Revisiting Fergie’s ‘Glamorous’ as Jack Harlow’s ‘First Class’ Interpolation Takes the 2006 Hit to New Heights

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Thania Garcia In 2006, Fergie summoned long-time collaborator and record executive Ron Fair to help produce her first solo album, “The Dutchess.” The 13-track collection included the singer’s now-quintessential No.1 hit, “Glamorous,” which has recently found itself buzzing again thanks to Jack Harlow’s interpolation of the track for “First Class,” the Louisville rapper’s first solo No.

1 on the Billboard Hot 100.When “The Dutchess” was released in September of 2006, the new millennium had heralded a change for R&B and hip-hop with artists like Keyshia Cole, Mary J.

Blige and Mariah Carey driving the fusion on genres into the mainstream.The success of “First Class, which has amassed over 200 million streams to date (according to data from Luminate), is easy to comprehend when you take look at the framework of the sample which sits at the heart of the song.

From the artists to the music executives and even down to the surroundings — the first decade of the 2000s was emblematic as ’90s slow jams gave way to a glossy stir of pop, R&B and hip-hop.