his pride won't let him admit some things, even something as obvious and innocent as influence. he should feel good about being inspired by other types of music; not everyone is as diverse. instead, as you say, he doesn't acknowledge it unless he thinks it's something that will help his sales like pretending to be or actually being a fan of miley cyrus and all those crappy rock singers and bands on the two 'shock value' albums. i have great respect for the neptunes, tim's peers (SBIs, y'all), for always being upfront about their influences and who they like.


>he made some comment around the time "get ur freak on"
>(sidebar: Miss E is SOOOO slept on as an electronic/hiphop
>hybrid album) and "ugly" came out that despite the obvious
>influence he had never listend to a drum and bass song. smh.

yes, i vividly remember his famous quote when asked directly about the influence: "i don't know about no drums or no bass."

this denial coming from a veteran black producer from virginia who's traveled the world and honed his skills at a young age as a DJ.