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."
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It wasn't until the mixtape era where smaller rappers en masse could cultivate worldwide underground fanbases and tour without dealing with the music industry. There's outlier examples for sure (such as your favorite, ICP) but it wasn't until then where we started to see that, and Nelly's heyday is right before that took off.
Commercially probably.. not artistically tho.
Kind of misleading from him. His competitors weren't mainly trying to put out pop-oriented jams outside of Luda and the Eminem 1st single pushes? DMX, Jay-Z, Wayne etc were putting out songs to what Nelly was trying to primarily sell.
His main competition was probably Ja Rule and Ludacris. Jay-Z for example, is in a completely different area.
His main competition was probably Ja Rule and Ludacris. Jay-Z for example, is in a completely different area.
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
I hate when ppl don't speak about someone cause it aint popular to do so. He left Ja out on purpose. There was a time when the Rule had the streets on lock.
KnowledgeOfSelf17
All Star
Nelly did it with NO MAJOR COSIGN. You have to respect that. Dude had a wanye feature on the first album because he couldn't afford juvenile.
Nelly was apart of the halftime show when he came out too.
Nelly popularity on his first go is similar to how ICE SPICE getting the attention now.
Everyone knew nelly, and had band aids on their faces.
Nelly was apart of the halftime show when he came out too.
Nelly popularity on his first go is similar to how ICE SPICE getting the attention now.
Everyone knew nelly, and had band aids on their faces.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Who cares? In that moment, he was guaranteed to get the party live unless you was hugging the wall or something. nikkas with bars would’ve done whatever to do a 1/4
of his numbers around that time.
I guess…if all you value is sales and numbers
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
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.
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.
iceberg_is_on_fire
Wearing Lions gear when it wasn't cool
I'm laughing but I also paid 110 for my wife and I to see him in July. nikka got hits.Man I'm for the culture, that was white people buying that shyt. Can you name 2 songs from either of those shyts? Knock it off.
If you have white fans they'll prop you up for another album or two because they're late to everything but once WE stop fukkin wit something they eventually realize it's not cool anymore and move on as well.
Arguing in favor of the album that contained "Flap Your Wings" as the hit single is nasty work.
There is certainly a comparison, but this is funny
