Out Of This World - Pharrell Williams

...and has The Neptunes coming out with some experimental production to come up with a banging composition, which you can't help but enjoy as its hypnotic nature takes your body over as both Ye and Comm MC over the thing, and Pharrell seem to be taking over with the fly jam as backing.

**Five Stars**

4. “Paris, Tokyo” (Remix)

Here we get a popular remix from Lupe Fiasco’s sophomore album and it gets a very strong ...
...down to things and pulling out a banger to make the most out of the original.

**Five Stars**

5. “Work That”

This one was where it certainly felt dip in quality as the J-Hop (Japanese Hip Hop) crew the Teriyaki Boyz take over here, and I have to say that (although I’ve tried on many occasion) I simply get into it, and it does very little for me at all as they perform with Skateboard P and the US R&B singer Chris ... more

“Out Of This World” is a 2009 mixtape from N*E*R*D’s and The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams (or Skateboard P when rapping) and features a compilation of various recordings which feature his production and guest raps with other big names in the world of Hip Hop and R&B, it contains lots of unreleased material and some more well-known tunes too.

1. “Out Of This World” (Intro)

2. “Announcement”

The album begins in pretty typical fashion with the mixtape getting underway with a Neptunes-produced tune form Common’s 2008 “Universal Mind Control” album, and also it’s second single, and is it was a rather commercial start to bring in those who aren’t up on the less popular Pharrell tunes. It is a fresh tune and one of the best that the experimental album had to offer, and so it is a nice one to get started.

**Five Stars**

3. “Punch Love Drunk”

Things move on with yet another from Common’s eighth album and it this case it is the best one from it as It has him work with Kanye and has The Neptunes coming out with some experimental production to come up with a banging composition, which you can't help but enjoy as its hypnotic nature takes your body over as both Ye and Comm MC over the thing, and Pharrell seem to be taking over with the fly jam as backing.

**Five Stars**

4. “Paris, Tokyo” (Remix)

Here we get a popular remix from Lupe Fiasco’s sophomore album and it gets a very strong line-up as, in addition to some impressive flows from Pharrell, you also have the Former Tribe Called Quest MC Q-Tip laying down a little something for this fresh joint. It is a mellowing tune and one which takes you in as you feel them getting down to things and pulling out a banger to make the most out of the original.

**Five Stars**

5. “Work That”

This one was where it certainly felt dip in quality as the J-Hop (Japanese Hip Hop) crew the Teriyaki Boyz take over here, and I have to say that (although I’ve tried on many occasion) I simply get into it, and it does very little for me at all as they perform with Skateboard P and the US R&B singer Chris Brown to do something that suits their style, but wasn’t really saying much to impress anyone out of Japan.

**Two Stars**

6. “My Drive Thru”
I felt that the tune prior to it allowed the standards to slip as from it, it seemed to let in a tune such as this one where he sings with Santagold (now Santigold) and Julian Casablancas on a strange fusion tune which is based in Pop. I haven’t heard a track from the main artist (Santigold) that I actually like, collaborations included, and this explosion of nothingness leads me to feel me exactly the same way towards this one.

**One Star**

7. “Everybody Nose” (Remix)

Known as the CRS (Child Rebel Soldier) remix, this one gets CRS (who includes Pharrell, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco) rapping on a remix to one of the biggest joints form N*E*R*D’s third album “Seeing Sounds” with Pusha-T from The Clipse on some brand new production. It is a fresh revamp and one that is bound to impress as they reinvent it and come up with a strong Hip Hop version of the fusion tune.

**Five Stars**

8. “Still Got It For Cheap”

Here he gets into a track with The Clipse. It is a banger of a tune and like the majority of tunes that they have come up with over the years, it finds them working with The Neptunes on production and they come out with a powerful tune which is guided with heavy bass punching its way through as they show exactly what they are about as order seems to have been restored in the album and it gets back to the bangers.

**Five Stars**

9. “Rumour Has It”

On this one you have Pharrell featuring on the tune as a guest R&B vocalist, rapper and producer as Young Jeezy gets down to his typical trap-rap material. I can’t say that I was particularly impressed by what came of it as the light beats from Chad and Pharrell really didn’t work with Jeezy’s flows and it mean that it was a rather confused tune and it has the rapper performing some rather average rhymes.

**Two Stars**

10. “Get Down”

This is a heavy joint and has some clear production coming courtesy of Pharrell himself as Rick Ross commands the raps. It is a lively dance number and a typical tune to have not been initially included onto a Rick Ross record as it is a bit too energetic and doesn’t quite fit in with the classy atmosphere that he brought on “Deeper Than Rap”

**Four Stars**

11. “Bout To Blow”

Using production that may seem familiar to some Nelly fans already, this is a tune which has him linking up with Louisiana’s B.G. (Baby Gangsta – as he was when one of Cash Money’s Hot Boys). This one has the New Orleans rapper showing that he still has it within him to come up with something decent here and this can certainly be said to have been achieved in the case of this decent recording.

**Four Stars**

12. “Let It Go”

Keeping the pace flowing, you fin that the production remains the same as things shift towards the original version, a tune which appeared on Nelly’s 2008 release “Brass Knuckles”. It was one of the better tunes on the album and I only really felt something from it because Nelly made the effort to improve his rhymes for this one as he gets into some mellow club material to liven you up on a subtle level.

**Four Stars**

13. “Patron”

Things make a massive turn as here we enter in a different fled and see what The Neptunes were doing for the R&B world as in this one they compose a tune which has Sean garret starring as the lead artist and they make a fly and classy tune to suit what is appropriate for the artist and to show the diversity that they are able to come out with as Pharrell is seen to participate by singing too.

**Four Stars**

14. “Flash”

I saw this as one of the best tunes that Usher recorded for his 200 “Here I Am” release and I was amazed that after I heard it leak, that it wouldn’t make the final cut as they lay down ne of the most impressive, funky jam where the two of them come together and make big things happen together and show how they throw down in a big way to come out with the most impressive results and get everyone grooving with them.

**Five Stars**

15. “Only One”

We get another Usher point here, but in this case I can’t recall hearing this leak prior to “Here I Am” dropping, and so I hadn’t head it until it found its way onto here. however it does sound to be of that sort of quality as if it has been recorded as a demo of what potential it has (with raw, un0edited vocals), rather than a competed work, but it is once again a killer tune and has the Hip Hop influences making for a perfect setting to the tune.

**Four Stars**

16. “Sets Up”

This was one of the big tunes to drop off Snoop Dogg’s 2008 album “Ego Trippin’” and it was a perfect way o build up to what you get on the track prior to this one as Tha Top Dogg comes up with some fresh LBC rhymes where he gets back to the gangbanging seen and it enables Pharrell to show a bit more depth in his character and how he can get down to this Gangsta Rap material just as any others.

**Five Stars**

17. “Cheat”

Originally planned for an album for Tha Dogg Pound, this banger gets Daz of the duo laying down some killer beats to set up the atmosphere as Pharrell throws in one of his most known lines (originally featured as part of Snoop’s “Drop it Like It’s Hot”, this one has them showing how his influence leads to a banger of a West Coast Rap jam here, and it does big things here as you get a little Gangsta Rap.

**Five Stars**

18. “I Apologize”

The mixtape didn’t end in the best way for me at all as this one has him getting down to some Electro-inspired material and I was completely against what I enjoyed elsewhere in the album (especially when you consider the two tunes which came before it). It wasn’t the best way to end what otherwise has been a fairly strong album and it just seems to let it down at a crucial point.

**One Star**

Although there are a few tunes that really bring this one down considerably, I felt that on the whole this one was a good one as it brings together all the best features a production efforts that Pharrell brought in 2008 on albums and on tunes which were meant to be included on some of the biggest release of that year (most of which were of a very high standard).  

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