N*E*R*D

N*E*R*D: Fly or Die (Virgin)****

Review by Ben Thompson, Observer Music Monthly, March 2004

IF ITS ILLUSTRIOUS predecessor – 2001's visionary soft-porn psychedelic soul masterpiece In Search of... – was anything to go by, the release of a new ...

The Search Is Over: N*E*R*D

Report and Interview by Ben Thompson, Daily Telegraph, August 2001

THEIR NAMES MIGHT not be familiar, but you'll know Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo by the sounds they make. As multi-million selling production team the ...

N*E*R*D": In Search Of...

Review by Simon Reynolds, Uncut, September 2001

R&B production team turn out politically-infused black rock'n'soul album ...

N*E*R*D*: In Search Of… (Virgin)

Review by Josh Rinkoff, Rock's Backpages, March 2002

MY JOURNEY to this album started about a year ago, when I realised that my knowledge of hip-hop barely extended beyond Snow and Vanilla Ice. ...

Inventing The New Funk

Comment by Michael Goldberg, Neumu, March 2002

Pair the Neptunes and Kelis and what you get is state-of-the-art groove music ...

Justin Timberlake joins N.E.R.D.: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Josh Rinkoff, Rock's Backpages, November 2003

WHITE, BLACK, Jewish, Muslim. Butcher, baker, candlestick maker. They are all here tonight. Where I hear you ask? Babylon? Brent Cross? No. Tonight I ...

The Hit Man: Pharrell Williams

Profile and Interview by Paul Lester, Guardian, The, February 2004

He co-produced nearly 20% of tracks currently being played on British radio. But he is also a star in his own right - as a ...

Pharrell Williams: Neptune Rising

Report and Interview by Ian Gittins, Man About Town, Winter 2010

PHARRELL Vs THE FASHIONISTAS ...