Puff Daddy - It’s All About The Benjamins

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   Both a promo CD (which I do not own) and the commercial maxi-CD (which I do own) contained two rock remixes, "Rock Remix I" and "Rock Remix II". Both have the same list of featured artists as Ed gives for the CD-single, except that "Rock Remix II" also lists Size14 as a featured artist.

"Rock Remix I" is much more guitar heavy than "Rock Remix II". For example "Rock Remix I" has heavy guitar chords on the intro, while "Rock Remix II" does not. "Rock Remix I" would appear to be the same as the "Shot Caller Rock Remix" on the two-track single (both list the same featured artists and have the same running length), but I'm not sure of that.

This single had a very unusual chart run. As Ed states, this was a double sided hit, but the two titles were never listed on the Hot 100 at the same time. For most of the 1990s, Billboard didn't seem to have a consistent policy when it came to listing B-sides. But it eventually introduced a policy that a B-side would only be listed if it was in the Top 75 in airplay. If neither song was in the Top 75 in airplay, whichever song had the most airplay would be listed. When this single debuted, neither song was in the Top 75 in airplay (R&B airplay was not yet taken into consideration at the time). For its first nine weeks on the Hot 100, the single was listed only as "It's All About The Benjamins". In its tenth week, "Been Around The World" overtook it in airplay and, since still neither song was in the Top 75 in airplay, the single started to be listed as only "Been Around The World". 

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	Both a promo CD (which I do not own) and the commercial maxi-CD (which I do own) contained two rock remixes, "Rock Remix I" and "Rock Remix II". Both have the same list of featured artists as Ed gives for the CD-single, except that "Rock Remix II" also lists Size14 as a featured artist. "Rock Remix I" is much more guitar heavy than "Rock Remix II". For example "Rock Remix I" has heavy guitar chords on the intro, while "Rock Remix II" does not. "Rock Remix I" would appear to be the same as the "Shot Caller Rock Remix" on the two-track single (both list the same featured artists and have the same running length), but I'm not sure of that. This single had a very unusual chart run. As Ed states, this was a double sided hit, but the two titles were never listed on the Hot 100 at the same time. For most of the 1990s, Billboard didn't seem to have a consistent policy when it came to listing B-sides. But it eventually introduced a policy that a B-side would only be listed if it was in the Top 75 in airplay. If neither song was in the Top 75 in airplay, whichever song had the most airplay would be listed. When this single debuted, neither song was in the Top 75 in airplay (R&B airplay was not yet taken into consideration at the time). For its first nine weeks on the Hot 100, the single was listed only as "It's All About The Benjamins". In its tenth week, "Been Around The World" overtook it in airplay and, since still neither song was in the Top 75 in airplay, the single started to be listed as only "Been Around The World".