See also: Busta Rhymes – ‘Pass the Courvoisier Pt.
It’s also got a video set in the desert, which was something a lot of hip-hop artists were doing around this time. material, and those blunt bursts of kick drum would become a trademark of their productions for The Clipse and more. ‘Superthug’ is a great standalone production, but also a sign of things to come: that ultra-nasty bassline would be revisited throughout the group’s N.E.R.D. They’re good, but on the generic side it wasn’t until the late part of that decade that Chad and Pharrell would start to really develop the techniques that shaped how pop music would sound in the ‘00s. That same year, they linked up with Diddy for Pass The Courvoisier II and followed. There are early Neptunes tracks dating back to the mid-‘90s, for R&B groups like Total and SWV. Busta Rhymes, Pharrell and Chad Hugo initially collaborated on 2001’s As I Come Back from the album Genesis. Naturally, when you’re restricted to ten choices, a lot of worthy music has been left out, but if you’re eager for more, then check the “See also” footnotes under certain entries. But this feature deals with The Neptunes as potent chart producers, and aims to combine both their greatest (and mostly obvious) triumphs with lesser-known moments of genius. They also released a classic album: In Search Of…, under their N*E*R*D guise. They made stars (Clipse, Kelis) and they reinvented stars (Britney, Justin Timberlake – they were even behind N*Sync’s best ever single). Following a somewhat rough late ‘90s (which isn’t to say there wasn’t gold – there’s nothing duller than golden age bores dismissing this period outright), chart hip-hop spent the first half of the last decade as unique and experimental as it ever has been, and these two are the key reasons why. For The Neptunes Present.Clones, the tables are somewhat turned the producers aren't in need of any more hits, but they do the enlisting here, and they snare an all-star cast of featured players who are willing to join up and/or return the favor, all the while reaping the cachet that comes with being in such venerated company. Frankly, they shouldn’t even need an introduction, as anyone who spent this period with a radio will, consciously or not, have had the way they viewed pop music altered by the Neptunes. Eclectic with a capitol E, CLONES keeps with the Neptunes penchant for casting a wide creative net.Between 19, there wasn’t a single hip-hop producer – fellow Virginia Beach man Timbaland aside – touching the Neptunes.Įven Timbaland, renowned for taking the deeply weird and twisting it into chart success, didn’t share the same hit rate as Chad Hugo and Pharrell did in the early ‘00s. Williams and Hugo move easily from an infectious Kelis/Nas duet ("Popular Thug") and an ultra-funky Jay-Z jam ("Frontin'") to whip-smart dancehall reggae with Supercat ("The Don of Dons ") and straightforward alt-pop by the High Speed Scene ("F**k n' Spend"). returning from jail as Dirt McGirt, spitting out rhymes over a sparse cut ("Pop Sh*t"), and Nelly slipping into a slick St. Standouts include Busta Rhymes praising booties ("Light You're A** On Fire"), O.D.B. Fueled by the duo's trademark mix of beats and loops, numerous major names make this eclectic scene. Play along with guitar, ukulele, or piano with interactive chords and diagrams. Having worked as producers for a broad array of artists including Britney Spears, Mystikal, Ice Cube, and Perry Farrell, the Neptunes were able to cash in quite a number of chips for this wide-ranging 2003 project. Chords for The Neptunes - Clones Intro (Instrumental). "Frontin'" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.Īs if making their mark as one of the greatest pop and hip-hop production teams to come out of the late '90s wasn't enough, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo took their Neptunes persona to the other side of the recording glass for CLONES. Personnel includes: The Neptunes, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell, Ludacris, Jay Z, Vanessa Marquez, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, Nas, I-20, Clipse, Ab-Liva.
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