Pharrell Williams was born on Apin Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. It's been reissued on 2LP standard black vinyl. Pharrell Williams, Soundtrack: Despicable Me 2. In My Mind was nominated for a GRAMMY in 2007 for Best Rap Album and it has sold more than two million units in the U.S. The idea of an all-Pharrell album is natural and unnatural in roughly equal measure.Half of the extremely successful Neptunes production team, as well as a collaborator who has been deployed for countless guest verses and vocal hooks, Pharrell has been a regular presence on radio stations and video programs for several years. The cult of Pharrell grew astoundingly following this project and its catchy, varied soundscapes aided in making Pharrell the cultural figure he is now. The album is a polished effort, finding Pharrell’s mainstream-driven sights realized as he croons on some songs while delivering raps on others in an easy-to-follow approach that lends to the album’s commercial, easy listening aesthetic. 2006: Pharrell Williams had proven his prowess as a producer ten times over by the time he dropped his solo debut, In My Mind, on July 25, 2006.And still, Skateboard P blew hip-hop away with his. In addition, Snoop Dogg makes an appearance on “That Girl” and Gwen Stefani pops in on the album’s opener, “Can I Have It Like That.” Jay-Z appears on “Young Girl/I Really Like You.” “Stay With Me” features Pusha T’s intricately crime-driven bars, while “Number One” features Kanye West. In My Mind is a vibrant mix of out-for-self narratives wrapped in production that teeters between mainstream radio hits and smoothed out, heady tracks-all of it couched in a star-studded mixture of celebrated collaborations. Pharrell’s first project minus longtime partner Chad Hugo, the album not only charted well internationally, but also hit No. Pharrell’s In My Mind was not only a deviation from N.E.R.D.’s hard-driving production but also a hugely successful debut for the artist turned tastemaker, moving close to 150,000 units within its first week of release.