Could this be the end of the Neptunes? As two of the most sought after producers in the music game, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo seem to suggest a change in their producing name may be in order. “We can’t really talk about it because you’re going into a land of, um, yet-to-be-determined information,” Pharrell told MTV. “It’s not the name; it’s the music that matters. You appreciate the respect you get from the name and the connotation behind the name, but where did the connotation come from? The music. And that’s what’s most important to us. That’s why the Neptunes didn’t work with Gwen Stefani. Pharrell and Chad did. But under some other pretenses? I don’t know. It was definitely all about the exploration of sound, though.”
Changing their name isn’t the only thing the group is experimenting with. On their new album “Fly or Die”, Pharrell, Chad and Shay mixed their sound from hip-hop, pop and rock to come up with and eclectic new sound. “We’re not really trying to be anything. We’re not really rock or hip-hop. We don’t want to be labeled. Just making music we feel. Hip-hop and classic rock. Everything from every musical genre interpreted our own way Chad said.” Their second album “Fly or Die” will be in stores March 23rd.
