"Game Over (Flip)" is the lead single released from
Lil' Flip
Wesley Eric Weston Jr. (born March 3, 1981), better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is an American rapper. He embarked on his musical career as a freestyle and battle rapper before earning a record deal with Suckafree Records in 1999. Lil' F ...
's third album ''
U Gotta Feel Me
''U Gotta Feel Me'' is the second studio album (third overall) by American rapper Lil' Flip. The first single, "Game Over (Flip)", reached number 8 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and h ...
''.
The song became Flip's first top 40 hit, peaking at number 15 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, while also reaching the top 10 on both the R&B and rap singles charts. The official remix featured fellow rappers
Young Buck
David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1981), best known by his stage name Young Buck, is an American rapper. He heads his own record label, Cashville, and was a member of the former hip hop group G-Unit.
Early life
Brown was born in Nashville, Te ...
and
Bun B
Bernard James Freeman (born March 19, 1973), known professionally as Bun B, is an American rapper. He is best known as one half of the southern rap duo UGK (UnderGround Kingz), a group he formed in 1987 alongside Pimp C. Aside from his work with ...
.
There is a second official remix featuring West Coast rappers
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...
&
The Game and a new verse by Lil Flip.
Lawsuit
In 2004,
Namco
was a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company, headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo. It held several international branches, including Namco America in Santa Clara, California, Namco Europe in London, Na ...
filed a lawsuit against Lil' Flip,
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
, and several others for willful
copyright infringement
Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, s ...
. The lawsuit, by Namco, filed in New York Federal Court, stemmed from "Game Over (Flip)" noticeably sampling various sounds from the Namco games ''
Pac-Man
originally called ''Puck Man'' in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Th ...
'' and ''
Ms. Pac-Man
is a 1982 maze arcade game developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway. It is the first sequel to '' Pac-Man'' (1980) and the first entry in the series to not be made by Namco. Controlling the title character, Pac-Man's ...
''.
It followed on the heels of a separate copyright infringement lawsuit against the same group of defendants involving Lil' Flip's previous album, ''
Undaground Legend
''Undaground Legend'' is the first major-label studio album (second overall) by rapper Lil' Flip. The album debuted at #12 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 70,000 copies sold in the first week released. '', which ended in a $150,000 judgement awarded to the plaintiffs.
Namco's lawsuit, however, was settled amicably before reaching trial, for an undisclosed sum, along with the parties releasing a joint statement which read, “Namco and Sony BMG are pleased to have resolved this matter and we look forward to continuing our business relationship in the spirit of our mutual respect for intellectual property.”
“Namco, Sony BMG settle Pac-Man lawsuit
– GameSpot
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Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2003 songs
2004 singles
Lil' Flip songs
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Lil' Flip