The Notorious KIM

The Notorious K.I.M.
Studio album by Lil' Kim
Released	June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)
Recorded	1998–2000
Studio	Various Compass Point Studios (Nassau, Bahamas) Daddy's House Recording Studios, The Hit Factory, Mirror Image, Sound On Sound (New York City) Purple Dragon Recording Studios (Atlanta) Trans Continental Studios (Orlando)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	77:13
Label	Queen Bee Undeas Atlantic
Producer	Various Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Carlos Broady Sean "Puffy" Combs (also exec.) Jerome "Knobody" Foster Richard "Younglord" Frierson Fury Jay "Waxx" Garfield Daniel Glogower Darren "Limitless" Henson Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones (exec.) Mas Nashiem Myrick Rated R Rockwilder Shaft Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace (exec.) Kanye West Mario "Yellowman" Winans
Lil' Kim chronology
Hard Core (1996)Hard Core1996 The Notorious K.I.M. (2000) La Bella Mafia (2003)La Bella Mafia2003
Singles from The Notorious K.I.M.
"No Matter What They Say" Released: June 13, 2000 "How Many Licks?" Released: October 28, 2000

The Notorious K.I.M. is the second studio album by American rapper Lil' Kim, released on June 27, 2000 by Atlantic Records and her first album on her new label Queen Bee Entertainment. It debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 235,000 copies in its first week, achieving Lil' Kim's highest peak and biggest first-week sales, and reached the top of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. A commercial success, The Notorious K.I.M. was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 2, 2000. It was the best selling female rap album in 2000 with sales of over 1.4 million copies in the United States . To date, The Notorious K.I.M. had sold over 5.2 million copies worldwide.

The album spawned two singles that attained moderate Billboard chart success. Lead single "No Matter What They Say" peaked at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The second single "How Many Licks?", featuring R&B artist Sisqó, performed similarly, reaching the bottom half of the Hot 100.

In a 1999 interview with BlackBook magazine, Kim stated that she was thinking about naming the album Queen Bitch, the title of a song from her debut album Hard Core, but decided against it as Missy Elliott had used "She's a Bitch" and did not want anybody being confused. In dedication to The Notorious B.I.G., The Notorious K.I.M. was in a "memorial" to the late rapper. "I felt Biggie's spirit while I was working on this album. I thought it was a perfect name for the album. Also, I am known in a notorious way, my style and lyrics. I've been known in a notorious way over the years." Kim told Jet magazine.

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