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Pharrell Lanscilo Williams ( / fəˈrɛl /; born April 5, 1973), often known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes, which he formed in 1992 with Chad Hugo. [4]
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- 30 Child Rebel Soldier – Us Placer
- 29 Kelis – Popular Thug
- 28 Tyler, The Creator Ft Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell Williams – Juggernaut
- 27 Nerd – Run to The Sun
- 26 Ariana Grande Ft Nicki Minaj – The Light Is Coming
- 25 Pharrell Williams – Angel
- 24 Pharrell Williams – Happy
- 23 Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
- 22 Lil Uzi Vert Ft Pharrell Williams – Neon Guts
- 21 Busta Rhymes Ft Pharrell Williams – Light Your Ass on Fire
Pharrell Williams’s career has thrown up several curveballs – a homage to XTC’s Andy Partridge on the Despicable Me 3 soundtrack, a Metallica remix that sounds like 90s hardcore rave – but this might be the most intriguing: Pharrell, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco rhyming over The Eraser by Thom Yorke. Alas, the supergroup idea didn’t last long: a fasc...
A lost classic from Kelis’s second album, which wasn’t released in the US: guest rap from Pusha T, slapping beats, reedy organ, great hook (“Make my record skip, make my record skip”) fantastic chorus. It was repurposed – with Nas replacing Pusha T – for the Neptunes’ Clones album, but the original still wins.
Pharrell’s only contribution to the uncompromisingly dark Juggernaut was a guest spot, rapping over the distorted beats and dive-bombing bass, but it was enough to spark rumours of a collaborative Tyler/Williams album. The rumours were untrue, but you can’t really blame people for wanting one: Juggernaut is that good.
The main lyrical preoccupations of NERD’s debut album are evident in the song titles – Lapdance, Rock Star, Am I High? – but Run to the Sun is something else: slick funk that sounds like a love song, but turns out to be a regret-filled paean to Williams’s ailing grandmother. Heartbreaking and danceable.
A bold attempt to apply the WTF? factor of the Neptunes’ golden age productions to a huge pop star in the era of algorithms: jittery, glitchy beats, a distorted snatch of dialogue from a rightwing protest against Obamacare, a killer rap from Nicki Minaj.
Williams has been dismissive of his flop debut solo album In My Mind (“I wrote those songs out of ego … there was no purpose”) and while it’s certainly no classic, it does contain one gem in Angel: infused with the spirit of old soul records, led by a rolling piano, blessed with a gorgeous melody.
The eighth highest-selling single in UK history, Happy is hopelessly, perhaps irrevocably, overplayed: plenty of listeners would doubtless be delighted never to hear it again. But behind the familiarity lurks a fantastic pop song, its lyrical straightforwardness balanced by beautifully nuanced production that evokes 60s soul without sounding like a...
Even on an album that featured productions from Dr Dre, André 3000, Dallas Austin and Jam and Lewis, the Neptunes’ work stood out: battering-ram drums, dive-bombing sub-bass, raw-sounding brass samples, an incongruously sweet acoustic guitar.
In the Neptunes’ pre-fame days, Williams wrote psychedelic sci-fi rhymes: a Virginia Beach friend remembered lyrics about “space coasters” and laser guns. There’s an echo of that early weirdness here: “I got a colourful aura,” he offers, “like I got neon guts.” And the beat is terrific: spacey synths over a super-stoned rhythm track.
You could easily opt for Busta Rhymes’ other great Neptunes production, Pass the Courvoisier Part 2, but Light Your Ass on Fire’s cocky minimalism is what makes it: beyond the opening nod to Kraftwerk’s Trans-Europe Express, there’s nothing but a drumbeat, clearly designed to sound incredible at immense volume.
Dec 8, 2022 · Learn about Pharrell Williams, a prolific music producer, songwriter and performer who has won 13 Grammys and co-founded N.E.R.D. Discover his early influences, his hit songs, his movie collaborations and his fashion and hospitality ventures.
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What happens when Pharrell invites Marc Jacobs back to Louis Vuitton HQ to swap stories? On Friday 15 December 2023, in a VIP suite at the LV headquarters in Paris, just north of Pont-Neuf, @Pharrell and @themarcjacobs sit down together to reflect on their 20-year friendship.
