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STR8 TRACKS: N.E.R.D – “HYPNOTIZE YOU” (PROD. DAFT PUNK)

skool — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:36:59 +0000

Check out one of the latest singles of NERD’s upcoming album , Nothing, which is scheduled to drop on November 2nd. This project has been in works for quite some time and I know I for one would be disappointed if it isn’t released by the end of this year. Wow, imagine the year is almost at its end. Wonder what the album will sound like. By the looks of the track list below and its production by Daft Punk…we’re in for some serious heat!

DOWNLOAD->> N.E.R.D.-”HYPNOTIZE U”
ON DECK or OFF DECK?!

Here’s the tentative tracklist:

1. Party People
2. Hypnotize U
3. Help Me
4. Victory
5. Perfect Defect
6. I’ve Seen the Light/Inside Of Clouds (Hidden)
7. God Bless Us All
8. Life As A Fish
9. Nothing On You
10. Hot-N-Fun (Yeasayer Remix) f. Nelly Furtado
11. It’s In the Air (Bonus Deluxe Edition)
12. Sacred Temple (Bonus Deluxe Edition)
13. I Wanna Jam (Bonus Deluxe Edition)
14. The Man (Bonus Deluxe Edition)

STR8 COVERS: N.E.R.D “NOTHING”

Cola Janneti — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:42:43 +0000

N.E.R.D is back with full force! Check out their new album cover for their fourth studio album entitled Nothing, set to drop this fall.

The group came up with the title because according to N*E*R*D* front man Pharrell Williams “It’s like nothing you’ve ever heard.” Whereas their first album, In Search Of…, was an imaginative, exploration of identities, their second album, Fly Or Die, sought out the range of genres and sounds that have influenced the group, and their third album, Seeing Sounds, grinded everything together, Nothing promises to be an album that delivers a brand new N*E*R*D* sound, an album that amplifies the attitudes, style and persona that has made Pharrell, Chad and Shae the transcendent cultural icons they are today.”
Be sure to catch the group on their 18-City tour starting October 6th w/Gorillaz.

Gorillaz / N*E*R*D* Tour Routing:
Oct. 5 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theater
Oct. 6 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
Oct. 8 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Oct. 10 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Oct. 11 Washington, DC Patriot Center
Oct. 13 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
Oct. 14 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Oct. 16 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion
Oct. 17 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Oct. 19 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Oct. 20 Dallas, TX Verizon Theatre
Oct. 22 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
Oct. 24 Denver, CO Wells Fargo Theatre
Oct. 26 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theater
Oct. 27 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amp
Oct. 28 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
Oct. 30 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Nov. 1 Seattle, WA KeyArena
Nov. 3 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

NEW VIDEO: N.E.R.D.- “SOONER OR LATER”

LexAve — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:34:07 +0000

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N.E.R.D. WANT YOU TO “ROCK THE VOTE!”

LexAve — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:20:28 +0000

Here’s the latest celebrity “Rock The Vote” PSA featuring N.E.R.D. Ain’t somewhat messed up, Pharrell is the Beyonce of the trio. I’m saying have we ever heard the other two members speak??…

N.E.R.D. & M.I.A. @ DIESEL 30TH ANNIVERSARY

LexAve — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:04:27 +0000

Check out Pharrell at Diesel’s 30th Anniversary party in Brooklyn. I heard the N.E.R.D.’s set was thisshort! Also in the building were T.I., Franz Ferdinand, and a very pregnant M.I.A.

Looks like somebody already “hit that”! Doesn’t she look the cutest?!

Continue reading to see clip of P.Willy freestylin and M.I.A. & T.I. do “Swagger Like Us”
View more pics of M.I.A. HERE
Props to JIntrovert

EXCLUSIVE: SMIRNOFF EXPERIENCE ft. N.E.R.D/NAS

LexAve — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:25:57 +0000

Last night StraightOuttaNYC attended the Smirnoff Experience event featuring an all-star line up including, N*E*R*D, Nas, Dizzee Rascal, Spank Rock, Grandmaster Flash, Devin & Darko at Capitale in NYC. Before arriving my inbox got flooded with emails reading “Hey Lex! Smirnoff?”, so I knew it was gonna be mad house. But man I never expected anything like this. The event was set to kick off at 9pm people, the crew (Aishah, Ddub & Nash) and I didn’t get in until 10:45pm. Peep the atmosphere pictures, the press line was pouring onto traffic, while the general RSVP line hugged the block….so serious! Big ups to Esther-Mireya Tejeda for attempting to man handle the madness on the press side. Due to the growingly impatient press crowd with photographers/writers/publicists jumping barcades (Olympics, anyone?), the gatekeepers bypassed the list and just opened the gates. You could’ve been taking a stroll down street and easily crept your way in. Once inside, I peeped homey Monee and quickly made the way to smirnoff bar. Thanks to the tokens handed out at the entrance, I double fisted the night away.

As I awaited for NERD and Nas (video will be up soon) to hit the stage, MTV’s Sway stalled by bringing up “Gravy” who’ll be playing Christopher Wallace in Notorious. He did his rendition of Biggie’s “The Warning” followed by 16 bars of his own stuff. As the crowd drinked and mingled, I scouted for people to snap. I caught of glimpse of Wale walking from behind the stage…real nice dude!

After a few drinks, I made a run to the ladies room with gal pal Aishah. As we awaited for the crowd to clear the stairwell to the bathroom, I look to my right and who was literally 2 feet away…PHARRELL! And being the fool I am, I asked “Pharrell, can I get picture?” In his soft voice he politely said “Thanks sweetie, but I’m on way up…catch me when I get off stage.” Womp, womp. I should’ve went straight TMZ on him and snapped anyways. But something about P.Willy had my hyponotized for that brief 2 minute encounter. Groupie status…never that but definitely a fan! Aishah and I= Star Struck!

While heading back to the crowd, I spotted Tyson Beckford and another model (name slips my mind). Don’t know what’s up the tongue action…but whatever works for him.

And speaking of the model chick (what is her name?), I witness the classy chick get straight gully with some dude who straight pushed her to get through. I definitely co-sign her gangsta. Apparently people nowadays don’t feel the need to say “excuse me”. I had a brief encounter myself with some random white chick who thought perhaps b/c she towered me she could straight son me…think again- you push me, I push back! No lie everywhere I looked I saw about five fights ready to pop off…luckily people were smart enough to keep it moving. But back to the model chick for putting the dude in the suit in his place…nice!
Once NERD began working the crowd I stopped the snapping and got the recording. I even got video of Pharrell calling out a heckler out in the middle of the crowd…funny! By 1:30am my arms were hella tired and I was ready to call it a night besides yours truly got a 9-6 and had to be up early. Once NAS took the stage and premiered his Obama song, I threw up my dueces and exited. I managed to hail a cab that’ll go uptown, as I was dozing off I get a text from gal pal Aishah…”Kelis is on stage! She was on for one song.” Quote: “Kelis baby! Come here….(She sings chorus for ‘If I Ruled the World’, then kiss) give it up for my wife….” So clearly they’re still married, nas was like “…..she comin out wit new album. too many chick biting her style….” She’s about to come back and kill them! In the cab headed home, I was kicking myself for missing one my fav hip hop couples, the Joneses.
Overall the Smirnoff experience was HOT, PACKED, TIRING, and HUGE SUCCESS minus the press line snafu…next time invite less people, keep it exclusive!
VIDEOS WILL BE UP SOON!