{"id":540674,"date":"2023-01-19T02:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T23:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/d-dot-praises-the-neptunes-work-on-maes-harlem-world-these-dudes-is-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T02:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T23:37:18","slug":"d-dot-praises-the-neptunes-work-on-maes-harlem-world-these-dudes-is-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/d-dot-praises-the-neptunes-work-on-maes-harlem-world-these-dudes-is-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"#D-Dot Praises The Neptunes\u2019 Work On Ma$e\u2019s \u2018Harlem World\u2019: \u2018These Dudes Is Fire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ee2f468927\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ee2f468927\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/d-dot-praises-the-neptunes-work-on-maes-harlem-world-these-dudes-is-fire\/#%E2%80%9CD-Dot_Praises_The_Neptunes_Work_On_Maes_%E2%80%98Harlem_World_%E2%80%98These_Dudes_Is_Fire%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;D-Dot Praises The Neptunes\u2019 Work On Ma$e\u2019s \u2018Harlem World\u2019: \u2018These Dudes Is Fire\u2019&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CD-Dot_Praises_The_Neptunes_Work_On_Maes_%E2%80%98Harlem_World_%E2%80%98These_Dudes_Is_Fire%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;D-Dot Praises The Neptunes\u2019 Work On Ma$e\u2019s \u2018Harlem World\u2019: \u2018These Dudes Is Fire\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2023\/01\/d-dot-praises-the-neptunes-work-on-mase-harlem-world-1200x675.png\" alt=\"D-Dot Praises The Neptunes\u2019 Work On Ma$e\u2019s \u2018Harlem World\u2019: \u2018These Dudes Is Fire\u2019\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\"><span>Instagram\/D-Dot I Jon Kopaloff\/FilmMagic<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">D-Dot, who served as an executive producer on Ma$e\u2018s <em>Harlem World<\/em> album, has given credit to The Neptunes for bringing a skillset to the project his Hitmen collective\u00a0didn\u2019t possess.<\/p>\n<p>The Bad Boy production maestro (real name Deric Angelettie) joined Torae for an episode of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3Qw3DXgSigoOcIRtkvXkbE?si=2ea82e0876314b0c\"><em>Hard2Earn<\/em><\/a> during which he reflected on crafting Ma$e\u2019s 1997 debut album and showed love to Songwriters Hall of Famers Pharrell and Chad Hugo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSome songs you hear on here, for example, the Pharrell song [\u2018Lookin\u2019 at Me\u2019] they walked in with that joint,\u201d D-Dot said. \u201cPharrell walked in and Chad and they popped that in and by the time maybe they got to number two or three we was in there like, \u2018Oh shit!\u2019 But it was them on it. It was them. I was like, \u2018These dudes is fire!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already had some run-ins with them. Prior to Ma$e, they was already on with Total, they had already did the shit with Dr. Dre, so by the time they came to us, these dudes had \u2014 they were The Hitmen. But just two of them, they had the beats, they had the hooks, they had the instrumentation and they had a sound that was like, \u2018We need that! Thank you.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>D-Dot explained that his A&amp;R tendencies kicked in when looking to add a scoop of The Neptunes\u2019 greatness to the equation, which sometimes resulted in Diddy wanting to hop on a record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo as an A&amp;R my ear is listening to what The Hitmen don\u2019t do,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo whatever we don\u2019t do, I\u2019m filling them gaps because there\u2019s people that like this type shit. So let\u2019s grab that even though and you know once we grab it, your man [Diddy] hears it and says, \u2018I need to be on that!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CnjvrBWjKzF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CnjvrBWjKzF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">A post shared by Torae (@torae)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Hitmen played an integral role in Bad Boy\u2019s massive commercial success from the \u201990s into the 2000s and the production team consisted of members such as D-Dot, Nashiem Myrick, Sean C &amp; LV, Stevie J, Chucky Thompson, Mario Winans, Carlos \u201c6 July\u201d Broady, and Younglord. In 2015, Kanye West even joined the roster for a brief stint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLookin\u2019 At Me\u201d was the final single released from Ma$e\u2019s <em>Harlem World<\/em>\u00a0and the track reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The album, which features guest spots from JAY-Z, DMX, Diddy, Lil Kim, Busta Rhymes and more, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Pop and R&amp;B LP charts selling over 175,000 copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It has since been certified four-times platinum by the RIAA.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pharrell might have\u00a0a pretty stacked resum\u00e9 as far as collaborations go, but he still has a few people on his wish-list he wants to work with \u2013 including Playboi Carti and De La Soul.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary producer sat down for a fan-led interview with <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/jan\/12\/pharrell-williams-life-without-music-would-be-like-a-human-being-without-sense\">The Guardian<\/a><\/em> last week, and answered questions about everything from his great teeth to his skincare to his dream collaborations. Of the latter, Pharrell noted that he\u2019s \u201coverdue\u201d to lock in with Carti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always based on a vibe,\u201d he said of what he bases his collaborative efforts on. \u201cI like Playboi Carti. I think we\u2019re overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit500\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also added that he\u2019d \u201cdo anything for\u201d De La Soul while answering the question, \u201cWhat album, past or present, does everybody need to hear?\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Michael Saponara\">by Michael Saponara<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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