"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"

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single song

"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" is a 1997 debut single by Puff Daddy featuring Mase that became a major hip-hop hit and helped launch Sean Combs' career as a recording artist.

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Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single → song →
album	No Way Out →
artist	Puff Daddy NERFINISHED →
associatedAct	Bad Boy Records →
associatedMovement	late 1990s mainstream hip hop →
bSide	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (remix) →
chartAchievement	number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 →
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 →
chronologyNextTitleForArtistPuffDaddy	"I'll Be Missing You" →
chronologyPreviousTitleForArtistPuffDaddy	"Only You" (remix) →
countryOfRelease	United States →
featuredArtist	Mase →
format	12-inch vinyl → CD single → cassette single →
genre	hip hop → rap →
hasMusicVideo	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" music video →
helpedLaunchRecordingCareerOf	Sean Combs NERFINISHED →
interpolationArtist	Matthew Wilder →
interpolationOf	"Break My Stride" →
isDebutSingleOf	Puff Daddy NERFINISHED →
language	English →
length	approximately 3 minutes 51 seconds →
musicVideoDirector	Paul Hunter →
notableFor	commercial breakthrough for Puff Daddy as a lead artist → major late-1990s hip hop hit →
performer	Mase → Puff Daddy NERFINISHED →
producer	Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie → Nashiem Myrick → Puff Daddy NERFINISHED →
recordLabel	Arista Records → Bad Boy Records →
releaseYear	1997 →
sampling	"The Message" →
samplingArtist	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five →
writer	Herb Rooney → Kenny Gamble → Leon Huff → Mason Betha → Sean Combs NERFINISHED → Steven Jordan →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
P. Diddy → Puffy ("Can't Nobody Hold Me Down") →	notableWork
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (""Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (remix)") →	bSide
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (""Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" music video") →	hasMusicVideo