Pharrell - In My Mind
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Artist: PharrellEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Music Label: Interscope Records
Soundtracks:
- Can I Have It Like That - Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams
- How Does It Feel?
- Raspy Shit
- Best Friend
- You Can Do It Too
- Keep It Playa - Slim Thug, Pharrell Williams
- That Girl - Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams
- Angel
- Young Girl/I Really Like You - Jay-Z, , , Pharrell Williams
- Take It Off (Dim the Lights)
- Stay with Me
- Baby
- Our Father
- Number One - Kanye West, Pharrell Williams
- Show You How to Hustle - Lauren, , Pharrell Williams
Free Music Notes for In My Mind
Free Music Review: 2 1/2 Stars to be Exact
Hit: 2 Stars
First of all, I have been a fan of Pharrell Williams since his very early production days being the face of The Neptunes production team. Back in '99 in N.O.R.E's "Superthug" is the first time I ever saw one half of the men behind The Neptunes. Up until that point, only Timbaland captured me with his beat making. Since that day hearing and seeing "Superthug" I was a huge fan of The Neptunes.
It was The Neptunes, then N.E.R.D., and then Pharrell as a solo artist. I loved his individuality he brought into the hip-hop game. There was no one like him. And now, I don't know if it is because he is such a trend setter or he himself as transformed in the "pop star" image that embodies him, but Pharrell no longer gives me that same individualality vibe that attracted me to his talent to begin with.
However, his efforts as an MC have never been fully embelished. Until now. We all know Pharrell can "sing." We saw that in his many featuring spots with artists he and Chad produced, but we hadn't seen him rapping much until "In My Mind."
I don't believe Pharrell is that bad of an MC, or for better words, he is not as generic as his "In My Mind" effort displays. He does have a mind that can explore many facets of lyricism. I have heard him on mixtapes spit verses that rival or are even better than Kanye West's. However, "In My Mind" feels to me like it was very rushed. And that feeling comes after the album was delayed more times than I have witnesses any other album being. The expectations was for this album to have The Neptune's best beats and Pharrell's best creative songs. It wasn't.
Instead, we get only Pharrell's production, which is still very good, but not outstanding as it would be if Chad would have been part of the project. And we get very hallow songs from Pharrell. A title like "In My Mind" gives the impression that it would be a little more personal than it actually is. Sure there are songs like, "Best Friend" or "My Father," which are very personal, but seem forced into what is largely a generic album.
There are a few gems in the mix of the 15 songs. The first is "Can I Have It Like That." I do like that song. It is catchy, however, it could have done without Gwen Stefani. There is a remix of the song which features post Blink-182 drummer Travid Barker that is much more solid. Another gem that pops up is "Keep It Playa" which finds Pharrell trading verses with Slim Thug. This is a feel good head bobbing type of song. It has one of the most intriguing beats on the album. The other gem, which is my favorite of the R&B songs, features Jay-Z and is called, "Young Girl." "Young Girl" sounds to me like an eighties pop song with a new appeal. Even though Jay-Z only spits for what seems like seven seconds, his presence is needed to give the track the all-around feel it possesses.
For the most part, this album is divided into two parts, R&B and Hip-Hop. Pharrell has few songs that stand out in both parts of the album. But I was dissopointed in his efforts. There was little rock influence and it seems to me that the N.E.R.D. Pharrell is the "true" version of the man and artist. His Hip-Hop and R&B sides seem very forced or depended on his pop star status. There are conformations floating around that Pharrell as rerecorded the entire album with a live band, specifically including the Roots drummer ?uestlove. Which should add an entire fresh appeal to the album. I hope so.
In My Mind Poster
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. - Louis Pattison
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