from AKs to Versace--while the music became less dense and more buyer-friendly. And despite (or, more precisely, because of) his artistic failings, Combs was the perfect exemplar of where the genre was at, post-Tupac, post-Biggie. He'd like to claim credit for remaking hip-hop in his own image, but in fact, he's merely a symptom of its decline. --Andrew McGuire

Customer Reviews

what an amazing album!!
This is without doubt one of the best hip hop albums ever. the beats are amazin, the flow is amazin, the lyrics are great too. some truly great songs. any hip hop fan should own this classic album

CLASSIC
Puffy is a living legend. My title says it all CLASSIC. Also with Biggie, Jay-z, Twista, Mase and Ginuwine featuring on tracks you can't go wrong.

the best out of all 3 albums
The lyrics are amazing,the songs are amazing and the rap family is amazing feturing (lil'kim, the notorious b.i.g, mase, jay-z, and the lox). Puff daddy is the king of rap. This is his best and first album and is worth getting without question.After playing this album once you will not be able to put it down.