Nelly Songs Ranked
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album Country Grammar, of which the featured title track and the single “Ride wit Me” were top ten hits. The album peaked at number one the Billboard 200, and became Nelly’s best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album Nellyville produced the number-one hits “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma” (featuring Kelly Rowland), along with the top five single “Air Force Ones” (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics). Nelly has won multiple accolades throughout his career including three Grammy Awards and nine Billboard Music Awards. In 2005, he starred in the remake film The Longest Yard, alongside Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms. He has been referred to by Peter Shapiro as “one of the biggest stars of the new millennium”, and as of 2014, Nelly was ranked as the fourth-best-selling rap artist in American music history, according to the RIAA, with 21 million albums sold in the United States. In December 2009, Billboard ranked Nelly the number three Top Artist of the Decade (2000s). Here are all of Nelly songs ranked.
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10. My Place (Suit, 2004)
“This is real music. 0% nudity, no ass shaking and all those unpleasant crazy stuffs but still it hits right down to your soul. This is the epitome of beautiful music The beat is so perfect and the voice of Nelly & Jaheim cool. Evergreen song to the soul”
9. Over and Over (Suit, 2004)
“The last time nelly ever touched the charts (although it was his biggest hit). I guess for the most part that’s a good thing since I don’t like him for the most part but some of his songs (this included) sound pretty good. But yeah, the lyrics are dog shit but it’s got a nice mellow sound”
8. Country Grammar (Country Grammar, 2000)
“The reason why this song took off like a rocket was just down to originality. No one sounded like Nelly and that St Louis sound was fresh. Damn how times have changed.”
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7. E.I. (Country Grammar, 2000)
“I love the music to this musical joint towards Nelly’s stylish singing rapping words neat and beautiful country sounds of voice of Nelly’s makes me smile and or sing as in mimick along to this musical joint by Nelly called E.I.”
6. Shake Ya Tailfeather (Bad Boys II, 2003)
“One of those songs that does a great job in taking me back to the early 2000’s. I miss those days even though I was just a lil kid. The vibe the world gave off back then was amazing.”
5. Air Force Ones (Nellyville, 2002)
“I fell in love with air force ones after this song came out. I still rock then to this day. This Era of music was the best I’m glad I grew up listing to this music. Nelly sounds awesome in an album but he is even better live, he puts on a really great show!”
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4. Ride Wit Me (Country Grammar, 2000)
“While Nelly is a pretty weak rapper, it can’t be denied that some of his productions are well crafted. This is a fine example, and it’s a pretty cool party starter. My all time favorite song by Nelly! It just has such a chill, laidback and cool vibe. 22 years later it still sounds so fresh and current!! We need to mention Nelly more as far as hip-hop legends.”
3. Hot in Herre (Nellyville, 2002)
“Hot in Herre” is Nelly’s signature hit for good reason. The call-and-response chorus makes for one of the most recognizable musical moments of the early 2000s. This beat is far from the Neptunes’ best, but the panned percussion, detuned rhodes piano, funky bassline, and guitar stabs just scream classic Chad and Pharrell. The verse melody is repetitive but catchy, easy to sing along to at any party.”
2. Dilemma (Nellyville, 2002)
“Fantastic song, this is one of the best song of all time. Is should be ranked first. The chorus is amazing Probably the catchiest chorus ever. The chorus makes the song rock. Kelly Rowland has a nice voice and together with Nelly came out with one of the best song of the decade.”
1. Just a Dream (5.0, 2010)
“This song is called as Nelly’s comeback in the Billboard charts after 5 years. It is definitely the Best song written and performed by Nelly and no doubt it is one of the best songs ever made and written”
