Diddy Celebrates ‘No Way Out’ 25th Anniversary with New Digital + Vinyl Releases

Music mogul, artist, and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of his multi-platinum, Grammy-winning debut, “No Way Out,” with a new digital deluxe edition of the album, a colored-vinyl reissue, and upgraded music videos.

“No Way Out’s 25th Anniversary” (Expanded Anniversary Edition) arrives this Friday, July 22nd, which is 25 years to the day of the original release date, on all digital and streaming services and features the original album along with 15 rare tracks, including remixes, radio mixes, and instrumentals.

Also, a 2-LP version of No Way Out on white vinyl is available to pre-order. Due out on November 4th to kick off Hip Hop History Month, it will be the first time the album is available on vinyl since it was originally released in 1997.

In addition, the iconic music videos from No Way Out are also being remastered. The first – for the #1 smash “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down”. It will be followed later this year by upgraded versions of “Been Around The World,” “All About The Benjamins” (Remix), “All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix),” and “Victory.”

No Way Out by Puff Daddy and The Family debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 after its release on July 22, 1997. It went on to earn 7x Platinum certification by the RIAA and win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The songs feature Diddy’s Bad Boy labelmates like The Notorious B.I.G., Mase, The Lox and other hip-hop heavyweights, including Jay-Z, Lil’ Kim, and Busta Rhymes.

“No Way Out” produced several Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the international chart-topping Biggie Smalls tribute, “I’ll Be Missing You,” which held the top spot for 11 consecutive weeks and has the distinction of being the first-ever rap song to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 chart. The track also won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

“No Way Out” was initially conceived as an ode to Harlem and a nod to the mob narratives of Martin Scorsese and Mario Puzzo. However, Diddy changed course following the death of his friend and fellow Bad Boy artist Biggie Smalls. He assembled a powerhouse production team of rotating talent known collectively as “The Hitmen” and relocated to Trinidad, where they spent weeks expanding on the project. The result was one of Diddy’s most successful and highest-grossing albums to date.

Just last month, Diddy received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award for being an “incomparable cultural force and creative visionary whose impact has created historic paradigm shifts across music, media, fashion, and lifestyle.”

Bonus Tracks!
“Been Around The World (Radio Mix)”
“Been Around the World” (Instrumental)
“It’s All About the Benjamins” (No Chedda Mix)
“It’s All About the Benjamins” (Gangsta Mental Mix)
“It’s All About the Benjamins” (Ain’t Armand Mix)
“Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (Radio Mix)
“Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (Bad Boy Remix) [Instrumental]
“Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (Club Mix)
“Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (Bad Boy Remix) [Extended Club Version]
“It’s All About the Benjamins” (Rock Remix)
“It’s All About the Benjamins” (Rock Remix II)
“It’s All About the Benjamins” (DJ Ming & FS Drum N’ Bass Mix)”
“Victory” (Nine Inch Nails Remix)
“Victory” (Drama Mix)
“Bad Boy’s Been Around the World” (Remix)

Full Length Vinyl 1

Side A
1 No Way Out (Intro)
2 Victory (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes) – By Puff Daddy
3 Been Around the World (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase)
4 What You Gonna Do?
Side B
1 Don’t Stop What You’re Doing (feat. Lil’ Kim)
2 If I Should Die Tonight (Interlude) [feat. Carl Thomas]
3 Do You Know?
4 Young G’s (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Jay-Z)

Full Length Vinyl 2

Side A
1 I Love You Baby (feat. Black Rob) – By Puff Daddy
2 It’s All About the Benjamins (feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim & The Lox) [Remix]
3 Pain – By Puff Daddy
4 Is This the End? (feat. Ginuwine, Twista & Carl Thomas)
Side B
1 I Got the Power (feat. The Lox)
2 Friend (feat. Foxy Brown)
3 Senorita
4 I’ll Be Missing You (feat. Faith Evans & 112) – By Puff Daddy
5 Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down (feat. Mase) – By Puff Daddy