Nelly says his Era of rap was the toughest : “When I put out songs, I Had To go Against DMX, JAY-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Luda."

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Nokids]

Seeing Nelly being the number 2 selling rap album of all time ( non double) is very telling. Definitely into hip hop HOF

 

[Mac Ten]

Grillz was the #1 song in the country in ‘06, and “The culture ” was definitely fukking with it

Far as what Nelly said, there was definitely a lot of competition at the top of the charts…but it was also the commercial peak of hip hop…it’s like winning the scoring title when total scoring was at it’s highest…it was “easier” to put up huge numbers in nellys era IMO

Off topic but I think that this song put Gipp back on the map.

He could have definitely rebranded as a new artist during that era.
That Grillz song was one of favorites as a kid.

Did u ever hear that Ali and Gipp album??

 

[Mac Ten]

The 3 years that Nelly made noise were actually Hip Hop's weakest years in the history of the genre.

Labels were signing basically anyone they felt could turn a cheesy hook into gold. This was also when the 360 deal started popping up, and dudes were vanishing after one big record.

Nelly was a pop act. Not Hip Hop. So he was never in talks about being dope as an MC. His whole model that Universal set up for him, was about making Top 40 pop hits. So he can't speak like he's ever been in the same league as any of the MC's from that era. He was never viewed the same. Which is why by '03, he was a wrap. Dude was only on for three years. Fell off quick fast.

Nelly was selling more off the singles in the later years… He knew that hippity hop shyt wasn’t for him so he decided to make his videos fun and cartoonish like Luda but he concealed some of his crimes under goofy slang like E-40

He may not have been the best rapper but dude capitalized down the line. He lowkey gave Flo-Rida and Pitbull their blueprint.

I can see why Nelly uses Ecstasy. He was making Party Music that will always be in demand.

 

[Awesome Wells]

He lowkey gave Flo-Rida and Pitbull their blueprint.

Flo-Rida stole his whole sh*t.

There was another dude that dropped back then that was a Nelly clone, whose name I can never remember. But he had a video where he was racing a car on foot or some weird sh*t like that. LOL!!

 

[Mac Ten]

Flo-Rida stole his whole sh*t.

There was another dude that dropped back then that was a Nelly clone, whose name I can never remember. But he had a video where he was racing a car on foot or some weird sh*t like that. LOL!!

Imitation is the best form of flattery

 

[JustCKing]

Flo-Rida stole his whole sh*t.

There was another dude that dropped back then that was a Nelly clone, whose name I can never remember. But he had a video where he was racing a car on foot or some weird sh*t like that. LOL!!

Flo-Rida stole nothing from Nelly. Flo-Rida was gifted "Low", which Nelly rejected, which was the beginning of his run. They sound nothing alike. Nelly's sound is far more country than Flo-Rida and Nelly isn't even from The South.

 

[Mac Ten]

Flo-Rida stole his whole sh*t.

There was another dude that dropped back then that was a Nelly clone, whose name I can never remember. But he had a video where he was racing a car on foot or some weird sh*t like that. LOL!!

Ace Hood??

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Off topic but I think that this song put Gipp back on the map.

He could have definitely rebranded as a new artist during that era.
That Grillz song was one of favorites as a kid.

Did u ever hear that Ali and Gipp album??

Now that you say that, I never listened to it once ….looking at the tracklist it looks like it may have actually decent…..like a mash up of a ‘Tic and a Dungeon Fam album in one…I’ll run thru it sometime this week

 

[Awesome Wells]

Ace Hood??

Nah, this was back when Nelly had dropped. They used to play his sh*t on Rap City. But he was serious clone, lol. He only got one single though and then he vanished.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Flo-Rida stole his whole sh*t.

There was another dude that dropped back then that was a Nelly clone, whose name I can never remember. But he had a video where he was racing a car on foot or some weird sh*t like that. LOL!!

Pretty Willie low key got some local STL classics though

Lay Your Body Down still gets thrown in when I’m making slow jam playlists

 

[Awesome Wells]

Pretty Willie low key got some local STL classics though.

That's it right there! HAHA!!

I haven't seen that video in mad years. I remember him and Nelly had some issues because Nelly said he was biting his style. But dude said he had never heard of Nelly before he was making music.

 

[Jone2three45]

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[Big Boss]

Pretty Willie low key got some local STL classics though

Lay Your Body Down still gets thrown in when I’m making slow jam playlists

 

[Street Knowledge]

kinda making his point... Country grammar came out in '00, he came in STRONG (II)

But with so much competition, he eventually faded away after his lil run. I wholeheartedly believe if the early 00s wasn't so stacked his run would've been longer.




this random AF but what ever happened to Fetty Wap?? Dude came in and had the charts on SMASH for like a year. That year where half his album was on the radio was crazy. He literally fell off right after that one year run though. And this was well before he got caught up in that shyt so we can't blame his fall off on that. shyt crazy

He was gonna fade away regardless though.

Either way he was not competing with all these guys at their peaks commercially.

Like Jay Z and DMX peaked commercially before he dropped his first album.