Pharrell Williams -- chart-topping mega producer and frontman of the hipster hip-hop ensemble N.E.R.D. -- literally lives in the limelight, whether it's rocking the kit at the Grammys or performing to millions on SNL and TRL. So we were a little surprised by how reticent he was when we sat down to talk sex with him during a break in his stint as a Playboy Celebrity Guest Photographer. Williams warmed up to the subject at hand while flipping through issues of Playboy magazine, pointing out Playmates he'd like to date. Chatter quickly turned from his 26-carat canary diamond ring to his aversion to "fake titties" and especially the drama that goes along with the music industry. Earlier this year tabloids reported that his then-girlfriend Jade Jagger was battling for his affection with Christina Aguilera at a London nightclub. Any truth to the rumored catfight? "I never air out the business of a girl that I ever dealt with," a tactful Williams explained. "No matter what kind of terms we stopped hanging around each other on, I'm never gonna tell you that I used to fuck with this girl, or I had sex with that one."

He might have declined to dish about that rumored dust-up, but Williams eventually did give us the scoop on everything else, from his porn preferences to the sexiest babe he's ever worked with.

1. On your first album, you had a song called "Brain" about getting oral sex. Do you prefer giving or receiving?
Pharrell Williams: Head is incredible, but I get off eating pussy, too.

2. The song "Tape You" is on that same album. Porn-wise, what turns you on?
PW: I'm not a big porn guy. But I'll watch it with some girls and, ya know.

3. Who's the sexiest female artist you've ever worked with?
PW: Gwen Stefani. You ever seen Gwen Stefani close up?

4. Who's the sexiest woman musician of all time?
PW: The sexiest woman musician is Alicia Keys.

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