Fatman Scoop

The follow up "It Takes Scoop" reached the top 5 in the UK, the top 20 in Ireland and the top 40 in Australia in 2004. His album, The David Gates Songbook, released in 2002, featured several new songs. The track takes its name from the sample of Evans singing. Having spent several years out of music altogether, Gates returned to the spotlight in the 1990s, and is still writing and performing. The song has been a favourite in clubs around the world for years but it took two years to clear the samples from Jay-Z, Black Sheep, Queen Pen, the Beatnuts and Faith Evans. However, many of his songs have been successfully covered by other artists, including "If" (a huge hit for Telly Savalas) and "Everything I Own" (covered by, among others, Boy George). He is best known for the track "Be Faithful" with the Crooklyn Clan which went to number one in the UK and Ireland in late 2003 and top 5 in Australia. Gates' distinctive singing voice and boy-next-door good looks helped ensure his popularity.

Fatman Scoop (real name Isaac Freeman III) is a New York City hip hop artist and producer. After Bread split up, he composed the theme song for the Oscar-winning film, The Goodbye Girl. "It Takes Scoop" (single) (2004). Success came early, but it was with Bread that he gained a wide following and a string of hits including:. "Be Faithful" (single) (2003). David Gates (born December 11, 1940) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the front man of the group, Bread (formed in 1967). Gates was born in Oklahoma, dropped out of college and married young, and set off for California to begin a career in music. "Lost without your Love" (1976).

"Everything I Own" (1972). "If" (1971). "Make it with You" (1970).