All About the Benjamins
Boisterous and unsubtle, the tunes found on theBenjaminssoundtrack are filled with endless references to money.Myacalls it "Cream Cheese"; FT and the M.A.F.I.A. let us know they dream of getting "Money All the Time";Puffyand crew claim "It's All About the Benjamins." The subject matter isn't exactly original, but it does go along with the paper-chasin' diamond-heist plot of the flick it supports.Benjaminsleans heavily on previously released and well-known tunes like theO'Jays' classic "For the Love of Money" and BG's trendsetting anthem "Bling Bling," but there are a few gems waiting to be discovered, such as a lush remix of progressive hip-hop divaMystic's "Destiny Complete," the down-and-dirty Southern growl of Trina's "I Told Y'all," and the playful, post-bop jazz styling ofJohn Handy's "Hard Work."--Rebecca Levine