Clones (album)

The Neptunes Present... Clones is a compilation album produced and released by American production and songwriting duo The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo). It was released on August 19, 2003 and has been certified Gold by the RIAA. The album featured six singles; "Frontin'" by Pharrell Williams, "Popular Thug" by Kelis, "Light Your Ass on Fire" by Busta Rhymes, “Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Fam-Lay, "Hot Damn" by Clipse and "It Blows My Mind" by Snoop Dogg.

The Neptunes Present... Clones
Compilation album by The Neptunes
Released	August 19, 2003
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	Hip hop R&B rock
Length	63:34
Label	Star Trak Arista
Producer	The Neptunes
Singles from The Neptunes Present... Clones
"Hot Damn" Released: April 29, 2003 "Frontin'" Released: June 3, 2003 "Popular Thug" Released: July 14, 2003[1] "Light Your Ass on Fire" Released: July 22, 2003 "Rock 'n' Roll" Released: September 30, 2003[2] "It Blows My Mind" Released: 2003

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
RapReviews.com	(7/10)[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Vibe	[6]

Clones received generally positive reviews from music critics like Andy Kellman of Allmusic.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 250,000 copies in the United States.^[7] In its second week, the album fell to number three on the Billboard 200, selling 115,000 copies.^[8] In its third week, Clones fell to number six on the US chart with 81,000 copies, for a three-week total of 450,000 units.^[9] The album sold over 500,000 domestically, and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

All tracks produced by the Neptunes, except where noted.

Clones track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			0:26
2.	"Light Your Ass on Fire" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams Trevor Smith	Busta Rhymes	3:39
3.	"Blaze of Glory" (featuring Pharrell Williams and Ab-Liva)	Hugo Williams Gene Thornton Rennard East Terrence Thornton	Clipse	3:51
4.	"It Wasn't Us" (featuring I-20)	Hugo Williams Bobby Sandimanie Christopher Bridges	Ludacris	3:34
5.	"Frontin'" (featuring Jay-Z)	Hugo Williams Shawn Carter	Pharrell Williams	3:56
6.	"Good Girl"	Hugo Williams	Vanessa Marquez	4:10
7.	"If"	Hugo Williams Cornell Haynes	Nelly	3:40
8.	"Hot" (featuring Boo-Bonic and Pusha T)	Hugo Williams T. Thornton Al Holly Amin Porter	Rosco P. Coldchain	3:36
9.	"It Blows My Mind"	Hugo Williams Calvin Broadus	Snoop Dogg	4:59
10.	"Half-Steering..." (produced by Alex Oana)	John Ostby	Spymob	3:34
11.	"Fuck N' Spend" (produced by Dana Gumbiner and the High Speed Scene)	Max Hart	The High Speed Scene	1:27
12.	"Loser" (featuring Clipse)	Hugo Williams G. Thornton T. Thornton Shay Haley	N.E.R.D.	3:11
13.	"Rock N' Roll"	Hugo Williams Nathaniel Johnson	Fam-Lay	4:19
14.	"The Don of Dons (Put De Ting Pon Dem)" (featuring Jadakiss)	Hugo Williams Jason Phillips William Maragh	Super Cat	4:10
15.	"Hot Damn" (featuring Ab-Liva, Pharrell Williams and Rosco P. Coldchain)	Hugo Williams G. Thornton T. Thornton Bryan Williams	Clipse	4:03
16.	"Put 'Em Up" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	Hugo Williams Victor Santiago	N.O.R.E.	3:31
17.	"Pop Shit" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	Hugo Williams Russell Jones	Ol' Dirty Bastard	3:34
18.	"Popular Thug" (featuring Nas)	Hugo Williams Nasir Jones	Kelis	3:54
19.	"Rock N' Roll (Remix)" (featuring Lil' Flip) (bonus track)	Hugo Williams Johnson Wesley Weston	Fam-Lay	4:11
Total length:				1:03:34

Credits

• Executive producers – Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo for Star Trak Entertainment
• All tracks produced by The Neptunes
• Pharrell Williams – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, mixing
• Chad Hugo – keyboards, synthesizers, sequencer, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Clones Chart (2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 53 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 24 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 7 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 34 French Albums (SNEP)[15] 52 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 22 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 7 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 29 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 27 UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[20] 56 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[21] 1 US Billboard 200[22] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Clones Chart (2003) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24] 86 US Billboard 200[25] 90 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[26] 41

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[27]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2003
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2003
• List of Billboard number-one R&B/Hip-Hop albums of 2003

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