I give them credit for at least giving the album a good rating, but I think most of them sound like teeny boppers who are too stuck on Em and Jay-Z to know what a good hip-hop album is. STOP HERE! READ THIS! I'm not sure these other reviewers haveactually listened to the entire album or know anything abouthip-hop. #4 - 9.5 (I liked this song a lot until it got WAY overplayed) After this he blew up like Vesuvius and I can't stand his music now but this CD is high quality and a must have. Lunatics & Chingy are some of the worst "rappers" (hip-poppers) ever. He brought a whole new style to the table and brough STL into the rap game (much for the worse - St. Guests are limited to fellow STL rappers with the exception of Lil Wayne. It has 1 classic, 1 near classic, 1 or 2 I skip, 2 or 3 ok songs, and the rest are all good songs. The production is different -but tight and mostly done by Jayson "Jay E" Epperson and City Spud. Let me start by saying I was highly impressed with Nelly before this album came out and I liked this album a lot before I heard it all day, every day, everywhere (so my review is as of its release - late June 2000). If you are any fan of rap, hip-hop, or R+B, pick up this album TODAY! I would have given the album five stars, but it's only his debut. Yet, this is what makes Nelly a standout. He doesn't care about being as big a playa as Jay-Z. Nelly doesn't care about being hardcore like DMX. It is very refreshing in the times of all the wanna-bes that all sound the same. It's like he's singing/saying his lyrics at the same time. But no! The tracks all exemplify the astoundingly new voice of Nelly. At this point I usually expect there to be a fall off until the popular track comes on and then the rest of the track to be so-so. It flows right into the "Hood's" theme song, "St. The CD starts out with a hilarious intro from Cedric the Entertainer. Attention: This is NOT the case with Nelly.
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Many of the debut artists that come out with a single months ahead of time hit you with a horrible debut album in the future. Although the track "Country Grammar" has been on my playlist since January (thanks Napster), I was interested to see if the rest of the album would play out on the same level.