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N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die [Clean]

Primary Artist
N.E.R.D.
Album Title
Fly or Die [Clean]
Release Date
March 23, 2004 
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Review by Andy Kellman
Unlike In Search Of..., originally made primarily on N.e.r.d.'s various machines and then reconfigured with assistance from funk-rock band Spymob, Fly Or Die is kept almost entirely in-house. The ridiculous cover, along with first single "She Wants to Move" -- and its accompanying video, including a literal translation of the line "Her ass is a spaceship I want to ride" -- thankfully provide little indication of the album's true makeup. And the moments where the Star Trak hand sign gets flipped to a set of devil horns are mercifully fleeting, though "Backseat Love" is undoubtedly problematic -- it plays Dumberer to "She Wants to Move"'s Dumber. Read More