Nerd

Nerd

This is chaos. Around 20 nubile young girls are onstage dancing around assorted members of NERD, who are currently following their natural frontman Pharrell’s lead by yelling ‘Everyone Nose’’s ludicrous clarion call of “all the girls...

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NERD : Maybe

NERD : Maybe

Fashionable American people reinvent soft rock and get away with it! It wouldn't be completely beyond the realms of probability to find out that MOR balladeer Billy Joel had a hand in this. After all, there's a tinkly piano, a smudge of rock...

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N*E*R*D* : Fly Or Die

N*E*R*D* : Fly Or Die

When Pharrell Williams once sang, "you can't be me, I'm a rock star" he seemed to be debunking the inherent ridiculousness and monomania that pop stardom brings, as much as he was celebrating it. Well, make no mistake about it - Pharrell is a...

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NERD : Rock Star

NERD : Rock Star

The Neptunes? Near peerless purveyor’s of super-sleek R&B. And [/a]? Well, the kernel of Pharrel Williams and Chad Hugo’s genius is clearly audible, but it only fleetingly solidifies into outright stunning tracks. Take ‘Rock Star’. The...

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NERD : London Shepherd's Bush Empire

NERD : London Shepherd's Bush Empire

No-one ever really dies, but when hip-hop acts take to the stage most of them come perilously close. Things didn’t look good for [/a] - their debut album, ‘In Search Of…’ contains several jazz spag-out signposts (Exhibit A: ‘…’...

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

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

It's not an entirely everyday occurrence for hitmaking producers to step out from behind the mixing deck and put on a show of their own. Still fewer producers venture into music that's radically different from their productions. Until this...

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

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

It's not an entirely everyday occurrence for hitmaking producers to step out from behind the mixing deck and put on a show of their own. Still fewer producers venture into music that's radically different from their productions. Until this...

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

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

As synth-wielding super-producers for the likes of Britney , Kelis , ODB , Mary J Blige , No Doubt , Jay-Z et al, Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo go by the name of The Neptunes. Like fellow Virginians Timbaland and Missy Elliott ,...

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

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

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 of US R&B and rap. Kelis, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Jay-Z, Mystikal and Ludacris are just a...

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NERD : Lap Dance

NERD : Lap Dance

N*E*R*D is the acronym for No-one Ever Really Dies, the intriguing post-everything project helmed by sickeningly talented US R&B super-producers The Neptunes. From Virginia Beach, Virginia, the charismatic Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams have...

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