A lovely curio in and of itself, but doubly interesting as a sort of warning flare for Yeezy’s similarly chilly 808 & Heartbreaks. Pharrell, Kanye and a pre-drop off Lupe Fiasco do karaoke over Thom Yorke’s ‘The Eraser’, and lift the original up a good couple of leagues in the process. ( Can’t Tell Me Nothing, Star Trak/G.O.O.D. Amazingly, a decade later and it’s the same story – his three most recent singles have all achieved global success, with each selling over a million copies in the UK. The lead single from N.O.R.E.’s third album God’s Favorite, ‘Nothin” is a class cut marred only by its witless video, and yet another Neptunes hit from the first few years of the millennium, when at one point Pharrell had a hand in over 40% of the songs played on U.S. ( God’s Favorite, Def Jam/IDJMG/Universal Records, 2002) One of Pharrell’s first credits was as a producer on SWV’s ‘Right Here’: rapping on the “UK Remix” of the original, and dropping the call-and-response intro on the MJ-sampling “Human Nature Mix” - the version that appeared on the Free Willy soundtrack and topped the charts. Legend has it, New Jack Swing progenitor Teddy Riley discovered The Neptunes at a high school talent show and promptly scooped them up. ‘Supa Love’ in particular is a rarely-heard treasure, sounding like it could have been chopped from Kelis’s towering Kaleidoscope. 3: Streetsoul, Virgin, 2000)īy the time Guru reached volume three of his patchy Jazzmatazz series most listeners had turned off, which is kind of a shame. One of the songs that benefited from the replacement of electronic drums with live ones on the re-release of In Search Of…, ‘Things Are Getting Better’ is the “yang” to ‘Lapdance’s sexually nihilistic “yin.” It’s a duality that plays out over the whole album, and this one’s effervescent funk is from when a time when Pharrell could do happy without doing ‘Happy’. Not the track that transformed Timberlake from boy band brillo pad to sex symbol – more on that later – but certainly the precursor, and N*Sync’s finest moment by several country miles. It may not have made the cut for Usher’s Confessions, but this is how grown man Pharrell always should have sounded. ( Random Access Memories, Columbia, 2013) We thought it was about time to look back and rank his 50 greatest moments as a producer, singer, rapper and songwriter, ranging from 1993 to present day.ĥ0. Nobody was delivering hits like this guy. Add to that Pharrell’s status as one of hip-hop’s most in-demand hook men (and, you know, owner of one of the world’s most in-demand faces), and the man was inescapable, but to resent it was just silly. It’s no exaggeration to call the Neptunes the most successful pop producers of the early ’00s – it’s pretty much a fact, with the duo gridlocking the Billboard charts in 20 with a run of hits that even Timbaland couldn’t match. The final product? Pure ear candy, no preservatives added.Look, we’re not saying the Pharrell train’s over, but he made his best music when he was a little less ‘Happy’. It's like she took soul, pop, glitchy beats, and a bunch of swooping choruses, and swirled them all together in a blender. This Montreal-bred musician might peg her new track as "dirty pop" on Soundcloud, but you guys-*NSYNC's got nothing on Caila Thompson-Hannant's crazy-rad sound. The Song: "Good Thing Bad Thing" by Mozart's Sister After all, nothing screams "summer" like a highlighter yellow sweater with "F**k yea" emblazoned across the chest, am I right? The Inspiration: Rachel Rutt's Minkpink Spring 2013 CampaignĮven though it's from several seasons ago, I still want to channel Rachel Rutt all day, everyday, in this MinkPink campaign. Combining unexpected ingredients like almonds, orange, and coconut with the coffee grounds, it'll leave your skin super soft.and your mind feeling suprisingly refreshed. Scrubbing coffee all over your body might not sound like the most appealing thing, but that's only if you haven't tried Frank Body Scrub yet. The TRF campaign serves up prim button-ups in quirky prints, as well as flippy skirts, slick jackets, and tons of knits. She'll reportedly make her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles beginning in November, so start planning your next NYC trip.now.Įven if you're not going back-to-school shopping this month, everyone can get onboard Zara's new collection. Um, no big deal or anything (just kidding, it's a very big deal!), but Emma Stone is reportedly set to star in the new version of Cabaret. The News: Emma Stone is heading to Broadway! The Curator: Liza Darwin, Digital Editorial Director
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