If anyone knows me well at all, they’ll be able to tell you that my favorite artist/producer is Pharrell, I respect that brother’s creative musical talents. Anyways, his solo album, although high on my list for playability, pretty much flopped and was tagged by Entertainment Weekly as one of the worst albums of 2006. Pharrell’s solo project, as one would reasonably assume, was hyped because of the power of the Neptunes’ production put in the hands of its frontman seemed to be a formula for success. We all know that sometimes its easier to help others than help yourself though, and it seems as if this was the problem with Pharrell’s LP.
I’m pretty sure P felt as disappointed in himself and lack of success as the media did, so he ended up calling out to The Roots’ drummer and hip-hop guru, ?uestlove, for help. ?uestlove agreed to redo Pharrell’s entire LP with the help of a band and another producer, so over a 2 week period, ?uest and posse sequestered themselves in the studio and produced what is now known as “Out of My Mind“, under the artist name Pharrell and the Yessirs. Check it out for yourself, (I’ll be dropping the rest of the tracks as I get them, so stay tuned) I’m impressed, there is even an online petition with almost 1000 signatures requesting Sony BMG Music Group to release the album. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…
Pharrell and The Yessirs
How Does It Feel
http://www.zshare.net/audio/18438923a7c917/
Best Friend
http://www.zshare.net/audio/184383068cf249/
You Can Do It Too
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1843783c05f5eb/
Keep It Playa
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1843749a048ed0/
That Girl
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1843707708af17/
Raspy Shit
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1763703375d81f/
Number One
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1739514f8b47bd/
Young Girl
http://www.zshare.net/audio/2011030d0051b6/
Creamsicle
http://www.sendspace.com/file/g9uwif
**BONUS**
Pharrell making a song called “Second Chance”, was supposed to be on Justified, but they replaced it, nice smooth melody though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWZxlJhYjW4
imo i think his ORIGINAL cd sounded alot better… In My Mind went hard! pzzz
myspace.com/digitalvisionz
I dig this version better overall,i still bang the original, but this sounds alot more mature
this sounds good, i hope he releases this with some newer material
I very seriously doubt this will ever see commercial release.
Online petitions are a joke, no one ever really pays attention to them. AJ remember that petition to change the principal of our high school? The whole student body signed it, nothing happened. 1000 signatures doesn’t translate into 1000 sales, even if it did 1000 guaranteed sales is not enough to justify a release for an artist with platinum plaques. Plus, why would he/they purposely release the tracks to MySpace? That’s further cannibalizing sales before the album even drops.
That being said, I do agree with AJ. This album does have a more mature feel to it. Some of the tracks didn’t need to be touched. I think the optimal album is a blend of the two… keeping some of the originals and enhancing the weaker tracks with better versions.
I Really Like You Girl
http://www.mediafire.com/?azwwj1evnyn
Take It Off
http://www.mediafire.com/?3dnwfazjzvd