Big Pimpin'

Infobox Single
Name = Big Pimpin'


Artist = Jay-Z featuring UGK
from Album = Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
Released = September 12, 2000
Format = 12-inch single, CD, Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = East Coast hip hop
Length = 4:44
Label = Roc-A-Fella Records
Writer = Shawn Carter
Chad Butler
Bernard Freeman
Timothy Mosley
Kyambo Joshua
Baligh Hamdi (uncredited)
Producer = Timbaland
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Jay-Z
Type = singles
Last single = "Hey Papi"
(2000)
This single = "Big Pimpin'"
(2000)
Next single = "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
(2000)Extra chronology
Artist = UGK
Type = singles
Last single = "Dirty Money"
(1999)
This single = "Big Pimpin'"
(2000)
Next single = "Let Me See It"
(2001)

:"Big Pimpin' may also refer to rapper Big Pimpin' Delemond

"Big Pimpin'" is the last single from rapper Jay-Z's fourth album "Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter". It features rapping by Southern hip hop group UGK as well as production by Timbaland.

Timbaland samples "Khosara", composed by Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi in the mid-20th century and originally recorded by the famous Egyptian vocalist Abdel Halim Hafez for the track's beat leading to its Middle Eastern sound. A version of "Khosara", arranged and performed by Hossam Ramzy, can be heard on a CD compilation entitled, “The Best of Bellydance from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey” which also contains another song that Timbaland sampled for the Petey Pablo track, “Raise Up”. In 2007, the song sparked controversy when a copyright co-owner of the sampled track Osama Admed Fahmy filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court, objecting to the fact that Timbaland illegally replayed portions of "Big Pimpin" note-for-note, using a melody lifted from the song. Jay-Z, Timbaland, Linkin Park and EMI Music Inc. were among the defendants named in the lawsuit. (Linkin Park because the track was also mashed up with their song Papercut on the collaborative EP Collision Course in 2004). [ [http://wayneandwax.com/?p=180 http://wayneandwax.com/?p=180]

This latest lawsuit follows an August (07) decision by a California judge to dismiss another lawsuit by Ahab Joseph Nafal, who claimed Big Pimpin' infringed the copyright of Khosara, Khorasa. Lawyers for EMI Records argued the 50-year-old track was governed by the 1909 Copyright Act, AllHipHop.com reports. [ [http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/jay-z%20and%20timbaland%20sued%20over%20big%20pimpin_1042614 Timbaland - Jay-Z And Timbaland Sued Over Big Pimpin' ] ]

"Big Pimpin'" is the most commercially successful single from Jay-Z's fourth album as well as his most successful solo single, as it reached #3 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart. The music video was shot in Trinidad and features Jay-Z on a music truck throwing money into the crowd and partying on a lavish yacht. It was directed by Hype Williams.

ingle track list

CD

# "Big Pimpin' (Radio Edit)"
# "Watch Me (LP Version)"
# "Big Pimpin' (Instrumental)"
# "Big Pimpin' (Video)"

Vinyl

A-side

# "Big Pimpin' (Album Version)" (4:05)

B-side

# "Watch Me (LP Version)" (4:34)
# "Big Pimpin' (Instrumental)" (4:57)

Remix

There was an unofficial remix released featuring Dr. Dre using his opening and third verse from "Forgot About Dre".

References

ee also

*List of Jay-Z songs