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"What is a N.E.R.D? N.E.R.D stands for No One Ever Really Dies. The Neptunes are who we are, and N.E.R.D is what we do.” Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes are the most revolutionary production tandem in modern music since Quincy Jones and Rod Tempterton put down shuffle-beats and doo-wops behind a young singer named Michael Jackson. With their digital musical palette and vivid imaginations, they've taken their hip-hop foundation and untethered the bounds of pop, bestowing unsuspecting hit records in almost machine-gun-like succession ’ whether in rap (Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, et al), R&B (Usher, Babyface), pop (Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake) or rock (No Doubt). The second album from N.E.R.D, Fly or Die is picking up where the groups debut, In Search Of…, left off and receiving acclaim form critics and die hard fans alike. N.E.R.D have been in the studio recording the follow-up to 2004's Fly Or Die. Pharrell says the new album is called N.3.R.D and is set to be released Spring 2008.