Guardian Music — This week we were keeping it reel as we bade a long farewell to the much-loved personal cassette playerFive things we learned from the blog:That you guys feel pretty nostalgic about the WalkmanThe meaning of 'Bad Gay Art' What the new N*E*R*D album s... more info

Guardian Music — Listen to five tracks from the genre-hopping trio's new albumIt's been two years since N*E*R*D's last LP, but now they're back with new album Nothing. It includes the Daft Punk-produced Hypnotize U and Hot and Fun, which features Nelly Furtado, and w... more info

Idolator — N.E.R.D. teams up with other abbreviated act T.I. for the funky party song “Party People”, the opening track off the group’s Nothing. Partying is probably the last thing T.I. will be doing for quite some time, but that shouldn’t stop you from... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Help Me" by N.E.R.D. from the group's 2010 release, Nothing. more info

Idolator — Daft Punk are full of surprises lately, not the least of which is the French duo’s production on N.E.R.D.’s hauntingly sexy single “Hypnotize U.” And so the arrival of the Pharrell Williams-fronted trio’s new song “Help Me” and its acco... more info

Idolator — It’s a bit curious why N.E.R.D. is releasing a track called “Nothing On You” the same year B.o.B and Bruno Mars’ “Nothin’ On You” was a giant hit. Isn’t that a bit like dropping a song called “Umbrellas” just a few months after Ri... more info

NME — Plus French duo release teaser from 'Tron' soundtrack more info

Reuters — DETROIT (Billboard) - Pharrell Williams says N*E*R*D fans can expect "a departure" when the group's fourth album, "Nothing," comes out November 2. more info

MTV.co.uk News — King N.E.R.D. Pharrell Williams has been talking up The Game, calling him one of the most underrated rappers in hip-hop. He told Hard Knock TV: "The Game is one of the most underrated MCs in... more info

Stereogum — Kanye West released his latest G.O.O.D. Friday track right on time (or, slightly late, since he Tweeted in from Japan early Saturday morning). The trio have used the Child Rebel Soldier name a couple times before, on 2007’s “Us Placers,” and on... more info