黑人美女〔佩柏絲〕──節奏藍調冠軍──New Jack Swing／放克舞曲──〔 Giving You The Benefit／給你好處〕

Lately Ive been trying to figure out your mind
And why condition me poor little me
And why you have a change of heart turn it all around and then
Try to put it on me poor little me
Dont ya know I can make ya trip I can make things hard
But baby I believe that youve still got a heart thats why
I try to stop myself before I start cause I can make it tough
I can make it rough but wont

CHORUS
And Ill be giving you the benefit of the doubt
Giving you a minute to try to work it all out
And Ill be giving you the benefit of the doubt
And Ill be giving you a minute to try to work it all out

Baby work it all work it all out

Baby work it all work it all out
oooohh

Baby how could you be hangin out on a diamond queen
Aint you missin me poor little me
When you knew all the time that you could have been
With your home girl lovin and a
Kissin on sweet little me

Dont you know if you wanna be a man you
gotta work real hard
If you wanna make me feel like Im your number one then
Nothin in the world should make us part
Cause we can make it work if you
take it with the hurt from the heart
REPEAT CHORUS

Baby work it all work it all out

Work it baby work, work, work
Keep tryin to work it all out

I can make you trip but I choose not to
Inside of you I think theres still good in you boy
Dont gimmie no reason not to trust you
Just take the benefit dont gimme no lip and Ill be sweet to you
nna give it
Giving you the benefit
I wanna give it giving you the benefit
Ill be giving I wanna give it giving you the benefit
I wanna give it giving you the benefit
Ill be giving you a minute or two to try and work it out
But dont you take too long baby
REPEAT CHORUS

１９６４年　原名Perri McKissack的黑人美女佩柏絲（Pebbles）出生於美國加州奧克蘭

１９８０年代早期曾擔任打擊樂團Bill Summers與放克團體Con Funk Shun的合音

１９８７年　佩柏絲與MCA唱片簽下合約　改了‘Pebbles’的藝名　展開個人事業

秋天發行首張同名專輯　樂風走的是黑人Urban與流行舞曲路線

結果推出兩首暢銷名曲〔Girldriend〕（Pop＃５）〔Mercedes Boys〕（Pop＃２）

大碟在美國也突破百萬銷售

佩柏絲並與當紅製作人L.A. Reid相戀　進而結為夫妻

１９９０年９月　佩柏絲以第二張專輯〔Always〕重返歌壇

首支單曲〔Giving You The Benefits／給你好處〕仍由丈夫L.A. Reid與Babyface操刀

這首的New Jack Swing／合成放克舞曲推出後立即受到歡迎

拿到美國單曲榜＃４　節奏藍調榜冠軍　舞曲銷售榜＃５　舞曲播放榜＃１０　
銷售突破５０萬張　拿到金唱片

MV中有不少白人帥哥綠葉來襯托她這位黑人紅花

佩柏絲在首張大碟時給人的印象有點冰冷　而且像個木頭美人
造型也有點俗麗（８０年代是個強調華麗的年代）
可是等到第二張大碟後 外形突然蛻變成較為時髦俐落的現代女郎
面孔似乎也活了起來　當然　以上純粹個人觀感

不過〔Giving You The Benefits〕MV中的佩柏絲會讓我聯想到許多人
髮型像法國巨星蘇菲瑪索 膚色像寶拉阿巴杜
五官像美麗的范妮莎威廉斯
模特兒般的身材與時尚感像茱蒂華特利
尖細的嗓音與唱腔則類似珍娜傑克遜
Anyway, 〔Giving You The Benefits〕是首精彩的黑人流行放克舞曲佳作

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChvLHqmX27o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4-_kg7F9Mo

Ｌive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQkZhr23k_A

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHlVzSqkQno

 12" Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHcEeMX6fMc

Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az-f3jB4Xtw