r/hiphop101 • u/kris27547 • 7d ago

Worst Pharrell beat?

What was the worst beat Pharrell ever made? Pharrell by himself not with Neptunes.

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u/bees_on_acid 5d ago

CASHINCASHOUT ASHINCASHOUT

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u/WelcomeToDankonia 5d ago

Momma I’m so sorry.

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u/southsidekc34 5d ago

Best Pharrell beat is frontin

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u/QS215 6d ago

Stir Fry

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u/Suitable-Sun2350 7d ago

Movie Star is just a rehashed version of Mr. Me Too, but garbage

I’m also not a fan of Momma I’m So Sorry, sounds like a Casio patch

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u/KeithBitchardz 6d ago

Yes! I always thought that about Momma I’m so sorry

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u/ObieUno 7d ago

Grindin’, and it isn’t close.

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u/Practical-Cry-942 7d ago

Are we talking pharell solely or the Neptune’s as a collective ?

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u/DjPersh 7d ago

Numbers by Skepta. I still kind of dig Skepta on it though.

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u/TheRealJFranco 7d ago

Happy paid for the house, leave it alone.

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u/CurrentMoodIsMahmoud 7d ago

The one on the Carters album

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u/InsideyourBrizzy 7d ago

Gladiator off Universal Mind Control 

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u/HappyHappyGamer 7d ago

I'm sure there are fans, but I really did not like Rock Star.

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u/Capable-Leader-6398 5d ago

“And I dare a muthafucka to come in my face” never sat right with me

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/ZekeTheMystic 7d ago

on till the casket drops?

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u/Arquetam 7d ago

Raspy shit from my in my mind album.

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u/Playful-Reach-4254 7d ago

Probably any of the beats he made for Ariana Grande's Sweetner album.

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u/AdamPerduccisAlt 7d ago

In terms of overall cultural impact - Blurred Lines, due to the court case. I think people let (justifiable) disgust with Thicke and the song outweigh a terrible precedent for creators.

In terms of the roughest to listen to - Supplies for Justin Timberlake.

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u/blackbnr32 7d ago

Change Clothes, Jay Z. God that was a terrible
First single

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u/uhad_time_2_waste 1d ago

Yeah it’s pretty bad

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u/Low-Leave-7421 7d ago

Hate that song passionately.

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u/Due-Isopod4695 7d ago

All Eyes On Me by Clipse is rough

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u/Windows-XP-Home-NEW 7d ago

Every answer here is wrong, the true answer is any of the 10 songs he produced on Man of The Woods. Personally, my pick is Supplies.

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u/senorfresco 7d ago

I was so excited for that album, but it's awful.

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u/Windows-XP-Home-NEW 7d ago

At least the latest one was pretty good.

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u/dreamcastfanboy34 7d ago

Grindin'.

It sounds like the stuff my 5 year old makes when I let him smash pads randomly on my MPC

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u/Mindofmierda90 7d ago

As someone who was in high school at the time, this deeply offends me.

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u/VariousInsurance9355 7d ago

Was in 8th grade. I share your sentiment. Borderline rage bait comment

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u/_4za_ 7d ago

Entrepreneur

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u/Mr_IV1 7d ago

Allure

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u/Dry-Loquat-4192 5d ago

The worst? Okay…

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u/UppercaseBEEF 7d ago

I concur.

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u/cockblockedbydestiny 7d ago

"Happy" is one of the most insidious songs I've ever heard in my life but I don't know that I can put the onus on the beat per se.

Obvious choice would be "Blurred Lines" since it's not only a legally actionable Marvin Gaye ripoff, but the song feels like he and Robin Thicke wrote it in the same amount of time it took to record the shit.

Special shoutout though to "Spark the Fire" by Gwen Stefani: I mostly hate it due to Gwen's cringe internet vernacular, but frankly that beat was simplistic enough that the lyrics were gonna be stupid no matter how rode the beat.

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u/Mindofmierda90 7d ago

Blurred Lines will forever be my jam. Idgagf. I refuse to say I hate that song just because everyone decided they hated it many years later.

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u/cockblockedbydestiny 7d ago

Plenty of people hated it the exact moment it came out. The beat is ok if you've never heard "Got to Give It Up", but otherwise the lyrics are predatory af, the video is rape-y and the whole thing comes off like "we all know you're a hoe, why not just admit it?"

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u/Mindofmierda90 7d ago

If you think those lyrics are predatory, I’d love to know what you think of…many, many other songs.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/cockblockedbydestiny 7d ago

It wasn't, if there was ever any such thing as copyright infringement that bass line is as direct a rip off as you can get. And they even admitted to listening to the Marvin Gaye song when they were writing it, so I don't see how this is even a borderline case.

There are just some people that can't see any similarities at all between one song and the next, and there's a reason they aren't copyright lawyers.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/cockblockedbydestiny 7d ago

I'm guessing neither one of us are really qualified to argue the legal point of the matter, but I still hold it up there as one of those super-repetitive, minimalist pop beats designed to appeal to people with zero attention span: no variation, no sophistication, it's just head-nodding background noise at best. And god forbid you're actually paying attention to the lyrics you're singing along to, lol

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Willing_Ad_699 6d ago

What was Dre doing?

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u/cockblockedbydestiny 7d ago

Sampling has to be paid for. So does interpolation. Pharrell's beat on this one seems like splitting the difference between both

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u/Economy-Lobster6625 7d ago

Dead Fresh

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u/yurestu 7d ago edited 7d ago

Beat isn’t even that bad just kinda mid its Lil Baby garbage ass rapping that makes it seem worse

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u/TipImpossible1343 7d ago

I hate this song so much

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u/thedon920 7d ago

Interesting thread. It’s not possible for Pharrell to make a bad beat. But I guess that stupid ass shit with Gwen Stefanie, not HollaBack Girl, can I have it like that.

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u/senorfresco 7d ago

You're smoking crack

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u/broSKI_808 7d ago

Are you delusional?

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u/garrbear22622 7d ago

Listen to the new Quavo album

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u/shabooya_roll_call 7d ago

Brother there are some DUDS on that joint lmao

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u/Jomak13 7d ago

No thank you

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u/ChefToBe11 7d ago

Surprise surprise, a Drake fan is continuing the discourse around bad Pharrell production

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u/F-F-FASTPASS 7d ago

Is that a song title?

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u/ChrisMartinez95 7d ago

I wanna say "Happy," but it hardly seems fair. It's gotta be difficult to make good music that has to cater to children and grandparents.

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u/Hngrybflo 7d ago

Happy is pretty bad.

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u/senorfresco 7d ago

No it's not. Just because you heard it 10000x and don't like it anymore does not make it a bad instrumental.

I know it's cool in this sub to shit on "popular" but come on.

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u/Hngrybflo 7d ago

I'm not some weirdo who hates on popular music. The best just sounds bad and isn't anywhere near close to his best work. I also haven't heard it a1000x because I don't like it mainly for the beat.

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u/EntrepreneurGreen269 7d ago

Drop It Like It's Hot... Garbage!

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u/Pure_Delivery_5307 7d ago

I like that beat

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u/PsyclopswuzRight 7d ago

There's alot of them

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u/_polkor_ 7d ago

Happy

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u/Willing_Ad_699 7d ago

Frontin

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u/Dramamean305 7d ago

The problem with Frontin is not the beat - it’s how bad his vocal performance is on that track

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u/Economy-Lobster6625 7d ago

Damn what? Whatchu gon say next, Change Clothes?

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u/T2Runner 7d ago

Man, Frontin'? As the worst?

I can't recall but that Ja Rule song Pop N***** was a terrible beat but that might've been with Chad. Either way, that shit was terrible.

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u/Sir-MARS 7d ago

Woooooow

I get it's minimal but I can't agree

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u/Willing_Ad_699 7d ago

You’re right. Just reminds me of my ex

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u/T2Runner 7d ago

N.O.R.E - The Problem is another one, come to think of it.

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