After N.E.R.D. had been cryptically teasing a return to music all week, it appears the Virginia Beach trio has now made good on their hints — kicking off with a new song that sees Rihanna actually rapping.
The track titled “Lemon” made its musical debut on Beats 1 radio with Zane Lowe on Wednesday morning (November 1) and is the first new song from N.E.R.D. since their 2010 album, Nothing.
Rihanna exercises her lyrical prowess on the fresh single, which is as high-energy, daring and fearless as you would expect from anything involving Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley.
Whispers had been spreading for a while now about the possible return of the Star Trak collective, which heightened at the sixth annual Camp Flog Gnaw Festival this past weekend where “No_One Ever Really Dies” posters and insignia were plastered all over the festival grounds. The group’s members also all changed their social media avatars to reflect that something musically dope is brewing to finally appease N.E.R.D. fans’ appetite for new music.
For now, the wait is over.
As for if there’s a full album waiting in the wings, stay tuned.
Listen to N.E.R.D. and Rihanna on “Lemon” below.
wack af
Love you Riri. Would LOVE to TARE that AZZ and PUSSY up!! Fuck that gay ass Brown for hurting ya!! Ya Rap and Sing better than him!!
Fucking garbage… and lemon? Kinda sounds like beyonces big thing so typical shit i expect from thirsty ass bitches just riding waves or riding dicks never any in between man lmao
Wow this is really doap. This is first time Riri rapping? I’d love to hear more.
She raps on Pour It Up. Classic track. She don’t rap often but when she does its always epic
Wack (I mean that’s all I can expect from Pharell). I was just here to hear RetcH sample at the beginning.
sounds like Pharrell wrote that lol it’s dope though
All of the talented female emcees showing out over the course of the last year or so, and Pharrell tabbed…. Rihfanna. Makes no sense. Joint woulda been better with even Cardi B on the verse. And the rest of the record is weak.
All for the numbers and clicks, if he had reached out to say snow the product then it would have been a monster hit
Fire.
They really sampled retch it’s funny in a weird way …..I used to be a big fan but he fell the fuck off ( robbing his supporters and fans who paid for merch that never got it, getting locked up 247, and he hasn’t even released new music in like two years)