Neptunes are an unuusal case for a major poll in that they're late enough that ILM was mostly able to track them in real time - see e.g. this thread starting in 2001:
The Neptunes - classic or dud?
― Tim F, Monday, 8 October 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
wow @ that MJ anecdote
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 8 October 2012 05:48 (eleven years ago) link
top 5 neptunes trakcs not mentions here yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjhSnHxLVjk
cause it was a fucked up conceptual ending credits for intricate minimalism 2003 nauseating corner perfection raps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6rC1krGp0
korg triton drumss prinking downtuned mannie fresh keyboard melody the best 50 grand birdman ever spent. wrekced two sets of 12s with this back int he day. clipse and classic neptunes. UGGGHHHHH ANOTHER SOUL LOST / HAD TO MAKE HIS SHIRT MATCH MY OXBLOOD COLORED PORSCHE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ZSEfJ1Zr4
pharrell u should just kept making boring clipse beats for me. dirgey loop that sounds like a rural russian bar band with a casio drum machine, keyboard playing the organ VA hustlers narcocorrido.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1oqt3TkwY
yeah i never really got the neptunes as evidenced by this list which has stuff like this which is like. i always thought it was a great song that needed a real beat. but i love this now. fuck. i can't make this list because i still think this was ruined by a fucking neptunes beat. okay. three i like. i never got the neptunes outside of clipse beats, hot in herre and southern hospitality and beautiful. absolutely can't stand bouncing back or milkshake. sort of almost happy to see pharrell just going and soundtracking frankenweenie and producing gotye or whatever he does now.
i like this too though btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRGcDO-U8Nc
― dylannn, Monday, 8 October 2012 07:39 (eleven years ago) link
those top 3 are solid though
― dylannn, Monday, 8 October 2012 07:40 (eleven years ago) link
is there really a massive difference between yr top 3 and other signiture neptune jams? and if you only like clipse beats, hot in herre, SH and beautiful - vote for them.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 8 October 2012 10:18 (eleven years ago) link
I was def planning on voting for Dylannnnns first three there. I really like Door Man actually, that song had me hoping that Til The Casket Drops would be amazing.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 8 October 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
there's very little from past, say, 2004 that i can even listen to, much less consider voting for, but here are some latter day faves:
Twista - "Lavish"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRHNy98LfH0
Jay-Z and Kanye West - "Gotta Have It"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R1KKCNcQb4
E-40 - "Beastin'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPJ87NfmYQ
Fall Out Boy - "W.A.M.S."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCGv4pHRLQ
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah my two major questions wrt to this poll are "will anyone beat grindin'" and "what will be the oldest song to place"
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 8 October 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
has danger by mystikal been posted yet
― just sayin, Monday, 8 October 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
"what will be the oldest song to place" doesn't seem like much of a mystery to me, it'll be "Superthug" unless people are really gung ho about counting those Teddy Riley assists or like "Lookin' At Me" more than i realized.
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was wondering if jordan meant 'most recent' rather than oldest
― just sayin, Monday, 8 October 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i guess that is prob what he meant. i predict the post-"Hollaback Girl" era will be wholly represented by Hell Hath No Fury stans. unless the Ashlee Simpson stans show up too.
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
oldest i am def voting for is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1bzWTgOg4
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 8 October 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
― just sayin, Monday, October 8, 2012 1:54 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes -- and you're prob right about HHNF. i'm throwing "mr. me too" on my shit
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 8 October 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
do ppl vote in these polls based on the production alone or on the song as a whole
i think that's harder to seperate for the Neptunes than for most, especially since Pharrell wrote so many choruses. i have a Neptunes instrumentals mixtape that was really kind of disillusioning, how much less alive some of their tracks feel with the vocals stripped out (in a way that i don't get all the time w/ rap instrumentals).
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
doing more of the spotify list and wow 2008 looks downright embarrassing.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 8 October 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i saw that you added some more stuff! have been procrastinating about adding some stuff myself. definitely want to put the Kenna albums on there. can i get a Kenna voting bloc for this song y'all?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ggbRTRDFOI
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
i still hate that video but "Freetime" is cool
― billstevejim, Monday, 8 October 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
i only have the vaguest memory of an MTV2 promo featuring it as one of their new videos in rotation but i've never actually watched it! but yeah this is kinda dumb
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
there's very little from past, say, 2004 that i can even listen to
eh, imo they never stopped releasing decent stuff, they just stopped releasing great stuff
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Monday, 8 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
I might vote for "Freetime"
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Monday, 8 October 2012 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
kenna isnt on spotify. also i have no idea who kenna is.
2007-2009 all look rubbish. ok im sure the twista or mario songs are fine and i cant remember if Till The Casket Drops is any good or not but... urgh, it gets p nasty.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 8 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
it's on the US spotify -- Kenna is a Virginia Beach dude who grew up w/ them and released 2 albums of synth pop bangers primarily produced by Chad
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
ok, i may look them up.
surprised at how much i am enjoying HHNF right now, i always thought it was kinda disappointing when it came out.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 8 October 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
both the praise and the backlash were overstated
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Monday, 8 October 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/user/sutrarama/playlist/687z3my4nlvZyU0mkZdsYF
Spotify playlist is complete for stuff available in the UK.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 8 October 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
cool, i'll see what i can add from the states
― some dude, Monday, 8 October 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was always somewhat neptunes skeptical or at least thought they were overrated, greatly preferred timbaland, but i have to admit this stuff still sounds great and not to get all youtube commenter but man do i miss these guys dominating radio.
― balls, Monday, 8 October 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
anyhow stoked for this!
Oh man, I've barely got started on this - I reached Hollaback Girl and I can't get past it. This is the second time it's blown me away, and I hated it when it came out.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
noooo, i need my fellow hollaback holdouts to stay strong! resistance movement!
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
I doubt I'll be voting for it, it's fine but there's so much other better stuff.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. meh.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
bump - one week left for voting (and I've received only two ballots so far)
― V79, Saturday, 13 October 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
Eep. I'll redouble my efforts - I'm inching through the playlist, have identified about ten tracks for my ballot so far.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 13 October 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'd meant to bump the thread and post more this week but didn't get around to it, definitely gonna take my time w/ my ballot though. don't be afraid to push back the deadline to get more ballots, though, that seems to work more often than not.
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
T.I.'s "I'm Serious" is so fuckin slept on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY6ChdU_J-M
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
"Bossman" is incredible too, Neptunes + Beenie Man was a lethal combination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tQaQFQ-rbc
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
The Funeral beat still sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8NnDbfd4yc
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 14 October 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/v/UY6ChdU_J-M&fs=1&hl=en
― some dude, Saturday, October 13, 2012 1:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yes yes
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 14 October 2012 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
Never really like much of the NERD stuff, but always vibed to this production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJmvbz1-VesSnappy snares and a little panning is all I need really.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 14 October 2012 05:53 (eleven years ago) link
i think i'm gonna have "beautiful" in my top 5
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 14 October 2012 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
i really need to not be going down a neptunes wormhole at 1 am
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 14 October 2012 05:58 (eleven years ago) link
neptunes stuff from the last 5-7 years shows you how close to incredibly corny they were with shit like "beautiful" but man when they hit this kinda sound it worked so damn well
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 14 October 2012 06:01 (eleven years ago) link
Oh for sure, one thing that has been surprising to me as I've been digging around is how many Neptunes productions actively irritate me.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 14 October 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
"Am I High" is top 5 for me.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 October 2012 07:05 (eleven years ago) link
looking over the discography in chronological order i kind of re-lived what a heartbreaking fall-off late 2003/2004 was. "Change Clothes" was a real shark jump moment.
― some dude, Sunday, 14 October 2012 11:19 (eleven years ago) link
here's some food for thought, the top 25 biggest Neptunes hits on the Hot 100:
1. Nelly - "Hot In Herre"2. Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" 3. Snoop Dogg f/ Pharrell - "Drop It Like It's Hot" 4. Ludacris f/ Pharrell - "Money Maker" 5. Kelis - "Milkshake" 6. Usher - "U Don't Have To Call" 7. LL Cool J f/ Marc Dorsey - "Luv U Better" 8. Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body" 9. N Sync - "Girlfriend" 10. Pharrell f/ Jay-Z - "Frontin'" 11. Snoop Dogg f/ Pharrell and Charlie Wilson - "Beautiful" 12. Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up" 13. Jay-Z f/ Pharrell - "Excuse Me Miss" 14. Mase f/ Puff Daddy - "Lookin' At Me" 15. N.O.R.E. f/ Pharrell - "Nothin'" 16. Jay-Z f/ Pharrell - "Change Clothes" 17. Jay-Z - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" 18. Justin Timberlake f/ Clipse - "Like I Love You" 19. Busta Rhymes f/ P. Diddy and Pharrell - "Pass The Courvoisier, Part II" 20. Mystikal f/ Pharrell - "Shake Ya Ass" 21. No Doubt - "Hella Good" 22. Mystikal f/ Nivea - "Danger (Been So Long)" 23. Clipse - "When The Last Time" 24. Ludacris - "Southern Hospitality" 25. Britney Spears - "I'm A Slave 4 U"
― some dude, Sunday, 14 October 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude, Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:19 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^^^^^^
― Tim F, Sunday, 14 October 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link