The Notorious KIM

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The Notorious KIM
Studio album by Lil' Kim
Released	June 27, 2000 (US)
Recorded	1998-2000
Genre	Rap
Length	77:13
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	Sean Combs Rockwilder Kanye West Rated R Mario Winans
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Lil' Kim chronology
Hard Core (1996)	The Notorious KIM (2000)	La Bella Mafia (2003)
Alternate covers
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Clean Version Cover

Executively produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs, Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones and Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, The Notorious KIM is the sophomore album from East Coast Hardcore MC, Lil' Kim, released on June 27, 2000 by Atlantic Records. The original album suffered from severe bootlegging and Kim was forced to go back to the studio and almost redo the entire album. It lived up to higher expectations than predicted. The Notorious KIM. debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 selling almost 227,000 in its first week, making it the most album sold in a single week by a female rap artist. The album spawned the hits "No Matter What They Say" and "How Many Licks" which featured Sisqo. The album has sold 1.4 million copies in the US.

[edit] Track listing and album credits

1. "Lil' Drummer Boy" (feat. Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob & Redman)

• Produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs for Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. & Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellowcity Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.

2. "Custom Made (Give It To You)"

• Produced by Fury for New Jeru Entertainment
• Co-Produced by Daniel Glogower for New Jeru Entertainment
• Contains a sample of "French Kiss" performed by Lil' Louis

3. "Who's Number One?"

• Produced by Richard "Younglord" Frierson for the 1080 Corporation/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. & Jerome "Knowbody" Foster for 12 Nations, Inc.
• Contains a sample of "Keep On Trucking" by E. Kendricks
• Additional Vocals by Puff Daddy
• Scratches by Marc Pfafflin

4. "Suck My Dick"

• Produced by RATED R & Mas for 1st Team Productions
• Additional Vocals by Mr. Bristal
• Contains excerpts from "Me & My B***h" written by Combs, Donalds, Glover Morgan, Murdock, Thompson, Troutman, Troutman, Wallace
• Sample from "Me & My B***h" performed by The Notorious B.I.G.

5. "Single Black Female" (feat. Mario "Yellowman" Winans)

• Produced by: Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellow City Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
• Acoustic Guitar performed by James "Linus" Dotson
• Contains a sample of "The Sweetest Taboo" performed by Sade

6. "Revolution" (feat. Grace Jones & Lil' Cease)

• Produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs for Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. & Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellowcity Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
• Additional Vocals by Puff Daddy
• Sound Effects by Marc Pfafflin

7. "How Many Licks?" (feat. Sisqo)

• Produced by Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellowcity Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. & Sean "Puffy" Combs for Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.

8. "Notorious KIM"

• Produced by Rockwilder for F-5 Productions

9. "No Matter What They Say"

• Produced by Darren "Limitless" Henson for A Touch of Jazz, Inc.
• Contains a sample of "Esto Es El Guaganco" performed by Jose "Cheo" Feliciano
• Contains a sample of "I Know I Got Soul" performed by Eric B. & Rakim
• Contains a sample of "I Got It Made"
• Contains a sample of "Rappers Delight"

10. "She Don't Love You"

• Produced by "Shaft" for Shaft Entertainment & Queen Bee Records
• Keyboards performed by Ms. Denise "Bliss" Dixon for Shaft Entertainment
• Contains a interpolation of "Betcha She Don't Love You"

11. "Queen Bitch Part II" (feat. Puff Daddy)

• Produced by Nasheim Myrick for Top of New York/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc., Carlos Broady for Six Of July Productions, Inc./Top of New York & Jay "Waxx" Garfield for Mystery System/Ozone 20/20
• Additional Programming by Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellowcity Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
• Scratches by DJ FAFU

12. "Don't Mess With Me"

• Produced by Kanye West for Kanman Productions/Crazy Cat Catalogue, Inc.
• Co-Produced by Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie for Crazy Cat Catalogue/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
• Contains a sample of "Heartbreaker" performed by Pat Benatar

13. "Do What You Like"(feat. Junior M.A.F.I.A.)

• Produced by "Shaft" for Shaft Entertainment & Queen Bee Records

14. "Off The Wall" (feat. Lil' Cease)

• Produced by: Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellow City Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. and Sean "Puffy" Combs for Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.

15. "Right Now" (feat. Carl Thomas)

• Produced by "Shaft" for Shaft Entertainment and Queen Bee Records
• Keyboards performed by: Ms. Denise "Bliss" Dixon for Shaft Entertainment
• Contains a sample of "Break For Love"performed by Vaughn Mason
• Contains a interpolation of "Tom's Diner" written by S. Vega
• Additional Programming by Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellow City Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.

16. "Aunt Dot" (feat. Lil' Shanice)

• Produced by Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellow City Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.

17. "Hold On" (feat. Mary J. Blige)

• Produced by Nasheim Myrick for Top of New York/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
• Contains a sample from "Stormy Monday" by Willie Hutch

18. "I'm Human"

• Produced by Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Yellow City Entertainment/Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
• Additional Vocals by Carl Thomas

[edit] Unreleased/Discarded songs

1. "Makes No Sense" featuring Tanya Stevens
2. "Nobody Do It Better Than Us" featuring Diddy
3. "Bad Girl" featuring RuPaul
4. "Good Time" featuring Lil' Cease
5. "Diamonds" featuring Kelly Price
6. "The Queen" aka "All Hail The Queen" featuring Diddy
7. "Revolution" (Original Version)featuring Grace Jones & Diddy
8. "Rockin' It"

[edit] Remixes

1. "Queen Bitch Part II (Remix)" featuring Jay-Z & The Notorious B.I.G.
2. "How Many Licks (The Neptunes Remix)" featuring Lil' Cease, Snoop Dogg, Kelis & Pharrell