他是个歌手 他是个制作人 他是个天才 　　成功改造小甜甜布兰妮和贾斯汀的幕后推手，曾为珍娜杰克森‧NO DOUBT不要怀疑合唱团‧「碧昂丝男友」杰斯JAY-Z‧「嘻哈小天王」尼力‧林普巴兹提特‧垃圾合唱团精彩作嫁、无敌製作组海王星双人组/The Neptunes灵魂人物、永生乐团/N.E.R.D.之创作核心，第46届葛莱美奖「年度製作人」菲瑞威廉斯首张个人专辑『IN MY MIND』其中收录了同等份量的R&B及嘻哈歌曲。专辑中有些歌词有点深奥，菲瑞说这些歌词的灵感来自于他成长过程中所看到不公平的事情，这些歌词反映了他想为街头带来希望的热情。 　　Who is Pharrell 　　他和Chad Hugo所组成的The Neptunes〈海王星双人组〉去年得到Grammy年度最佳製作人奖 　　同时也是N.E.R.D〈永生乐团〉的创作核心 　　有自己的唱片公司：Star Trak Entertainment 　　曾替Nike、Reebok设计球鞋，也受邀为Louis Vuitton设计太阳眼镜 　　男性时尚杂誌Esquire今年更选他为"Most Stylish People of the Year" 　　The Neptunes现在到底在有多火红？ 　　从他们製作过的歌手名单即可得之： 　　Jay-Z、Nelly、Snoop Dogg、P. Diddy、Ludacris、Busta Rhymes、 　　Gwen Stefani、No Doubt、Limp Bizkit、Garbage、 　　'NSYNC、Janet Jackson、Beyonce、Air、Daft Punk、Moby..... 　　看得出来，The Neptunes操刀製作的音乐风格从流行到摇滚，再到本行Hip-Hop 　　可说是无一不包 　　当然，他们最着名的应该就是将Britney Spears和Justin Timberlake这两位流行偶像成功转型 　　尤其Justin Timberlake单飞后风光全世界的首张专辑"Justified"，The Neptunes可说是功不可没 　　而Pharrell Williams，身为The Neptunes的灵魂人物 　　其曝光率之高，几可说是无人可比 　　毕竟也少有製作人出道的能红到直逼偶像境界吧？ 　　又是唱片公司，又跨刀又solo，还有服装品牌跟豪宅 　　The idea of an all-Pharrell album is natural and unnatural in roughly equal measure. Half of the extremely successful Neptunes production team, as well as a collaborator who has been deployed for countless guest verses and vocal hooks, Pharrell has been a regular presence on radio stations and video programs for several years. As of late 2005, however, there was only one single — the summer 2003 smash "Frontin'" — the man could call his own. You'd think he would've been on his second or third solo album by the time the decent In My Mind was released in July 2006, but Pharrell has always considered himself a producer/songwriter first, a background figure who isn't a singer — and, for that matter, he's not much more than a competent MC. If he weren't so crafty at his primary calling, he'd be relying almost exclusively on his charm and sex appeal. Perhaps this partly explains why In My Mind took so long to materialize. In interviews, Pharrell seemed more exhausted than excited and indicated that the album was too much of a compromised process. While the album never sounds as if less than 100 percent was put into it, a large chunk of the material is second rate compared to his past highlights ("Frontin'" included), and it's no help that the tracks tapped as singles are some of the weakest moments (as was the case with the first version of the first N.E.R.D. album). Produced entirely by Pharrell, with guest appearances from several of the high-profile artists (Jay-Z, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Nelly, Slim Thug, Clipse's Pusha T) whose careers have been boosted by the Neptunes, the album is divided in half between R&B and rap, at least if you go by Pharrell's singing-to-rapping ratio. Those who have been wanting to hear more of Pharrell's softer side will be pleased with the direction the album takes during the latter half, where his usual cocky demeanor is tempered by some loverman vulnerability. Just the fact that the album contains over an hour of Pharrell will be enough to attract scores of his fans, and it's not like any part of it is flat-out poor, but it's a shame it didn't turn out better. [The album has three different covers. The content does not vary.]