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Pharrell Williams

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    The 10 best rap songs of 2011

    ​"I don't know art, but I know what I like." "There's no accounting for taste." "Opinions are like assholes." There's validity to each one of these statements, but that doesn't mean that anyone's going to agree with any feelings anyone else expresses about anything on the Internet. And while hip-h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Qream: Pharrell Williams would like to put something (it's not a song) in your mouth

    ​Pharrell Williams is corny. Mad corny. Don't try to change my mind, because you won't. The lanky, Virginia-based producer's home and studio are full of platinum plaques, sure, many of them earned because for a good decade or so, Williams -- who, with fellow producer Chad Hugo under the Neptunes b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    The Strokes are so not back, suckers

    ​Let's cut right to the chase. The Strokes? The Strokes are not back, not in the sense that Bob Dylan stalker-types fire up a new Bob Dylan record and nod and purse their lips and say "Bob's back, man." The Strokes are back in a back-home-a-couple-years-after-stepping-out-for-a-pack-of-Marlboros w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Lupe Fiasco's Modest Mouse-cribbed single 'The Show Goes On'

    ​It's been close to three years since Lupe Fiasco's The Cool was released, a follow-up to his Grammy-nominated and universally-lauded debut from 2006 Food & Liquor. In the mean he's announced and abandoned as least as many projects as he's completed, including a novel, his group ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    The Week That Was: Wyclef v. Bieber, Talib Kweli returns, N.E.R.D.'s self-canonization

    ​Last week, you hurried to begin Christmas shopping, finish buying Thanksgiving trimmings, and scrounge enough spare change to buy yourself a copy of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. And while you weren't paying much or any attention - and who could blame you? - all of this stuff happened.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Fridays: What's Really G.O.O.D.?

    ​Like death, taxes, and incomprehensible, wrongheaded Fox News/Tea Party memes, we've become used to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Fridays series. Unlike death, taxes, and the GOP, G.O.O.D. Friday eucharists will cease to arrive at about the same time that Santa Claus begins his annual international rever ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Beyonce Knowles is (probably) pregnant

    ​Those of you who were wondering if and when Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z would ever pull a J.Lo/Marc Anthony and collaborate on a full-length album? You folks can keep right on wondering about that while the rest of us figure out how to digest the (alleged) news that the first couple of urban pop ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Gorillaz add N*E*R*D to Target Center date

    ​In addition to an all-star "Plastic Beach" band featuring De La Soul, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack, and Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash, Gorillaz have announced that they will be bringing along Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo's N*E*R*D as their opening act. The tour stops at the Target Ce ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2010

    5ingles: The Songs We Can't Escape

    ​In addition to an all-star "Plastic Beach" band featuring De La Soul, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack, and Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash, Gorillaz have announced that they will be bringing along Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo's N*E*R*D as their opening act. The tour stops at the Target Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Get Cryphy's Jimmy2Times & Plain Ole Bill: Interview free mix

    Meet the boys behind the rowdiest party in town, and get a free DJ mix, too.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Kanye West's top 5 guest raps of the '00s

    We're countin' em down, end-of-decade style.

  • Music

    July 22, 2009

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    We're countin' em down, end-of-decade style.

  • Music

    July 2, 2008

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    We're countin' em down, end-of-decade style.

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Baby Talk

    The Alpha Harajuku Girl won't stop apologizing for her success

  • Music

    January 3, 2007

    Sound and Fury

    After a three-year pause, Clipse deliver a demented punchline

  • Music

    January 11, 2006

    Notes of Some Nonnative Sons

    Hot Chip trick out the white-boy blues

  • Music

    May 25, 2005

    Fannypack: See You Next Tuesday

    Hot Chip trick out the white-boy blues

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Through the Looking Glass

    No longer "Just a Girl," Gwen Stefani mirrors teen-pop starlets and ends up reflecting upon her own image

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    Cee-Lo: Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine

    No longer "Just a Girl," Gwen Stefani mirrors teen-pop starlets and ends up reflecting upon her own image

  • Music

    October 15, 2003

    Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash

    No longer "Just a Girl," Gwen Stefani mirrors teen-pop starlets and ends up reflecting upon her own image

  • Arts

    May 28, 2003

    Don't These Designer Jeans Make My Ass Look Great?

    Are women ready for Minnesota guys who spend $5,000 a year on boutique clothing--and aren't ashamed to talk about it?

  • Music

    June 5, 2002

    Married to the Mob

    Minneapolis's Spymob hook up with N*E*R*D*

  • Music

    March 27, 2002

    Close Encounters of the N*E*R*D Kind

    Will the Neptunes reinvent rock?

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