T.I. recently recalled Pharrell’s help producing his debut album I’m Serious, for which he took a pay cut. While the Neptunes producer charged about $100K per song in certain instances around this time, he set that aside for Tip. During his conversation with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay, the Atlanta native expressed his gratitude for P.
“Pharrell was the first superstar, A-list producer, who would say, ‘You know what? I like this guy, I’m going to work with him,” he said. “I’m going to give him access to my skillset, my talents, my efforts.’ He did that my first album,” adding that he originally reached out to the Virginia Beach artist to work together.
“But at the same time he said ‘yes,’ he was getting $100k a track and I couldn’t afford to pay that,” the 42-year-old continued. “So he had to kinda like, in the sense of sports, he had to take a pay cut so we could play together. And, he was gracious enough to do that; time and time and time again. Until, we grew.”
However, Sharpe questioned whether Skateboard P really raked in that cash back then. “That’s what he was getting,” T.I. joked. “Maybe more. He’s getting blank checks at this point.”
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