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Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems Lyrics

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“Mo' Money, Mo Problems” represents Puff Daddy and the Family’s 1997 coming out to a crossover audience.

The song discusses the troubles that come with affluence. It was released posthumously and is considered one of the greatest hits of hip hop history.

It features Puff Daddy and Mase and includes a sample of Diana Ross' “I’m Coming Out.”

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What did The Notorious B.I.G. say about "Mo' Money Mo' Problems"?
Genius Answer

Nile Rodgers, who co-wrote and co-produced “I’m Coming Out”, called this song the “most clever” sample of his work.

I just thought that was brilliant. How the record has both hooks happening at the same time. You hear, “I’m coming out” and going along with, “I don’t know what they want from me, it’s like the mo money…” I’m like, “Wow!” I remember when I first heard it, I was on a plane, I had fallen asleep and a very famous film director came up and put headphones on me and started playing it. And I woke up and I was like, “Whoa, what is this?” And I couldn’t believe it. I was like, “Man, now that is the clever usage of a sample.” That was unbelievable.

Did Drake "borrow" lyrics from this song on "Worst Behavior"?
Genius Answer

Drake interpolated a large chunk of Ma$e’s “Mo Money Mo Problems” verse on “Worst Behavior.” On the song’s third verse, Drake raps:

Who’s hot, who not?
Tell me who rock, who sell out in stores?
You tell me who flop
Who copped the new drop
Whose jewels got rocks
Who else making rap albums, doing numbers like it’s pop?
Same old pimp, Drake
You know ain’t nothing changed
With these funny style niggas, we done put on in the game

Ma$e’s original:

Now, who’s hot, who not?
Tell me who rock, who sell out in the stores?
You tell me who flopped
Who copped the blue drop?
Whose jewels got rocks?
Who’s mostly Dolce down to the tube sock?
The same old pimp, Mase
You know ain’t nothing change but my limp
Can’t stop till I see my name on a blimp

Does this track have any RIAA certifications?
Genius Answer

Yes. “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems” was certified platinum by the RIAA on September 3, 1997.

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Recorded At
Caribbean Sound Basin (Trinidad, WI) & Daddy's House Recording Studios (New York, NY)
Released on
March 25, 1997
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