Best Neptune tracks

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Since it's almost impossible to hear all their songs, what would you rate as their best tracks - no NERD

I've already placed some obvious tracks

1) ODB - Gotcha Money
2) Kelis - Milkshake
3) Kelis - Caught Out There
4) Noreaga- Super Thug

Also: thoughts on track listing - chronological, flow etc.

― John Edmond, Friday, 12 December 2003 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Mystikal: 'Bouncin' Back'
Clipse: 'Grindin'
Kelis: 'Caught Out There'
Justin Timberlake: 'Like I Love You'
Baby aka Birdman: 'What Happened To That Boy?'
Ms. Jade: 'The Come Up'
Britney: 'I'm A Slave 4 U'
Ol' Dirty Bastard: 'Got Your Money'

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 12 December 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

No NERD?! 'Run To The Sun' party people unite!

― Barima (Barima), Friday, 12 December 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

good ones I'm not totally sick of:

Beanie Man f/ Sean Paul and Lady Saw - "Bossman"
Justin Timberlake - "I'm Lovin' It"
Baby f/ Clipse - "What Happened To That Boy?"
Usher - "U Don't Have To Call"
Busta Rhymes - "Light Your Ass On Fire"
Ray J - "Wait A Minute"
Jay-Z - "Allure"

"Got Your Money" is their most overrated track ever (on ILM at least).

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Grindin

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 12 December 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

nothin
young boy
get along with you
d.i.d.d.y.
girls dem sugar
cross the border
the ripper strikes back
grindin
bellydancer
bouncin back

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 12 December 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Being the flagrant rockist that I am, I have to go with "Rockstar" (am I getting the title right?) The one with the booming chorus of "ALMOST OVER NOW!" I have to go get that!

(Notice sudden plunge in N.E.R.D's hepcat cache now that Killing Joke fans are expressing interest)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 12 December 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Jay-Z - I Just Wanna Luv U
Mystikal - Shake Ya Ass
Nelly - Hot In Herre

― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 13 December 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Everything Fiddo said, plus:

ODB - Got Your Money
Nelly - Hot in Herre
Kelis - Popular Thug
Clipse - Ego
Kelis - Roller Rink
Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
N.E.R.D. - Stay Together
Jay-Z - Nigga Please
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
Mystikal - Danger (Been So Long)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 13 December 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

fiddo, tim's lists but also

mystikal -- family
kelis -- mr. ufo man
clipse -- hot damn
roscoe p. coldchain -- hot
justin timberlake -- senorita
jay-z -- i just wanna love you
snoop dogg -- eponymous.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 13 December 2003 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't Timbaland produce "Snoop Dogg"? Or was there another one? I don't have his most recent album.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 13 December 2003 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)

it was the "s n double op do ga zeee" one i'm thinking of? i'm pretty sure that was neptunes.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 13 December 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

The one I'm thinking of had a chorus of (surprise surprise) "Snooop Doooog" and the video clip was set in a party inside a shoe.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 13 December 2003 04:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Kelis - "Young, Fresh, & New"
Jay-Z - "Allure"
Busta Rhymes - "Light Your Ass On Fire"
Kelis - Milkshake
Justin T - "Rock Your Body"
Justin Timberlake - "Like I love You"
Kelis - "Caught Out There"

― LeConia, Saturday, 13 December 2003 04:33 (twenty-two years ago)

jah rule "pop niggaz" BUMPZ
und busta "as i come back"

second ludacris "southern hospitality"

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Saturday, 13 December 2003 05:36 (twenty-two years ago)

WTF? Why no N*E*R*D?

― billstevejim, Saturday, 13 December 2003 07:58 (twenty-two years ago)

because n*e*r*d sucks

― minna (minna), Saturday, 13 December 2003 08:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Southern hospitality is perhaps my favorite rap single of all time

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Saturday, 13 December 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

"because n*e*r*d sucks"

you put some thought into that one.

― billstevejim, Saturday, 13 December 2003 08:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Jay-Z - I Just Wanna Love U
ODB - Got Your Money
Kelis - Mafia
NERD - Truth Or Dare
NORE - Nothin
Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You
Foxy Brown - Candy
Common - I Got A Right Ta
Kelis - Milkshake
NERD - Stay Together

― Shangri-La (Shangri-La), Saturday, 13 December 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I cited N*E*R*D!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 13 December 2003 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Roscoe p. coldchain - Hot

is the best track they have *ever* done. (but perhaps is just the MCing that makes it work so well.

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Most of these, but also:

Fabolous-"Young'n"

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

the self-titled Snoop Dogg song to which Sterling and Tim refer to above is definitely Timbaland, he was in the video and everything.

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

pass the couvousier (remix)
or the roscoe p coldchain

― paulhw (paulhw), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, the "no n*e*r*d" rule is the worst rule ever, so with that in mind, my top 12..

01 Am I High - N*E*R*D
02 Nothin’ Else - Justin Timberlake
03 Run To The Sun - N*E*R*D
04 Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
05 I Just Wanna Love U - Jay-Z
06 Grindin’ - Clipse
07 Like I Love You - Justin Timberlake
08 Girlfriend - *NSYNC
09 Baby Doll - N*E*R*D
10 Stay Together - N*E*R*D
11 Last Night - Justin Timberlake
12 Bouncin’ Back - Mystikal

― billstevejim, Friday, 19 December 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

No NERD rule was included because I already have that album and it needs no compiling, same with The Clones. I was looking for spreadout one offs, or songs from inconsistent entirely neptune produced albums.

― Jedmond, Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

the self-titled Snoop Dogg song to which Sterling and Tim refer to above is definitely Timbaland, he was in the video and everything.

hold on, if you're talking about the one from the last album, it is the neptunes!!!! no doubt!!! it is NOT timbaland.

'Clones': inconsistent entirely neptune produced album, if there ever was one. (that is, these to faux-punk tracks aren't even produced by the 'tunes).

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)

i mean, you can even hear that it's a neptunes track, timba's stuff is much more organic and subtle.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Case in point: Lil Kim - 'The Jump Off'.

― Barima (Barima), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Jay, you're talking about "From The Chuuuch To Da Palace", which was on Snoop's last album, we're talking about the song "Snoop Dogg" which was from a previous album.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah. Sorry. It's because it goes "Snoop Dooooooogg" all the time. Don't mind me.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 15 January 2004 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Busta Rhymes' "Light Your Ass On Fire" has gone the longest without me getting over it. In fact, I picture it being like "Rosa Parks" and "Scenario" and any other number of hip-hop songs that I just don't seem to get tired of.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

say WHAT? thats interesting - to me, it's been the dullness from day 1. musical taste is a marvelous thing.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Or a horrible thing. ;)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

No Doubt - "Hella Good"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 15 January 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

punjabi MC feat. Jay-Z ('beware') was great.

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

eleven months pass...

Favortie Neptunes doing Pop - (a.k.a the guilty pleasures list)

Snoop Dogg - "Drop It Like It's Hot"
Usher - "U Don't Have To Call"
Justin T - "Rock Your Body"
Ludacris - "Southern Hospitality"
Kelis - "Milkshake"
Babyface - "There she goes"
Britney Spears - "I'm a Slave for You"
Busta and P Diddy - "Pass the Courvosier-pt 2"
Jay-z - "Change Clothes"
No Doubt - "Hella Good"
N.O.R.E - "Superthug (what what)"
Philly's Most Wanted - "Cross the Border"
*NSYNC - "Girlfriend"
Nelly - "Hot In Herre"
Mase - *"Looking At Me" (from Harlem World)

NERD - "Lapdance"
NERD - "Jump"

Ok, I just wanted to clear up the whole "Snoop Dogg" thing, if it hasn't already been cleared up. The track that he did 2 years ago that has the choruses: "S-n double o-p d-o double jizzie" and "Snooop Dogg" was produced by Timbaland, and like the dude - Tim Finney, said, it's the video where he is in a big shoe, and Timbaland is in a hot tub with hot girls. Now there is another "Snoop Dogg" song that came out either this
year, or last that was prodcued by the Neptunes, but that was called from the "Church to the Palace". Pharrell does say "Snoop Dogg" in the chorus, so that makes it confusing. To make it even more confusing we could enclude that "what's my name" track from back in the day, so there
is like 3 different "Snoop Dogg" tracks. Very redundant, I know.

-- Grandmasta Kas, December 31st, 2004

― Kwame Sakyi Jr., Friday, 31 December 2004 06:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I love "Cross The Border" so much. It's the best generic Neptunes track ever, maybe? Mind you, supa stiff competition from "Pass The Courvoisier Pt 2", although the Diddy/Busta interplay and Pharrell chorus make that one seem a bit more distinctive,

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 31 December 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i was gonna complain that no-one ever mentions "nigga please" with its amazing trampoline bass, but then i looked and tim did, good on him!

also, i will rep for gwen's "hollaback girl" until i decide otherwise.

― m. (mitchlnw), Friday, 31 December 2004 09:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Mitch I love "Nigga Please"! I thought I was the only one!

I've now heard "Hollaback Girl" and it is ridiculous. At the moment that's likely to become "ridiculously great" but I'm yet to totally rule out "ridculously awful". The bananas bit is good for dancing with friends while drunk though.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 1 January 2005 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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