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Jay-Z Was the Reason Pharrell Got To Work on an Iconic 2000s Pop Track

Pharrell recalls how hanging out with Jay-Z at a club was the inciting moment that eventually led to him working with Britney Spears in 2001.

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The idea behind six degrees of separation is a wild one. At any given point, you could chain yourself to someone with no more than five people. It’s scary, and you might think it’s inaccurate. But situations like what led Pharrell to Britney Spears might just change your mind.

In a 2014 interview with VIBE Magazine, Skateboard P talked about everything that led to the Neptunes-produced pop classic “I’m a Slave 4 U”. It all starts with Jay-Z. Somehow, he was hip to the boy bands of the moment like Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. One night at a club, Justin........

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