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New N*E*R*D Album Is Unsurprisingly Ridiculous, Surprisingly OK [Leak Of The (yester)day]
Posted on June 05, 2008
ARTIST: N*E*R*DALBUM: Seeing SoundsLEAK DATE: June 4, 2008ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: The album opens with Pharrell describing the origins of his synethesia before the band whispers It's time for some action over a beat that's thankfully more In Search Of... than Fly Or Die, while being In My Mind enough that folks who didn't enjoy Skateboard P's solo debut may not react positively. Despite tighter beats on songs like Yeah You and the discofied You Know What, N*E*R*D is still the Neptunes' Ween-like rock reference move: Windows could be the Knack; the verse of Happy is like later Morrissey...
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