Frontin'

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"Frontin'"
Single by Pharrell Williams featuring Jay-Z
from the album The Neptunes Present... Clones
Released	June 3, 2003
Recorded	March 2003
Genre	Hip hop[1]
Length	4:01
Label	Star Trak Arista
Songwriter(s)	Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo Shawn Carter
Producer(s)	The Neptunes
Pharrell Williams singles chronology
"Belly Dancer" (2002) "Frontin'" (2003) "Light Your Ass on Fire" (2003)
Jay-Z singles chronology
"La-La-La" (2003) "Frontin" (2003) "Change Clothes" (2003)
Music video
"Frontin'" on YouTube

"Frontin'" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams featuring fellow American rapper Jay-Z. It was written by the artists alongside Chad Hugo, who produced it with Williams as the Neptunes. At the time of its release, Williams insisted the single was a one-off, and that he was purely a producer and not an artist in his own right. However, he released his own solo studio album, In My Mind, in 2006.

The song's title refers to putting up a facade (or false 'front'), typically to impress peers. It was the 34th best-selling song of 2003 in the U.S., according to Billboard magazine. It was also featured on The Neptunes' 2003 compilation album The Neptunes Present... Clones, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in August 2003.

The drum beat was heavily influenced by the Beatles 1965 track "In My Life", and the bass during the bridge by Stevie Wonder. Pharrell had initially written the song for Prince.^[2]