Sample Breakdown: Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 312

  • @onimushatherapper
    @onimushatherapper Рік тому +1719

    Fun fact, in order to release this song, Fatboy Slim had to release 100% of the track's royalties, 25% to each artist, which means he makes absolutely no money off this song. But he loved it so much and thought it was one of the best songs he ever did, so he released it anyway.

    • @bassbytes
      @bassbytes Рік тому +93

      Which of the four artists ? There are 6 samples.

    • @Breakbeats92.5
      @Breakbeats92.5 Рік тому +135

      Big picture, the money he forfeited was well spent as this forced the globe to recognize his talent.

    • @hexostatus4658
      @hexostatus4658 Рік тому +32

      Probably the 6th sample being the premade loop for the soundpack

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark Рік тому +16

      @@bassbytes
      One for Bowie, I imagine.

    • @Narcolepsykid
      @Narcolepsykid Рік тому +36

      This song helped sell albums.

  • @rockybwall5137
    @rockybwall5137 2 роки тому +1443

    Sheeeat ... so many samples. The layering is impeccable.

    • @stewartplays
      @stewartplays 2 роки тому +35

      That’s Fatboy Slim’s whole thing.

    • @JonMichaelDeShazer
      @JonMichaelDeShazer 2 роки тому +43

      During that era, he and Liam Howlett of the Prodigy were the best in the business at layering samples.

    • @rockybwall5137
      @rockybwall5137 2 роки тому +14

      It just takes such an ear to put all that together

    • @dougformerlysekkohegane9303
      @dougformerlysekkohegane9303 2 роки тому +3

      @@JonMichaelDeShazer ya wanna talk layering Underworld was pretty good at it too

    • @nonewanted
      @nonewanted 2 роки тому +14

      @@JonMichaelDeShazer chemical brothers, dj shadow, the avalanches...

  • @txmmyvercetti
    @txmmyvercetti 2 роки тому +407

    one of the greatest sample flips ever

  • @mickharrison90
    @mickharrison90 2 роки тому +712

    Fatboy Slim is the king of sampling for me. I recommend typing him in on who sampled to realise how amazing his sampling is

    • @ant7396
      @ant7396 2 роки тому +31

      for me he's just behind the boys from The Avalanches

    • @peterpfukwa
      @peterpfukwa 2 роки тому +4

      @@ant7396 was just about to reply and say avalanches

    • @lucasbonnin7139
      @lucasbonnin7139 2 роки тому +18

      The avalanches, J Dilla bro

    • @budgetwriter2675
      @budgetwriter2675 2 роки тому +10

      madlib needs a shout

    • @budgetwriter2675
      @budgetwriter2675 2 роки тому

      and kendrick

  • @ivanazaroffmusic
    @ivanazaroffmusic 2 роки тому +556

    I’ve known this song for a while but had no idea how genius it really is. The fact that he was able to put all these tracks together into this track is insane

    • @dreddiknight
      @dreddiknight 2 роки тому +5

      There's this thing called sampling 😉

    • @nahforrealtho
      @nahforrealtho 2 роки тому +5

      That's how Fatboy Slim sampling works

    • @dreddiknight
      @dreddiknight 2 роки тому +8

      @@nahforrealtho there's a slew of hip hop producers who have sampled like this since the late 80's... It's not unique to Fatboy Slim.

    • @nahforrealtho
      @nahforrealtho 2 роки тому +5

      @@dreddiknight Basically Fatboy Slim became the first famous performer with this style

    • @urmumsbaps
      @urmumsbaps 2 роки тому +17

      @@nahforrealtho no he wasn't the first at all, Fatboy Slim was influenced by various famous hip-hop producers who were sampling to make beats. Fatboy Slim pioneered the "big beat" sound alongside the Chemical Brothers & The Prodigy (and The Prodigy were doing it first too) but he wasn't the first famous performer to rely on samples by any margin.

  • @edwardreflects8500
    @edwardreflects8500 2 роки тому +218

    No way! Fastest I’ve ever clicked a UA-cam notification. Love Fatboy breakdowns.

    • @lRlMlGl
      @lRlMlGl 2 роки тому +2

      OH MY GOD ME TOO!

    • @imryangallus
      @imryangallus 2 роки тому +3

      theres footage of him online breaking stuff down in his original studio. I think this track is one tbh

  • @EddieG1888
    @EddieG1888 2 роки тому +272

    The Rockerfeller Skank could legitimately be the best dance track of all time, effortlessly crossing genres; it appeals to the Northern Soul contingent, people who love sample-based music love it, folk into hip hop, people who like house music, I honestly don't know anyone who doesn't like it.
    That and Music Sounds Better With You are the blueprint for what dance music should be.

    • @urmumsbaps
      @urmumsbaps 2 роки тому

      So dance music = balearic house and big beat? Nothing else exists under that colossal umbrella term? You sound pretty ignorant

    • @unameit0000
      @unameit0000 2 роки тому

      👌

    • @spoonfulboyfriend3122
      @spoonfulboyfriend3122 2 роки тому +9

      Has a Surf Rock vibe

    • @CitrikkAcid
      @CitrikkAcid Рік тому +8

      Music Sounds Better With You is an absolute classic. I won't understand anyone who doesn't love that song for the life of me

  • @kenn_k
    @kenn_k 2 роки тому +73

    My first ever "favorite song." Thank you for this.

  • @SyndicateOperative
    @SyndicateOperative 2 роки тому +43

    I always loved Fatboy Slim's music, but I had no idea this was how he was putting it all together. He definitely deserved his success.

  • @yanstein8464
    @yanstein8464 2 роки тому +17

    this video (and this artist as a whole) convinced me that sampling can be actual fucking art, not just something made out of laziness and lack of ideas

  • @330thcube
    @330thcube 7 місяців тому +13

    I LOVE it when artists use so many samples like this, it's genuinely so cool to watch lol

  • @waxmaster-c
    @waxmaster-c 2 роки тому +182

    The craziest part is that Lord Finesse (the voice) cleared the use of his voice without taking any royalties. He didn't even listen to the track and thought it was just his voice being scratched like in a hip hop track. He didn't know his voice sample was the main part being repeated over and over throughout the song. He lost out on a lot of money. Fatboy Slim himself didn't get any royalties either because he used too many samples.

    • @rutabega2039
      @rutabega2039 Рік тому +42

      I forget which song, but there's an interview with Fatboy where he's noodling on his sampler talking about what he used in the song, and he hits one key and goes "oops, never cleared that one!"

    • @waxmaster-c
      @waxmaster-c Рік тому +2

      @@rutabega2039 lmao

    • @realityhitsmehardbro
      @realityhitsmehardbro Рік тому +8

      I just blew on my screen to get the hair off. You should be proud.

    • @JeffTiberend
      @JeffTiberend Рік тому +2

      @@rutabega2039 I just watched that video. He just seems like such a simple cool dude.

    • @KainniaK
      @KainniaK 11 місяців тому +6

      "Fatboy Slim himself didn't get any royalties either because he used too many samples." yeah but this track blew up so much that it got him a shitton of gig money.

  • @sarahschouveller1993
    @sarahschouveller1993 2 роки тому +50

    Fatboy Slim is to this day one of my favorite artists! Keep featuring him!

  • @noahp846
    @noahp846 2 роки тому +692

    Fatboy Slim is seriously underrated.

    • @darr303
      @darr303 2 роки тому +89

      Underrated by who?
      He's one of the most popular DJs in the world for the last 20+ years and will always sell out gigs.

    • @tobybiggins5367
      @tobybiggins5367 2 роки тому +37

      Hes one of the biggest and most iconic DJs lol

    • @SwissMarksman
      @SwissMarksman 2 роки тому +2

      @@tobybiggins5367 "iconic"

    • @11geosno
      @11geosno 2 роки тому +17

      do you understand the definition of underrated ?

    • @ykretch
      @ykretch 2 роки тому +23

      He's not underrated, but he is fucking in heaven

  • @emmittwhite1290
    @emmittwhite1290 2 роки тому +97

    I think a “You’ve Come A Long Way Baby” full album sample breakdown is in order

  • @ChaceBonanno
    @ChaceBonanno 2 роки тому +23

    Layered 4 drums and made it sound good

  • @Zulf85
    @Zulf85 Рік тому +12

    Dude is so talented. I never realized he remixed this from so many different tracks

  • @RETTA27
    @RETTA27 2 роки тому +24

    Fatboy sampling technique 🔥

  • @prod.icemarisso
    @prod.icemarisso 2 роки тому +16

    My god, crazy amount of samples

  • @thenatureofmyworld8141
    @thenatureofmyworld8141 2 роки тому +15

    I‘ve been waiting for this song!

  • @avonbeatzdale7416
    @avonbeatzdale7416 2 роки тому +10

    Best big beat song

  • @emfraridades7261
    @emfraridades7261 2 роки тому +6

    The vocal sampling of Vinyl is just brilliant. Pure genius.

  • @Hazztech
    @Hazztech 2 роки тому +8

    Fatboy Slim had some great shit in the 90s and early 2000s. I particularly love "ya mama".

  • @user-xn1vz9jq1b
    @user-xn1vz9jq1b 2 роки тому +12

    Holy.. love your work tracklib!

  • @jackwiremusic
    @jackwiremusic 2 роки тому +21

    I really love this channel, long life to Fatboy Slim

  • @timstoddard3707
    @timstoddard3707 2 роки тому +16

    We need more Fatboy Slim breakdowns!

  • @gtabro1337
    @gtabro1337 2 роки тому +7

    Never knew one could fit a whole EP worth of samples in a single track.

  • @bo_irookanji
    @bo_irookanji 2 роки тому +10

    It was Lord Finesse’s phrase, damn I did not know it 👍🏽

  • @SuperSupacoop
    @SuperSupacoop 2 роки тому +4

    no matter how much I know the elements...still phenomenally done....hats off!!!

  • @Rensational
    @Rensational 2 роки тому +5

    Never realised that was Lord Finesse on the vocals. So cool!

  • @infesticon
    @infesticon 2 роки тому +4

    Dune had doing this since the 80s, He made perfect pop out of forgotten records. Wonderful stuff. It's easy to knock him. But damm the guy had an ear for a tune.

  • @joombles
    @joombles 2 роки тому +2

    straight up one of the best songs ever

  • @Zeddunes27
    @Zeddunes27 2 роки тому +17

    Sample Breakdown: Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice

    • @alexmusic9989
      @alexmusic9989 2 роки тому

      +1. Especialy the unknow scratch sample, no the word play one. Here are stems for this song in case you want to review them in the meantime.
      Oh, by the way, walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the warm.

    • @clashgoneofficial
      @clashgoneofficial 2 роки тому

      @@alexmusic9989 You mean this scratch sample ? ua-cam.com/video/67K-efUDZkk/v-deo.html

  • @Blastkin
    @Blastkin 2 роки тому +2

    this is amazing sampling. My mom listens to it all the time i didnt knew it was so geniune

  • @NotTheLarryDavid
    @NotTheLarryDavid 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful sample breakdown, insta subbed!

  • @MrMarcLaflamme
    @MrMarcLaflamme 2 роки тому +6

    Damn this had more layers than I originally thought!

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis 2 роки тому

    I love these so much

  • @hemek
    @hemek 5 місяців тому

    This was an amazing breakdown of his sampling... What a master!

  • @xyz-bz1fc
    @xyz-bz1fc Рік тому +1

    Wow!!! This guy is a genius! How in world does one take all these samples and know where to stitch them together to make a masterpiece!? I mean, how do you envision such a result!? This is amazing. Thank you for connecting the dots for us who are musically challenged.

  • @Tk-ou9ec
    @Tk-ou9ec Рік тому

    Fookin love it

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 2 роки тому

    Great work by both him and you.

  • @asherguzman9223
    @asherguzman9223 2 роки тому +2

    Legendary!

  • @g.d.7412
    @g.d.7412 2 роки тому +3

    Amazing sample!

  • @gnutscha
    @gnutscha 2 роки тому +1

    that LP is a true sampling clinic, good job

  • @NakedEndoskeleton
    @NakedEndoskeleton 2 роки тому +2

    one of the best musicians ever period

  • @mbf6160
    @mbf6160 Рік тому

    GENIUS!!!

  • @dadamj
    @dadamj 2 роки тому +2

    Norman is the absolute master of sampling

  • @sclitchmusic
    @sclitchmusic 2 роки тому +3

    That one scream tho

  • @JC20XX
    @JC20XX 2 роки тому

    I am in awe

  • @EnemyStand
    @EnemyStand 2 роки тому

    fatboy slim is an impecable artist, always love him

  • @preposteroussvideos
    @preposteroussvideos 2 роки тому +2

    Genius sample selection

  • @domroberts9929
    @domroberts9929 2 роки тому +1

    This is nuts

  • @SievertSchreiber
    @SievertSchreiber 2 роки тому

    Good memories! Tnx for the trivia

  • @5dingg
    @5dingg 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing

  • @SilverSpoon_
    @SilverSpoon_ Рік тому +3

    If people argue about «Piracy kills music» or copyrights, show them this.

  • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
    @i-never-look-at-replies-lol 2 роки тому +21

    Insane. Practically just 6 tracks to produce a hit and there's people in their bedrooms with DAWs open right now that have dozens of tracks/stems/busses making up a song that will probably never see the light of day.

    • @thersten
      @thersten 2 роки тому +7

      That's how it works. Too complex and few people will get it. Gotta make it simple so that the masses don't get confused.

    • @TheSupercharger1981
      @TheSupercharger1981 Рік тому +1

      As a producer I learned to pull back . So easy to over egg the pudding. My most simplest songs that sound boring to me are my most popular.

    • @KainniaK
      @KainniaK 11 місяців тому

      That's only because during the times that Fatboy slim was doing it there might have been only another 1000 people on the planet doing it, and only a 100 of them where really good at it. But now there is literally a couple hundred million people that open FL Studio or ableton or logic, etc etc once a week and if only 10% of them are any good that's still 10 million have descent music makers so good luck getting heard.

    • @HullzOSRS
      @HullzOSRS 8 місяців тому

      Absolute nonsensical point. Look at Daft Punk Face To Face. It's irrelevant how many samples you use whether it's 6 or 20+, it's about getting them mixed together to make something that works. I don't think you have a true appreciation for what mixing is at all.

    • @KainniaK
      @KainniaK 8 місяців тому

      @@HullzOSRS He is very sour nobody gives a shit about his music, probably because he still does not get "less is more". Daft Punk are OG sample Gods and anybody that has tries creating new music just based on a hand full of samples know this.

  • @parayt3230
    @parayt3230 2 роки тому

    Soo good.

  • @SCHOOLOFHARDKNOCKS2000
    @SCHOOLOFHARDKNOCKS2000 2 роки тому +1

    Oh yeeeeah💪 classic💣💥💯

  • @oddfutureplaylist
    @oddfutureplaylist Рік тому +1

    This is the fucking coolest channel on youtube

  • @pineapple_on_cheeseburger
    @pineapple_on_cheeseburger 9 місяців тому

    Soo gooood

  • @nahforrealtho
    @nahforrealtho 2 роки тому +1

    Legendary song

  • @seankkg
    @seankkg Рік тому

    Nice! I've wondered about this since the Digimon movie.

  • @nongrata_music
    @nongrata_music 2 роки тому +1

    Insane

  • @ramosoztas3569
    @ramosoztas3569 Рік тому

    You've earned yourself a sub

  • @sebastiancubas
    @sebastiancubas 2 роки тому +4

    the clearing on this one must have been so expensive lol

  • @Reg_The_Galah
    @Reg_The_Galah 2 роки тому

    Such a lit song

  • @inuresuoyamada
    @inuresuoyamada 2 роки тому +2

    Hideki Naganuma would be proud of this masterpiece

  • @Sean_Eazy
    @Sean_Eazy 2 роки тому +5

    I'm Still waiting for that selfish breakdown by Slum Village.

  • @kryspy5160
    @kryspy5160 2 роки тому +3

    it would be quite the undertaking but a sample breakdown of the Moment of Truth album would be dope

  • @bigfluff73
    @bigfluff73 Рік тому

    insane

  • @jaycole1900
    @jaycole1900 2 роки тому +1

    Made a masterpiece with it

  • @iceandcream5692
    @iceandcream5692 2 роки тому +2

    sampling Is so killer

  • @jtrskaos
    @jtrskaos 2 роки тому

    Cheers.

  • @davidtuck
    @davidtuck 2 роки тому +3

    Brilliant graphics on this...so hard to do.

  • @lRlMlGl
    @lRlMlGl 2 роки тому

    OH MY GOD OH MY GOD SO GOOD!

  • @KainniaK
    @KainniaK 11 місяців тому +1

    the most catchy songs made out of samples are very often incredibly simple. 3 or 4 samples that play every bar and 1 or 2 that play every 2 or 4 bars.

  • @kiko12000
    @kiko12000 2 роки тому +6

    We need to see a breakdown of a track by The Avalanches, it would be a much longer video I’m sure, but damn it would be interesting

    • @tracklib
      @tracklib  2 роки тому +3

      We've done two of em 🤝

  • @iceb-akap77ice93
    @iceb-akap77ice93 2 роки тому

    Class. ✌

  • @ThaRixer
    @ThaRixer 2 роки тому +9

    What a groove

  • @succanproduce
    @succanproduce Рік тому

    Thats epic

  • @loveinthematrix
    @loveinthematrix 2 роки тому

    Wow!

  • @mvrtin.looper1905
    @mvrtin.looper1905 2 роки тому

    bro this is nuts *_*

  • @ChrisNeufeldMusic
    @ChrisNeufeldMusic 2 роки тому

    Right about now! 😎

  • @87erBerlinDream
    @87erBerlinDream 2 роки тому +1

    Genius

  • @bohhemiarecs
    @bohhemiarecs 2 роки тому

    genius 🙏

  • @realjoshb
    @realjoshb 2 роки тому

    Now that’s how you sample!

  • @screamy101
    @screamy101 2 роки тому +1

    GREASTEST HIT OF ALL TIME AND WE WISH FOR YOUR TURN

  • @Trill104
    @Trill104 2 роки тому +1

    Coming from a J Dilla fan, Fatboy Slim was immaculate too. When it comes to techniques and layering samples I have him below Dilla and Rick Rubin…

  • @megamushroom1103
    @megamushroom1103 2 роки тому +8

    Thats insane fr fr

  • @im_OfficialYS
    @im_OfficialYS 2 роки тому +1

    LESSGOOOOOOOO

  • @robertmatthews9650
    @robertmatthews9650 2 роки тому +4

    lol I’m mad they sampled one song just to get the “huugh!”

  • @Chungusisdantheman
    @Chungusisdantheman 2 роки тому +4

    Big beat is the best at sampling

  • @stuart_wiewiora
    @stuart_wiewiora 3 місяці тому

    I’m mean come on man this sampling genius

  • @lucasneon
    @lucasneon Рік тому +1

    New sample found :D

  • @nicerafi
    @nicerafi 2 роки тому +6

    ARABEST SEBASTIAN AND JOI MR OIZO Pls!!!!!!!

  • @echarts3710
    @echarts3710 8 місяців тому

    Another good example of Fatboy Slim sampling is Right Here Right Now.
    Chorus is sampled from James Gang-Ashes the Rain and I, and the vocal "Right Here Right Now" was actually said by Angela Bassett in the movie of Strange Days.

  • @unknowndigitalfeelings
    @unknowndigitalfeelings 2 роки тому

    WOWWWW!!!!

  • @movement6514
    @movement6514 2 роки тому +2

    fatboy slim at his peak is so so so good - i think he's got the art of sampling down even better then daft punk

    • @yanstein8464
      @yanstein8464 Рік тому

      definitely better than daft punk... ahem robot rock... ahem

  • @dragobro0456
    @dragobro0456 2 роки тому +1

    You guys should do a sample breakdown on Justice's Cross!

  • @kayDawgTV
    @kayDawgTV Рік тому

    The album You’ve Come A Long Way Baby is a masterpiece.