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Nov 18, 2010Nothing continues the trend of unique and fun music the N.E.R.D. name has become synonymous with.
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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 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.
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Nov 17, 2010At 36 minutes, the set is quick, generally uptempo and full of the Neptunes' mixtape-ready bangers, yet Williams finds his groove during moments that won't rattle any trunks.
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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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Entertainment WeeklyNov 1, 2010The trio's fourth album keeps the revelry of past work intact, beginning with the carefree Party People and ending with the euphoric Hot-N-fun. [Nov. 5, 2010, p. 71]
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Nov 2, 2010As the title of its much-delayed fourth album intimates, there's Nothing left in the record bin for the Virginia Beach-bred trio to plunder, having previously dabbled with rock, pop, rap, funk, R&B and electro.
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Nov 2, 2010Not a bad effort, but we've come to expect more.
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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 9, 2010This album does its best to give certain fans exactly what they want in sexually-driven club grinders while offering up real, honest-to-goodness substance. It isn't always a perfect situation, and parts of the album border on forgettable, but when they get it right, everything's groovy.
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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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Jan 14, 2011While Nothing isn't N*E*R*D*'s strongest effort, it does offer an interesting take on pop music.
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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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Nov 3, 2010At this point it seems fair to say N*E*R*D may never deliver on their once-extraordinary potential, but if they can keep churning out statements as distinct as Nothing, both the band and their listeners should be more than satisfied.
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Q MagazineJan 6, 2011It still has its winning moments. [Jan 2011, p.142]
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Nov 15, 2010If you're not looking for an album that will change the world, but simply change your mood for an hour or two, there's definitely something to be said for Nothing.
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Nov 4, 2010Nothing is just what it brazenly titles itself as – an empty record, one lacking the sometimes questionable but more often than not intriguing experimentation and oddball weirdness that might not have made their earlier records great, but at least made them interesting.
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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, 2010Nothing is the fourth N.E.R.D. album and the first to feel altogether detached from its surroundings.
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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