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Get Money

"Get Money"
Get Money.jpg
Cover artwork for the official remix
Single by Junior M.A.F.I.A.
from the album Conspiracy
B-side "White Chalk"
Released September 3, 1995
Format CD single, 12" single
Recorded 1995
Genre Dirty rap, gangsta rap
Length 4:34
Label Undeas, Big Beat Records
Writer(s) Clark Kent, Kimberly Jones, Christopher Wallace
Producer(s) Ez Elpee, Jacob York
Junior M.A.F.I.A. chronology
"I Need You Tonight"
(1995)
"Get Money"
(1995)

"Get Money" is the third and final single released from the Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s debut album, Conspiracy. The original version, which heavily sampled Sylvia Striplin's "You Can't Turn Me Away", was produced by EZ Elpee with verses done by The Notorious B.I.G. and Lil' Kim. The official remix entitled "Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix)" was produced by DJ Enuff, Lance 'Un' Rivera and The Notorious B.I.G. This version used a different instrumental, sampling Dennis Edwards' 1984 track, "Don't Look Any Further" featuring new verses by Lil' Kim and B.I.G. as well as a verse from Lil' Cease. "Get Money" became the group's second biggest hit, peaking at 17 on the Billboard 100. It sold 500,000 copies domestically and was certified platinum by the RIAA. It ranked number 89 in Billboard's Top Hot 100 Hits of 1996.

The song was used in the 2002 film 8 Mile and in the 2009 biographical movie Notorious (with Lil' Kim's verse.) The repeated line "Take Money" in the 2Pac song Hit 'Em Up is a play on "Get Money". This song, which also used the same Dennis Edwards sample as the Get Money remix, is a very violent diss track aimed at Biggie Smalls and other members of the Bad Boy record label.

*sales figures based on certification alone


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