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Jay‐Z

Drop It Like It’s Hot

2003 · via Pharrell Williams

Jay‐Z’s 2003 recording of “Drop It Like It’s Hot” is the earliest release on file. Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams are credited as its writers. Calvin Broadus is on the credit through Snoop Dogg’s 2004 version. Also recorded by Snoop Dogg (released 2004), Pharrell Williams (released 2004) and Vitamin Dub (released 2006), among 58 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Everybody files this one under Snoop, but the record shows Jay‐Z put it out first, back in 2003. Same song with a different voice up front, and it opens straight into Jay‐Z's shelf.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams.

Snoop Dogg is on the credit through Snoop Dogg’s 2004 version.

Earliest release on file: this one, 2003.

Other recordings on file · first release year

58 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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