Pharrell Williams: Next Steps

These rap and pop party-starters emphasise not only Pharrell's unmatched ability to program a synth but his virtuosity behind the mic as well. On “Feels”, his light falsetto seems to hang-glide over a smooth Calvin Harris beat, while his verse on Future's “Move That Dope” sees him unleash a double-time flow about naked yoga and his iconic “Gandalf hat”, and still somehow find time to fit in a pointed anti-war message.