N.E.R.D. - Fly Or Die
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Artist: N.E.R.D.Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Published: 2004
CD Release Date: 2004-03-23
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- Don't Worry About It
- Fly Or Die
- Jump feat. Joel Madden and Benji Madden
- Backseat Love
- She Wants To Move
- Breakout
- Wonderful Place
- Drill Sergeant
- Thrasher
- Maybe
- The Way She Dances
- Chariot Of Fire
Free Music Notes for Fly Or Die
Free Music Review: Classic Rock!
Hit: 5 Stars
N*E*R*D is Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Shay. N*E*R*D is not The Neptunes. Important to get that out of the way because if it's hip hop Neptunes style you're expecting here, this isn't for you.
`Fly or die' is great, catchy, fun (and also serious) 70s sounding and Beatles-esque rock, with some fleeting soul and hip hop influences, largely played and produced by The Neptunes, featuring guests like Joel Madden & Benji madden (of Good Charlotte) on vocals for `Jump', Lenny Kravitz playing guitar on `Maybe', and Ahmir ?uestlove (of The Roots) playing drums on `Maybe'. The attention to detail on these songs is amazing!
The CD debuted at #6 in the US, and was certified gold.
Opening track `Don't worry about it' has Pharrell singing in his falsetto, and giving some James Brown/Prince style yelps. A hard edged rock number with a great bridge.
Title track `Fly or die' is a sunny bouncy song. Even bouncier is `Jump' which will make you do just that, with its spoken/sung delivery, and chant along chorus.
`Backstreet love' is a slower rock number that starts with the sound of a car starting up, with lyrics about, well, backseat love!
`She wants to move' is a great R&B/rock song. Frenetic drumming, a great sparse bass line, great guitars, and interspersed with hand claps. Very catchy and a great chorus. Highly danceable. Silly lyrics though, but a standout!
`Breakout' is a bit similar to `She wants to move'; slower though. It starts off real delicate and sweet and gets rockier at the chorus. I love the final minute of the song with some great wailing guitar.
`Wonderful place' is a two part epic, the first half a gentle sunny jazz tinged ballad with lyrics about the beauty of nature, in spite of the problems of the world, and a horn drenched chorus. The other half, `Waiting for you', is an even slower acoustic ballad about a family fishing outing which results in the near drowning of a child. Very cutting strings add to the drama of the tale, and some delicate percussion comes in during the final half minute.
`Drill sergeant' is another two part song; a poppy Beatles like goose stepping rock number, with lyrics about the ills of war. `I'm not going to war'! Second part `Perseverence' features some off kilter drumming, razor like guitars, and angry spoken lyrics. Totally different from the first half. Another standout!
`Thrasher' is a psychedelic sounding rocker with a party feel to it. Very catchy, and lots of melodic piano. I love it.
`Maybe' is a mellow Beatles like song beginning sparse with rolling percussion and some thumping piano, before guitars herald a killer chorus with excellent dreamy sounding backing vocals, and a fab bridge. Forlorn lyrics about the loss of love. Great video too. Another standout!
More upbeat is the catchy, danceable `The way she moves'. Sparse instrumentation and great guitar work.
`Chariot of fire' is yet another two piece song. The first part is a tender ballad, and the other half, `Find my way' is a mid tempo tale of regret; Trying to find my way back/I wanna be the hero. Beautiful keyboard and guitars!
A superb CD. Simple songs (for the most part) with clever little twists and turns that make them stand out that much more. One of my favourite CDs of 2004.
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