Pharrell- G I R L

Pharrell
G I R L (2014)
Columbia
Contemporary R&B

Pharrell is the happy, less soulful De'Angelo. This is 85% pure happiness, 15% dirty sexuality, and 5% love. I know that's 105%, but Pharrell  puts 105% into this album. He's been a great producer for a long time (Drop It Like It's Hot, most of Clipse's discography, Southern Hospitality, N*E*R*D, etc.), and his high pitched voice has graced a decent number of tracks. N*E*R*D has had some great songs, but I actually prefer this album. In Search Of was the less sappy, less happy, and less pristine version of this. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but If you're going to make sappy love/sex songs, why not go all out? 

This album of course includes the single from Despicable Me, Happy. This song encompasses half of the album, the pure happiness, while Hunter represents the rest of it. Still upbeat, Hunter is one of the sexual love songs off this album. It's masochistic, materializing women, but hey, it's a great song.

This is not an album you're going to enjoy while sitting in your Victorian chair and sipping a cup of extra-pretentious tea. It's an excessively upbeat album that could flip your mood from depressed with a chance of suicide to blissful with a chance of laughter. This is a dance album. It's pretty hard to resist jumping up and dancing to any of these songs. The only exception I can think of is if you're so sour you make unripe lemons taste sweet.

7.0/10

Favorite Tracks: Hunter, Marilyn Monroe, Happy, and Gust Of Wind