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Nellyville
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 235 votes
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Album Info
Label: Universal
Release Date: 25 June 2002
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rap
Summary
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.
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What The Critics Said
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.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
If you like your rap loose and funny, Nelly's the man for you.
Read Full Review >Village Voice
A great pop album that reconciles his sudden wealth, attachment to home, and desire to rule the world.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Good-natured and breezy enough to make the hostility directed Nelly's way seem churlish.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
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.
