Pharrell Williams
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Rick Rubin connected with Pharrell Williams over Zoom recently to talk through and listen to some of the biggest hits from Pharrell’s illustrious career. They chat about what Pharrell is currently working on (Rihanna!), the French powdered drink mix that helped P write “Get Lucky” with Daft Punk, and why Pharrell thinks he sounds like a sick billy goat on the hook for Snoop Dogg’s “Beautiful.” And be sure to check out Pharrell's new podcast OTHERtone - https://link.chtbl.com/brokenrecord
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:07.0 | Most know for real Williams from his hit song Happy |
| 0:19.0 | Or for producing an appearance in the video for Robin Thicks, Blair Lines |
| 0:27.0 | Or for the resulting lawsuit brought by Marvin Gays' estate for copyright infringement |
| 0:32.0 | Or for being a judge on NBC's The Voice, Or for his work in fashion with his lines |
| 0:37.0 | billionaire boys club in ice cream and partnerships with Adidas and Chanel |
| 0:42.0 | The point is that Ferrell is one of the rare effortless multi-hyphenates and he's everywhere |
| 0:48.0 | A stat has been thrown around for years that Ferrell, along with his Neptune's producing partner Chad Hugo |
| 0:54.0 | was responsible for 43% of music played on U.S. radio by 2003 |
| 1:00.0 | It's hard to say if that's true or not, but you could have told me it was 50% and I had believed you |
| 1:05.0 | And Ferrell's not done yet. In the last couple weeks alone, he's launched a number of ventures |
| 1:11.0 | A Netflix show, Voices of Fire, where he attempts to assemble the gospel world's best choir |
| 1:17.0 | A newly launched skin care line, Human Race |
| 1:20.0 | Because you can also add flawless skin to his list of unique gifts |
| 1:24.0 | And a podcasting company, Other Tone Media |
| 1:28.0 | Rick Rubin connected with Ferrell over Zoom this past weekend |
| 1:31.0 | To talk through and listen to some of the biggest hits of his illustrious career |
| 1:36.0 | And also to check in on what music he's working on right now |
| 1:43.0 | This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age |
| 1:46.0 | I'm Justin Richmond |
| 1:52.0 | Here's Rick Rubin and Ferrell Williams |
| 1:55.0 | What are you working on right now? |
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