Gangsta Lovin'

Infobox Single
Name = Gangsta Lovin'


Artist = Eve featuring Alicia Keys
Album = Eve-Olution
B-side = "U Me & She"
Released = September 3, 2002
Format = CD single
Recorded = The Hit Factory
(New York City, New York)
Genre = Hip hop, R&B
Length = 3:59 (Album/Single Version)
Label = Ruff Ryders, Interscope
Writer = Alisa Yarbrough, Jonah Ellis, Lonnie Simmons
Producer = Irv Gotti, 7 Aurelius
Chronology = Eve singles
Last single = "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
(2001)
This single = "Gangsta Lovin'"
(2002)
Next single = "Satisfaction"
(2003)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Alicia Keys
Type = single
Last single = "How Come You Don't Call Me"
(2002)
This single = "Gangsta Lovin'"
(2002)
Next single = "Girlfriend"
(2003) Extra track listing
Album = Eve-Olution
Type = studio
prev_track = "What"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Gangsta Lovin'"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Irresistible Chick"
next_no = 4 Extra track listing
Album = Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor
Type = remix
prev_track = "Girlfriend" (KrucialKeys Sista Girl Mix)
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Gangsta Lovin'"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Fallin'" (Remix)
next_no = 3 Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = Alternate single cover

"Gangsta Lovin'" is the lead single from Eve's third studio album, "Eve-Olution" (2002). It became her second consecutive number-two hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 as well as her third consecutive top ten hit in the United Kingdom. The song features R&B/soul singer Alicia Keys. When being asked in an interview why she chose Keys to be on the song, Eve said, "I love Alicia, I mean I think she's incredibly talented, and I needed a girl on the song, and why not Alicia Keys?" The chorus contains re-sung elements from Yarbrough and Peoples' 1980 "Don't Stop the Music", which were also used on Common featuring Erykah Badu's 1997 "All Night Long".

Music video

The video for "Gangsta Lovin'", directed by Little X, starts with girls putting food on their plates from a buffet table with shirts on that say "Eve", "&", "Alicia", "In", and "Gangsta Love". It then goes to a swimming pool where Eve and Keys are sitting in beach chairs. Eve is glancing at a man she is clearly interested in. The video then switches off showing the pool scene, a scene in a room where Eve is rapping by herself, and a room where Keys is singing by herself. For the second verse, Eve walks into a party where the man she is interested in is. The man catches Eve's eye, and they smile at each other. In the chorus, it shows them talking and exchanging phone numbers. At the beginning of the third verse, Keys and Eve are in the same room. The man is shown calling Eve, and Eve goes to the beach and sits down with him. Keys stands at the beach singing by herself. Eve and the man walk down the beach together. At the end, Eve and Keys are shown wearing "Gangsta Love" shirts.

This video would be parodied on the sketch comedy show "MADtv". The parody was titled "Gangsta Lover", where Eve (portrayed by former "MADtv" cast member Debra Wilson) talks about dating criminals.

Track listing

;CD single
#"Gangsta Lovin'" (featuring Alicia Keys)
#"Who's That Girl?"
#"Gangsta Lovin'" (Instrumental)

Charts

References