Diddy's 'No Way Out' turned 20 this week and it remains his best work. When 'No Way Out' was released on July 1, 1997, the world was going through a new renaissance in hip-hop Their greatest artist was gone and if 'No Way Out' failed, who's to say that it would have been an interest for some of the younger artists on the label to come out subsequently. Luckily we'll never know. 'No Way Out' debuted number one on the Billboard charts and spent 28 weeks (albeit non-consecutively) at number one. The album went on to sell seven million copies won Best Rap Album at the Grammys in 1998 and spawned a historic tour that featured Busta, JAY-Z, The Firm and a teenaged Usher.
