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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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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, November 2010
Album four from Pharrell and company features its share of dancefloor fillers. ...
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: 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 ...
Profile and Interview by Angus Batey, MOJO, August 2001
Rap and R&B excellence under the sway of moonwalking foxes and crazy Bonnie Raitt. ...
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: Fly Or Die (Virgin) ****
Review by Angus Batey, MOJO, May 2004
The Neptunes party like it's 1973 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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, ...
Review by Simon Reynolds, Uncut, September 2001
R&B production team turn out politically-infused black rock'n'soul album ...
Pharrell Williams: Neptune Rising
Report and Interview by Ian Gittins, Man About Town, Winter 2010
PHARRELL Vs THE FASHIONISTAS ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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)
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. ...
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