The Notorious K.I.M.

***The Notorious K.I.M.*** is the second studio album by rapper Lil' Kim; released on June 27, 2000. It debuted at number four on the U.S. _Billboard_ 200 chart. The album was Kim's second album to be certified platinum. The name of the album also payed homage to Kim's mentor and friend rapper The Notorious B.I.G. who had been shot dead three years before her album was released.

### Sample credits

- "How Many Licks?" contains a sample from the main theme to _Knight Rider_.
- "Custom Made (Give It to You)" contains a sample of Lil Louis's "French Kiss".
- "Who's Number One?" contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks's "Keep on Truckin'".
- "Suck My Dick" contains excerpts and a sample of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Me & My Bitch".
- "Single Black Female" contains a sample of Sade's "The Sweetest Taboo".
- "No Matter What They Say" contains a sample of Eric B. & Rakim's "I Know I Got Soul", Special Ed's "I Got It Made", The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", Brandy's "Top of the World".
- "She Don't Love You" contains an interpolation of "Betcha She Don't Love You".
- "Don't Mess with Me" contains a sample of Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker".
- "Notorious K.I.M." contains a sample of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Goin Back to Cali".
- "Off the Wall" samples "Beat Box" by The Art of Noise.
- "Right Now" contains interpolation of "Tom's Diner" written by Suzanne Vega and sample of Vaughn Mason's "Break for Love".
- "Hold On" contains a sample of Willie Hutch's "Baby Come Home".

### Leftover tracks

- "Diamonds" (featuring Kelly Price)
- "The Queen" (featuring Puff Daddy)
- "Good Time" (featuring Lil' Cease)
- "Nobody Do It Better Than Us"
- "Make No Sense" (featuring Tanya Stephens)
- "Bad Girl" (featuring RuPaul)

### Chart

|style="text-align:center;"|Chart (2000)|style="text-align:center;"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Canadian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|align="left"|Germany Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|76|
|align="left"|French Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|70|
|align="left"|Netherlands Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|80|
|align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|100|
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|67|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|4|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|style="text-align:center;"|1|
|U.S. _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|89||
|Decade-End top-selling R&B/Hip-Hop albums|style="text-align:center;"|100||

### Certifications

|Country|Certification <small>(sales thresholds)</small>|
| --- | --- |
|United States|Platinum (RIAA)|
|Canada|Gold (CRIA)|

## Album credits

- Executive Producers – Sean "Puffy" Combs & Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones
- Associate Executive Producers – Damion "D-Roc" Butler & Hillary Weston
- Mastered at – Sterling Sound, NYC by Chris Athens
- A&R Direction – Hillary Weston
- Project Coordinator – Jamel "Mann" Jackson
- Product Management – Joi L. Brown
- Photography – David LaChapelle
- Art Direction & Design – Lynn Kowalewski
- Hair – Dione Alexander
- Make-Up – Nzingha Gumbs
- Stylist – Misa Hylton-Brim
- Assistant Stylists – Lonnie Barnes & Melinda David
- Jewelry provided by – Jacob the Jeweler
- Album Pro-Tools Engineering – Jimmie Lee Patterson, Marc Pfafflin, Ben Allen, Roger Che, Steven Dent & Michael Patterson
- Album Assistant Engineers – Lynn Montrose & Dominick Mancuso

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: The Notorious K.I.M.
- **type**: Album
- **artist**: Lil' Kim
- **released**: June 27, 2000
- **recorded**: 1998–99
- **genre**: Hip hop music, Hip hop
- **length**: 77:13
- **label**: Atlantic Records, Atlantic, Queen Bee Entertainment, Queen Bee, Undeas Recordings, Undeas, Big Beat Records (Atlantic Records subsidiary), Big Beat
- **producer**: Lil' Kim, Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones <small>(Executive producer#Music, exec.)</small>, The Notorious B.I.G., Christopher "B.I.G." Wallace <small>(exec.)</small> Sean Combs, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Rockwilder, Kanye West, Knobody, Jerome "Knobody" Foster,  Rated R, Mario Winans
- **prev title**: Hard Core
(1996)
- **next title**: La Bella Mafia
(2003)