Pharrell’s Hat: Another View
Twitter is a trip. You going at my man Pharrell for his hat? At the GRAMMYS? Priorities, people…priorities. What you SHOULD be complaining about, are the nominees and the undeserving people that actually win these things. I won’t get into that though. Here’s a few reasons why you need to stop frontin on Pharrell and his head gear:
1) You’ve jumped on a Pharrell trend before. You know you have. If you haven’t, it’s probably because it was too expensive. It’s because of Skateboard P that you know what Bathing Ape is. Particularly, the shoes. I personally think they’re wack, and clearly Air Force 1 rip-offs, but…I remember how cats were losing their minds over them. It was a prominent lyric in the song that brought Soulja Boy to prominence. I mean, I won’t lie to you…I bought a Bathing Ape watch. Casio G-Shock. Yeah, I jumped on the hype train a little, but the point is, Pharrell has more than his share of fashion trend “YESes.” I’ve seen his influence reach about as far as Kanye’s. Especially, before Kanye was even a household name.
2) Arby’s? Word? So Arby’s got in on this whole thing. ARBY’S. Let me tell youse a story: So…I have an uncle with a lot of “ideas.” I’ll leave that part alone. Not gonna throw family under the bus here, but one of my uncle’s ideas was to feed himself for a full work week for five dollars. Arby’s, of course, gave him this idea. At the time, they offered five roast beef sandwiches for five dollars. What my uncle did, was bought five of these sandwiches, and attempted to eat one a day…Monday thru Friday. Long story short, he got food poisoning by WEDNESDAY.
Yeah…my uncle wasn’t the wisest in his decision-making when he did that, but can you tell me what else you’re supposed to do with five whole roast beef sandwiches? It takes beef DAYS to digest in your system, so…who would sit and eat that many sandwiches in a day? What…you gonna tell me you and your friends could go to the Arby’s and scoop up five burgers for a dollar each? Who has five friends? I sure don’t…and it’s not likely that you have five friends that are all psyched about having a roast beef sandwich all at the same time. So look, I get that it was a little dig at Skateboard P to get attention and bring people to the restaurant…but as Floco stated right here on MakeItWorkMolly…you didn’t go eat there as a result. So come on…Pharrell’s influence > Arby’s. You’ll see some knuckleheads out there trying to rock that silly hat long before you see the drive-thru at Arby’s backed up around the parking lot.
3) He was there for “Get Lucky.” That’s right…”Get Lucky” was one of the songs he was nominated for. A song off the album “Random Access Memories”…which won Album of the Year. With DAFT PUNK. I have to ask: How many Tweeters have gone off on Daft Punk for what they wear? To say their style of dress is “abnormal” is a gross understatement. Pharrell had a lot to do with them being there. He had a lot to do with them winning the Album of the Year honors. EVERY sporting event I went to in 2013, “Get Lucky” was played numerous times during time-outs, inning changes, etc. It was a BIG deal. Bigger than “Blurred Lines” and “Happy” in a lot of ways. So can you really fault Pharrell for being prepared to be on stage with Daft Punk? You KNOW they’re gonna be bugged out WHEREVER they go…had P dressed down, you would’ve paid him no mind. Gotta do what you gotta do to be on stage with dudes that dress like them. Maybe he didn’t think he’d steal the whole show…but he certainly kept up with them. To dog him for that, is irrational. You know it as well as I do.
