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Nelly country grammar video6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Including all hits like ‘Grillz’, ‘ Hot in Herre’, Dilemma’ and ‘Shake Ya Tailfeather’, the celebration will be a special one for me because I’m one of the young people who grew up, watching Nelly on television. ![]() The St Louis icon will release a digital deluxe edition to mark its twenty-year-anniversary on July 24. Both artists arrived on the scene at the same time and were both Black artists exploring and creating content that was unseen at the time. ![]() In hindsight, his Verzuz with Ludacris was the perfect match. How can we diffuse the thick clouds of Hardcore/Gangsta Rap and catch people’s attention, but remain authentic to St Louis, and be respected by other rappers from the streets? I think ‘Country Grammar’ came at a time when your average Hip-Hop albums were a little more eclectic, expressing creativity through different sounds and styles and accepted for its individuality. As he led with the hit title track ‘Country Grammar (Hot Shit)’ in February 2000, its catchy chorus captured a wide demographic of people even though the content on the verses weren’t different from his competitors because of how easy it was to remember. Do you remember when albums went diamond (selling ten million hard copies of an LP)? I do, and Nelly’s ‘Country Grammar’ was one of them.
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