Episode notes
Rapper/producer Pell sits down with us to talk about N.E.R.D’s “In Search Of…” We get into the sex, drugs, rock & roll of it all, The Neptunes’ prolific career, and N.E.R.D’s influence on Pell’s own work.
More on Pell
More on N.E.R.D.
- Explaining the Cult Popularity of N.E.R.D. (Vulture)
- Pharrell’s Signature 4 Count (Genius)
- ‘In Search Of…’: N*E*R*D’s 21st-Century Hip-Hop Mission Statement (uDiscoverMusic)
Show Tracklisting (all songs from In Search Of… unless otherwise indicated):
- Lapdance
- Pell: Eleven:11
- Mase: Lookin’ At Me
- Mystikal: Shake Ya Ass
- Kelis: Caught Out There
- Britney Spears: I’m A Slave 4 U
- 702: I Still Love You
- Jadakiss: Knock Yourself Out
- Old Dirty Bastard: Got Your Money
- Jay-Z: I Just Wanna Love You (Give It To Me)
- Nelly: Hot In Herre
- Tape You
- Brain
- Brain (2001 Electronic Version)
- Brain
- Run To The Sun
- Young Franco: Juice
- N.O.R.E.: Superthug
- Am I High
- Provider
- Stay Together
- Run To The Sun
- Am I High
- Bobby James
- Things Are Getting Better
- Baby Doll
- Tape You
- Provider
- Lapdance
- The Neptunes: Light Your Ass On Fire
- N.E.R.D.: Perfect Defect
- N.E.R.D.: You Know What
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
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