The Neptunes - classic or dud?

haha i was just about to post

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

"like a boss"

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

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

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

"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?

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

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

the approach was more delicate at that pt

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

fuck i should really include "Flap Your Wings"

i agree p much w/ deej

i would take drop it like it's hot out

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

lol

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

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

sorry...

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

Anything I'm totally missing, goons?

Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway

!!!!

We all for got about "Got Yr Money"

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

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

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

girls dem sugar is totes essential

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

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

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

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

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.

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

underrated

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

'Im a slave 4 u' is so sick

“We are so not back”

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