Nore: Jay-Z and Nas wasn't feeling Pharrell when they first met him

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Kelis claims that neither of The Neptunes liked her. I think she went as far to say they hated her. This was around the time of her third album and her and Nas were engaged. She said Pharrell and Chad would make jokes about her. It led to her leaving their label. Nas may have felt some type of way about it, but the Pharrell line still doesn't seem like a diss.
Those lines is basically “I don’t know that fakkit, ima real nikka” c’mon breh :aicmon:
 

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Nas line or interpretation of the line?

Ok, so ya'll are talking about the line from Game's "Street Rydas" feat Akon. That's not what Nas said at all. Besides, this was around the time Nas was working with Pharrell on HHID. "Vernon Family" was done around that time and Nas sepcifically listed Pharrell as one of the producers he wanted for that album.

I don't know how ya'll got that from these lines:

I ain't frontin', I don't know Pharrell
He wear pastel colors
I wear the pain of the Soledad brothers
And them chrome gat busters


^^^ this just looks to me like Nas saying he can't relate to Pharrell as Nas has this street consciousness and Pharrell comes more from more of a world of the nerdy, but cool world. It's not necessarily a diss. It's more of a difference in philosophy and perspective. I mean, Pharrell has this "new Black" philosophy and whole other perspective on what is cool/uncool where even if you're not from the streets, hearing his views on certain issues is like :gucci:
 

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Its funny how NORE acts like his LifeSucksDie interview doesnt exist :mjlol:

LSD- Not to change the subject entirely, but can you explain “Light a candle, run laps around the English Channel, Neptunes’ got a cocker spaniel”?

N- Well, when you light a candle, that’s saluting your dead peoples. Light a Candle. And then, what’s the English Channel? It’s a big pool of water and it’s overseas.So I’m trying to say that when I light a candle I’m that strong that I can run laps around the English Channel. And Neptunes [producers featured prominently on Noreaga’s two solo albums] have a cocker spaniel. ‘Cause they homo. [Pause]

LSD- Oh. All right.

N- Neptunes is homo. You won’t hear another Neptunes track again on Noreaga again in your life. I didn’t know that they hand was broken. [makes limp-wristed gesture]

LSD- Is this a recent discovery?

N- It’s a recent discovery after the “Oh No” video. After money had the tight choker on in that video. And we started asking questions, and people from Virginia started telling us that he’s a straight Flagrino. And he takes it up the ass. I cut him off.

LSD- Even though the beats--

N- fukk the beats! [laughter]

LSD- I can’t fukk with nobody that Mohammed used to throw off the hill. You know, Mohammed used to take all the homo nikkas in the village, and he’d take ‘em to the top of the hill and he tricked them. He’d tell ‘em ‘Yo, jump down there’, and when they’d jump down there, they killed they self. We don’t fukk with homo. I like lesbians, though. I’ma stand up--I like lesbians and dykes. If you’re lesbian and dyke you’re okay to me, but if you’re a homo, I don’t even like you. LSD- So you’re pretty clear about that. N- I’m clear about that. Y’all ain’t homo are you? [laughter]

LSD- No, no. We’re familiar with your music. I don’t think we’d be here.

N- That’s good. I don’t want to offend anybody. [laughs]
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is this interview real?

I remember another explanation re: the cocker spaniel part that made FAR more sense

Its funny how NORE acts like his LifeSucksDie interview doesnt exist :mjlol:

LSD- Not to change the subject entirely, but can you explain “Light a candle, run laps around the English Channel, Neptunes’ got a cocker spaniel”?

N- Well, when you light a candle, that’s saluting your dead peoples. Light a Candle. And then, what’s the English Channel? It’s a big pool of water and it’s overseas.So I’m trying to say that when I light a candle I’m that strong that I can run laps around the English Channel. And Neptunes [producers featured prominently on Noreaga’s two solo albums] have a cocker spaniel. ‘Cause they homo. [Pause]

LSD- Oh. All right.

N- Neptunes is homo. You won’t hear another Neptunes track again on Noreaga again in your life. I didn’t know that they hand was broken. [makes limp-wristed gesture]

LSD- Is this a recent discovery?

N- It’s a recent discovery after the “Oh No” video. After money had the tight choker on in that video. And we started asking questions, and people from Virginia started telling us that he’s a straight Flagrino. And he takes it up the ass. I cut him off.

LSD- Even though the beats--

N- fukk the beats! [laughter]

LSD- I can’t fukk with nobody that Mohammed used to throw off the hill. You know, Mohammed used to take all the homo nikkas in the village, and he’d take ‘em to the top of the hill and he tricked them. He’d tell ‘em ‘Yo, jump down there’, and when they’d jump down there, they killed they self. We don’t fukk with homo. I like lesbians, though. I’ma stand up--I like lesbians and dykes. If you’re lesbian and dyke you’re okay to me, but if you’re a homo, I don’t even like you. LSD- So you’re pretty clear about that. N- I’m clear about that. Y’all ain’t homo are you? [laughter]

LSD- No, no. We’re familiar with your music. I don’t think we’d be here.

N- That’s good. I don’t want to offend anybody. [laughs]
 

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Its funny how NORE acts like his LifeSucksDie interview doesnt exist :mjlol:

LSD- Not to change the subject entirely, but can you explain “Light a candle, run laps around the English Channel, Neptunes’ got a cocker spaniel”?

N- Well, when you light a candle, that’s saluting your dead peoples. Light a Candle. And then, what’s the English Channel? It’s a big pool of water and it’s overseas.So I’m trying to say that when I light a candle I’m that strong that I can run laps around the English Channel. And Neptunes [producers featured prominently on Noreaga’s two solo albums] have a cocker spaniel. ‘Cause they homo. [Pause]

LSD- Oh. All right.

N- Neptunes is homo. You won’t hear another Neptunes track again on Noreaga again in your life. I didn’t know that they hand was broken. [makes limp-wristed gesture]

LSD- Is this a recent discovery?

N- It’s a recent discovery after the “Oh No” video. After money had the tight choker on in that video. And we started asking questions, and people from Virginia started telling us that he’s a straight Flagrino. And he takes it up the ass. I cut him off.

LSD- Even though the beats--

N- fukk the beats! [laughter]

LSD- I can’t fukk with nobody that Mohammed used to throw off the hill. You know, Mohammed used to take all the homo nikkas in the village, and he’d take ‘em to the top of the hill and he tricked them. He’d tell ‘em ‘Yo, jump down there’, and when they’d jump down there, they killed they self. We don’t fukk with homo. I like lesbians, though. I’ma stand up--I like lesbians and dykes. If you’re lesbian and dyke you’re okay to me, but if you’re a homo, I don’t even like you. LSD- So you’re pretty clear about that. N- I’m clear about that. Y’all ain’t homo are you? [laughter]

LSD- No, no. We’re familiar with your music. I don’t think we’d be here.

N- That’s good. I don’t want to offend anybody. [laughs]
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Ok, so ya'll are talking about the line from Game's "Street Rydas" feat Akon. That's not what Nas said at all. Besides, this was around the time Nas was working with Pharrell on HHID. "Vernon Family" was done around that time and Nas sepcifically listed Pharrell as one of the producers he wanted for that album.

I don't know how ya'll got that from these lines:

I ain't frontin', I don't know Pharrell
He wear pastel colors
I wear the pain of the Soledad brothers
And them chrome gat busters


^^^ this just looks to me like Nas saying he can't relate to Pharrell as Nas has this street consciousness and Pharrell comes more from more of a world of the nerdy, but cool world. It's not necessarily a diss. It's more of a difference in philosophy and perspective. I mean, Pharrell has this "new Black" philosophy and whole other perspective on what is cool/uncool where even if you're not from the streets, hearing his views on certain issues is like :gucci:
“I don’t know Pharrell he wears pastel colors”. Pastel colors are fruity and bright he’s calling him gay and weird.

In contrast to Nas he says about himself “I wear the pain of Soledad Brothers and chrome gat busters” which means Nas is street and conscious he’s calling himself a real nikka.

And he says I don’t know him? When you saying they had a working relationship. It’s a clear diss I don’t know where you from but where I’m from talking about what another man is wearing is dissing that man. What is the purpose of even bringing Pharrell up at all?
 
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