Flip It and Reverse It Part 1
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Rise and Fall of Studio Nerds Pharrell Williams, Timbaland and Missy Elliott
Work It by Missy Elliott featuring Timbaland reached its peak of number two on the Hot 100, a fortnight after Pharrell Williams' alt-rock band Nerd went gold with their debut album in search of. The first part bound pop, and kept scoring hits deep into the 2010. As now, it has seemed like Pharrell, Tim and Missy could do anything from fronting an alternative rock band to getting a song with backward vocals on the chorus to the top of the charts. But how did they keep the hits coming long past that imperial peak?
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