Pharrell and Scott Vener premiered this week their first eposide of “OTHERtone” For their first installment, Williams and Vener had help running through the “newness, freshness, and what-is-that-ness” of the artists currently on their radar. Surprise guests Justin Timberlake and Cara Delevingne stopped by to nerd out with them over one of their favorites, Alabama Shakes. “This band is incredible,” Timberlake said, before describing the Shakes‘ lead singer Brittany Howard “[as if] Nina Simone, Minnie Riperton and Janis Joplin all had a love child.”
Right at the beginning, they all started beatboxing, while Scott Vener remembers the first time meeting Pharrell and going to his house back in 2001. And according to Pharrell, N*E*R*D’s ‘She Wants To Move’ has been inspired by The White Stripes’ ‘Seven Nation Army’. Afterwards, Justin Timberlake went back to the time when Pharrell and him worked together, which was on *NSYNC’s ‘Girlfriend’ and revealed that Usher’s ‘What’s A Guy Gotta Do’ was *NSYNC’s tune. Right at the end, they’ve been beatboxing once again the Super Mario Theme. Check out the whole show below. Look for it every other Sunday on Beats 1.
OTHERtone Episode 1 With Justin Timberlake & Cara Delevingne (2015)
01 – Strafe – Set It Off (Vocal)
02 – Jax Jones – Yeah Yeah Yeah (Radio Edit)
03 – Gary Bartz – Celestial Blues
04 – The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
05 – N*E*R*D – She Wants TO Move
06 – Justin Timberlake – Senorita
07 – Alabama Shakes – Gemini
08 – SPZRKT & Sango – How Do You Love Me
08 – Jamie Woon – Let Go
08 – Sam Sure – HUnger
09 – Smif-N-Wessun – Sound Bwoy Bureill
10 – Raekwon – Ice Cream
11 – Silicon – God Emoji
12 – Her – Quite Like
13 – Rationale – Fast Lane
14 – Tomas Barfold – Pulsing feat. Nina K
15 – SG Lewis – Warm
16 – Post Malone – Too Young
17 – George Maple – Talk Talk
18 – Achai – Gazi
19 – Kendrick Lamar – Alright
20 – Vince Staples – Norf Norf
21 – Elliphant – Best People In The World
22 – Alessia Cara – Here
23 – UGK – One Day
24 – Sam Cooke – Wonderful World
25 – Darius – Helios feat. Wayne Snow
26 – Jose James – Park Bench People
27 – Al Wilson – My Song
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