Music Video for 'It's all
about the benjamins' featuring
lil Kim, the lox, the
Notorious B.I.G. from puff's
album ' No way out ' , 1998.


It's All About the Benjamins'
is best known as the fourth
single released from the Puff
Daddy album No Way Out. The
song is about living rich and
the importance of having
money. 'Ben
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Music Video for 'It's all
about the benjamins' featuring
lil Kim, the lox, the
Notorious B.I.G. from puff's
album ' No way out ' , 1998.


It's All About the Benjamins'
is best known as the fourth
single released from the Puff
Daddy album No Way Out. The
song is about living rich and
the importance of having
money. 'Benjamins' are slang
for $100 bills (USD), a
reference to Benjamin
Franklin's image on the bills.
The song created a pop-culture
phrase and influenced the
title for the film All about
the Benjamins.

The song originated from a
mixtape debuted by DJ Clue.
This version of the song only
featured Puff Daddy and the
rap act The Lox (excluding
Styles P). The song was later
added to Puffy's debut album,
No Way Out, in a remix, 'It's
All about the Benjamins
(Remix)', which added two new
verses by Lil Kim and the late
Notorious B.I.G. This version
of the song also omitted the
word 'Hebrew' out of Jadakiss'
verse. This single made it to
No. 2 on the Billboard charts
and its video won a 'Viewer's
Choice' award at the 1998 MTV
Video Music Awards show. Due
to the rarity of the obscure
mixtape version, the remix
featured on No Way Out is
often considered the song's
original version to avoid
confusion.

The song samples two other
pieces of music. The first
sample heard up to the end of
Lil Kim's verse is taken from
the song 'I Did It For Love'
by the Love Unlimited
Orchestra. The verse performed
by Notorious B.I.G. contains a
sample from the Jackson 5 song
'It's Great to Be Here.' This
latter sample is exclusive to
the No Way Out remix. After
the final verse, the song
reverts to the first sample
and ends shortly after.

Puffy also released a rock
version of the song, 'It's All
about the Benjamins (Rock
Remix).' This collaboration
featured Perfect, Fuzzbubble,
Rob Zombie and Dave Grohl on
drums. This remix added catchy
guitar riffs and live drums,
as well as a more 'in your
face' approach to the song's
chorus. This version had its
own music video, directed by
Spike Jonze, which was
nominated for 'Best Video Of
The Year' on MTV Video Music
Awards in 1998. There is also
a slightly different
alternative to this remix
called, 'It's All about the
Benjamins (Rock Remix II).'
This lesser known version adds
Size 14 to the song's already
long collaboration line-up.
Both rock remixes of the song
have yet to be released
uncensored. (wikipedia)

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