The Neptunes - classic or dud?

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I've always liked them, but what makes them classic? They produced "Rump Shaker"! Or at least that's what I've read. They've been around longer than I thought.. yikes.

― Bobby Gray, Sunday, 24 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

they're ok. they dont make my dick hard or anything. they're pretty stupid and pretentious when they comment on society and politics. i give them a 5 on my funk-o-meter.

― chaki, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

i think the neptues does a good deed to the hip hop world out there, p.diddy's song "diddy" would be hopeless without the vocals,and jayz too even rayj's song wait a miute peace out signed by a bbbiiiiiggggggggggg ja rule fan

― natesha rowe, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I've always liked them, but what makes them classic?

They produced "Rump Shaker"!

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The Neptunes are the phatest producers in music. Sure, their beats are all similar and predictable, but who cares? You can listen to them over and over again without getting tired of them. It's come to a point that an album becomes twice as good just because of a single Neptunes beat. Neptunes are classics and they are here to stay. Keep it up Pharrell and Chad.

― James Wilson, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

It's time and the right time has come 4 them 2 do what they have got 2 do! The NEPS. be blow'n my mind with all there good stuff! It's a whole new world, can't be compared with noth'n "classic or dud".It's like things U like... ,U like it ...U want it...U buy it... ,"untill"...U C someth'n ELSE 'till that time your happy2behappy I personally respect theyre whole 'doin'...'smart guy's...they do what they do and everybody starts askin questions start think'n that's what makes it different ... Cuz there izz something 2 search 4... they have my respect.ciau..

― Ryan Ashley Sariman, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

True, theyve done alot of good stuff, but i dont think they did "rump shaker"! I would assume that one was produced by teddy riley since he was in the song, not to mention theyve only been around for about 5 years (thats what their site said). Any ways i heard their preview on the website and thought it was pretty dope, but wondered if anyone knew where i could download the album? i know there are two different versions, the original and then they re-did it with live instruments, and i wouldnt mind hearing both. Anyways "holla back" (another song they produced)

― Jack Black, Wednesday, 6 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Teddy Riley produced "Rump Shaker", but one of the 'Tunes wrote one of the raps. They might've had a hand in producing it as well, as they were proteges of his, but it was billed as Teddy Riley.

― Keiko, Wednesday, 6 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

ok, the new version of In Search Of is finally about to come out, and i've read a few reviews, but i don't think i've yet heard anything from anyone who's heard both versions and has given a fair comparison of whether it's an improvement, travesty, minor adjustment, or what? anyone? i'm a little psyched to be able to finally buy it, but a little daunted by the prospect of hearing their tracks sans that lovely Casio guitar sound.

― al, Wednesday, 6 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

No samples from original artists ! Now thats worth listening to. Being a Dj for 14 years I think ive heard it all ! Artists or Producers sampling everything from M.O.P. sampling Foreigner's Cold As Ice, to Mary J. Blige sampling Elton Johns & Billy Joel's Benny & the Jets. So far The Neptunes are on the right path. Keep up the good work !

Show Style Productions San Francisco CA.

― DJ BRAN, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The new album is well worth the time. I believe the trax are identical in order. Nothing new, but since the instruments are in there, the songs get a new richness that you can't really imagine without hearing it first hand. At first spin, Lapdance seems to be identical, but the more you get into it, it feels like you're in the studio with them... tight.

― Andy Man, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

There's a part in N'Sync's "Girlfriend" that sounds almost directly lifted from NERD's own "Stay Together". Nonetheless, the song's quite appealing, if a glaring example (along with what I've heard of "Wanderland") that it couldn't hurt if the Neps started coming up with a few new tricks. Like this real instrument stuff, perhaps.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The Neptunes are hot, yes! But why haven't I heard anyone mention Timbaland!!!! If the Neptunes are classic, then timbaland must be double, even triple classic. Anyway, I just wanted to remind everyone that although the Neptunes might be good, they're still a step behind Timbaland. Peace!!!!

― , Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I believe I read the "Rump Shaker" bit on www.n-e-r-d.com, though I can't find it on there now.. looks like they removed a lot from the bio page. I do remember checking the page multiple times to make sure I was reading it correctly.

― Bobby D. Gray, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I've given the new version a cursory audition, but the songs are virtually identical so despite the live instrumentation ya really have to listen to hear anything different if you see what I mean. It's a total joke they had to remake it in the first place but i was hoping that they might take the opportunity to really do something crazy on other ppl's turf so to speak and silence the "only one sound" naysayers, however wrong they might be. Alas, on first impressions no, same songs.

For me the appeal of the neptunes isn't so much a Timba style futureshock but that awkwardness and lack of polish... i guess it's their NERDiness: like Roots Manuva, tiptoeing the fine line of being afraid and being happy to be a dork. Repeating that sound is all a part of that, never feeling the need to be the best. But live instruments just gave them a soul draining MOR professional everydayness, and worse the pretension of SOUL...* The songs are still i dunno, catchy, but they've lost all in them that charmed me.

I read somewhere they said "neptunes is what we do, NERD is who we are". so far the NERD remake is neither, just some exec's idea of a "black rock" fad. Does it have to sound like rock to be rock? or for that matter hiphop? Look at Can Ox...

― Bob Zemko, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I disagree completely. I found the new version to be different in as much as it gives a live feel to all the songs, and plays up the rock side a lot more. Sure the tunes are all the same, and for the most part so are the arrangements (though there are some nice new instrumental touches to be found), but its a different vibe altogether. If anything, a more raw one. Some of the songs sound better on the new version (generally the more mellow ones), some of them don't. Now I want a mastermix containing the best of both worlds heh heh

Also, they were excellent on Letterman the other night, completely kicked ass. Classic all the way baby.

― Ben Williams, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well I think that the neptunes are one of the greatest producers today. Their unique style of beats are very rare in the hip hop industry. I listen to them everyday and can´t wait to get a new song that is produced by them. It´s cool how they combine hip hop and rock, but it does not sound like the main crossover thing. NEPTUNES forever, whereever, whenever. Peace

― Cueneyt Guerkan, Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

hi! am dj skeez i from paris i made a cd spécial the neptunes if you want to know more abou it step to comingsound-inc.com if you have some joints from them hook me up!!!!!! 1 - Intro - Dj Skeez - 2 - Thugmania - Mussulini 'N' Maze feat. CNN 3 - I don't know - Usher feat. P. Diddy 4 - What it is - Busta Rhymes feat. Kelis 5 - If you think I'm jiggy - The lox 6 - Wait a minute - Ray J feat. Lil' Kim 7 - I'm serious - TI feat. Beenie Man 8 - Superthug - Noreaga 9 - Southern Hospitality - Ludacris 10 - Knock yourself out - Jadakiss 11 - Cross the border - Philly's most wanted 12 - Caught out there - Kelis 13 - Been so long - Mystikal 14 - Just wanna love you - Jay Z 15 - What's that sound - Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz 16 - Please don't mind - Philly's most wanted 17 - There she goes - Babyface 18 - Best you can - Tha liks 19 - Grimey - Noreaga

― kalvin stark, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I love the neptunes. I've been listening to them since the first track i heard from them, jiggy remix(the lox) they keep you listeing. Stop hatin' them for making a cupla dollars. "Holla back young'ns",whoop, whoop.

― jon combs, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Basically, Neptunes produced tunes strike the same chord in folks that Teddy Riley, Marcus Miller and George Duke do! All of these people have a healthy dose of "the blues" coursing through their veins, which they use to re-invigorate the ailing music industry ;-)

If you made a CD with tunes like "No-diggity" (which is really just a modern "down south, front-porch hoedown", sans the washboard, of course), "U Don't Have To Call", "I Gotcha Money", etc., you'd see that they all have very sparse instrumentation, but you can "feel" them immediately, if you know what I mean. Kind of like the same way you can "feel" a gospel chorus :-) But if you want to "feel" the "In Search Of.." joint, you're going to have to dig out your (or your parent's) old Grand Funk Railroad albums and listen to "Funk 49", or Todd Rundgren's "Time Heals the Wounds" on the Healer album, or even Steely Dan's Aja. Why? Because, as musicians (as opposed to producers) this is what inspired (or inspires) these guys. If "In Search Of .." ends up being a commercial and critical flop, it's because people cannot fathom how someone that wrote the groove for "Shake 'Yo Ass" could possibly be inspired by a tune like "Babylon Sista" (by Steely Dan)!

However, I do agree that it is time to "retire the jersey" for the "trademark" kick drum pattern ;-)

― woo10, Monday, 8 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

The Neptunes also first caught my ear with SuperThug too (check my Noreaga review on the411online.com). However, now that I look back, they've been involved in tons of other projects. It's scary to think they've been around since Rumpshaker (all i wanna do is zoom-a-zoom- zoom-zoom in a boom-boom). I've been listening to the NERD cd for about 2 months now, and its the best thing I've heard in 2002. I had heard from many heads that it wasn't very good, and I scooped it at Virgin Records for only $7.99, which is half of what we normally pay for a cd in the States. Musically, the cd is like nothing I've ever heard. You can tell there are a ton of influences on the disc, most of them good. What the Neptunes lack in lyrics and vocals, they more than make up for in hooks, beats and production in general. The two were on WGCI radio here in Chicago tonight and they were saying that the album is more like a sound track for life than a typical hip-hop album. I actually even called in and asked them a few questions about the album. I asked them if that drum beat on "Tape You" was lifted from the "Miami Vice" theme song by Jan Hammer. They said that it was inspired by some Phil Collins stuff, and that its one of those beats that makes you want to air drum. I just laughed because thats exactly what I do when I hear that fast drum break.

― cvere, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

" There is no other producer with as nearly as many hits made as the Neptunes. "

Give me a break - Phil Spector, Smokey Robinson, George Martin (maybe), Nile Rodgers, Arthur Baker, Prince, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Teddy Riley, Dr. Dre, Missy & Timbaland, and, oh yeah, Quincy Jones.

― J Blount, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hey, that's a great story! Next step -- bringing in air guitaring. Or did OutKast already cover that? ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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― The Actual Mr. Jones, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

three weeks pass...

This is less of an answer and more of a response/comment to that written by wooten_michael@hotmail.com. I couldn't agree with you more when talking about NERD's obvious influences, however I feel that you missed mentioning Earth Wind & Fire, the band that I feel that NERD's sound greatly resembles, obviously with the exceptions of there more Neptunes sounding song like lapdance, rockstar & truth or Dare. Adressing the original question, wether neptunes are classic or dull, who cares, they produce beats that people can dance to when it comes to the neptunes they are not out to be groundbreaking, they are out to make fun beats that people can enjoy. In My opinion they should keep doing what they are doing, any one who can get me to ignore ms. Spears annoying voice and mindless lyrics, and get me to dance and to one of her songs is ok by me.

― Nick Desjardins, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yo for ALL my Nep-FAN-tunes,Can anybody send me a list with ALL the beats the Neps produced?I know they did Mase's 'Looking at me 'so they are around for a cup of years..

― Shami Zafar, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Neptunes didn't produce "Rump Shaker." Teddy produced it. Pharrell wrote Teddy's verse on it. That's how they got started

― Glen Perkins, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Neptunes are HOT! Whoever had something negative to say is just upset because they can't dance to the beats or they were nerds in school and have not did a 360 like Pharell and Lee Harvey. If the Neptunes weren't producing for 1/2 of the music industry what would we be listening and dancing too? They have been around a long time and deserve all good things that come there way! As far as all the critics who say they were inspired by "this show" or "another artists song", all music is inspired by something or someone and if they had any sense of knowledge they would know that! Neptunes are literally "The Shit................................!"

― WestCoastShorty, Monday, 1 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Neptunes are brilliant, from there hip/hop music such as Fabulous - Holla Back (WOO WOO) to bein' able to change their style to work with such vocalists like babyface in his tunes 'there she goes' and the supreme 'stressed out'. There music is refreshing to the scene as they don't fear to experiment with new sounds.

― G, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I know I already answered this, but between that post and this one, I had a period where I would have said no, not classic. Not a dud, but not classic.

Now, I say:

Classic.. I've always liked them, but I was beginning to think they were getting a little stale. The new Nelly, Nore, and Clipse singles prove me wrong. They change it up just enough to keep me hooked all the time.

― Bobby D. Gray, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Whats up evrybody. Big neptunes fan here. They just keep that hot shit comin! Was wonderin if anyone had a list of all neptunes beats? If so send them to me.

― Mr. T, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

the neptunes did produce Rump Shaker...but being young, naive teens the guys didn't know about the business side of music and Teddy took credit for the song...they probably won't admit to that but its a fact

― j rob, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

one more thing...in rump shaker there is a saxophone sample...well guess who played sax in school...not teddy riley

― j rob, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I only understood why I so dislike this annoyingly catchy record when I realized the name isn't an acronym. They call themselves N.E.R.D. because nerds is what they are—nerds at their worst. Sure they're clever, but they're also as shallow as Britney Spears, who I swear they're dumb enough to want to fuck, and all they know about the world is that they deserve to run it because they're clever. Ben Folds is Richard Rorty by comparison, and though I prefer their beats to Dre's beats, once again said beats fail to render the accompanying fantasies (and realities) of sexual domination palatable (or clever) (and I'm not so sure about sexual). The final blow is this American re-recording, which substitutes live instruments for the infernal machines of the U.K. version even though the studio is the only thing they've understood deeply in their short little lives. B MINUS - Robt. Xgau

It IS an acronym. Also it is a great record. Rob, you nut.

― Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

A friend of mine came up wqith a list. I don't know if he made it himself but it's a list of songs produced by the neptunes. I hope you guys like it.

504 Boyz feat. Terrar -> "D'Game" feat. Silkk Da Shocker -> "Da Game (Remix)

112 feat. Ludacris -> "Peaches And Cream (Remix)"

All Saints feat. Chad Hugo -> "Black Coffee (Remix)"

Backstreet Boys feat. Clipse -> "The Call (Remix)"

Babyface -> "Intro" -> "Loud Wit It" -> "Don't Touch Me" -> "U Make Me" -> "There She Goes (pt.1&2)" -> "Love U Always" -> "Stress Out" -> "It Will Work Out"

Beenie Man -> "Art & Life" feat. Mya -> "Girls Dem Sugar" feat. Kelis -> "Jamaica Way" * -> "Ola"

Eric Benet feat. Terrar -> "Love Don't Love (Remix)"

Ben Harper -> "Steal My Kisses (Remix)"

Blackstreet feat. Tammy Lucas -> "Tonight's The Night"

Mary J. Blidge -> "Steal Away"

Black Thought - ?

Brand Nubian -> "Don't Let it Go To Your Head (Remix)"

Brandy -> "Save The Babies"

Busta Rhymes feat. Kelis -> "What It Is" * feat. Kelis & The Flipmode Squad -> "What It Is (Part 2)" -> "As I Come Back"

Clipse -> "The Funeral" -> "Lord Willin'" -> "Got Caught Dealin'" -> "Power" -> "We Get Money" -> "Guns N Roses" -> "Street Tax"

Cole -> "I Can Do Too (Remix)"

Cuban Link feat. Tony Sunshine -> "Still Telling Lies"

Daft Punk -> "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Remix)"

Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction) -> "Glory"

Fabolous -> "Young'N"

Foxy Brown feat. Kelis -> "Candy" -> "Gangsta Boogie"

Guru feat. Kelis -> "Supa Love" feat. Macy Gray -> "All I Said"

Half A Mil -> "Thug Ones"

Harlem World -> "One Big Fiesta" -> "Not The Kids"

Ice Cube -> "In The Midnight Hour"

Janet Jackson -> "Who"

Jadakiss feat. Pharrell Williams -> "Knock Yourself Out" *

Jay-Z feat. Pharrell Williams -> "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It To Me)" * -> "Tha Real" -> "Jigga Man Ya Heard"

Kelis -> "Kaleidoscope LP" -> "Wandaland LP"

Kenna -> "New Sacred Cow"

Kid Rock -> "Cowboy (Remix)"

Krayzie Bone feat. Kelis -> "I Don't Know What"

Latrelle -> "Dirty Girl"

Lil' Kim feat. Snoop Dogg -> "How Many Licks (Remix)"

LL Cool J -> "The Ripper Strikes Back" -> "Planet Neptune"

Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz -> "What's That Sound"

Ludacris -> "Southern Hospitality" * feat. LL Cool J & Keith Murray -> "Fatty Girl"

Angie Martinez feat. Q-Tip -> "Dem Thangz"

Mase feat. Puff Daddy -> "Looking At Me" feat. Musalini -> "Thugmania"

Maxi Priest feat. Beenie Man -> "Mary's Got A Baby (Remix)"

Brian McKnight -> "I Wish It Would Rain Down"

Mc Lyte feat. Space Nine -> "Closer" -> "I Can't Make A Mistake" feat. Gina Thompson -> "It's All Yours"

Mike E -> 5 tracks ??

Musaliny-N-Maze -> "Thug Mania"

Mystikal -> "Shake Ya Ass" feat. Nivea -> "Danger (Been So Long)" -> "Jump" feat. Latrelle -> "Family"

N-E-R-D -> "In Search Of..." (Album)

Nivea -> "You're Not Around"

No Doubt -> "Give A Little Love" -> "Hella Good" -> "In My Head"

Noreaga feat. Tammy Lucas -> "Superthug" feat. Kelis -> "Cocaine Business (Hysteria)" -> "Oh No" -> "Oh No (Remix)" feat. Pharrell Williams -> "Grimey" feat. Mussolini, Kool G Rap -> "Thug Ones"

N*Sync -> "Girlfriend"

Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis -> "Got Your Money" feat. Chris Rock -> "Recognize" -> "Cold Blooded"

P. Diddy -> "D-I-D-D-Y"

Philly's Most Wanted -> "Radikal" -> "Suckas" -> "Pretty Tony" -> "Please Don't Mind" -> "Philly Celebrities" -> "Ladies Choice" -> "The Question" -> "Cross The Boarder" feat. Pharrell Williams -> "Dream Car (Do You Wanna Ride)" -> "Suckas Pt. 2 (For Da Gangsta's)" * feat. The Clipse -> "Street Tax" * feat. Terrar & Fabolous -> "Cross The Boarder (J.B.M. Remix)" * feat. Ray J -> "Blaze It Out" -> "Thriller 2000"

Prince feat. Q-Tip -> "The Greatest Romance... (Remix)"

Ray J feat. Lil' Kim -> "Wait A Minute" * feat. Pharrell Williams -> "Formal Invite" * feat. Shorty Mack -> "Out Tha Ghetto" *

Redman ft. ODB -> "Let's Get Dirty (Remix)"

Royce Da 5'9" feat. Eminem -> "The One" * -> "You Can't Touch Me"

Sade -> "By Your Side (Remix)"

Shea Segar -> "Clutch (Remix)" feat. Pharrell Williams -> "Blind Situation"

Shyne -> "Nigga's Gon Die"

Britney Spears -> "I'm A Slave 4 U"

Angie Stone feat. Terrar -> "Everyday (Remix)"

SWV -> "Use Your Heart" -> "When This Feeling"

Tarel Hicks -> "How Can I Get Over You"

Tha Liks feat. Pharrell Williams -> "Best U Can" *

The Lox -> "You Think I'm Jiggy (Remix)"

TIP feat. Beenie Man -> "I'm Serious" *

Total -> "When Boy Meets Girl"

Usher feat. P. Diddy -> "I Don't Know" -> "U Don't Have To Call"

Hikaru Utada feat. Foxy Brown -> "Blow My Whistle" *

OTHER APPEARENCES: _ SWV -> "Right Here (Human Nature Remix)" = back up voices by Pharrell _ Jay-Z -> "The City Is Mine" = Chad plays sax

― Mic, Sunday, 14 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Neptunes are straight gay. All the beats sound the same. The best producers out there are: 1. Dr.Dre 2. Timbaland and 3. Swizz Beats

― Carlo Sawabe, Saturday, 20 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"straight gay" = funniest insult EVAH

― John Darnielle, Saturday, 20 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's a beaut. Oh yes.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Pharrell and Shay's 10 perfect songs (as printed in Les Inrockuptibles):

The Clipse - Grindin'
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
Stevie Wonder - Livin' for the City
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark
Stereolab - The Flower Called Nowhere ("best fellatio music ever" said Pharrell on Dutch TV documentary last year!)
Neil Young - Old Man
A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints
Roy Ayers - Sunshine
Steely Dan - Any Major Dude Will Tell You

― Jeff W, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I only know four of that ten (2, 3, 4, and 8), but they are such blinders and The Neptunes such genius that I might have to investigate the rest. There's a good article about them in this week's Independent On Sunday, touching on the two versions of the N*E*R*D album - apparently those of us with the first non-rockin' version have "something personal, a rarity". I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I'm stupid enough to have both, but you should really get Kelis' debut "Kaleidoscope" first, everything they've done since is spread like Marmite on this album.

― Mike Ratford, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

can i just bring to attention the allmusic review of NERD.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B9j2vad1ki8w6

possibly the most lame thing i have ever read in my life. "Paul Clifford" = you are a muppet.

― Bob Zemko, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah, it's actually quite surprising how their sonic borders have actually shrunk post-'Kaleidoscope' to a much more basic blueprint. In some ways that's been very fruitful - they've really honed their funk influences, for one - but it's odd that they've avoided doing tracks with the sensitivity and melodrama of "Get Along With You" or the eerie disquiet of "Mafia". Would that be too pop for them now? Too anonymous?

― Tim, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

two weeks pass...

The neptunes are the best producers ever, they create that energetic sound. My favourite tune is southern hospitality. That has a cool beat. Pharell is doing a great job out dere working with stars such as britney, ludacris, kelis,. Lovin that shit man. Guys you have to visit the UK again and check out our shit. PEACE.

― Andrew Bookal, london, UK, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I prefer their producing. Especially ODB's Nigga Please. The entire record sounds like it's pasted together fragments of random recordings of Dirty's crazy ramblings. Weird as shit. "I'm the cuntbreath asshole eater- and when I physically eat it, it only gets (buuuuuurp)" actual quote. The Syd Barret of hip-hop.

― paul b, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

three months pass...

I'm v. late on this, but I just got the NERD album used a couple of weeks ago. I'm guessing I have the American release of it -- it's a promo w/ a 2001 copyright, but it sounds like it has to be the "rock" version. How can I tell for sure?

Anyway, after all the ink spilled, I have to say I was very surprised how boring this record is. It sounds VERY Grand Royal to me, all lazy '70s funk references and half-formed songs. Isn't "Rockstar" totally "So Whatcha Want"? Weird to say, but it reminds me most of Russell Simims' solo album, only not quite as good. It also has the GR thing where it seems like the primary theme of the record is "let's talk about how cool we are", with almost no substance otherwise. Love "Lapdance," "Rockstar" is fair, but beyond that, dullsville. Is this really going to turn up on some Best of lists?

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 5 December 2002 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Answer me.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 5 December 2002 15:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've got conflicting opinions on the NERD album.

On the one hand, I love to listen to it, and it sounds really great.

On the other hand, the lyrics really annoy the fuck out of me, if I actually pay attention to them. Total garbage.

Of course, like I said, I really like the album. Totally conflicted.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 5 December 2002 16:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

I actually think the lyrics are one of the best parts!

Relax, girl
Sip some of my Slurpee
You don't have to lie to me
It's fly to me

Just simple stuff like that. It's not fancy but it's perfect. 'Provider,' 'Bobby James,' 'Baby Doll,' the rest! Everything other than the rapping bits from the Shay guy are great. It's perfect. I mean, what kind of lyrics do you want!

It's a classic album. Straight up and down. You can't defeat it this year. You really can't. That's just how it is. Pharrell will murder you in your sleep. He will cut your throat It's an undeniable classic. It cannot be denied.

― d k (d k), Thursday, 5 December 2002 18:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hmm...yeah, I can see the lyrics being light & fun (aside from the political commentary of "Lapdance", of course), so no big deal there. But musically, what makes In Search of... better than The In Sound from Way Out?

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 5 December 2002 19:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

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"i'm serious" just missed the cut too! Definitely room for a Volume 2!

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link

I think what pains me the most is to leave off my beloved "Lapdance" since it doesn't really flow with the vibe of the others

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:40 (twelve years ago) link

haha i was just about to post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gul0ZDtnGzI

― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:42 (twelve years ago) link

"like a boss"

also you already have a lot of busta but "what it is" is my favorite besides "light your ass on fire"

― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:43 (twelve years ago) link

also "flap ya wings" by nelly is one of their dopest beats imo

― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:43 (twelve years ago) link

this is a hella obscure one but i always loved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhNBKXChVM

― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:44 (twelve years ago) link

"Like A Boss" was 2005 and I think "Drop It's Like It's Hot" is universally known as the end of the Neptunes era. Had I extended it, there would have been room for "Like A Boss" and "Mr. Me Too" I guess?

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:45 (twelve years ago) link

I think "Drop It's Like It's Hot" is universally known as the end of the Neptunes era

i want to argue this but i also think maybe i just don't want seven years to have passed

― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:47 (twelve years ago) link

drop it like its hot seemed like new era neps to me & i dont really associate it w/ the early run

― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:47 (twelve years ago) link

the approach was more delicate at that pt

― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:47 (twelve years ago) link

challops but this beat is better than "drop it like it's hot" imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8uxIHQhVqQ

... okay maybe not better, but it's very dope

― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:48 (twelve years ago) link

fuck i should really include "Flap Your Wings"

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:48 (twelve years ago) link

i agree p much w/ deej

i would take drop it like it's hot out

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:48 (twelve years ago) link

also the "drop it like it's hot remix" >>>>> o.g.

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:49 (twelve years ago) link

the hissing drone in "Drop It Like It's Hot" is v much in tune with the whine aesthetic

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link

and "like a boss" was released in '04 according to google:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31AV58aFs4L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

album was '05

― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:52 (twelve years ago) link

i think these problems can only be solved with a Vol. 2. Thanks for ruining my weekend, y'all...

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:53 (twelve years ago) link

I think a 05-present Neps comp would be a lot more interesting... obviously their output is a lot spottier, but I think the high points might actually be better than their peak era.

― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:55 (twelve years ago) link

it would be like Mr. Me Too and that Teriyaki Boys song and then me groaning in agony for 62 minutes

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:57 (twelve years ago) link

I think a 05-present Neps comp would be a lot more inte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzh9RzYyWpg

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:59 (twelve years ago) link

lol

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link

for real tho any neptunes mixtape w/o "girls dem sugar" can suck my dick

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 August 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link

"lol zing" but Pharrell didn't even produce that

― my own private kanyes west (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 21 August 2011 06:03 (twelve years ago) link

sorry...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Bjzaka6yA

― Lil Boosie's on the Up (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 21 August 2011 06:04 (twelve years ago) link

Anything I'm totally missing, goons?

Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway

― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 21 August 2011 06:35 (twelve years ago) link

!!!!

We all for got about "Got Yr Money"

― Tim F, Sunday, 21 August 2011 07:00 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8KrpLzvu1s

― r|t|c, Sunday, 21 August 2011 09:13 (twelve years ago) link

i'd pick "danger (been so long)" over both "shake ya ass" and "bouncin back" (not that those aren't classics too)

― lex pretend, Sunday, 21 August 2011 09:32 (twelve years ago) link

t.i. ft. beenie man - i'm serious

― lex pretend, Sunday, 21 August 2011 09:33 (twelve years ago) link

girls dem sugar is totes essential

shake ya ass is vol 2 or 3, fourth quarter material

― Circlesquare du Soleil (sic), Sunday, 21 August 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link

Plus "When The Last Time" > "Grindin'" any day

Equally essential imo... These are both in their top 10 .. along with La-La-La

― billstevejim, Sunday, 21 August 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link

also wtf smh at the 2 mentions of "Flap Your Wings" .. the thread I started on that song when it was new is pretty much all people saying how boring it is

― billstevejim, Sunday, 21 August 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link

If this matters to anyone, I put these on a "best of the 2000's" spotify playlist a few days ago..
Grindin
Things Are Getting Better
La-La-La
Nothin' Else
When The Last Time
Run To The Sun
Like I Love You
Bouncin' Back
Stay Together

and these were on a separate "2000's guilty pleasures" playlist...
Girlfriend
Flap Your Wings
Hollaback Girl
I'm A Slave 4 U

And "Can't Stop Won't Stop" isn't on spotify.

― billstevejim, Sunday, 21 August 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link

shake ya ass > bumpin me against the wall > danger imo

― dizzy gillespie plays a sax/ me, myself, i love to (max) (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 August 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link

underrated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNZo1pzr89A

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 August 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link

'Im a slave 4 u' is so sick

― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link

twelve years pass...

“We are so not back”

https://www.stereogum.com/2257698/pharrell-williams-chad-hugo-battling-over-neptunes-name-rights-in-court/news/

― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 1 April 2024 21:04 (two weeks ago) link

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