Nellyville - Nelly
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70 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 240 Ratings

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  • 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.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. E! Online
    91
    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.
  2. Q Magazine
    80
    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]
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  3. All Music Guide
    60
    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.
  4. Blender
    60
    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]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 156 out of 169
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 169
  3. Negative: 11 out of 169
  1. CarlosP
    10
    nelly is the best rapper in the history of hip hop
  2. LyndsayB.
    8
    Nelly is hott and he rocks I got this album the 1st day it came out and it rocks, but it's not the best i've ever heard.
  3. OliverT.
    7
    the record wuz hot with great production mike skillz wuz a little off but from a overall view it's hot
  4. arohaf
    1
    it is so good

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