Rihanna’s ‘Rated R’, Birdman’s ‘Priceless’ and Kid Sister’s ‘Ultraviolet‘ all leaked this week and as y’all have already noticed, none of The Neptunes produced tracks ended up on those releases.
Kid Sister – Ultraviolet (2009) Kid Sister explains why The Neptunes didn’t make it on her debut album. “This album is a body of work. Those tracks didn’t come together in time for us to incorporate them into this album. Think about a family album… You’re paging through a scrapbook, you need some cohesiveness. They weren’t quite there yet, but there’s promise,” said the 28-year-old, born Melisa Young. But make no mistake about it. Those songs will likely be heard somewhere down the line. “When I saw Pharrell, he was like, ‘I’m so behind you,’ so I’m sure that’s not the end of those tracks. They’re going to find a different home somewhere, maybe a commercial.”
Birdman – Priceless (2009) And obviously The Neptunes didn’t make it on the Birdman album because according to several sites Birdman had the mixtape tune ‘Champion‘ on his album listed, which already leaked from a Birdman mixtape but that tune couldn’t get it on Priceless because that was a Clipse tune from the beginning, off Clipse’s upcoming album ‘Til The Casket Drops‘ Due December 8th. But how come that tune leaked with Birdman on it? Well, I guess Birdman got the actual Clipse tune and just spitted over it for his mixtape with adding Mack Maine on it and leaving Pharrell on the hook, but according to the Til The Casket Drops Snippets, the Champion tune has been changed a bit from what we’ve heard before. That’s not the first time that an actual album tune made it on a mixtape way before its release date by a different artist, remember B. G. – ‘Bout To Blow feat. Pharrell from 2007, well yeah, same stuff happened to that tune, B. G. somehow got that Nelly tune and spitted over the tune then I removed the dj from the mixtape and people thought its a B. G. tune off his upcoming album, then people actually complained why Nelly stole B.G.’s tune when Nelly’s album came out lol. At the end Birdman never worked with The Neptunes for his ‘Priceless‘ album.
Rihanna – Rated R (2009) And about Rihanna, i don’t know about that but The Neptunes probably didn’t fit in the Pop Album concept.
Second night of the Boot Camp…the Guru sings a motivational song to get Kenna and Lupe in the right mindset for the climb. Not sure if it got through to them…
The resilient spirit of the Thornton Brothers has helped to sustain The Clipse movement towards greatness. While snatching similes and pushing metaphors, The Clipse have always represented unadulterated Hip-Hop. Lord Willin’ and Hell Hath No Fury are the foundation upon which they are erecting their lyrical longevity. Constructing audible landscapes built on captivating beats, The Clipse has chronicled everything from dealing to dissatisfaction. With the December 8th release of Til The Casket Drops, they begin to share their delight.
Staying busy amid an extensive promotional tour, The Clipse grants Yo! Raps an in depth interview in which they discuss everything from their Hip-Hop beginnings to their health care. Til The Casket Drops is coming in December and Malice is in the process of penning his book, Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind and Naked. Even though their schedule is hectic The Clipse appreciates and will always take out time for their fans.
Yo!Raps: Thinking back, do y’all recall when you truly believed that you could transform your passion for emceeing into a substantial profession? Malice: We’ve always been fans of Hip-Hop. Around that time [late 1990s] – with Pharrell and Chad, being from Virginia, and with Teddy Riley coming to Virginia – those dudes let us see that it was tangible. We would always make demos at Chad’s house. We’d make the demo, he’d listen to it and he’d chop it. It gave us a lot of hope that this thing could really go down; because, the music was dope. The lyrics were dope, you know, it was better than a lot of the stuff that was out at the time. So, we really believed that someday it would happen.
Y: Lord Willin’ and Hell Hath No Fury are both regarded as classic material. According to The Clipse, what constitutes a classic album? P: Honestly, a classic album is when the beats and the rhymes match so well, that the fans and everybody who listens to it, actually feels like they’re in the album with you. We definitely try to reach out and make sure that everybody is touched when they hear it [our music]. If it doesn’t evoke any type of emotion in you, then nine times out of ten, it can’t be classic.
Here is a preview of the Brandy/Snoop Dogg collabo produced by The Neptunes from five years ago which was meant to get a release on the R&G album. The album cover reminds me of old Snoop Doggy Dogg back in the day, check out the full tracklist below.
Snoop Dogg – Special feat. Pharrell & Brandy (Snippet) Snoop Dogg – Malice N’ Wonderland (2009) (December 8th) 01 – Intro 02 – I Wanna Rock (Just Blaze) 03 – 2 Minute Warning feat. Raekwon & Bun B. (Pete Rock) 04 – 1800 feat. Swizz Beatz (Just Blaze) 05 – Different Languages feat. Jazmine Sullivan (Nottz) 06 – Gangsta Luv feat. The-Dream (Tricky Stewart) 07 – Pronto feat. Gucci Mane (Polow Da Don) 08 – That’s Tha Homie feat. Timbaland (Timbaland & Danja) 09 – Booties Automatic feat. Rihanna (Jonathan Rotem) 10 – Upside Down feat. Problem & Nipsey Hussle (Scoop DeVille) 11 – Secrets feat. Kokane (Battlecat) 12 – Pimpin Ain’t EZ feat. R. Kelly (Dr. Dre) 13 – Luv Drunk feat. The-Dream (Tricky Stewart) 14 – World Of A Gangsta (DJ Premier) 15 – Special feat. Pharrell & Brandy (The Neptunes) 16 – Outro
This black Ferrari Enzo is rumored to be owned by Pharrell Williams a 2003 Ferrari Enzo that is black on black with carbon fiber interior. The doors go up on this luxury exotic just like on current model Lamborghini’s and the V12 is nothing short of brilliant. There are only 400 of these cars produced worldwide and it is a collector car for sure. This particular Ferrari Enzo has very low milage too at under 1,000 miles. The Enzo was named after the founder of Ferrari : Enzo Ferrari. Arguably the only other Ferrari more extreme than this is the Ferrari FXX which is the successor of this super luxury exotic. Should have held on to this one Pharrell… Bidding is now at $950 k. The car is located at Formula One in Miami Florida.
You can now preview the whole Clipse album on Amazon.de with 30 seconds snippets. Order It Now!
Clipse – Til The Casket Drops (2009) (December 8th) 01 – Freedom (Sean C & LV) 02 – Popular Demand (Popeyes) feat. Pharrell & Cam’Ron (The Neptunes) 03 – Kinda Like A Big Deal feat. Kanye West (DJ Khalil) 04 – Showin’ Out feat. Pharrell & Yo Gotti (The Neptunes) 05 – I’m Good feat. Pharrell (The Neptunes) 06 – There Was A Murder (DJ Khalil) 07 – Door Man feat. Pharrell (The Neptunes) 08 – Never Will It Stop feat. Ab Liva (Sean C & LV) 09 – All Eyes On Me feat. Pharrell & Keri Hilson (The Neptunes) 10 – Counseling feat. Pharrell & Nicole Hurst (The Neptunes) 11 – Champion feat. Pharrell (The Neptunes) 12 – Footsteps feat. Kobe (DJ Khalil) 13 – Life Change feat. Pharrell & Kenna (The Neptunes)
The resilient spirit of the Thornton Brothers has helped to sustain The Clipse movement towards greatness. While snatching similes and pushing metaphors, The Clipse have always represented unadulterated Hip-Hop. Lord Willin’ and Hell Hath No Fury are the foundation upon which they are erecting their lyrical longevity. Constructing audible landscapes built on captivating beats, The Clipse has chronicled everything from dealing to dissatisfaction. With the December 8th release of Til The Casket Drops, they begin to share their delight.
