This Week In Jams (TWIJ) is a sequenced weekly playlist featuring songs I think my friends (and future friends like you 😇) may want to hear.
Been simmering on this one for awhile and happy to report that volume one is ready takeoff (get it?? takeoff? because they are called the Neptunes! Which is in space?!?)
Ok but for real, the Neptunes have been making jams for 98.5% of my life (an actual stat), so they are probably my favorite producer group of all-time?! This playlist features many obvious classics but there are some deep cuts and forgotten jams too!
45 songs and 3 hours of alien hip-hop, R&B, and pop perfection get to it!
Update: If you’re seeing this post now, This Week In Jams has been refreshed. No need to fear, you can find this particular playlist here:
playlist sequencing highlights: like great cooking, the most crucial element is working with the best ingredients. while THISENTIREPLAYLISTISFIRE, there are a few pairings that are just chef’s kiss to me
702 - “Star” / Justin Timberlake - “Last Night”
what’s playlist rule no. 1 again?? always 👏🏿 start 👏🏿 with 👏🏿 a 👏🏿 banger 👏🏿‼️
702’s “Star” is still too slept on and one my favorite Neptunes beats. And then pairing this with “Last Night?!” 🥵
NORE - “Nothin’” / Jay-Z “La La La”
can you believe I almost forgot to include “La La La???” who needs NASA because I would have kicked myself into space if I didn’t catch this error 😭
Rex Orange County - “OPEN A WINDOW” ft. Tyler, the Creator / Brockhampton - “WHEN I BALL”
not every Neptunes-produced jam is a throwback and not every song on here is produced by the Neptunes 👀 I did want to challenge myself and find some “Neptunes-adjacent” tracks and these two fit the bill*
*technically, brockhampton’s jam is produced by Chad Hugo (which I only learned yesterday I swear)! I knew this song sounded like a Neptunes production when I first heard it last year, and 💥 1/2 of the duo produced it!
also, shoutout to Benny Sings with the immaculate production on “OPEN A WINDOW” one of my favorite songs of 2022
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This Week In Jams
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TWIJ Archived Playlists
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All The Jams (TWIJ Full Library 2018-2022)
If I drop dead before the next TWIJ drops, you can follow this playlist to find every song I've shared in the last 4+ years. There’s over 4,000 songs in there, so I think you’ll find a few you like.