Pharrell Williams’ Producer TAG Iconic Four-Count Start #pharellwilliams #musicproducer #beatmaking

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Best Signature/Producer Tag in Music: Pharrell Williams’ Iconic Four-Count Start


Pharrell Williams has been known for his "four-count loops" or "four-count starts" at the start of the beats that he produced, which is considered as a producer signature(tag). The first instance of the "four-count beat" started with SWV's song "Right Here", which Williams was featured on the remix of. Williams has revealed in an interview with Vulture in 2019 that the creation of the four-count loop was unintentional, and the loop was essentially what was left in the song while trying to start a song on the beat instead of using a metronome

A producer tag (sometimes simply called a tag) is the element of a song, typically at the beginning of it, inserted there by the song's producer – a short sound meant to familiarize the listener with who is responsible for the production of the song. Most notably prevalent in hip hop music, producer tags became popular during the 2000s and were first used as a way for producers to identify themselves on songs, or "sign" the instrumental (commonly known as a "beat") they made as protection against someone stealing the beat. They experienced a massive rise in popularity during the late 2000s and early 2010s with the rise of the trap subgenre of hip hop.

Genres
R&Bhip-hoppop[
Instruments
Vocalskeyboardsdrums
Labels
I Am Other Columbia Virgin Arista Interscope Star Trak
Formerly of
The Neptunes N.E.R.D. Child Rebel Soldier

Happy – Pharrell Williams
Get Lucky – Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell Williams
Drop It Like It's Hot – Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell Williams
Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
Frontin' – Pharrell Williams ft. Jay-Z
Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
Like I Love You – Justin Timberlake
Hot in Herre – Nelly
Beautiful – Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell Williams & Charlie Wilson
Can I Have It Like That – Pharrell Williams ft. Gwen Stefani
Milkshake – Kelis
She Wants to Move – N.E.R.D.
Give It 2 Me – Madonna ft. Pharrell Williams
Green Light – Beyoncé
Number One – Pharrell Williams ft. Kanye West
Money Maker – Ludacris ft. Pharrell Williams



Songs:
Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot @snoopdogg p
Tokyo Drift - Teriyaki Boyz
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Kendrick Lamar - Alright @kendricklamar
Cris Cab - Liar Liar

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