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Nellyville
by Nelly


9.0

based on 15 reviews
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Suit
Sweat

The St. Louis rapper follows up the massive success of his 2000 debut LP 'Country Grammar' with 19 new tracks cut from the same cloth, including the Neptunes-produced single "Hot In Here." Justin Timberlake guests on one track.

LABEL:	Universal
RELEASE DATE:	25 June 2002
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rap

NOTES: Available in clean and explicit versions.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

E! Online

A winning combo of thick club cuts, hands-in-the-air call-outs, pop ingenuity and a perfect balance of entertainment and realism in his rhymes.

PopMatters

The disc is incredible.

Entertainment Weekly

If you like your rap loose and funny, Nelly's the man for you.

Village Voice

A great pop album that reconciles his sudden wealth, attachment to home, and desire to rule the world.

Q Magazine

Nellyville doesn't really have any side streets unexplored by the previous Country Grammar, but it's all so good-natured it's hard to object. [Sep 2002, p.111]

New Musical Express

A glossy, well-produced album of populist anthems with a gangsta undertow that expands his worldview and celebrates success.

CDNow

Nellyville is quite calculated, right down the tired skits about bootlegging -- it sort of has to be, given what's at stake, though one would wish otherwise.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Good-natured and breezy enough to make the hostility directed Nelly's way seem churlish.

Rolling Stone

Outside of "Pimp Juice," the album sounds weighed down by the commercial pressures of going multiplatinum the last time out. After five tracks, one cannot help but wonder what might have been had Nelly not gotten so pop so quickly.

Blender

Nellyville will be the year's only record with a bigger-than-life number with Justin Timberlake, a capable ballad with Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland, an acute dis of preachy rap veteran KRS-One, and an ode to the hip-hop footwear of choice. [#8, p.120]

Spin

Nelly's caught between a rock and a hardass place--he's too edgy to comfortably collaborate with 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake but too corny to dig into the Neptunes' sleazily sinister beats on lead single "Hot In Herre." [Aug 2002, p.109]

All Music Guide

In other words, he didn't take any unnecessary risks -- after all, the formula proved successful the first time around -- and that's partly why Nellyville isn't as exciting as it perhaps could be.

Launch.com

Like P. Diddy in his prime or even Jay-Z, Nelly simply knows what the people want, and delivers--which is never as easy as the haters suggest.

Dot Music

It's a cruel world in which a Nelly sells more records than the Blastmaster KRS but what 'Nellyville' makes abundantly clear is that its creator won't be leaving a fraction of his foe's proud mark on hip-hop once the dust settles on the frantic promotion of this record.

Playlouder

The problem is, whilst the debut had more hooks than a fishing rod sandwich, this just doo-wop-yawn, the sort of nursery rhymes kids never remember.

The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 235 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

King Machine gave it a9:
It's better than I first thought.

Carlos P gave it a10:
nelly is the best rapper in the history of hip hop

Precious H gave it a10:
I love Nelly so much, that's my husband he just don't know it yet. But anyways that man is so talented, sexy, and fine, I love everything about him. I have all of his c.d's, I don't have a favorite one, but this one is definitely something I could get lose to.

laquey m gave it a10:
you're the greatest

jacob m gave it a0:
Gotta hate it... Nelly is all about the $$$. To me this ruins any of his lyrics

nelly 4 life gave it a10:
I love Nelly and this cd. this cd iz off da hook. And hes hella fine!!!!!!!!

Precious G gave it a 10:
I like the cd because Nelly put more of him self into it. I glad he could come out like that for his fans.

Nellyville by Nelly

Nellyville
by Nelly