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Pharrell Williams once again graces the cover of GQ magazine for its February 2015 issue. 

The mag covers 2014 music makers with “The Legacy Project” and features a who’s who of artists including Nas, Drake, Lil Wayne, Young Thug and yeah, Iggy Azalea, too.  

The issue’s photos were shot by Pari Dukovic in a multitude of styles across the nation.

“I am a sensitive person, so I want to be with sensitive people,” Williams told GQ about surrounding himself with women in a male heavy Hip-Hop world. “Women have a way of expressing themselves that I can relate to more honestly.”

Williams also critiqued T.I. and asserted his rationale of always standing out. 

Friedman gets a peek inside Williams’s relentless pop-culture machine and witnesses firsthand the brilliant way his mind works vis-à-vis the recording industry. On a phone call, Friedman listens as Williams discusses his discontent over a recent T.I. record. “They did that record hoping for radio play, and they got nothing out of it.… Great, you got your No. 1 hip-hop song. But what does that do for your sales?” It’s clear Williams has no desire to appeal to the masses. “You want to be camouflage?” he asks. “Go ahead. Blend in. But we want to be that twinkle in the sky. And you might not be able to see that star now. But it’s daytime. Wait till it gets dark.”

Also, it seems that Pharrell hooked up Big Sean with some mean production.

“Send [Big] Sean an e-mail and tell him he’s got a missile coming,” Williams tells his assistant before calling Sean himself: “It’s not what we talked about, man. But it’s haaaaard. It’s like ghost-of-Shaka-Zulu hard!”

Pharrell last covered GQ back in its April 2014 issue. The February issue of GQ hits newsstands in New York and L.A. on Jan. 20 will be out nationally on Jan. 27. Check out the full cover on the flip.

Photo: Pari Dukovic/GQ

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