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Nov 5, 2010Once again, N.E.R.D. are at their best when they abandon all regard for the Hot 100.
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Nov 5, 2010There isn't a lot left on Nothing, apart from these faint reminders, to indicate that these two guys were the same pair who once revolutionized the sound of hip-hop.
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Q MagazineJan 6, 2011It still has its winning moments. [Jan 2011, p.142]
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Nov 8, 2010Despite overwhelming evidence to support the notion that he should quit vocal duties forever, he continues to labor under the delusion that his cochlea-shredding falsetto sounds like anything other than Prince with his scrotum in a vice.
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Nov 2, 2010Not a bad effort, but we've come to expect more.
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Nov 9, 2010Williams and his N.E.R.D cohorts Chad Hugo and Shay Haley are adept in the studio; their musical constructs are always polished, and often at least somewhat impressive. But their lyrics and point of view are so entitled that there's little sense they're aiming much further than the nearest frat house.
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Nov 1, 2010The album is overly long, but there's a straightforwardness to the live-and-loose party vibe that's hard to resist.
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Nov 1, 2010The side project of superstar producers the Neptunes makes a stark departure from its hot mess of grinding funk-rock on this often disappointing mixed bag.
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Nov 1, 2010Nothing is the fourth N.E.R.D. album and the first to feel altogether detached from its surroundings.
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Nov 1, 2010Anyone who vividly remembers the fire in the band's collective belly around the time of their scintillating debut will be disappointed with this comparatively uninspired set.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 20
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Mixed: 6 out of 20
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Negative: 3 out of 20
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