However, it was far too busy, even for someone who operates slyly by bringing people and sounds into his orbit. It had Jay Z still shaking off rust from “retirement” alluding to Beyoncé on “Young Girl”, Snoop Dogg added to a summery two-step in “That Girl”. It shouldn’t have been out sold in its first week by LeToya Luckett’s debut album and a N ow This compilation. By the time In My Mind properly arrived in July of 2006, Pharrell was everywhere - and lacked a center to hold it all in. It allowed Pharrell to be centered knee-deep in his ego but the want, the need to stretch further would continually pull him. There he was, flipping ego-filled bars atop Raekwon’s “Incarcerated Scarfaces,” GZA’s “Liquid Swords”, Eric B. “I’m a great rapper right?” he asked on the close to his verse before the paranoid synths and clanging 808s ushered in Dro’s performance. and an emerging Young Dro, laughing at himself. On Jeezy’s “Trap Or Die”, he stood bar for bar with T.I. It stands as one of the more underrated discs in Drama’s Gangsta Grillz collection and let Pharrell run wild. As a prelude to In My Mind, Drama and Williams teamed for In My Mind: The Prequel in April of 2006. The avatar translated into simple album art, one that DJ Drama would capitalize on.
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When Pharrell debuted the character generator through a collaboration with BAPE founder Nigo in 2005, it became the avatar for thousands of MySpace profiles. MySpace still had a foot in the door when it came to relevance and cultural importance. Blog culture wouldn’t peak until 2011 with the New Music Cartel.
Kanye West’s UniverseCity blog wouldn’t arrive until 2007 on the heels of Graduation.
In 2006, rap advertisements hadn’t become completely wedded to the internet.