"Gangster Tripping" (released as a single under the name "Gangster Trippin") is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released as the second single from his album You've Come a Long Way, Baby.
The song contains samples[1] from "Entropy" by DJ Shadow,[2] "Word Play" and "The Turntablist Anthem" by the X-Ecutioners,[2] "8th Wonder" by the Sugarhill Gang,[3] "Beat Box Wash" by the Dust Junkys,[2] and "You Did It" by Anne Robinson.[4] In the radio cut, the verse "We gotta kick that gangsta shit" was re-edited for censorship purposes. The song was featured on the PlayStation Portable game Lumines II.[citation needed] The single peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 49 in Switzerland.[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
- "Gangster Trippin"
- "The World Went Down"
- "Jack It Up (DJ Delite)"
The track entitled "Jack It Up" mainly consists of the vocal line "jack it up" with a little background noise and some vocal distortion towards the end. It is used in the song entitled "Soul Surfing", which appears on the You've Come a Long Way, Baby album. The "DJ Delite" part of the title implies that people can use it as a sample for their own mixes. The World Went Down appears as a bonus track on some versions of the same album.[citation needed]
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Gangster Trippin", directed by Roman Coppola, 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 MTV at the time, the script for the video contained just one line: "Blow stuff up".
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