Gangster Trippin

Infobox Single
Name = Gangster Trippin


Artist = Fatboy Slim
from Album = You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Genre = Big Beat
Released = October 5, 1998
Length = 5:20
Writer = Fatboy Slim Dust Junkys
Producer = Fatboy Slim
Last single = "The Rockafeller Skank" (1998)
This single = "Gangster Trippin" (1998)
Next single = "Praise You" (1999)

"Gangster Trippin" is a song by Fatboy Slim from his album "You've Come A Long Way, Baby". It contains samples from the Dust Junkys' "Beat Box Wash" and Anne Robinson's "You Did It" [ [http://www.ishkur.com/samples/index.php?genre=Techno "Gangster Trippin" samples: "You Did It" by Anne Robinson] ] . In the radio cut, the verse "We gotta kick that gangsta shit" has been re-edited for censorship purposes. This song was featured on the PSP's "Lumines II". The single peaked at #3 in the UK and #49 in Switzerland.

Music video

The music video for "Gangster Trippin," directed by the acclaimed 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". Both the song and the video were banned by the BBC due to unacceptable lyrics and items being blown up.Fact|date=September 2008

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