That's Gangsta

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"That's Gangsta"
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Single by Bun B featuring Sean Kingston
from the album II Trill
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2008
Recorded2007
Genre Hip hop
Length3:53
Label Rap-A-Lot, Asylum, Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Bun B, Sean Kingston
Producer(s) J.R. Rotem
Bun B singles chronology
"Down in tha Dirty"
(2007)
"That's Gangsta"
(2008)
"You're Everything"
(2008)
Sean Kingston singles chronology
"What Is It"
(2008)
"That's Gangsta"
(2008)
"There's Nothin (Remix)"
(2008)

"That's Gangsta" is the first single from the Bun B album II Trill . It features Sean Kingston and is produced by J.R. Rotem. The single peaked at #45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The video is released on MTV2's Unleashed on April 21, 2008. The video features cameos from Young Buck, Middle Fingaz, P$C, J Prince, LeBron James, Chamillionaire and Slim Thug. There were also UGK Records artists Young T.O.E., XVII, B-Do and Big Bubb. Sean Kingston didn't appear in the music video.

Chart positions

ChartPeak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 22
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 45
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks 16

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