One of the best acts in music was in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, and no it wasn't Kanye West.

It was the opening act on a card featuring three of them. If only I could have paid $10 to go see Pharrell Williams' side project called N*E*R*D, I would have.

But, no, I would have had to pay $75 to see them and Lupe Fiasco (who apparently did not perform due to illness) and Rihanna and Kanye, and while it would have been a great scene, I suspect, to me, the best music would have come at the very beginning.

Influenced heavily by groups like Steely Dan and The Police, N*E*R*D takes that funk and rock vibe and twists it into something unique, entertaining and utterly competent. I've pushed N*E*R*D on anybody who will listen, and I will again today.

Here are two of my favorites, the first being "Things Are Getting Better" and the second being "The Way She Dances."