In My Mind (Explicit Version) (2006)

Product Summary Label: Interscope Records UPC: 00602498870167 Release Date: 7/25/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202019212 Item#: M2PRQ3 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Can I Have It Like That - (with Gwen Stefani) ~ Pharrell 2. How Does It Feel? ~ Pharrell 3. Raspy **** ~ Pharrell 4. Best Friend ~ Pharrell 5. You Can Do It Too ~ Pharrell 6. Keep It Playa - (with Slim Thug) ~ Pharrell 7. That Girl - (with Snoop Dogg) ~ Pharrell 8. Angel ~ Pharrell 9. Young Girl / Really Like You - (with Jay-Z) ~ Pharrell 10. Take It Off (Dim The Lights) ~ Pharrell 11. Stay With Me - (with Pusha T) ~ Pharrell 12. Baby - (with Nelly) ~ Pharrell 13. Our Father ~ Pharrell 14. Number One - (with Kanye West) ~ Pharrell 15. Skateboard P Presents: Sow You How to Hustle - (with Lauren) ~ Pharrell (P) 2005 Star Trak, LLC. (C) 2005 Star Trak, LLC. It would be cliché to say that Pharrell Williams needs no introduction. This Grammy-winning production wizard has been making the soundtrack to your days, nights and everything in between for the past few years. He is not only a master at producing, but also a member of the band N.E.R.D, the CEO of Star Trak Records, the CEO of a new clothing label BBC, CEO of his own sneaker line called Ice Cream and the spokes model for the Louis Vuitton fall campaign. Heralded by the press and the industry as a force to be reckoned with, he releases his solo debut In My Mind. The album highlights a diversified man, featurning 7 rap songs and 7 R&B songs, with guest appearances from Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nelly, Pusha T, Slim Thug, and Snoop Dogg.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Pharrell Williams (vocals, keyboards, programming); Gwen Stefani (vocals); Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nelly, Pusha T, Slim Thug, Snoop Dogg (rap vocals). As a member of the massively influential recording teams the Neptunes and N.E.R.D., Pharrell Williams slowly made a name for himself in the late 1990s and early 2000s as one of the hottest producers on the scene. IN MY MIND, from 2006, is the artist's first full-length solo album, and it brims with Pharrell's trademark production flourishes and cross-genre sampling. The overall feel of IN MY MIND falls somewhere between hip-hop and urban contemporary R&B, whether on the spare, electro-funk beats of "Keep It Playa" or the smooth, seductive groove of "Baby." A figure as in-demand as Pharrell can get just about any guest he wants, and the list for IN MY MIND is an impressive one: Slim Thug, Nelly, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, and Gwen Stefani, all of whom were Pharrell clients at one point or another, make appearances. The artist's own vocals and MC skills aren't quite equal to his expertise behind the boards, but the shortcoming is easy enough to forgive, thanks to the album's carefully constructed, dazzling sonic treats. The idea of an all-Pharrell album is natural and unnatural in roughly equal measure. Half of the extremely successful Neptunes production team, as well as a collaborator who has been deployed for countless guest verses and vocal hooks, Pharrell has been a regular presence on radio stations and video programs for several years. As of late 2005, however, there was only one single -- the summer 2003 smash "Frontin'" -- the man could call his own. You'd think he would've been on his second or third solo album by the time the decent In My Mind was released in July 2006, but Pharrell has always considered himself a producer/songwriter first, a background figure who isn't a singer -- and, for that matter, he's not much more than a competent MC. If he weren't so crafty at his primary calling, he'd be relying almost exclusively on his charm and sex appeal. Perhaps this partly explains why In My Mind took so long to materialize. In interviews, Pharrell seemed more exhausted than excited and indicated that the album was too much of a compromised process. While the album never sounds as if less than 100 percent was put into it, a large chunk of the material is second rate compared to his past highlights ("Frontin'" included), and it's no help that the tracks tapped as singles are some of the weakest moments (as was the case with the first version of the first N.E.R.D. album). Produced entirely by Pharrell, with guest appearances from several of the high-profile artists (Jay-Z, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Nelly, Slim Thug, Clipse's Pusha T) whose careers have been boosted by the Neptunes, the album is divided in half between R&B and rap, at least if you go by Pharrell's singing-to-rapping ratio. Those who have been wanting to hear more of Pharrell's softer side will be pleased with the direction the album takes during the latter half, where his usual cocky demeanor is tempered by some loverman vulnerability. Just the fact that the album contains over an hour of Pharrell will be enough to attract scores of his fans, and it's not like any part of it is flat-out poor, but it's a shame it didn't turn out better. [The album has three different covers. The content does not vary.] ~ Andy Kellman Producer: Pharrell Williams Musical Guests Gwen Stefani Slim Thug Snoop Dogg Jay-Z Nelly Kanye West   Compilation Appearances Back For The First Time (Explicit Version) Back For The First Time (Clean Version) Rock City (Explicit Version) Austin Powers In Goldmember Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss (Explicit Version) Electric Circus (Explicit Version) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Neptunes Present...clones (Explicit Version) Def Jamaica (Explicit Version) Source Presents: hip Hop Hits Vol. 7 Love Don't Cost A Thing Cee-Lo Green...Is The Soul Machine (Explicit Version) Cee-Lo Green...Is The Soul Machine Twentysomething Twentysomething (SACD Hybrid) Prince Of The South (Explicit Version) Suit (Edited) Urban Legend (Explicit Version) Vol 18.-Now That's What I Call Music White People Artist Collection: Busta Rhymes (aus) Greatest Hits: My Prerogative Island Def Jam Recording Presents 1 Best of Snoop Dogg (Clean Version) Best Of Snoop Dogg (Explicit Version) Sweatsuit (Explicit Version) Sweatsuit(clean) 1105 Urban Legend(Bonus Tracks) Lively Mind (Bonus Tracks) Lively Mind Y Familia Ya Tu Sabe(clea Nore Y La Familia Ya Tu Sabe(Explicit Version) Kingdom Come(Explicit Version)(Bonus Tracks) Kingdom Come(clean)(Bonus Tracks) The Sweet Escape (Explicit Version) In The Mind Of 15 Again Brass Knuckles Hard Candy Brass Knucles Universal Mind Control (Explicit Version) Invincible Summer Last Kiss(Explicit Version) Back On My B S(Explicit Version) Back On My B S(Explicit Version) Last Kiss Back On My Bs(Limited Edition)(Explicit Version) Fast Furious (Ost) Interstate Rick We Run Atl Blueprint 3(Explicit Version) Blueprint 3 Def Jam Recordings: 25th Anniversary Box Set Attention:deficit Singles Collection   Associated Artists and Works DJ Drama Drama, DJ Can You Flow? Instrumental Renditions of Pharrell ~ Various Artists Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 07/25/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 0005698 Label : Interscope Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498870167    Product Image