Pharrell
Williams
Album: In My Mind
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Label: Star
Trak
The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams’ highly anticipated debut album "In My
Mind," which was set for a December 13 release is now set for a July
2006 release via Star Trak/Interscope.
The album features guest appearances form Jay-Z, Daddy Yankee, Gwen Stefani and Star Trak artists Slim Thug and Vanessa Marquez.
The album is said to have seven hip-hop tracks and seven more R&B styled tracks.
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Review:
A sort of King Midas of the US pop firmament, as one half of hit-making cartel
The Neptunes and a founding member of NERD, Pharrell Williams boasts a remarkable
track record. Roughly one half hip-hop and one half R&B, In My Mind follows
the magic formula that’s seen Williams reinvigorate the careers of everyone
from Britney and *NSYNC to Snoop Dogg and Nelly, drawing on music styles as
disparate as metal and reggaeton and shaping them together with adventurous
effect.
In particular,
the marching-band rhythms of "Keep It Playa" and the booming, atonal
space-funk of "Can I Have It Like That" - featuring a brief cameo
by Gwen Stefani - are startling examples of Williams’ production wizardry.
As an album, it’s not without its flaws: "Our Father" might
wash with the God-fearing hip-hop fraternity, but more cynical audiences might
balk at the Williams’ assertion that "Jesus is my playa"; meanwhile
a duet with Jay-Z, "Young Girls", shows up the occasional weaknesses
of his flow. No matter, though – you’ll buy this for the productions,
and without exception, they gleam.
| Tracklisting:
1. Can I Have It Like That - Gwen Stefani 2. How Does It Feel? 3. Raspy Shit 4. Best Friend 5. You Can Do It Too 6. Keep It Playa - Slim Thug 7. That Girl - Snoop Dogg 8. Angel 9. Young Girl/I Really Like You - Jay-Z, , 10. Take It Off (Dim the Lights) 11. Stay with Me 12. Baby 13. Our Father 14. Number One - Kanye West 15. Show You How to Hustle |
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