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Article: Musicians in N.E.R.D. defy genres in debut album
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2002
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Musicians in N.E.R.D. defy genres in debut album
By TIM MOLLOY Associated Press
Sunday, June 16, 2002
New York -- Bass vibrates through the wood-paneled studio as the
playback of a rapper named Jade spits out a verse about guns and
money. But what stands out is the metallic voice in the background,
punctuating the verses: "Yea-uh! Uggghhhh-ah!"
It belongs to Pharrell Williams, who with Chad Hugo makes up the
production duo the Neptunes.
They are doing for Jade what they've spent the last three years
doing for Britney Spears and Jay-Z, among others: creating music
laced with the off-kilter flourishes that have earned them a
reputation as the most inventive of today's top producers.
This ...