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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.
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The disc is incredible.
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If you like your rap loose and funny, Nelly's the man for you.
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A great pop album that reconciles his sudden wealth, attachment to home, and desire to rule the world.
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Q MagazineNellyville 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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A glossy, well-produced album of populist anthems with a gangsta undertow that expands his worldview and celebrates success.
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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.
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Good-natured and breezy enough to make the hostility directed Nelly's way seem churlish.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 157 out of 179
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Mixed: 3 out of 179
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Negative: 19 out of 179
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Dec 24, 2020
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KingMachineMar 2, 2006It's better than I first thought.
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CarlosPDec 20, 2005nelly is the best rapper in the history of hip hop