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

Review by Ben Thompson, Observer Music Monthly, 21 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 ...

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Mojo Rising: N*E*R*D

Profile and Interview by Angus Batey, MOJO, August 2001

Rap and R&B excellence under the sway of moonwalking foxes and crazy Bonnie Raitt. ...

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: The New Statesmen

Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 4 August 2001

If Uber-producers N*E*R*D ruled the world there'd be no guns, no drugs and we'd all wear our STDs on our sleeves. ...

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

Review by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 18 August 2001

AS THE NEPTUNES, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are the only serious rivals to fellow Virginia Beach native Timbaland's studio dominance over the smart end ...

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: Producers Who Shape-Shift

Report and Interview by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 10 February 2002

After years of helping others create hip-hop hits, N*E*R*D makes its own album and turns the genre inside-out. ...

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. ...

N.E.R.D.: In Search Of... (Virgin)

Review by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 10 March 2002

AS THE IN-DEMAND production team the Neptunes, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo have tended to build hip-hop hits around hard, in-your-face hooks that aren't easily ...

Inventing The New Funk

Comment by Michael Goldberg, Neumu, 29 March 2002

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

N.E.R.D.: In Search Of … (Virgin Records)

Review by Yancey Strickler, Flak Magazine, 1 April 2002

DON'T EVEN BOTHER picking up N.E.R.D.'s In Search Of… because within six months, you'll be hearing it everywhere. Much like Moby's Play, this record will ...

You may not know it, but you're already mad about the Neptunes

Profile and Interview by Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 28 July 2002

YOU MAY NOT know the name. But if you've ever screamed "I hate you so much right now!" along with Kelis, told Ol' Dirty Bastard ...

Mixed Messages: N*E*R*D: Le Trabendo, Paris

Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2002

Saying no to drugs and yes to gonzoid sex-funk. ...

N*E*R*D: Irving Plaza, New York City

Live Review by Will Hermes, Spin, September 2002

WHAT do you do when you're a studio rat who's passed the Courvoisier with Busta Rhymes and P. Diddy and logged hits for 'N Sync, ...

N*E*R*D: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Live Review by Kodwo Eshun, The Wire, September 2002

JUST GOES to show how wrong I can be. Figured me plus a few brainiac dumdums were the only ones nebbish enough to catch the ...

Shortlist showcase stumbles

Live Review by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 31 October 2002

THE SHORTLIST PRIZE for Artistic Achievement in Music is out to rectify years of Grammy frustration, and as it attempts to become an American analogue ...

Best Music of 2002

Guide by Devon Powers, PopMatters, 16 December 2002

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Pharrell Williams: Another Hard Day At The Office…

Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2003

There's no rest for Pharrell Williams, not with deals to cut, girls to chase and a reputation as the world's hottest producer to keep up. ...

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, The Guardian, 20 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 ...

N.E.R.D.: Recombinators

Profile and Interview by James Hunter, L.A. Weekly, 22 April 2004

PHARRELL WILLIAMS doesn't shout. Today, the co-producer of Jay-Z and Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake and No Doubt (and others) is sort of urgently whispering ...

Dweebs In Pepperland: N*E*R*D: Fly Or Die (Virgin)

Review by Dorian Lynskey, The Word, May 2004

As producers, the Neptunes rule the world. But as N*E*R*D they're losing their way — by Dorian Lynskey ...

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

Review by Angus Batey, MOJO, May 2004

The Neptunes party like it's 1973 ...

Pharrell Williams: Sorry, laydeez, he's booked

Interview by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 21 July 2006

Music is my one true love, says blingtastic baron of beats, Pharrell Williams ...

N*E*R*D: Seeing Sounds (Star Trak)

Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 13 June 2008

PHARRELL WILLIAMS is one of modern pop's more quixotic talents – purveyor of beats brisk and bouncy in his Neptunes guise, but an attempt at ...

N*E*R*D: Nothing

Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, November 2010

Album four from Pharrell and company features its share of dancefloor fillers. ...

Pharrell Williams: Neptune Rising

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

PHARRELL Vs THE FASHIONISTAS ...

see also Pharrell Williams

see also Neptunes, The

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