{"id":117227,"date":"2017-04-07T10:24:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T08:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=117227"},"modified":"2017-04-06T17:26:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:26:36","slug":"take-a-listen-to-pharrells-signature-four-count-musical-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/take-a-listen-to-pharrells-signature-four-count-musical-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Listen to Pharrell&#8217;s Signature Four-Count Musical Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixXNeUFdl3I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The extraordinary Pharrell Williams has just turned 44, and throughout his years on the scene, Williams has not only turned the hip-hop genre on its head, but has helped to revamp the culture\u2019s style. From his eccentric outfits to the inception of his label\u2019s Billionaire Boys Club and ICECREAM with NIGO, Williams has no doubt cemented himself as one of the most influential artists of our time. So in honor of his 44th, Genius takes a look back at his signature four count musical starts used throughout his prosperous career. From Snoop Dogg\u2018s \u201cDrop It Like Its Hot\u201d to JAY Z\u2019s \u201cFrontin,\u201d press play to hear the hits.<\/p>\n<p>Also make sure to check out our recent interview with Pharrell\u2019s ex-manager Phillip Leeds where he talks about N.E.R.D. and Billionaire Boys Club\u2019s heyday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2017\/4\/pharrell-williams-music-four-count-start-video\" target=\"_blank\">HB<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/take-a-listen-to-pharrells-signature-four-count-musical-starts\/pharrell-williams-is-the-new-creative-director-of-american-express-platinum-card-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pharrell-williams-is-the-new-creative-director-of-american-express-platinum-card-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pharrell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pharrell-williams-is-the-new-creative-director-of-american-express-platinum-card-1.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pharrell-williams-is-the-new-creative-director-of-american-express-platinum-card-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-117228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pharrell-williams-is-the-new-creative-director-of-american-express-platinum-card-1.jpg?resize=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pharrell-williams-is-the-new-creative-director-of-american-express-platinum-card-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pharrell-williams-is-the-new-creative-director-of-american-express-platinum-card-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The extraordinary Pharrell Williams has just turned 44, and throughout his years on the scene,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-uuL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}