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'It's All about the Benjamins'
Single by Puff Daddy featuring Lil Kim, The LOX & TheNotorious B.I.G.
from the albumNo WayOut
ReleasedJune 30, 1998
FormatCD
Recorded1996
GenreRap, Rap rock (rock remix)
Length4:37
LabelBad Boy Records
Writer(s)Sean'Puffy' Combs, Stephen Jacobs, Jason Phillips, Danny Styles,Christopher Wallace, Kim Jones, Deric 'D-dot' Angelettie
ProducerSean'Puffy' Combs & Deric 'D-Dot' Angelettie for The Hitmen
Puff Daddy singleschronology
'I'll BeMissing You'
(1997)
'It's All aboutthe Benjamins'
(1997)
'BeenAround the World'
(1998)

'It's All about the Benjamins' is the fourthsingle released from the Puff Daddy album No Way Out. The song is about livingrich and the importance of having money. 'Benjamins' are slang for$100bills (USD),a reference to Benjamin Franklin's image on thebills.

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  • 3In popular culture
  • 4Formats and track listings

History

The song debuted in 1996 on DJ Clue's Holiday Holdupmixtape. This version of thesong only featured Puff Daddy and the rap act The L.O.X. (excluding Styles P). The song was lateradded to Puffy's debut album, No Way Out, in a remix,'It's All about the Benjamins (Remix)', which added two new versesby LilKim and Notorious B.I.G. Lil Kim also provided thesong with a chorus which the original version lacked. This versionof the song also omitted the word 'Hebrews' out of Jadakiss' verse, however, theword was left in on the first pressing, subsequent pressingsremoved the word. Additionally, when it was released on the BadBoy's Greatest Hits Vol. I album, it retained the word. Thissingle made it to No. 2 on the Billboard charts and itsvideo won a Viewer's Choice award at the 1998MTVVideo Music Awards show. Due to the rarity of the obscuremixtape version, the remix featured on No Way Out is oftenconsidered the song's definitive version to avoid confusion.

The song samples two pieces of music. The firstsample heard up to the end of Lil Kim's verse is taken from thesong 'I Did It For Love' by the Love Unlimited. The verse performedby Notorious B.I.G. contains a sample from the Jackson 5 song 'It'sGreat to Be Here.' This latter sample is exclusive to the NoWay Out remix. After the final verse, the song reverts to thefirst sample and ends shortly after.

In 2008, it was ranked number 32 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

Rockremixes

Puffy also released a rock version of the song, 'It's All aboutthe Benjamins (Rock Remix)'. This collaboration, also known as'Shot-Caller Rock Remix' and 'Rock Remix I', featured Tommy Stinson, Fuzzbubble, Rob Zombie and Dave Grohl on drums. This remix added guitarriffs and live drums, as well as a more 'in your face' approach tothe song's chorus. This version had its own music video, directedby Spike Jonze,which was nominated for Best Video Of The Year on MTV Video MusicAwards in 1998.

In 1999, Puffy performed this remix with a live band at GiantsStadium for the NetAid benefitconcert. This performance featured Slash on guitar as well as Lil' Cease and Lil' Kim on vocals.

There is also a slightly different alternative to this remixcalled, 'It's All about the Benjamins (Rock Remix II).' This lesserknown version adds Size 14to the song's already long collaboration line-up.

Both rock remixes of the song have yet to be releaseduncensored.

In popularculture

In 1999, 'Weird Al' Yankovicperformed a parody of the rock remix of 'It's All About theBenjamins'. His version, 'It's All About thePentiums', features himself bragging about computers.

In 1999 the satirical newspaper The Onion published a'point/counterpoint', with 'Mack Master Dwayne', described as a'playa', arguing that 'It's All About The Benjamins'; while'Professor E. Worthington Jackson', in his response titled'Actually, The Benjamins Are Only A Small Part Of A Larger Set ofConcerns', states, 'Cash monetary holdings such as Grants andBenjamins are, quite simply, not a good way to safeguard yourprofit potential in the long run.'[1]

Kanye Westreferenced the track in the song 'Breathe In Breathe Out' on his2004 debut album The College Dropout with thelyrics 'and it's still about the Benjamins'.

The 2005 Saturday Night Live 'digitalshort' rap music video 'Lazy Sunday', contained the lyrics 'it'sall about the Hamiltons, baby', referring to $10 bills.

Taco Bell referencedthe song in their 2009 commercial 'It's All About the Roosevelts', referring toFranklin D. Roosevelt's image onthe dime, and Taco Bell's value meals.

Formats and tracklistings

Been Around the World (Single)
  1. Been Around the World (Radio Edit)
  2. It's All about the Benjamins (Shot-Caller Rock Remix)
Been Around the World (Maxi-single)
  1. Been Around the World (Radio Edit)
  2. It's All about the Benjamins (Rock Remix I)
  3. It's All about the Benjamins (Rock Remix II)
  4. It's All about the Benjamins (Album Version)
Single (U.K. and Canada only)
  1. It's All about the Benjamins (Rock Remix I)
  2. It's All about the Benjamins (Album Version)
  3. It's All about the Benjamins (Rock Remix II)
  4. It's All about the Benjamins (DJ Ming & FS Drum N' BaseMix)

Chartposition

Chart (1997)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 1002
U.S. BillboardHot R&B/Hip-HopSongs7
U.S. BillboardHot Rap Tracks1

Notes

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  1. ^'It's All About The Benjamins'vs. 'Actually, The Benjamins Are Only A Small Part Of A Larger Setof Concerns', The Onion

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