The Neptunes

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在美國(guó)的弗吉尼亞州，The Neptunes在20世紀(jì)末，21世紀(jì)初的時(shí)候誕生，然而不久以后他們就成為了說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)界最著名的制作人，之后還發(fā)展成為了整個(gè)流行音樂(lè)界的最頂尖制作人之一。從1998年開(kāi)始，他們先后為一些說(shuō)唱歌手和組合的專輯擔(dān)任制作人，而進(jìn)入2001年以后，他們的觸角超出了說(shuō)唱界，進(jìn)入了整個(gè)流行領(lǐng)域。
自2001年起，他們先后擔(dān)任過(guò)Babyface，Janet Jackson(珍妮·杰克遜)，Toni Braxton(唐妮)，Mary J. Blige，Destiny's Child(命運(yùn)之子)，Jay-Z，LL Cool J，Limp Bizkit(軟餅干)，NSYNC(超級(jí)男孩)，Britney Spears(布萊妮)，Justin Timberlake(賈斯汀)，Nelly，Sean Paul等許許多多著名的流行，說(shuō)唱，和搖滾歌星的專輯或單曲的制作人，這些專輯的銷量無(wú)不令人羨慕。在制作人的工作完成之外，他們還組建了自己的說(shuō)唱團(tuán)體——N.E.R.D.這時(shí)的Pharrell Williams和Chad Hugo已經(jīng)是美國(guó)最有號(hào)召力的大牌唱片制作人。
2003年，Pharrell Williams和Chad Hugo以The Neptunes的名義發(fā)行了第一張由自己領(lǐng)銜的唱片《The Neptunes Present... Clones》
The Neptunes quietly emerged from Virginia Beach at the turn of the century and quickly became the hottest producers within the rap industry, then the entire pop music industry. The peerless duo began their ascendance in the late '90s with a few party-themed hits: Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Got My Money" (1999), Mystikal's "Shake Ya Ass" (2000), and Jay-Z's "I Wanna Love U" (2001). The Neptunes crossed over from rap to pop in 2001 and began producing tracks for the likes of Britney Spears ("I'm a Slave 4 U"), *NSYNC ("Girlfriend"), and Usher ("U Don't Have to Call"). In addition to these pop stars, the duo continued producing hits for the biggest names in rap, working with everyone from LL Cool J ("Luv U Better") and Busta Rhymes ("Pass the Courvoisier") to Bow Wow ("Take Ya Home") and Nelly ("Hot in Herre"). Furthermore, the Neptunes began their own rap-rock group, N.E.R.D., and presented the hardcore rap duo Clipse. By this point, the duo comprising the Neptunes — Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo — had become the pop-rap industry's most demanded producers, on a par with other big-name producers like Dr. Dre and Timbaland, if not perhaps even supplanting them for a moment in time. Their debut album, Neptunes Present... Clones (2003), confirmed their across-the-board popularity, topping Billboard's album chart and moving roughly 250,000 units during its first week. Amid all of this success, they continued to churn out hits, most notably alongside Justin Timberlake ("Rock Your Body") and Snoop Dogg ("Beautiful") as well as for their longtime standbys (Jay-Z's "Excuse Me Miss") and even themselves (Pharrell's "Frontin'").