No Way Out [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Diddy (Sean Combs)

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 1997)
• Original Release Date: July 22, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Bad Boy
• ASIN: B0000039QD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (339 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,542 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fluffy is one of the main reasons why Hip-Hop sucks today, July 18, 2005

By	SmokaJ (TORONTO) - See all my reviews

This album is a complete piece of sh*t. Pretty much everything Fluff did after the terrible death of Biggie was crap. The only thing I'll ever give him props for is bringing up and mentoring Biggie, but serioulsy how hard could that have been? Biggie was a once in a lifetime talent that was waiting to blow, anyone could have made him into a star.

I do like his production on Big's albums, I'll give him that. But then you realize that (almost) all of his beats are straight ripped-off loops, and the choruses and hooks he employs are jacked from popular '60's-'70's soul/funk tracks. His production is all straight ripped-off in a totally unimaginitive form. Yes, I know, Hip-Hop was built on sampling, but everyone else does things CREATIVELY, fluff doesn't have a creative bone in his body.

All his big hits (the beats AND hooks) were unimaginitive rip-offs of old songs that everyone knows already. "Been around the world" - straight jacked. "DIDDY" or whatever that sh*t track was called, was jacked from BDP's "JIMMY." "Bad Boy" the Mase track, I could go on and on.

***The real reason I wrote this review was to let the world know something that is truly disgraceful. We all know how fluff brutally jacked Sting for the track "I'll be Missing You," which pretty much angered the whole world. That track was supposed to be a heartfelt tribute to his fallen homie Biggie (R.I.P. Big Man!) BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T EVEN WRITE THE F*CKING LYRICS!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?! SAUCE MONEY WAS EMPLOYED BY FLUFFY TO WRITE THE LYIRCS FOR THE "EULOGY" OF FLUFFY BEST FRIEND. I READ THAT IN AN ISSUE OF THE SOURCE AND I WAS FLOORED. THAT'S LIKE PAYING A STRANGER TO WRITE YOUR FAREWELL SPEECH AT YOUR BEST-FRIEND'S FEUNERAL.***

Pass on that info, please. I can't stand anything fluff does and he get waaaay too many undeserved and artificial props in this world. He is a corner-stone in Hip-Hop's selling out demise...F*ck you fluffy, you piece of sh*t. Peace.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GUILTY PLEASURE, July 12, 2002

By	E.J. Rupert (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

Puff Daddy couldn't rap back then, and he really can't now either, but SOMEBODY bought this record. Back in 1997, you weren't even considered real if you didn't bankhead bounce to "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", sing along to Big's (as well as Mase's and Puff's) lyrics in "Been Around the World", or "throw ya' hands up" (like Busta said) in "It's All About the Benjamins". And don't front on the gangsta tracks like "I Got the Power" with The Lox and "Young G's" with Jay-Z and Big. In the latter song, Puff proved why we don't buy his albums expecting dope rhymes from him ("...nice cars, nice b's and rings/Guess it's safe to say a n like me got nice things"). We instead bought No Way Out expecting a party, and this album rocked many a frat house back then.

So what were you doing when this album came out? Hating Puff for beat-jacking and weak rhyming or running to the dance floor whenever one of his songs came on? You did both? Me too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but Puffy only got worse from here, August 23, 2001

By A Customer

Some think this is the worst album (not only in rap, in all categories) ever made, some think it is a classic, I think it is not at all a revolution in hip hop and Puff is a very weak rapper, but there are a few tracks worth listening to. One is 'Victory' featuring Busta Rhymes and Biggie. That track still remains my favourite rap song of all time. The whole song is very tight and Puff pulls it off amazingly, mainly because of Biggie's flow and Busta going crazy on the chorus just made me wanna get up and raise tha roof! Be sure to check out that song! the other is 'I'll Be Missing You' with Faith Evans, which is a tribute to Biggie. Sure it is not an original song but Puff pulls it off well and his flow during the song is great, probably the best hip hop remake of a song ever. The other songs... the beats get too commercial and poppy and the lyrics are below par. If you get this, do not buy FOREVER. Puff went downhill from this one on and his second joint is seriously whacked out... But be sure to check out 'Victory' in my opinion the best rap joint EVER! Later.