No Way Out
Performing artist
Puff Daddy & The Family
Producer
Notorious B.I.G.
Record company
Bad Boy Records
Date1997
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 1/4 × 12 5/16 in. (31.115 × 31.274 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.811.8.A-.C
DescriptionNo Way Out is the debut studio album by New-York rapper Puff Daddy. The album was released on July 22, 1997 on Arista Records and Bad Boy Records. Puff Daddy raps with a combination of aggressive and introspective lyrics, and fresh production to share his emotional state before and after the death of Notorious B.I.G. 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. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with 561,000 copies in its first week of sales. The album's single "I'll Be Missing You" became a worldwide hit, and the first Rap song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Puff Daddy was nominated for five awards at the 40th Grammy Awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. No Way Out is Puff Daddy's best-selling album, with over 7 million copies sold in the United States.
Front cover: Black and white image of six men posing in suits in a garden. Puff Daddy and the Family No Way Out is printed. Back cover: Black and white image of man sitting down posing with a man standing next to him. Track list and credits printed.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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