[2] It was the beginning of Combs' and Bad Boy Records' chart domination during the year—the Combs-produced "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G.

tribute song "I'll Be Missing You" spent eleven weeks at number one during the summer, only to be followed by another B.I.G.

His first U.S. chart single, "No Time", was a top-twenty hit for Lil' Kim on which Puff Daddy was credited as a featured vocalist.

The song combines elements of several previous singles, the most obvious being a slowed-down rhythm track sampling from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "The Message".

The track's chorus is an interpolation of "Break My Stride", a top-five single by Matthew Wilder from 1983.