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1. Her hit single “Body Party” is a sample from 90s hip-hop group Ghost Town DJ’s. Remember “My Boo?”

“It’s one of those songs that happened fast, because it has such a sweet vibe. I can’t even lie, when we were mixing it, I was listening to it over and over like a fan. I don’t like using obvious samples, but it felt right—I couldn’t ignore the track the way [producer] Mike Will flipped the sample of “My Boo.” It’s one of those songs a girl can sing to her man and where guys don’t have to feel too cool to slow dance with your girl,” she said.

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