The Neptunes

Great moments, great stories, body in the trunk, banned from TV, the list goes on and on.

Oh No is one of the greatest Neptunes beats ever.

He also helped usher in the Neptunes into the game.

We...

If y'all seen the Lego Movie, the biopic about Pharrell's life, you would understand.

I can remember immediately...

I mean, first of all, once again, let's just talk about the Neptunes and how when they hit on a beat, it's like... like tier a plus plus plus beat right and that's the first thing on this is that this is a tier one beat this is also a tier one pharrell hook it's an awesome hook uh that he sings on this one so pharrell really knows how to sing a hook um buster rimes's manic energy works really well on this and he has very funny lyrics And I have to say, and this is not going to be a popular thing on a number of things, that as untalented as an MC, as Puffy is, it actually works on this because the spirit of what you're going for here, this sort of, I'm at a party and pass the Cavasier, which unfortunately probably is a little bit too similar to what a Diddy party was, which is why it probably works.

But his... his sort of like talk mc style does work on this track and so you put all the pieces together um and it's kind of undeniable this is like it's also got another once you get past the pharrell thing it's got like the jump jump part of it which is just like an anarchist like like breakdown of the chorus there's just a lot of things here that make this a really fun song to like play and bob your head to and yeah but it really as good as everything is like the combination of beat and hook you know when you talk about like best neptune's beats and hook combinations like this is right up at the front so uh it does it is weird because there's the edited version and then the other version and there is not i am not approved but there is a probably i mean an intense amount of the use of the n-word on this one which is a little bit disconcerting but that's my only quibble on this one but definitely a number one real high cash song

Yeah, I think I probably at this point heard the clean version more than the regular version.

"Up Jumps da Boogie" was one of the early decisive strikes that altered that perception.

I mean, when you think about it, it helped establish a regional collective, one that included Missy, Timbaland, Magoo, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo of The Neptunes, D'Angelo, Ginuwine, Skillz, Mad Skillz, as being the most progressive musical minds in the industry.

It proved that the sound from that area could dominate national charts without conforming to those outside standards.

They were creating their own identity.

But the other thing that made me, that stood out on this project.

So my first time was produced by the Neptunes.

And Can I Watch You was produced by Pharrell.

That's what made me realize these songs might be all, these might be from the first batch.

Like these might be from the, because the Neptunes are suing each other right now.

There's no way.

Let me not say there's no way they're working together.

So I think there are like five members of the group.

They've worked with, uh, producers like The Neptunes, Daft Punk actually, and one of the members is the founder of the popular Japanese streetwear brand A Bathing Ape, also known as BAPE.

That's pretty cool.

Uh, it's super cool.