Clipse album produced by Pharrell LET GOD SORT EM OUT Discussion thread JULY 11TH
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or just out the loop.... who Stove God? 
Mastamimd
Ain't shyt
Some of y’all are so ridiculous with your Stanning on here
Not just stanning, the fake militantcy
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Veteran
That too
This is your response
Pharrell gets all the praise in the world, I made the thread because even though Pharrell and Chad were a duo, cats on here were acting like Pharrell does all the work when that’s clearly not the case
Real fans do
Simply because dudes can see the writing on the wall and how his musical contributions have been overlooked and reduced to a session musician
Dude has been apart of an iconic production duo for 20 plus years and y’all act like he ain’t one of the greats alongside Pharrell
There is no Neptunes without Chad or Pharrell. It’s a team effort
Just because Chad isn’t producing mainstream singles like Pharrell is, doesn’t mean he isn’t a great producer
Nobody in here is acting like Chad had nothing to do with classic Neptune's records or Pharrell did all the work
In fact it's the Chad Hugo squad claiming that he did all the work to make the records classic and thus dismissing an album they haven't heard yet because Chad isn't involved with it
I respect Chad Hugo but what he got to do with this fire I'm listening to? Y'all need to post that discography of songs I've never heard before in his own appreciation thread cause this ain't the one.
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If that’s the case, then why are people having an issue with what I said?
And I said, The Neptunes was Chad and Pharrell collectively
But for whatever reasons, posters kept trying to discredit him whenever I said Chad was just as important to The Neptunes sound
And I’ve seen it time and time again on here. A lot of posters will act like or say it was all Pharrell who made the music
Go back and read some of the posts by other posters who responded to my posts and see how posters were literally down playing Chad’s contributions to the music
As I’ve said before, The Neptunes sound is both Chad and Pharrell. There is no Neptunes sound without the both of them
Actually you are right, I went back and there are some people downplaying what Chad brought to the table
But the reaction is because it's annoying when people come in the thread repeatedly dismissing a highly anticipated album that they haven't even heard, and acting like they know all the ins and outs of what Chad did or did not do. Especially when the controversy over the credits means that the reality is--none of us know
Some people have a dislike for Fa'real due to the bytch made way he carries himself. WE DO KNOW that he tried to register The Neptunes name under his SOLE ownership, after ALL THE SUCCESS THAT WAS BROUGHT IN AS A DUO...
The quality of the beats is debatble if some people feel that whatever Chad brought to the table is missing, they are within their right.
Personally feel like The Neptunes sound had been played out for a long time and in a time where underground producers are HAILED AS SOME OF THE DOPEST shyt EVER, the production on what weve heard already from the single and snippets are good enough for 2025 Clipse
Unfortunate that thread was hijacked by collateral things though, kind of proves that the song isnt all that interesting or that people just like arguing more than offering an opinion.
Looking forward to the album, hope Slick Rick to hold me down until then...
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This is funnyBU BU BUT… HE PLAYED THE CLARINET ON TRACK 9 ON LORD WILLIN
Like I said before nobody can really tell what he contributed or when he actually did..
And I'm not speaking on Neptunes.. I'm speaking when Pharrell is credited alone
What tracks on It's Almost Dry did Chad help with?
Did Chad help with Kendrick Alright or Mr. Morale?
Blue Magic?
And I'm not saying he's better off, I'm saying we don't know exactly when he was there or not.. We can stop acting like this shyt is missing something, this Clipse shyt is dope..
And I'm not speaking on Neptunes.. I'm speaking when Pharrell is credited alone
What tracks on It's Almost Dry did Chad help with?
Did Chad help with Kendrick Alright or Mr. Morale?
Blue Magic?
And I'm not saying he's better off, I'm saying we don't know exactly when he was there or not.. We can stop acting like this shyt is missing something, this Clipse shyt is dope..
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Read this article on what he contributes to the music and what he does
The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo on synths, songwriting and his greatest productions: “Britney wants to write with us? It’s like I’m daydreaming”
Best of 2022: The semi-silent partner in N.E.R.D and The Neptunes on producing for Justin and Jay-Z… but not quite Michael Jackson
Producing as part of The Neptunes. What’s the division of labour?
“Well, it’s always a 50% thing. When we started out recording I was the guy with the equipment. And over the years I came to be overseeing the sound palette… Adding beats and drops. Fixing frequencies here and there with the engineer. Maybe some tonalities. I look after the technical stuff. I’d take that responsibility. But it’s whatever the vibe is. We all have our influences and the music we listen to. It’s whatever I can bring to the table for a particular project.”
Tell me about writing as a team. What’s the dynamic there? How does that work?
“Depends on how you look at it. I’ll spend time ‘off hours’ with the engineer. We’re loading sounds and chopping up drum samples. A lot of time is spent on that. And for me, I like to keep up with chord changes. Even to this day I’m still learning chord changes and chord progressions. If you had a chord progression I’d be like ‘Tell me what this is, it’s awesome’. Let’s share this moment so we can play the song together.”
Now on the album It’s Almost Dry, he’s credited on the “Scrape It Off”. But if you remember, before the album was released, it was said to be produced half by The Neptunes and half produced by Kanye. Once the album came out, there was tracks credited to Pharrell but not The Neptunes
I don’t know if all the credits for that album have since been corrected, but once the album came out and Chad Hugo was being interviewed by Vulture and was asked about his involvement with the album, this was said:
The Humble Hitmaker
The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo helped define a new era of music. Don’t expect it to go to his head.
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I was looking over the credits for Pusha T’s album It’s Almost Dry, and I didn’t see you in there?
“I was involved in that record, to be honest with you. We’re trying to work that out.”
Was there a mix-up with the credits?
“I guess you could call it that.”
Would you call it something else?
“We made some tunes. There were some good vibes there. We recorded it in Florida at a boathouse studio. I played some keys here and there. I was present.”
Chad went into more detail about the making of It’s Almost Dry with Complex:
Listening to Neptunes Hits With Chad Hugo
We celebrated Chad Hugo's iconic career by discussing hit...
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Pusha-T, ‘It’s Almost Dry’ (2022)
Chad Hugo: “There were a lot of inspirations from Miami Vice and Joker. It wasn’t the blueprint, but just as far as vibe-wise. We recorded in the U.S. at the Boathouse Studio in Miami. Pusha wanted to shout out what was happening in Virginia locally, and I think that’s really cool. It’s good to be a part of the product and making the sound.
We aimed to [make] his rhyme scheme be cohesive with the beat and the rhythms. You can hear the way he’s rhyming with the drum. That was really important to Pusha, Pharrell, and myself, because a lot of the rhymes back in the day, we’d write on a piece of paper. But this was more in the pocket, as far as the unison of the rhythm. It was really important to get people moving in that regard. We were just really trying to stab with it and get real with it. I think it’s a communal experience when you vibe with the rhythms, and it’s a dance you do both mentally and verbally.
The weather was really nice. I remember Pharrell took us out on his friend’s yacht and we were playing tunes. I didn’t understand some of the stuff, like the one with Pharrell on the FedEx truck until later. I’ll be honest, I was getting really nauseous, like something’s really uneasy with this. It felt like I’m in one of those delirium movies where things are just blurry. But as Push was laying down his verse at this studio home, I saw the vision of what we were trying to convey.”
No, Chad didn’t help with Kendrick Lamar’s Alright or Mr. Morale songs, but he was apart of helping out with Blue Magic. He even spoke on the song Blue Magic song in that same Complex interview
Jay-Z f/ Pharrell, “Blue Magic” (2007)
“I think that was a Rakim flow he was paying homage to. I don’t know. I’m just probably picking up on it right now. The Frankenstein sample where he said, “It’s alive! It’s alive!” and the thunder. I remember being in for the mix and doing whatever. He released it right after I recorded it. It’s a great track and Jay-Z killed it… I need to go recap on American Gangster”