Nothing [Translucent Red 2 LP]

by N.E.R.D

Overview

Between the release dates of their third and fourth albums, N.E.R.D. gained and lost a female member and scrapped a large volume of in-progress work. They came up with another album's worth of material, only to have Interscope ask for a larger portion of upbeat songs. The lead single "Hot-N-Fun," as well as a few others, could be classified as modern frat rock -- shamelessly mindless, though they're sonically closer to rubbery pop-funk. The album's highlights tend not to be full songs but ideas within them -- the drunken horns and drums in "God Bless Us All," the twinkling keyboard touches in "Perfect Defect," the taut programming in the Daft Punk-produced "Hypnotize U," the gorgeously saccharine and Free Design-like back half of "I've Seen the Light/Inside of Clouds." One exception is the thoroughly transfixing "Life as a Fish," a lyrically murky ecological rumination cast in pocket-symphony chamber soul. Once again, N.E.R.D. are at their best when they abandon all regard for the Hot 100. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	12/11/2020
Label:	Interscope / Universal
UPC:	0602435037745

Album Credits

Performance Credits

N.E.R.D   Primary Artist
T.I.   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Nelly Furtado   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Andrew Coleman   Guitar (Acoustic)
Rhea Dummett   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jason Carder   Trumpet
Chad Hugo   Saxophone
Rachel Hyman   Vocals
The Muffin Girls   Vocals
Amy Holm   Vocals
Justine Rosen   Vocals
Kathleen Moliano   Vocals
Brent Paschke   Guitar

Technical Credits

Demacio Castellon   Engineer
Thomas Bangalter   Arranger,Composer,Musician
Alan Meyerson   Mixing
Matty Green   Assistant
Terry Richardson   Photography
Lori Castro   Assistant
Adam Larson   Design,Art Direction
Cliff Feiman   Production Supervisor
Hart Gunther   Assistant
Andrew Coleman   Arranger,Engineer,Digital Editing
Yaneley Arty   Management
Tom Bailey   Assistant
Mike Larson   Arranger,Engineer,Digital Editing
Daniel Lerner   Engineer
Chad Hugo   Composer
Geoff Foster   Engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing
The Neptunes   Producer
Clifford Harris   Composer
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo   Arranger,Composer,Musician
Shay Haley   Composer
PJ McGinnis   Assistant
Satoshi Noguchi   Assistant
Darft Punk   Producer
Guillermo Lefeld   Assistant
Martin Kierszenbaum   A&R
Pharrell Williams   Composer,Executive Producer
Brian Gardner   Mastering
Jimmy Iovine   Composer,Executive Producer
Daft Punk   Producer