The Neptunes

小简介
在美国的弗吉尼亚州，The Neptunes在20世纪末，21世纪初的时候诞生，然而不久以后他们就成为了说唱音乐界最著名的制作人，之后还发展成为了整个流行音乐界的最顶尖制作人之一。从1998年开始，他们先后为一些说唱歌手和组合的专辑担任制作人，而进入2001年以后，他们的触角超出了说唱界，进入了整个流行领域。
自2001年起，他们先后担任过Babyface，Janet Jackson(珍妮·杰克逊)，Toni Braxton(唐妮)，Mary J. Blige，Destiny's Child(命运之子)，Jay-Z，LL Cool J，Limp Bizkit(软饼干)，NSYNC(超级男孩)，Britney Spears(布莱妮)，Justin Timberlake(贾斯汀)，Nelly，Sean Paul等许许多多著名的流行，说唱，和摇滚歌星的专辑或单曲的制作人，这些专辑的销量无不令人羡慕。在制作人的工作完成之外，他们还组建了自己的说唱团体——N.E.R.D.这时的Pharrell Williams和Chad Hugo已经是美国最有号召力的大牌唱片制作人。
2003年，Pharrell Williams和Chad Hugo以The Neptunes的名义发行了第一张由自己领衔的唱片《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'").