"Gangster Tripping" (released as a single under the name "Gangster Trippin", which is also the title of the clean version that censors profanity) is a song by British

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musician

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist f ...

. It was released on 5 October 1998 as the second single from his second studio album, ''

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'' (1998).

Samples

The song contains samples from "Entropy" by

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/ref> "Word Play" and "The Turntablist Anthem" by the

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, "Beatbox Wash" by the Dust Junkys (this track contains the song's chorus line), "Change the Mood" by

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, "Sissy Walk" by Freedom Now Brothers, and "You Did It" by

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. The song was featured in the 2006

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'' and the 1999 film '' Go''. The single peaked at 3 in the United Kingdom and No. 49 in Switzerland. The recognizable "''We gotta kick that gangsta shit''" sample comes from the first recorded live performance by jazz rap duo

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(sampled by DJ Shadow on "Entropy"). In the radio cut, it was re-edited for censorship purposes. In 2013, Nicky Lockett (aka MC Tunes) of the Dust JunkysMC Tunes wins court case over use of vocals
/ref> won a three-year court case to recover unpaid royalties for use of his vocals in the main chorus of the song.

Music video

The music video for "Gangster Trippin", directed by

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, consists simply of scenes of furniture sets exploding, shown from multiple angles, and often in slow-motion. Fatboy Slim himself makes a cameo in the video, being shown on a photograph on the mirror where a lady stands up from. According to

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at the time, the script for the video contained just one line: "Blow stuff up". The video shows certain similarities to the ending of Antonioni's ''

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'' where several pieces of furniture are blown up similarly in slow motion and from different angles. Director Coppola often praised the works of Antonioni in interviews.

Track listings

Standard CD, 12-inch, and cassette single # "Gangster Trippin" # "The World Went Down" # "Jack It Up (DJ Delite)" European CD single # "Gangster Trippin" # "The World Went Down" Japanese CD single # "Gangster Trippin" (radio edit) # "Gangster Trippin" (full version) # "Jack It Up (DJ Delite)"

Charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1998 songs 1998 singles Astralwerks singles Fatboy Slim songs Music videos directed by Roman Coppola Songs written by Norman Cook Skint Records singles UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles