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and it feels so good

daily dos

mon 4/20/2009

The Clipse say it's "a blessin' to blow $100,000 in a recession" in a new song, “Kinda Like A Big Deal,” featuring Kanye West.

caught offsides

daily dos

tue 11/18/2008

The Alchemist, Snoop Dogg, Pusha T and Jadakiss dabble in horrorcore in a new animated video, "Lose Your Life."

Pharrell vs. Timbaland

versus

thu 2/8/2007

name	Pharrell.	Timbaland.
full name	Pharrell L. Williams.	Timothy Z. Mosley.
born on	April 5, 1973.	March 10, 1971.
hometown	Virginia Beach, Virginia.	Norfolk, Virginia.
early start	High School Marching Band.	The Swing Mob and Surrounded by Idiots.
main occupation	Half of the production duo The Neptunes.	Hip hop and R&B producer.
extracurricular activities	Star Trak, Billionaire Boys Club & Ice Cream and A Bathing Ape.	Mosley Music Group.
not only a hotshot record producer	Funks hard with NER*D.	Raps hard with Timbaland & Magoo.
production style	Tight synth riffs, cut-up snares and Pharrell’s falsetto.	Up-front syncopated bass and snare with sparse techno sounds.
has produced	Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Lupe Fiasco, Snoop Dogg, Clipse, Gwen Stefani and Kelis.	Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado, Beck, and Ludacris.
latest solo album	In My Mind, featuring Gwen Stefani, Nelly, Kanye West, and Snoop Dogg.	Timbaland Presents Shock Value, featuring Björk, 50 Cent, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, M.I.A., and Jay-Z.
how much do they charge?	At least $150,000.00.	As much as $500,000.
the critics	He may be a studio master, says The Guardian, but he ain't no rapper.	AskMen.com praises his ability to blend diverse sounds without losing the hooks.
webprops	152,632 friends on his MySpace.	40,935 friends on his MySpace.
best video moment	Bragging and boasting alongside Clipse.	Banging it with Justin Timberlake on My Love.

Clipse, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Nas, The Shins and Young Jeezy.

Entertainment Weekly declares Clipse’s Neptunes-produced Hell Hath No Fury the best hip-hop album of 2006 with a solid “A” while the Village Voice says that Clipse “run circles around major rap fourth-quarter competition.”

Rolling Stone gives Damon Albarn’s post-Blur project The Good, The Bad & The Queen four stars for its “dark, muted balladry a la Syd Barrett” while the LA Times is less impressed with its “catchy form of art-rock.”

The Onion’s A.V. Club states that despite its controversial title, Nas’ Hip Hop is Dead “contains…the seeds of the genre’s rebirth and renewal” while Rap Reviews praises the album for its passion. Popmatters notes that Nas “pushes lyricism and technical virtuosity to the forefront.”

The Shins' third release Wincing the Night Away earns mixed reviews, with Slant Magazine arguing that some songs “cross the line between cryptic and inscrutable.” All Music Guide states the album succeeds with its “mix of quintessentially Shins songs and tracks that take their sound in subtly different directions.”

Young Jeezy “is just not ready to get serious about the conflicts of the lifestyle he raps with such inspiration about,” says The Phoenix about his second release, The Inspiration. Pitchforkmedia is enthused over the southern rapper’s “desire to transcend the clichés he helped create, to create further complexity without ever resolving it.”