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The hip-hop heavyweights urged Swizzy to check out the French electronic duo, whom he sampled for Jay-Z’s ‘On to the Next One.’ By Steven Roberts Swizz Beatz Photo: Full Surface Even before Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 dropped, fans had already gravitated to the Swizz Beatz-produced “On to the Next One.” The popular three-second sample loop on the hook leant itself to a head-nodding and sound-system-bumping experience. And ever since the video kicked off the new decade , the song’s hook has been on repeat on radio. But the funny thing is, the sample doesn’t say “on to the next one.” It’s actually looping the words “under the spotlight.” The song samples Justice’s 2007 hit “D.A.N.C.E.,” and Swizz said he never would have created Jay’s club banger without the urging of Pharrell Williams and Q-Tip.

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