Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Generic list post: Neptunes edition


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.

Fam-Lay - Skrung Owt (2006)
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?

Loon ft. Kelis - How You Want That? (2003)
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:

  1. 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

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  2. Rap songs only!

    Snoop's 10 Lil' Crips gets forgotten as far as his Neptunes singles go.

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  3. Nore had such a good track record with them.

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  4. Remember Benzino's fake Neptunes single?

    https://youtu.be/1yZI_u9Djas

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  5. Westwood played that a bit 😄

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  6. 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.

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  7. Half-A-Mill aka the only rapper to put Kool G. Rap on a Neptunes track.

    Let's Get Blown >> Beautiful imho.

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  8. Just thought of another good fake-Neptunes song:

    Mac Dre - Monday Through Sunday.

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  9. Can't forget about Sean Price's aptly titled "Fake Neptune"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XQ0hCWu9jQ

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  10. 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

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  11. i spend way too much time thinking about the Fam-Lay album we never got

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  12. Ride Around Shining dammit !!!

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  13. Slightly prefer Chinese New Year as far as that Clipse album goes.

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