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JAY‐Z

Frontin’

2002 · via Pharrell Williams

JAY‐Z’s recording of “Frontin’” came out in 2002, the earliest year on file; Pharrell Williams’ came out the same year. JAY‐Z shares the writing credit with Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams. Also recorded by Jamie Cullum (released 2004), GoldLink (released 2018) and Barefoot (released 2005), among 46 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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The falsetto you remember is Pharrell's, but the credit is a three-way split, and JAY‐Z had it on tape first in 2002. Follow him and see what else the two of them built together.

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Credited writers: Chad Hugo, JAŸ-Z and Pharrell Williams.

Earliest release on file: this one, 2002, the same year as Pharrell Williams.

Other recordings on file · first release year

46 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Pharrell's "Frontin'" shares its writing credit with Chad Hugo and one other name: the artist who actually recorded it first. Who?JAŸ-Z
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