Here is an old interview from 2009 with Pharrell, where he sat down with Guerilla Journalism for a quick but powerful conversation after N.E.R.D.’s performance at UMKC in Kansas City. He talked about how he and Chad kept reinventing their sound — never staying in the same place for too long. No templates. No formulas. Just constant evolution.
“We just do different stuff. We never sound the same,” Pharrell said. “You gotta continue to evolve… you gotta do something that makes the puppies want to jump the fence.”
That mindset is why The Neptunes went from making classics like “Superthug” and “Rock Your Body” to reshaping pop, funk, trap, alternative — literally whatever they touch. This is why they’ve remained untouchable. Evolving isn’t just a strategy — it’s DNA for The Neptunes. Check out the whole Interview below.
