The first single to be released from The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, this was the last song recorded for the LP. It was laid down by the rapper just after Roc-A-Fella decided to release it as a Jay-Z solo album rather than a "crew" compilation. The club ready track became Jay's first tune to reach #1 on the Hip-Hop/R&B chart.
The song was produced by The Neptunes and features a hook sung by Pharrell Williams of the duo. The tune also features their future N*E*R*D bandmate Shay Haley and rapper Omillio Sparks. It's success introduced the Neptunes sound of synthesizer riffs and Pharrell falsetto-sung chorus to the mainstream. "My man Sparks had this hook for a while and I was looking for a beat for it," Jay told MTV News. "I was looking all over, calling a lot of producers telling them 'yo I got a hit, I'm telling you I got a hit, all I need is a track to match it,' and it took me a couple of weeks but I found the track... The Neptunes did it."
The song samples Rick James' 1981 single "Give It to Me Baby" as well as four bars from Notorious B.I.G's "The World Is Filled." (Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls attended Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn, New York at the same time).
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