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Flip It and Reverse It Part 1

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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Teddy Riley's New Jack Swing

Rump Shaker was the songwriting debut of 19 year old Pharrell Williams. Rump Shaker, a rap single with the pop and B swagger of New Jack Swing, would turn out to be a blockbuster hit in 1992. It's got some of the catchiest bits in the song, including some lines Pharrell borrowed from an earlier hit by the band DeBarge.

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