Gangsta Lovin'

"Gangsta Lovin'"
Single by Eve featuring Alicia Keys
from the album Eve-Olution
B-side
  • "Satisfaction" (snippet)
  • "Party in the Rain (snippet)
  • "Double R What" (snippet)
  • "Neckbones" (snippet)
ReleasedJuly 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)
StudioThe Hit Factory (New York City)
Length3:59
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Alisa Yarbrough
  • Jonah Ellis
  • Lonnie Simmons
  • Eve Jeffers
Producer(s)
Eve singles chronology
"4 My People"
(2002)
"Gangsta Lovin'"
(2002)
"Get Up"
(2003)
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"How Come You Don't Call Me"
(2002)
"Gangsta Lovin'"
(2002)
"Girlfriend"
(2002)
Music video
"Gangsta Lovin'" on YouTube

"Gangsta Lovin'" is the lead single from Eve's third studio album, Eve-Olution (2002). The song features R&B-soul singer Alicia Keys. Released in July 2002, "Gangsta Lovin'" became Eve's second consecutive number-two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as her third consecutive top-10 hit in the United Kingdom.

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' 1981 song "Don't Stop the Music", which were also used on Common's 1997 song "All Night Long" featuring Erykah Badu.

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.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United States July 1, 2002 Rhythmic contemporary radio
July 8, 2002
Australia September 23, 2002 CD
United Kingdom
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette

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