If you had to pick ONE Neptunes beat...

[Roberto Dinero]

Which one would u go with? I think the Neptunes made a great contribution to rap music and hip hop in general.

One thing, like half their catalogue sounds dated as f*ck these days, it didn't age well but they got some timeless bangers tho.

To me, its hard to pick between these 3:

 

[RichYung]

None of those...

Allure >

 

[Roovers410]

GRINDIN..... no contest

 

[Never Broke Again]

 

[Roberto Dinero]

Pharrell-Frontin - YouTube

U can't be serious. This is one of the worst beats they've made in retrospective. It was hot when it dropped but its aged terribly.

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

Their best production isn't even in Hip Hop...

But "Grinding" has to be... that beat was revolutionary & until this day it has spawned multiple hits just from it's structure alone...

"Touch It"
"Tipsy"
"Whisper Song"
"Play"
"A Milli"
"Move"
"A$$"

... and a shytload of others are all 'children' of "Grinding" in different aspects.

 

[Hammer]

grindin...

 

[Roberto Dinero]

None of those...

Allure >

Allure ain't bad but its got nothing on the beats I posted IMO.

Also the Allure beat sounds the same as a joint with Faith Evans they did for Scarface's album "The Fix". I forget what the joint is called but they used the same drums and similar baseline.

 

[thaKEAF]

Frontin is still dope as it was back then to me.

Man this is so hard it's impossible for me to pick one

 

[richtree]

Damn near impossible to pick just one but Grindin' did give rise to a lot of beats shortly after and even a decade after the song has been out, when that beat drops you can't help but get a lil ignant lol

Another beat I really like ..



They used up a lot of beats on Philly's Most Wanted and Kelis that were nice too.

 

[Roberto Dinero]

Damn near impossible to pick just one but Grindin' did give rise to a lot of beats shortly after and even a decade after the song has been out, when that beat drops you can't help but get a lil ignant lol

Another beat I really like ..

Nerd-Lapdance - YouTube

They used up a lot of beats on Philly's Most Wanted and Kelis that were nice too.

Yeah, something about the Lapdance beat that makes you get hype as sh!t. I remember when it would drop in the club back in the day, everyone went wild.

This was their breakthrough beat and it was hot too. This is the beat that put em on the map:



That was the 1st Neptunes beat I ever heard...

 

[jaguar paw]

702 - I Still Love You



[ame=http://youtu.be/VqbAh9Ih6ss]702 - I Still Love You (with a light tonal change and slowed a tad) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[richtree]

Yeah, something about the Lapdance beat that makes you get hype as sh!t. I remember when it would drop in the club back in the day, everyone went wild.

This was their breakthrough beat and it was hot too. This is the beat that put em on the map:

Super Thug(What What)-Noreaga - YouTube

That was the 1st Neptunes beat I ever heard...

Gotta agree with you on Super Thug. shyt had the clubs bumpin back in the day.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Most of that music is demonically inspired. Most of pharells lyrics are satanic. Wish i could participate.

 

[NotaPAWG]

Grindin without a doubt, then this one: