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Pharrell Reveals Incredible Tracklist For “Piece By Piece” Soundtrack

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Pharrell is in legacy mode. The legendary artist and producer is on the cusp of releasing a LEGO biopic about his life, Piece By Piece. There’s a lot to get through, given all the different hats he’s worn. Each of these hats has been accompanied by incredible music, though. Pharrell has finally unveiled the tracklist for the Piece By Piece soundtrack, and it lived up to the hype. Not only will fans get an assembly of some of the artist’s most beloved songs, but some new ones too. And a brand new collab with protege, Tyler, The Creator.

There are some obvious inclusions here, as they rank among the biggest hits of Pharrell’s career. We’re talking songs like “Get Lucky” with Daft Punk and “Alright” with Kendrick Lamar. There’s also “Happy,” which remains Skateboard P’s biggest solo hit to date. It appeared on the soundtrack to another kids film, Despicable Me 2, so no-brainer there. Less expected, but just as welcome, are the inclusions of classic N.E.R.D. songs like “Sooner or Later,” “God Bless Us All” and “Maybe.” N.E.R.D. is an essential piece of the Pharrell puzzle, so it’s nice to know they made the cut.

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Pharrell Is Releasing 5 New Songs On ‘Piece By Piece’

Yes, JAY-Z, Snoop Dogg and Clipse get inclusions with the classic singles “Give It 2 Me,” “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Grindin.” The most exciting material on the soundtrack, though, is the new stuff. Pharrell wrote the first two songs on the tracklist, “It’s Happening” and “Piece By Piece,” specifically for the film. Then there’s “L’Ego Odyssey” and “For Real,” which will also play crucial roles in the narrative. Then there’s a previously unheard Tyler, The Creator remix to the song “Virginia Boy.” It’s been a minute since these two have worked together, and we can’t wait to hear what it sounds like. Piece By Piece soundtrack is slated to drop October 11.

  1. It’s Happening
  2. Piece By Piece
  3. Virginia Boy (Remix) [featuring Tyler, The Creator]
  4. L’Ego Odyssey
  5. For Real
  6. Maybe (featuring N.E.R.D)
  7. God Bless Us All (featuring N.E.R.D)
  8. Senorita (featuring Justin Timberlake)
  9. Rock Star (featuring N.E.R.D)
  10. Rump Shaker (featuring Wreckx-N-Effect)
  11. Superthug (featuring N.O.R.E.)
  12. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) [featuring JAY-Z]
  13. Drop It Like It’s Hot (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  14. Grindin’ (featuring Clipse)
  15. Frontin’ (featuring JAY-Z)
  16. Beautiful (featuring Charlie Wilson & Snoop Dogg)
  17. Sooner or Later (featuring N.E.R.D)
  18. Get Lucky (featuring Daft Punk)
  19. Happy
  20. Alright (featuring Kendrick Lamar)

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Today In Hip Hop History: N.E.R.D. Released Their Third Album ‘Seeing Sounds’ 16 Years Ago

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On this date in 2008, producer extraordinaire Pharrell Williams and crew dropped N.E.R.D’s third full length studio effort Seeing Sounds on Williams’ Star Trak label under the Interscope imprint. The album’s concept as well as its content revolves around the neurological phenomenon of synesthesia, as the album’s title suggests, the mixing of sensory modalities.

In an interview with MTV’s Shaheem Reid, Pharrell described synesthesia synesthesia, saying, “If you really analyze that, the most inspiration is probably deep inside a synesthesiac. So for us, ‘seeing sounds’ is what we relate to the most. We figured we’d make an album out of it. Energy and emotion was the criteria [while recording], but we made the music anticipating the [live] show. That was the most important thing…[The song] ‘Spaz’ is [an] old school, hip hop feeling with some drum and bass. It becomes a big, tall monster. It’s almost like this big gorilla looking down at you. If he smacks you, he kills you. His fingers are the size of your body. That’s kinda what we’re doing. We’re facing this big monster of, of what we know is out there, of what we see, that big monster of energy.”

Produced exclusively by The Neptunes, consisting of Williams and Chad Hugo, the duo went to Miami and L.A. respectively and consecutively recorded fourteen tracks(two bonus tracks) that aptly fit the LP’s concept title, which was originally named after the group.

A large part of the album’s promotion came from performing on Kanye West’s 2008 Glow In The Dark Tour, where the crew performed the top singles from the album, “Everyone Nose” and “Spaz”. The latter single was aso used in a Zune Music Pass commercial the same year.

Commercially, the album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 80,000 copies in its first week.[Sales in the United States have exceeded 250,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[It peaked in the top 20 in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, while also charting in the several other regions, including Austria, Belgium, France and Italy.

Peace to Pharrell, Chad Hugo ,Spymob and everyone else involved and making this a part of Hip Hop history!

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Pharrell Suggests That New N.E.R.D Music Could Be On The Way

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N.E.R.D has remained inactive since 2018 when they released a remix of their most popular song. “Lemon,” featuring Rihanna and Pharrell, gained quite the following back in 2017. It currently sits at around 162 million Spotify streams and was a quirky banger for its time. Then, when Drake hopped on the song it made for a cool moment between a hip-hop superstar and a unique multi-musical duo coming together for fireworks. Unfortunately, that was the last material the group put out and it might be too late for a resurgence, or could it?

Well, in a recent sit down with GQ, frequent collaborator to Pharrell Wiliiams, Tyler, The Creator took the time to talk about their insane jewelry collections as well as how they stay influenced on the creative side of things. During that part of the conversation, the superstar producer gave readers a peek behind the curtain so to speak about new music with N.E.R.D.

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Pharrell Spills The Beans

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ATLANTA, GA – OCTOBER 13: Pharrell Williams and Shay Haley of N.E.R.D perform in concert during 2018 AfroPunk Festival Atlanta: Carnival of Consciousness at 787 Windsor on October 13, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Pharell says, “I’m out here in Paris.” I just ended up doin’ twelve N.E.R.D records.” He continues to tell Tyler, “Listen, you’ll have something to ride to. I mean, look, like I told you, they’re big choruses, but you know, out of nowhere, I’ll just come out of nowhere with the three-bar, crazy-nuts chords that go three-bar to four-bar to eight-bar.” It sounds like very intriguing material that the producer and rapper says reminds him of their first record In Search Of… This is not the only music we are waiting on now, though, so this could be a Pharrell takeover hopefully in the near future.

What are your initial thoughts on Pharrell Williams’ comments about him and N.E.R.D having loads of music in the vault? Additionally, do you think a lot of people are ready for new material, or has the hype passed on this trio? What is your favorite song of theirs? We want to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave all of your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below. Furthermore, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest breaking news around the music world.

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