Flip It and Reverse It Part 1
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Rise and Fall of the Neptune's
Superthug was built out of a melody line from a Korg synthesizer programmed to emulate the medieval instrument, the clavacord. Pharrell and Chad wrote it as a showcase for Colese Rogers who possesses a sweet singing voice but quite literally shouts the chorus. Coincidentally, when the Neptune's were recording with Colese in Master Sound Studios in Virginia Beach, Timbaland and Missy Elliot were working next door. In this priceless interview segment recorded two decades later at which Pharrell and Timbaland shared a stage Tim recalled hearing the track for the first time.
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