Pharrell Sings!

This must be done.

Just a matter of time till they do a Neptunes Xmas album and then you'll all be sorry.

You know the train wreck singers at the beginning of each season of American Idol? That's exactly where Pharrell would be without his pitch correction studio wizardry.

Something tells me you're not a Curtis Mayfield fan.

One of the greatest MTV moments I can think of in recent years is Pharrell and Chester from Linkin Park presenting together at the VMAs; Pharrell decided to flex by croaking out the hook to "Beautiful" and then Chester stepped in and wiped the fucking stage with him. When someone else pwns you on your own song the year it comes out without even trying, you should maybe take away from that the thought that vocals aren't your strong suit...?

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/startracks/060320/pwilliams.jpg

Is he mackin' on who I think he's mackin' on?

is his index fingernail as long as it looks?

"happy" is p good

Why do people hate on his voice...he's no Curtis but its still a lovely thing...

Fascinated by how long it took "Happy" to become a hit.

charts so unfair to saadiq

haha i just googled "happy sounds like saadiq" and found an alfred quote on singles jukebox

Released last June

It was originally released back in June last year, tucked away as track four on the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack album, released by the Back Lot Music label. Pharrell had signed to Sony Music and the track was considered a ‘possible’ to appear on his new album, which is due out later this year but has no official release date yet. Then dance and urban station Capital Xtra (formerly Choice FM) started playing it. Pluggers, as is the norm in radio promotion, had not been knocking on its door. They just decided they liked it and put it on heavy rotation.

“They were hammering the track for a number of months in isolation,” says Neil Hughes, the director of promotions at RCA, the division of Sony Music that Pharrell is signed to in the UK. This coincided with the DVD release of Despicable Me 2 and the launch of the 24HoursOfHappy.com site that featured, as its name suggests, a 24-hour long video for the song featuring cameos from Jamie Foxx, Steve Carell and others. RCA hadn’t even decided what the lead track from the album would be but quickly swung into action, and it was released as a single by the label.

“A good label adapts and reads situations,” says Hughes, talking of the response on radio and of how it has started to sell as a standalone download track in its own right – detached from the film soundtrack. “It was becoming very apparent that this track was very much loved. By the time we had formulated a conventional single plan and took the track to radio fully, it was already top 75 on iTunes. It was an amazing week

http://www.bigissue.com/features/3498/happy-by-pharrell-williams-why-this-song-has-grabbed-the-nation

Grammy boost end of January

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5885485/chart-highlights-pharrell-hat-ches-a-hit-with-happy

I forgot I reviewed this thing!

i love Saadiq but comparing "Happy" to him off of The Way I See It is goofy

Big Issue article is really interesting and love that they interviewed a psychologist to talk about why it's like "Hey Ya!" (only with that song I thought I liked it until I realized I didn't, whereas with this song I didn't like it until I realized I did)

Of course, the main reason I maybe didn't like it last summer was because I actually saw Despicable Me 2.

I can't past this dude's mosquito timbre. I can't stand his voice.

*get past

Get Pasty feat. Pharrell Williams

"happy" owns, i have listened to this song like 20 times this week

It's one of those songs where I'm like "This is just in the exact right key."

I don't get DJP & Alfred's hatred for his voice. It may not be the best but there are a zillion worse ones

Eva Braun and Alicia Keys had worse sure

Bruno's is tougher to take, though it is technically better.

Happy is Pharrell? Thanks to the movie my kids are into it. I thought it was just this year's psuedo-soul "Fuck You." If Pharrell had true genius foresight he would have squeezed his way onto the "Frozen" soundtrack, maybe by way of voicing a character or something.

I like his voice fine, it's got character and enthusiasm.

I don't get DJP & Alfred's hatred for his voice. It may not be the best but there are a zillion worse ones

The existence of IceJJFish doesn't mean that Pharrell can sing.

Bad voices are very now.

re: "enthusiasm" yeah, it can be fun to hear people try to sing just like the video for this one makes it fun to watch people try to dance

Guess I spoke too soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7X8ZnmLfM0

Aaaaaargh I want to hit her.

He has a new hat

http://www.imnotobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pharrell-williams-at-bbc-radio-one-studios-london-13.jpg

considered deleting a friend on FB after he posted that pomplamoose video with earnest enthusiasm

Saadiq is obviously a much more technically adept singer but "Happy" would be a way worse song with him singing it. It totally relies on Pharrell's pipsqueak Curtis Mayfield impression (which he hadn't really busted out in a long time -- certainly neither of his big hits last summer used it. I didn't realize how much I missed it). Modern Saadiq's earnest professionalism would have sapped the character out of the song and made it sound rote. Tonyies-era Saadiq would be a different story entirely.

What's Chad Hugo up to?

They wheeled him out at the NBA All-Star game, I'm told.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T-_Ao40CQ4

thank u

a list of his best