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(2001 – present)

N*E*R*D, an acronym (pronounced by saying each letter), is the name of the group consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes and their friend Shay Haley. It is hard to pigeon-hole the band into one genre; they are loosely a blend of rock, hip-hop, and R&B. Pharrell explains; “What is a N*E*R*D? N*E*R*D stands for No one Ever Really Dies. The Neptunes are who we are and N*E*R*D is what we do. It’s our life. N*E*R*D is just a basic belief, man. People’s energies are made of their souls. When you die, that energy may disperse but it isn’t destroyed.”

Williams and Hugo originally recorded the band’s debut album, In Search Of…, for European release in 2001 using similar digital production techniques used on Neptunes-produced records. However, they decided that if N*E*R*D was to be different from the Neptunes, it should sound different. This led to them re-recording the album (still titled In Search Of…) with the power pop band Spymob for worldwide release in 2002.

In Search Of… achieved moderate success in the U.S.: the album reached number 59 on the Billboard 200; its first single,

Lapdance, reached the top 40 on the modern rap charts; and its second single,

Rock Star, reached the top 40 of the modern rock charts in the US. “Lapdance” also went top 40 in the Netherlands and its music video received heavy airplay on American MTV2. The album was well-received by critics even though it was not as successful as many of the Neptunes’ previous productions.

1	She Wants To Move	2,488
2	Spaz full track	2,287
3	Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom) full track	2,263
4	Anti Matter full track	2,021
5	You Know What full track	1,951
6	Windows full track	1,917
7	Yeah You full track	1,799
8	Sooner or Later full track	1,711
9	Love Bomb full track	1,545
10	Happy full track	1,453
11	Laugh About It full track	1,369
12	Time For Some Action	1,350
13	Kill Joy full track	1,321
14	Everyone Nose	1,220
15	Lapdance	1,085

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kamil_fan wrote:
28 minutes ago

That photo don't look good in library

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Sciortino wrote:
4 hours ago

In search of is still their best album. Seeing sounds is a bit of a dissapointment to me, but i still like it. It's just a little different...

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DanielSSHL wrote:
5 hours ago

Why isn't Rock Star up there, it's the best song!

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grizto wrote:
Tuesday evening

yay! I'm gonna go to the berkley show

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Tyrano wrote:
Monday morning

so whats with the Converse ad?

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cbxweb wrote:
Sunday evening

I'm going to add My Drive Thru as an extra track to Seeing Sounds. It fits the mood to the album.

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Pseudomental wrote:
7 days ago

You know what?

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VaguePatsy wrote:
7 days ago

<3 spaz

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Dookiac wrote:
7 days ago

ohmygod I didn't know an artist description could get so spiritual.

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Morshu wrote:
9 days ago

i hate to say it, but i love this band. not sure why. particularly the first album.

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GinjaXL wrote:
9 days ago

Completely agree with J_theChosenOne.

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Loppermann wrote:
10 days ago

Anti Emo Death Squid

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J_theChosenOne wrote:
12 days ago

'seeing sounds' is good and all, but calling it amazing i think is a bit of a stretch. for me personally at least, at lot of hit or miss on it, as was 'fly or die'. 'in search of...', for me was their best all around record so far. buuuut, they are one of the more entertaining live bands i've come across.

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Faithless_Heart wrote:
12 days ago

shit

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ben2501 wrote:
13 days ago

i just love seeing sounds so much

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XaN3 wrote:
13 days ago

Seeing sounds -Happy Amazing

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iheartprincey wrote:
13 days ago

seeing sounds is amazing.

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k0narti5t wrote:
14 days ago

feelin' seeing sounds

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Dzedzoro wrote:
15 days ago

yeah saw N*E*R*D* in berlin. they're great !

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serjicalstrik3 wrote:
17 days ago

wherez "rockstar" ??? best song ever!

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