Pharrell is a Neptunian. His creative genius was teleported from the galaxies onto us Earthlings. We hear ignorant homosapiens label the Star Trak captain as only "caramel sauce to our ice cream" or "just being a face of a product." But give credit where it's due, P has served up some of the best caramel sauce I ever heard (and then some) and embedded my cranium space with a unique intellect. I honestly don't recall my first time I discovered P. Either my ears being devirginized of N*E*R*D's Wonderful Place (I had a fetish for switch ups from there on out) or inspired by the BAPE fad fit on TRL, his tunes and outfits rooted a foundation for my middle school discovering-who-i-am years. Yes, I have a man crush on Williams and I'm okay with that (don't act like you don't have man crushes too).
I stumbled upon his book titled, Pharrell: Places and Spaces I've Been, over the interweb and immediately knew this needs to be possessed. With a $55 price tag, I hesitated and searched for book reviews if it was really worth my purchase. All of them seized to fail me. Simply, there was a lack of information and images on what I was actually getting. To top it off, the local book stores that did carry the book had it shrink wrapped. So what the heck, I bought the book and wanted to share my thoughts with my readers.
As bias as I am to the 40 year old man, my expectations were unfortunately not met. My first petty complaint is I wanted the mint green color book, but received blue (when you purchase the book online, Pharrell purposely wanted all of the suppliers to deliver the colors at random). More importantly, there was a lack of content throughout. I was really hoping for intensive interviews from the overwhelming interviewee line up. But most of the interviews seemed rushed and fairly short. Although the conversations had an one of a kind subject matter, discussing under the surface topics that you might not receive anywhere, they could have been lengthier. You'll find more graphics and photos than text. The visuals are appealing, but being an avid Pharrell fan, it was more of visuals I'm seen before compiled together. I'm sounding quite negative, but I'm overall happy I purchased the book. A great addition to your coffee table and a nostalgic trip down P's successes and thoughts from his idols. I think any P fan will appreciate it.
I stumbled upon his book titled, Pharrell: Places and Spaces I've Been, over the interweb and immediately knew this needs to be possessed. With a $55 price tag, I hesitated and searched for book reviews if it was really worth my purchase. All of them seized to fail me. Simply, there was a lack of information and images on what I was actually getting. To top it off, the local book stores that did carry the book had it shrink wrapped. So what the heck, I bought the book and wanted to share my thoughts with my readers.As bias as I am to the 40 year old man, my expectations were unfortunately not met. My first petty complaint is I wanted the mint green color book, but received blue (when you purchase the book online, Pharrell purposely wanted all of the suppliers to deliver the colors at random). More importantly, there was a lack of content throughout. I was really hoping for intensive interviews from the overwhelming interviewee line up. But most of the interviews seemed rushed and fairly short. Although the conversations had an one of a kind subject matter, discussing under the surface topics that you might not receive anywhere, they could have been lengthier. You'll find more graphics and photos than text. The visuals are appealing, but being an avid Pharrell fan, it was more of visuals I'm seen before compiled together. I'm sounding quite negative, but I'm overall happy I purchased the book. A great addition to your coffee table and a nostalgic trip down P's successes and thoughts from his idols. I think any P fan will appreciate it.
