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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Get Money
| cover = Get Money.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover artwork for the official remix
| type = single
| artist = Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring the Notorious B.I.G.
| album = Conspiracy
| B-side = White Chalk
| released =
| recorded = 1994
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 4:34
| label =
| writer =
* Christopher Wallace
* Kimberly Jones
| producer = EZ Elpee
| chronology = Junior M.A.F.I.A.
| prev_title = I Need You Tonight
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
}}
"'Get Money'" is a song by the American rap group Junior M.A.F.I.A., released as the third and final single from their debut album 'Conspiracy' (1995).Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/conspiracy-mw0000645235 "Junior M.A.F.I.A.: Conspiracy"], 'AllMusic.com', Netaktion LLC, visited 26 Nov 2021. "Get Money," whose instrumental is fundamentally a sample of R&B singer Sylvia Striplin's 1981 song "You Can't Turn Me Away," was produced by EZ Elpee, rapped by the Notorious B.I.G. and Lil' Kim, and received a music video. B.I.G., formally, was 'featured',SoundScan, "Hot Rap Singles", Billboard 1996 Oct 26;'108'(43):[https://books.google.com/books?id=xwkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=%22Get+Money%22 30]. but at times was deemed, like Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease, a Junior M.A.F.I.A. member.Captioned photo, "Getting money", 'Billboard', 1996 Nov 23;'108'(47):[https://books.google.com/books?id=ugkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=Junior+B.I.G. 62].
The single included also "'Gettin' Money (the Get Money Remix)'." Using a different instrumental, a sample of R&B singer Dennis Edwards's 1984 single "Don't Look Any Further,"Nate Patrin, '[https://books.google.com/books?id=IgoPEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT236 Bring That Beat Back]: [https://books.google.com/books?id=IgoPEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT237 How Sampling Built Hip-Hop]' (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020).Brad Shoup, [https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/dennis-edwards-dont-look-any-further-samples-8098678 "A history of Dennis Edwards' 'Don't Look Any Further' through the countless songs that borrow from it"], 'Billboard.com', Billboard Media, LLC, 8 Feb 2018. this was produced by DJ Enuff, Lance 'Un' Rivera, and the Notorious B.I.G., and includes new verses by B.I.G, Lil' Kim, and Lil' Cease. The single spent 20 weeks on the main popular songs chart, the Billboard Hot 100, where it entered on February 10 and peaked at #17 on May 25.Chart history, [https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-notorious-b-i-g "The Notorious B.I.G."], 'Billboard.com', Billboard Media, LLC, visited 26 Nov 2021, which may require scrolling the chart menu's droplist from its default setting, perhaps Adult R&B Airplay, to instead the Hot 100, situated toward the droplist's end. Certified platinum, one million copies sold, "Get Money" ranked #89 in 'Billboard' magazine's Top Hot 100 Hits of 1996.(archived by Top40-Charts.com)
As the "platinum smash" that reinforced Lil' Kim's performance on the gold hit "Player's Anthem," the single critically motivated her debut solo album, a November 1996 release.Lil' Kim cover story by Robert Marriott, "Blowin' up", 'Vibe', 2000 JunJul;'8'(5):124132, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA130&dq=Junior+M.A.F.I.A.+Gettin'+Money p 130]. Meanwhile, spinning the original's 'Get money' hook is the 'Take money' refrain of rapper 2Pac's June 1996 single "Hit 'Em Up," the legendary diss trackanswering B.I.G's renowned single "Who Shot Ya," a February 1995 release by Sean "Puffy" Comb's Bad Boy labelthat maligns and menaces B.I.G. and Puffy, and shares an instrumental with the "Get Money" remix. "Get Money" has appeared elsewhere in music and in movies.For example, the 2002 film '8 Mile' and the 2009 biographical film 'Notorious', about B.I.G., both used "Get Money". And the intro of Lil Wayne 2002 song "Way of Life" also uses the "Don't Look Any Further" instrumental sample and vocally interpolates the refrain 'Get money', if by employing, instead, 'Cash Money', the name of Wayne's then label, Cash Money Records.
Music video
The music video was released for the week ending on January 7, 1996.
Single track listing
A-side
#"Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix)" (Radio Edit) 3:59#"Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix)" (Dirty Version) 4:09
#"Get Money" (Original Version) 4:34
B-side
#"White Chalk" (Original Version) 4:40#"White Chalk" (Dirty Version) 4:40
#"Get Money" (Original Instrumental) 4:34
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Category:1995 songs
Category:1996 singles
Category:Junior M.A.F.I.A. songs
Category:The Notorious B.I.G. songs
Category:Songs written by the Notorious B.I.G.
Category:Songs written by Lil' Kim
Category:Gangsta rap songs
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