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The song features the repeated line "Right about now, the funk soul brother / Check it out now, the funk soul brother", which is a truncated vocal sample of rapper Lord Finesse on the track "Vinyl Dogs Vibe" by Vinyl Dogs. The original line, a spoken-word introduction to the instrumental track, was "Check it out right about now, it's no other ...
Norman Quentin Cook [1] (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), [2] best known as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician [3] who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Hull -based indie rock band the Housemartins , who achieved a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of " Caravan ...
In 1998, Finesse provided the vocal sample on the hook to "The Rockafeller Skank", a hit single by British musician Fatboy Slim from his album You've Come a Long Way, Baby. The song features Finesse's repeated line "Right about now, the funk soul brother. Check it out now, the funk soul brother".
Exclusive: He’s come a long way, baby. The superstar DJ has performed at Worthy Farm more than any other artist, and now reveals why it entices him back each year
'I'm hoping that one day the passion will come back," he told fans in a Q&A per 'The Sun'
The discography of Fatboy Slim, an alias of Norman Cook, an English DJ, big beat musician, and record producer, consists of four studio albums, three live albums, one soundtrack album, two compilation albums, three remix albums, six mix albums, three video albums, five extended plays, 28 singles (including one as a featured artist) and 31 music videos.
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You've Come a Long Way, Baby is the second studio album by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook). It was first released on 19 October 1998 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Astralwerks.