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While Pharrell Williams has become the recognizable face of the production duo The Neptunes, singing falsetto with Jay-Z, rapping alongside Snoop and doing numerous appearances on MTV, the other half of the duo, Chad Hugo, has remained in the background. However, by all accounts his role in creating the Neptunes beats is equally as important as Pharrell's. Here is Hugo's description of their creation process:
We really don't have a specific role, but Pharrell usually makes the drum patterns since he was a drummer. He also makes most of the melodies for our beats. I sometimes make the melodies as well but I never write the lyrics. As the Neptunes, I'm sort of like a one man band. For instance, if Pharrell comes up with the drums, I either replay the pattern with different sources, or at some live drums to his pattern. Then I add some sounds to the drums and arrange it for it to be mixed. (from an interview in Scratch magazine)
With the impending release of Pharrell's new album, Chad has put out a remix of "Can I Have It Like That." I'm not sure if this is the first step toward his own solo album or just something he put out there to give people like me something to talk about. Whatever the case may be, this is a pretty solid effort -- basically its a Baltimore House version of the song. Its not going to do much to help Chad step out of Pharrell's shadow, but I'll still bump this in the whip.
Download Chad Hugo Remix of Can I Have It Like That (mp3)
1/12/2006 6:05:52 PM posted by Fresh