While many millennial R&B lovers are likely familiar with Grammy-nominated singer Snoh Aalegra, who became beloved stateside around 2018 with stylish wedding-core love songs like “I Want You Around” and “Find Someone Like You,” she’s earning a new generation of fans as her 2021, Neptunes-produced single “In Your Eyes” explodes …
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Breaking into the music business, crafting insanely addictive earworm hits, recognizing genre boundaries, starting a streetwear fashion line, wearing properly sized ranger hats — Pharrell Williams has never done anything by the book. The kid from Virginia Beach, Virginia, had always felt like someone who saw (and heard) the world …
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Chad Hugo accused his longtime friend and production partner Pharrell Williams of “fraudulently” trying to gain sole control over the trademarks tied to their production and songwriting work as the Neptunes. As Billboard reports, Hugo’s lawyer filed a legal action in a federal tribunal last week accusing Pharrell and his …
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Phoenix has dropped a new iteration of their song “All Eyes on Me” featuring Pusha T, the Neptunes‘ Chad Hugo, and New Zealand singer Benee. “A huge thank you to le Roi Pusha-T — most played artist in our backstage,” Phoenix said in a statement. “To Chad Hugo, who always …
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Right from the start, In Search of… stood out. I discovered N.E.R.D.‘s 2002 debut at a Best Buy on the rim of Houston’s I-10 loop, sitting at the front of the store on a blue kiosk marked $6.99. I was a first-year high school English teacher, struggling to pull together …
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“I would like to apologize in advance for the person I’m gonna become once this album drops,” reads a billboard in New York’s Times Square. Plastered at the bottom is the single word Wasteland —the title to Brent Fayiaz’s long-awaited new album. If you think the statement on the billboard …
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Here he comes now, sauntering down the sidewalk in L.A.’s Westchester neighborhood, a few blocks from LAX — iced coffee in hand, friend by his side, and a Whitney Houston song on his mind. “I’m saving all my love for youuuu,” he hum-sings with effortless soul and a soft smile, …
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