"It just woke me up," Kelis said, adding that her pregnancy made her realise how urgently she needed to leave. She said she felt compelled to leave him after she saw the photographs of Rihanna after she was assaulted by Chris Brown. (In an interview with i-D last year, Kelis made a passing reference to her poor experience with the Neptunes, claiming she was "robbed blind.")Ĭomplex has reached out to a rep for Pharrell for comment.ĭuring the conversation with the Guardian, she also touched upon her allegedly abusive relationship with ex-husband Nas.
"At that point there's having faith and there is also just stupidity," she remarked. She said that because of that, the Neptunes "were really offended." Asked if she would ever work with Pharrell again, in particular, she made her stance very clear. Rihanna Enjoys Karaoke Performance of Ciara’s “Goodies” Years After Public Feudīy the time it came around to recording her third album, she started to work with other producers. The nature of the deal that she signed with the Neptunes still isn't clear, though. Since she wasn't a writer or producer on most of these tracks, an even split seems unlikely. It is worth pointing out, however, that Kelis doesn't have songwriting credits for all of the tracks on her first two albums, and record deals typically includes a cut for the songwriters. She went on to claim that because of "the Neptunes and their management and their lawyers and all that stuff," she didn't make any money from her first two records. "I was told we were going to split the whole thing 33/33/33, which we didn’t do."ĭespite the promise of an even split, she said the production duo "blatantly lied to and tricked" her. But it ended up not being that at all,” Kelis explained. "I thought it was a beautiful and pure, creative safe space. She was reportedly told by Hugo and Pharrell that she would get an even split, but that later turned out not to be the case. She went on to work with the duo all the way up to her third record, 2003's Tasty, but in an interview with the Guardian she has revealed why the creative partnership eventually turned sour. Kelis launched her career with a 1999 album entirely produced by the Neptunes, aka Pharrell and Chad Hugo.
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