First we finished all the beats, then we reached out to artists to record on the tracks.ĭ.O.I.
How long did you guys work on it?Ĭhad - Around 3 months. You guys just released a new album 'Clones'.
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We hope to upgrade our level and communicate with the listeners.ĭ.O.I. So please let me know if we are making wack music lol. We are fans of the artists that we work with, and we are also fans of music itself, so I guess we have a good ear as a listener as well. How do you think you guys became such a big hit?Ĭhad - I'm not sure, but maybe because we have an open mind with other music genres. Our music is inspired by all the music that surrounds us.ĭ.O.I. Currently, I'm feeling Kanye West and Just Blaze. What other producers inspired you?Ĭhad - DJ Premier and Marley Marl were my favorites. Hits like Jay-Z's 'I Just Wanna Love U' and Ludacris' 'Southern Hospitality'.
After that song became a hit, you became one of the top production teams with In our opinions, that was the most hard hitting sound that we could useĭ.O.I.
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I didn't know how to play the guitar so we used a clavichord sound for the track. How did you guys create an eccentric beat like that?Ĭhad - We were trying to create new sound of Hip Hop mixed with Rock. In my opinion, Noreaga's 'Superthug' played a big role on making you guysįamous. Sometimes he creates theīasic sequence, then I add more sounds to it, or sample something to add to theĭ.O.I. So you're not the only one who programs the songs?Ĭhad - Pharrell is pretty good on sequencing as well. Sometimes we change roles and I write the chords and program the drums.ĭ.O.I. That's how we make our beats 80% of the time. Is that how you guys started out as well?Ĭhad - Basically yes. Sources, or at some live drums to his pattern. If Pharrell comes up with the drums, I either replay the pattern with different As the Neptunes, I'm sort of like a one man band. I sometimes make the melodies as well but I never write the What roles do you and Pharrell play when making music?Ĭhad - We really don't have a specific role, but Pharrell usually makes the drum Someone would always play the drums while another person rapped. Pharrell's part was the snare drum and I was theĬonductor of the marching band. We were also part of the marchingīand in high school. Pharrell used to write songs back then, and we would lolīut we returned the drum machine back to the store after we started doing We started out with a smallĬasio sampler and a drum machine that we stole from a guitar center.
Two cassette decks that I had at my house. Pharrell and I would experiment recording with the
What form of music did you guys do back then?Ĭhad - We started out as a high school band. Pharrell and I have been friends since junior high.ĭ.O.I. When did you guys sign with Teddy Riley?Ĭhad - When we were about 17 or 18 years old. Started working together as a production team, and that's also basicallyĭ.O.I. But one day Teddy came to usĪnd asked if we had any songs to offer him. (N.E.R.D.)īack then we would just see what Teddy was doing in the studio, First of all, can you tell us how you got into producing?Ĭhad - At first, we were signed to Teddy Riley as band. The article below appears in the December 2003 issue of "Sound & Recording," it's a little technical but it really shines some light on their creative process.ĭ.O.I.
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