Before The Chad & The Virgin, there was The Chad & The Pharrell. Neptunes productions are a hot topic right now so lemme add my tuppence. Top 20 fave Neptunes produced Rap songs. No repeat artists and no order of preference. You know the Neptunes were 5 star general producers of their era when they've got me enjoying early noughties Jay-Z in 2020.
N.O.R.E - Nothin' (2002)
Ma$e ft. Puff Daddy - Lookin' At Me (1998)
Slim Thug - Like A Boss (2004)
Mystikal ft. Pharrell - Shake Ya Ass (2000)
The Clipse - Grindin' (2002)
Birdman ft. The Clipse - What Happened To That Boy? (2003)
Fabolous - Young'n (Holla Back) (2001)
Ludacris - Southern Hospitality (2000)
Busta Rhymes - As I Come Back (2001)
Philly's Most Wanted - Suckas (2001)
ODB ft. Kelis - Got Your Money (1999)
N*E*R*D ft. Lee Harvey & Vita - Lapdance (2001)
Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot (2004)
Jadakiss - Knock Yourself Out (2001)
Foxy Brown ft. Pharrell - Magnetic (2003)
Rosco P. Coldchain ft. Pharrell - Delinquent (2003)
Nelly - Hot In Herre (2002)
Black Rob - Business As Usual (2003)
Jay-Z - LA-LA-LA (2003)
Bonus beats: anyone down for a game of favourite fake-Neptunes productions?
Yukmouth - Stuntastic (2003)
Clinton Sparks ft. Black Rob - Knock 'Em Out (2005)
Jim Jones ft. Max B & Mel Matrix - Sour Diesel (2006)
Curren$y - Scared Of Monstas (2009)
17 comments:
Business as usual >>>Superthug
No timberlake?
Grindin never rly clicked w me, beats incredible but they dint rly come through imo. think id go w Cott Damn or Whens the Last Time far as they go
Other top tier ones:
Busta light your ass on fire (near rick rock shit)
From tha chuuch to tha palace/ all the snoop singles rly
Girls dem sugar
ms jade - the come up
All their mystikal singles
no doubt - hella good
Caught out there (kelis first 2 albums>>>>clipses)
LL - n**gy nuts/luv u better
Latrelle - long night
Grimey/all the nore singles
Hit the freeway
Rap songs only!
Snoop's 10 Lil' Crips gets forgotten as far as his Neptunes singles go.
Nore had such a good track record with them.
Remember Benzino's fake Neptunes single?
https://youtu.be/1yZI_u9Djas
Westwood played that a bit 😄
Lets Get Blown
They did a track for Half-A-Mil on his first album called "Thug One's" that was in vein of the singles they did for Nore.
Half-A-Mill aka the only rapper to put Kool G. Rap on a Neptunes track.
Let's Get Blown >> Beautiful imho.
Just thought of another good fake-Neptunes song:
Mac Dre - Monday Through Sunday.
Can't forget about Sean Price's aptly titled "Fake Neptune"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XQ0hCWu9jQ
Sean P over real Neptunes worked surprisingly well.
Been listening a lot to Snoop's The Blue Carpet Treatment lately, so Vato with B-Real comes to mind.
A couple others, some obvious ones but anyway:
Mystikal - Bouncing Back
Fam Lay ft Lil Flip (Rock N Roll remix)
Beanie Sigel - Don't Stop ft Snoop
Philly Most Wanted - Cross The Border
Slim Thug - Click Clack (big fan of that whole Slim album)
Love Chinese New Year off HHNF.
And maybe not their best production but a great song and a beat that would have been perfect for Devin The Dude: Roscoe P Coldchain - Pussy
Good point about Devin and Pussy.
i spend way too much time thinking about the Fam-Lay album we never got
Shit woulda been sick.
Ride Around Shining dammit !!!
Slightly prefer Chinese New Year as far as that Clipse album goes.
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