N.E.R.D.
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
The trio recorded its first album, In Search Of..., and released it in Europe in late 2001. Not entirely happy with the results, they reshaped the album using live instrumentation -- with significant assistance from the funk-rock band Spymob, to further differentiate the material from Neptunes productions -- before issuing it in the U.S. in March of 2002. Singles Lapdance and Rock Star made minor indentations on the singles charts; despite this, the album didnt come close to achieving the kind of commercial success won by the average Neptunes production. In March of 2004, after another endless influx of hitmaking Neptunes work, they resurfaced with Fly or Die. This time out, Hugo and Williams handled more of the instrumentation. Unrelenting in their knack for the absurd, lead single She Wants to Move was promoted with a video that depicted the three members performing in the rear compartment of a female-shaped space vessel -- a very literal interpretation of the line Her ass is a spaceship I want to ride.
