New music: Buddy – Awesome Awesome

Forgotten about N*E*R*D? Here's a reminder of their brilliance...Hailing from Compton, California, rapper Buddy is the latest signing to production duo the Neptunes' label Star Trak, which a few years ago might have been a slightly more exciting prospect than it is in 2011. Recently the Neptunes, aka Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, have seen their influence wane (Billboard voted them Producers of the Decade in 2009, mainly in recognition of their purple patch from 2001 to 2006), with rumours of...

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