On December 11, 2009, Billboard ranked Nelly the number three Top Artist of the Decade. He has been referred to by Peter Shapiro as "one of the biggest stars of the new millennium", and the RIAA ranks Nelly as the fourth best-selling rap artist in American music history, with 21 million albums sold in the United States. He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms. Nelly won Grammy Awards in 20 and had a supporting role in the 2005 remake film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. It also included the singles "Move That Body" (featuring T-Pain and Akon) and "Gone" (a sequel to the 2002 single "Dilemma" in collaboration with Kelly Rowland). The lead single, "Just a Dream", was certified triple platinum in the United States. It produced the singles "Party People" (featuring Fergie), "Stepped on My J'z" (featuring Jermaine Dupri and Ciara) and "Body on Me" (featuring Akon and Ashanti). Nelly's fifth studio album, Brass Knuckles, was released on September 16, 2008, after several delays. On the same week of release, Suit debuted at number one, selling around 396,000 copies in its first week on the same chart. Sweat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies in its first week. With the same-day dual release of Sweat, Suit (2004) and the compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. Other singles included "Work It" (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Air Force Ones" (featuring Murphy Lee and St. His following album Nellyville, produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland). Country Grammar is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at number one. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album Country Grammar, of which the featured title-track and the single "Ride wit Me" were top ten hits. Lunatics, in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Nelly embarked on his music career with Midwest hip hop group St. (born November 2, 1974), known professionally as Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, investor, and occasional actor from St. I would have given the album five stars, but it's only his debut. Yet, this is what makes Nelly a standout. He doesn't care about being as big a playa as Jay-Z. Nelly doesn't care about being hardcore like DMX. It is very refreshing in the times of all the wanna-bes that all sound the same. It's like he's singing/saying his lyrics at the same time. But no! The tracks all exemplify the astoundingly new voice of Nelly. At this point I usually expect there to be a fall off until the popular track comes on and then the rest of the track to be so-so. Thank God someone like Kanye and Kim didnt record an album during their time together, they kept it to just an absolutely atrocious music video (for a very cool song, mind you). But, really, though between the cover art AND the material this is just misguided and cringe.
It flows right into the "Hood's" theme song, "St. This deserves a spot solely for the pun title actually. The CD starts out with a hilarious intro from Cedric the Entertainer. Many of the debut artists that come out with a single months ahead of time hit you with a horrible debut album in the future. Album of the year so far."Īlthough the track "Country Grammar" has been on my playlist since January (thanks Napster), I was interested to see if the rest of the album would play out on the same level.
Nelly is legit and eased.and is the year's dreamiest new hip-hop discovery.This album's one in a million pure gold. All rubbery beats and shameless pop nous.", Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000"., 9 out of 10 - ".Slurred and slow and damn proud of it. The boy's thick, gospel flavor is so nice at times that he'll soon be stealing collab gigs from Goodie Mob's Cee-Lo.", 4 stars out of 5 - ".A peerless party record. Louis since Redd Foxx.", ".What salvages Nelly is his voice.appealingly minimalist tracks, and introspective moments like 'Ride Wit Me'." - Rating: B-, 3.5 mics out of 5 - ".Validates Nelly's husky, singsongy style as the new steez to jock. 3.5 stars out of 5 - ".Quick-rolling liquid bass bumps wrap around his wordplay-heavy sing-song rhyme-flow.the best thing to come out of St.