The Nep(looney)tunes

If the Neptunes aren't producing hits, they're cracking wise in the recording booth or at McDonald's.

Never Mind

Pharrell Williams' In My Mind has somehow aged into an often times highly listenable, though still wildly disappointing, solo effort. On the heels of Neptunes dormancy (or maybe this collection of half Rap/half RnB songs beckoned the super group's slide into second tier production?), the album really never had a chance to live up to pre-fanfare. Though hearing it today is interesting for a number of reasons, most of which is because Pharrell's songwriting serves as a precursor to his current exploits into the worlds of fashion and art toys. The track that stands out most, besides its largely under appreciated lead single, Can I Have It Like That, is the Jay-Z duet, Young Girl. It is at the same time an homage and emulation of Michael Jackson circa PYT and is leaps better than the duo's previous collaboration on the Neptunes' Clones album.

Dude, Where's My Movie?

The lost Neptunes movie, Dude, We're Going to Rio, looks like an episode of Girls Gone Wild, which itself is not so much a piece of fiction as it is a version of Pharrell Williams' reality. Probably best this never saw the light of day.

KAWS Célèbre

Pop art phenom KAWS is profiled on CBS Sunday Morning.