Pharrell Williams is a famed American rapper. Known for being the lead vocalist and drummer of the hip-hop band, N.E.R.D., he has shown his impressive musical talent and incredible entrepreneurial skills for years. He and Chad Hugo created the record production duo, The Neptunes, in which they produced hip hop and R&B music.

Williams is also the co-founder of the clothing brands “Billionaire Boys Club” and Ice Cream Clothing. He also garnered favorable nods by music heavyweights because of his appearance at the 2004 Grammy Awards, performing The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There” on drums with Sting, Dave Matthews, and Vince Gill.

But the well-known performer had also his share of negative comments from several key players in the hip-hop industry. According to Anthony Henriques of Pop Matters, Williams is not a “technically gifted rapper”, “does not have a beautiful voice” and his lyrics are “typically inconsequential in a “saying shit just to sound cool sort of way”, but found strength in his choruses, which “typically use a catchy phrase or recognizable melody as an anchor for his nonsensical verses. Nevertheless, he had shown several impressive projects in the hip-hop industry.

The University Of Miami Frost Of Music has recently announced that Pharrell Williams recorded with the Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra this fall. The talented emcee recorded “I Am Other, an exciting new work with the all-student orchestra.

According to TheNeptunes.org, Williams collaborated with the orchestra upon the recommendation of legendary producer Quincy Jones. The website reported: “Williams composed the mixed-genre orchestral work—which features soft and ethereal atmospheres contrasted with fortissimo brass themes and driving rhythms—to explore a different side of his musical creativity, and to encourage his hip-hop fan base to expand their musical horizons.”