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Beyoncé and Jay-Z were just two of the celebs to ring in Robin Thicke’s 33rd birthday in New York Wednesday at 1Oak in NYC following his sold-out show with Alicia Keys at Madison Square Garden. The crooner was joined by his dad Alan Thicke and friends including Beyoncé , Jay Z, Reggie Bush, Russell Simmons, music executive Andre Harrell and 1OAK owners Richie Akiva and Scott Sartiano, who toasted the singer as partygoers danced the night away to beats by DJ Sinatra.

The father of R&B crooner Robin Thicke - actor Alan Thicke - says that he is his son’s number one fan. He went on to claim that he didn’t pass on his musical skills to the singer, but he offered something else. Alan Thicke told the talk show Today: “I couldn’t teach him much about music, so I encouraged his hobbies. I’m a TV dad, I thought it was Sax Therapy and I thought this was duets with Kenny G, but no, everybody’s naked in the video. He added: “Robin Thicke is a great artist. Ordinarily when you’re getting your cuddle on, you wouldn’t want to hear your son’s voice. That’s usually the enemy of love. But in this case, it is romantic. It’s not like he’s singing, “Go daddy go!” It’s a mood setter.”

In Idolator’s recent interview with Robin Thicke, the smooth crooner talked about working with freaky Grammy winner Estelle on his Sex Therapy: The Session album. “I was on tour with Estelle while I was opening up for John Legend years ago,” he said. “And Estelle and I are very good friends and that was easy, she’s amazing.” Check out the video for their jam “Rollercoasta” below! That’s a fun clip, but the days of fashion, strobe lights and Robin chasing hot tail around house parties is about to come to an end—at least for a little bit.

He and wife Paula Patton have a baby on the way. When we asked if Robin’s dad Alan offered the singer any advice on being a father, he joked, “’Stop spending all my money!’ Save some money was his advice.”

Robin Thicke & Estelle – Rollercoasta (Video)

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Whoa now… y’all remember this beat ? That beat was made back in 2004 from Fam-Lay’s Traintogo session with Jadakiss on it but it seems like it went to Boo-Bonic’s solo album ‘Young, Rich & Famous’, The Neptunes gave Bonic three tunes, so this is one of the three tunes and possibly his lead single. ‘When we got signed to Atlantic there was the A&R his name was Rich. There was also this guy named Ashton Chambers who runs Ice Cream now, so he used to work for Nike so he had a connect with the Nike stuff so he gave it to Pharrell. I guess Pharrell was trying to sell beats to people at Atlantic at the time.

So he was going over there meeting with Ashton to, so we kind of met “Pharrell” at the place, and Rich was with us, and Rich already knew him, and he was like, “I want you to work with my guys,” and he heard us spit and we spit acapella for like 45 minutes over and over. And after that it was a wrap. What I’m doin’ now is “Young, Rich & Famous” my Solo Project. M.J. got a single with Swizz Beatz and I got a single with Pharrell. We both got all kinds of records with everybody out there, such as Cool & Dre. Pharrell gave me three new beats for my solo project. Basically, we goin’ come sideways at ‘em like that and wildstyle ‘em’

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Boo-Bonic – Mr. Treat Your Noce feat. Pharrell (06′)

Check out those new Moncler x Pharrell Fall/Winter Jackets printed by Keita Sugiura.

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Check out this nice Funky Jazz Version of The Neptunes’ produced tune Last Night by Justin Timberlake, thanks to Dre.

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Check out those new Moncler x Pharrell Fall/Winter Jackets printed by Keita Sugiura.
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Boo-Bonic – Mr. Treat Your Noce feat. Pharrell (06′)

Whoa now… y’all remember this beat ? That beat was made back in 2004 from Fam-Lay’s Traintogo session with Jadakiss on it but it seems like it went to Boo-Bonic’s solo album ‘Young, Rich & Famous’, The neptunes Gave Bonic Three tunes, so this is one of the Three tunes and possibly his lead single. ‘When we got signed to Atlantic there was the A&R his name was Rich. There was also this guy named Ashton Chambers who runs Ice Cream now, so he used to work for Nike so he had a connect with the Nike stuff so he gave it to Pharrell. I guess Pharrell was trying to sell beats to people at Atlantic at the time.

So he was going over there meeting with Ashton to, so we kind of met “Pharrell” at the place, and Rich was with us, and Rich already knew him, and he was like, “I want you to work with my guys,” and he heard us spit and we spit acapella for like 45 minutes over and over. And after that it was a wrap. What I’m doin’ now is “Young, Rich & Famous” my Solo Project. M.J. got a single with Swizz Beatz and I got a single with Pharrell. We both got all kinds of records with everybody out there, such as Cool & Dre. Pharrell gave me three new beats for my solo project. Basically, we goin’ come sideways at ‘em like that and wildstyle ‘em’

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Boo-Bonic – Mr. Treat Your Noce feat. Pharrell (06′)

Keihl’s has joined forces with Pharrell, Julian Moore, Jeff Koons and Malia Jones to raise awareness for Earth Day by having each of them design a label for their limited edition Acai Damage-Protecting Toning Mist which is scheduled to be released this April. Keihl’s is hoping to donate $200,000 to the Rainforest Alliance.

Kiehl’s is a premium American cosmetics brand retailer, founded in New York City’s East Village in 1851. It currently has stores worldwide and is owned since 2000 by the L’Oréal cosmetics group. Kiehl’s specializes in making premium skin, hair, and body care products, and its formulas utilize extensive herbal and pharmaceutical knowledge passed on through generations of manufacture.

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Stepping Out Of The Neptunes’ Shadow

For those seeking hip-hop that doesn’t adhere doggedly to a predefined schematic, there is a paucity of artists willing to breach their narrow topic boundaries and surprise the listener through deviation and morale juxtaposition. And then there is Clipse. Two brothers from Virginia Beach, Malice and Pusha T. (AKA Gene and Terrence Thornton) formed Clipse in the early Nineties as the East Coast sought to reaffirm its dominance over hip-hop’s sweaty sojourn in California. “When we first came out, it was all about New York – Virginia wasn’t really known for lyric driven hip-hop,” explains older sibling Malice, ahead of the release of Clipse’s third studio album ‘Till The Casket Drops’. “We couldn’t get near mixtapes that were being made in New York and if they did decide to put us on, they would stick us at the end where no one was checking.

We were treated like the runts of the litter and not allowed at the food. So we decided to stay amongst ourselves. It was just us and The Neptunes.” Breaking through with their first full-fat album ‘Lord Willin’’ in 2001, Clipse were dismissed by many as little more than a vanity project for The Neptunes - looking to give raw street textures to the dystopian rattles and herky-jerk synths that defined their work. However, even a cursory listen to the likes of ‘Grindin’’’ or ‘Cot Damn’ revealed Clipse to be adroit, self-aware and morally ambiguous narrators. Following a frustrating five-year hiatus precipitated by label politics, Clipse finally returned in 2006 with ‘Hell Hath No Fury’, a genuine contender for album of the decade and the point where Pusha T. and Malice began to distort expectations.

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