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Pharrell Williams

  • Music

    March 28, 2013

    Tyler, the Creator: Horsing Around

    Even as a solo act, the Odd Future leader remains relentlessly absurd

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2013

    David Sabastian: A Rapper and Fashionista on the Verge

    "Not to be vague, but I think everybody of this generation has Anti in them," emerging rapper David Sabastian argues, sweat trickling down his face. It's hot out here. Twenty minutes earlier, he was spray-painting an empty swimming pool, dressed in a black, mostly leather outfit and matching ski mas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2013

    Fuck Guilty Pleasures: In Defense of Common

    [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Rap only exists in extremes. Don't let the polite reviews of Lil Wayne's Carter IV fool you, for instance. It got lots of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, December 28 Fishbone, Quinto Sol KEY CLUB Fishbone have gone through a lot of changes since emerging from South Central L.A. in 1979, but the group can always be counted on for a funky good time. Lead singer/saxist Angelo Moore, bassist Norwood Fisher and crew have evolved from a ska-reggae ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    Goapele, Yuna - El Rey Theatre - 8/2/12

    Goapele with Yuna El Rey Theatre 8/2/12 Better than... Autotune The El Rey Theatre is one of those venues that inspires artists to bring something special to the stage. Last night, Goapele and Yuna did just that, proving that classic soul music will never go out of style. Opening the night was M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens

    LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2012

    Issa Rae and Awkward Black Girl Fill a (Tiny) Niche

    Check out our entire YouTube issue here. In front of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the Grove, someone is scraping lightweight plastic chairs across the pavement instead of picking them up, and the sound is akin to fingernails being dragged down a chalkboard. Issa Rae, the 27-year-old writer, direct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #15-11

    See also: *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List 15. Pharrell Though lots of women have brains, beauty and talent, few man do. Yet, as one of the most prolific and successful producers of the past decade, Pharrell Williams is also a cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Maker Studios Is Flush With YouTube Cash

    In 1981, MTV pushed music videos to the forefront of pop culture. In 1999, Napster made mp3s more popular than porn. Now, in 2012, L.A.-based Maker Studios is revolutionizing YouTube. Created by viral video sensation Danny Zappin, Lisa Donovan and her brother Ben, the crew was frustrated with the H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Blue Ivy Carter: Top Five Worst Examples of Rap Nepotism

    Barely two days after his and Beyonce's baby Blue Ivy Carter was born, Jay-Z put her on a song. "Glory" is a tribute to his new daughter, who closes the track out with a guest feature -- crying. Jay-Z may be starting his kid off young, but nepotism is standard practice among rap superstars. There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Gangsta Sophisticate: Ice Cube Is Officially No Longer A Joke

    Ice Cube on his way to the Eames House in Pacic Palisades​See also: *Ice Cube and Charles and Ray Eames: Gangsters Making the World Go Round *Ice Cube Talks Art, Boyz n the Hood, and Why He Makes Comedies G's often age awkwardly. The cop killer became a TV lawman. The guy who cribbed his nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Phlo Finister: A Portugese, Black, And Irish Former Model Who Sings R&B

    Phlo Finister's hair is black and stick-straight. She's wearing Tims and a tight, cropped Tommy Hilfiger tank. Her boxers are puffed out of the approximately size 38 jeans that pool around her ankles. With her gold wire-rimmed sunglasses, she's Aaliyah, circa 1994. This is not what we expected. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Update: Odd Future Video Is Not Open to the Public

    Andrea DomanickNow you can burn shit, too​[See also: Exclusive: Pusha T and Tyler the Creator's "Trouble On My Mind" Video Shoot] Update: Odd Future's management has said that the video shoot is not open to the public. Don't go!Tyler, the Creator's music god Pharrell said, "You can't be me, I'm a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Meet OverDoz: L.A.'s Freakiest, Cheekiest Collective

    CalmaticOverDoz's core four: Joon, Sleezy, Kent, and Creamie​The small army splayed around a table on the patio of Inglewood's Simply Wholesome is focused on the black Range Rover parked just outside the door. Stevie Wonder's in the passenger seat. The eight members of Los Angeles collective O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Top Five Greatest Rap Hook Singers

    Frank Ocean​Last week we were supposed to get the major label release of Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean's debut project, nostalgia, ULTRA, previously a mixtape. Unfortunately, the suits at Def Jam have apparently stricken it from the upcoming-release schedule, with Ocean reacting by releasing t ... More >>

  • Music

    July 7, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    Frank Ocean​Last week we were supposed to get the major label release of Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean's debut project, nostalgia, ULTRA, previously a mixtape. Unfortunately, the suits at Def Jam have apparently stricken it from the upcoming-release schedule, with Ocean reacting by releasing t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Dr. Dre Raps on Game's The R.E.D. Album, But Do We Care?

    ​Confidence is key, as Compton rapper Game knows. Like our sister paper Village Voice said last week, Game (we hate that he dropped the "The") is "the ultimate company man ... he has kept admirably cool while the years pass by; instead, when asked about the delays in interviews, he responds w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Top Ten Things You Need To Know About Snoop Dogg's New Album "Doggumentary"

    ​Just a few days after being mourner-of-honor at the funeral of former associate Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg hogged the hip-hop limelight once again by releasing all the tracks of his much-awaited album Doggumentary two days before the official release via moribund social network oddity MySpace. 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Odd Future Meets The Neptunes, Finally (PHOTO)

    Billionaire Boys Club blog​Tyler, the Creator, and Left Brain were in the studio last night with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes. If you follow Tyler even peripherally, you know what this means: ​ ​We don't really care about Bieber (sorry). But PHARRELL? Consider ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Video: Teaser for Hecuba's Film 'Brass Knuckles'

    More Manimalian--Manimalien?--news today: L.A. band Hecuba has been laying a little low since the release a memorable EP and a very sophisticated full-length since 2008. If you've never met them, allow John Payne to introduce you to producer/singer Jon Beasley and singer/daner Isabelle Albuquerque ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    NIGHTRANGER: Monster's Ball

    More Manimalian--Manimalien?--news today: L.A. band Hecuba has been laying a little low since the release a memorable EP and a very sophisticated full-length since 2008. If you've never met them, allow John Payne to introduce you to producer/singer Jon Beasley and singer/daner Isabelle Albuquerque ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Calling All Star Trakkies: Kiss-n-Grind Spins The Neptunes Tonight

    Neptunes Grind-ING!​Started by Vikter Duplaix and Garth Trinidad sometime around late 2006, when it was promoted last-minute and solely by word-of-mouth, Kiss-n-Grind must be in summer school, cause lately they're so thematically well-structured. Tonight's studies Chad Hugo and Pharrell Willi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Can a Yeasayer Remix Save N*E*R*D (and Nelly Furtado) from Totally Sucking?

    N*E*R*Ds​Or a Hot Chip remix? Or one from Crookers? Or an entire iTunes EP of remixes of the exact same song -- the Nelly Furtado-featuring "Hot-N-Fun," which is neither of the things its title suggests? The Neptunes have made some of the darkest, weirdest, greatest beats that mainstream hip- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Live Review: Activision's E3 2010 Preview Event with Eminem, Jane's Addiction & Usher - "We Got the Cash!"

    Last Night: Activision E3 2010 Preview Event with Eminem, Jane's Addiction, & Usher

  • Music

    February 11, 2010

    Rock Picks: Van Dyke Parks, Chicago Underground Duo, Rickie Lee Jones

    Also, Clipse, Imaad Wasif, Josh Charles and others

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Game Drops "The" Then Drops New Street Single

    ​As The Game, LA rapper Jayceon Taylor released three incredibly solid albums, but is now switching it up a little bit for his upcoming fourth release, "The R.E.D. Album" (December 8th). He's redacted the The and will now be referred to simply as Game. He's promised two singles this week, the ... More >>

  • Music

    August 6, 2009

    We’re Jerkin’ (Starring the New Boyz, J-Hawk and Pink Dollaz)

    Gangsta rap is over. Clownin’ and Krumpin’ too

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Don't Miss This Show: Oliver Wang on Q-Tip, the Cool Kids (MP3), the Knux and Pacific Division at H.O.B.

    Saturday, November 15 Q-Tip, The Cool Kids at House of Blues It has been nine years since Q-Tip's last album yet strangely, it hasn't seemed so long. That says much about the enduring power of Q-Tip's old band, A Tribe Called Quest - guaranteed to be in heavy rotation on iPod playlists for any hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    Last Night: Common and N*E*R*D Tear it up at The Wiltern

    Last night, Sunday September 14, hip-hop fans were treated to knockout performances by rapper Common and alt-hip-hop favorite N*E*R*D. The line at the Wiltern was insane in anticipation. Things started out on a high note, but it was later determined that Common's set had to be delayed due to N*E*R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    HARD Festival with N*E*R*D, MSTRKRFT, 7/21/08

    By Timothy Norris From dusk to dawn, HARD's all-night Summer festival hit the Shrine Auditorium with stages inide and out, skate ramps, and lots of dancing. Above, Pharrell Williams of N*E*R*D onstage. Click here for the rest of Timothy Norris' pictures from the show, including A-Trak, DJ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Oh Nose They Didn't

    Prediction: N*E*R*D’s Seeing Sounds will be the soundtrack to a very sexy summer. Okay, maybe just ours. In Search Of still shakes up our decks (usually in the car) before a night of hot-spot hoppin,’ and after downloading the new one today (legally via the label), we gotta say, we’re feeling ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Mathew Cullen and Javier Jimenez

    Heart and soul

  • Music

    November 22, 2007

    Record Reviews: Burial, Wu-Tang Clan and Kenna

    Burial, Wu-Tang Clan and Kenna

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Nightranger: Role Model in the Brown Bottle

    And glamour ghouls

  • Music

    March 15, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For the week of March 15 - 22

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Oops! Year-Ended Again!

    For the week of March 15 - 22

  • Music

    August 17, 2006

    Celebrated

    JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE at House of Blues, August 11

  • Music

    August 10, 2006

    Revenge of the N.E.R.D.

    Pharrell’s long-delayed solo debut, In My Mind, is not completely horrible

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    Free as a Bass

    Pharrell’s long-delayed solo debut, In My Mind, is not completely horrible

  • Music

    March 2, 2006

    A Fan's Diary

    PHARRELL AND FRIENDS at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, February 23

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2006

    Music Picks

    For Feb. 17 - 23

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    ''Led by God to Do Me''

    Reverend Run, raising heck

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    Genesis Regenerated

    Reverend Run, raising heck

  • Music

    December 2, 2004

    Pose and Mean It

    Reverend Run, raising heck

  • Columns

    November 4, 2004

    ’Toon Town

    Reverend Run, raising heck

  • Music

    April 22, 2004

    Recombinators

    N*E*R*D moves on from hip-hop and rock

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Top of the Pops

    N*E*R*D moves on from hip-hop and rock

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    The Neptunes Don't Front

    N*E*R*D moves on from hip-hop and rock

  • Music

    October 9, 2003

    The Real Black Realness

    N*E*R*D moves on from hip-hop and rock

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    The Cute Ones

    N*E*R*D moves on from hip-hop and rock

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