"He came and said, 'Are you going to pay me for that sample?' We said 'Oh, we already paid you', and he went ‘No – you paid somebody else'": Fatboy Slim on The Rockafeller Skank's iconic "funk soul brother" sample

Norman Cook – the artist better known as Fatboy Slim – is one of musical history's most gifted samplists: his influential '90s releases bridged underground club culture and mainstream pop music through the masterful slicing and dicing of classic funk, soul and hip-hop samples.

In a recent interview with DJ Mag, Cook shed some light on the story behind the many samples that feature in one of his best-known tunes, The Rockafeller Skank. While the total number of samples in the track is up for debate – Wikipedia says eight, but WhoSampled lists 13 – its most recognizable element is surely the vocal line: "funk soul brother, right about now".