There are similarities but just as there are similarities in Jay, Kanye, Lil Wayne, and Ja Rule. Drake is a student of the game and it’s been obvious from day one

Nah, Nelly had plenty of hits in 04 and 05 after 50 and G Unit blew up. He still had a lane but he tried to come off way too hard when he came back in 08 with Brass Knuckles and lost that mellow sound everyone loved. Then he pivoted to pop for 5.0

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And Nelly got st lunatics to go platinum and Murphy Lee to go gold lol

"Mommy mommy! Did you hear that mid-2000s simile Drake just said?? Thats a bar!" 👶

Obviously st lunatics wasn’t as big as g unit and Nelly wasn’t as big as 50, that’s not what I’m saying at all. But 50 had nothing to do with Nelly falling off lol. They co existed for quite a few years.

Nelly does not have better hits either lmao.

Y’all letting nostalgia of 2 or 3 songs when you were 10 years old cloud your judgement.

Nelly not winning 20 vs 20 hits against Drake. Aside from them 2 or 3 classics his stuff was mediocre. Nobody about to lose their s*** hearing Shake Ya Tailfeather or Cruise Remix.

Damn this thread unlocking some memories

I got nellyville and a game boy advance artic white that Christmas and my scumbag half brother stole them both

Nelly would’ve declined and fell off after a few years regardless cause he was an absolute “flavor of the moment” artist and not some timeless artist lmao.

Nothing to do with 50. Just he naturally had a few big years and was bound to decline, and his few peak years were coincidentally right before 50’s run.

10 v 10 nelly is winning

go play "here we come" & "tho dem wrappas" i'll be around hurr

murphy lee had the best verse on shake ya tailfeather

He isn’t. And if you have to shorten it to 10 songs then he really doesn’t have the HITS.

Any GOAT rapper with a true lasting reign can do 20+ hits.

he isnt a lasting rapper i agree

but you're on crack if you think nelly isn't winning a 10 v 10

i already realized i forgot here comes the boom and grillz in my 10 list already

nelly might actually win a 20 v 20 bc of how strong his 10 is

I really just think it was the break between sweatsuit and brass knuckles combined with brass knuckles being a meh album.

Then after brass knuckles undersold he pivoted to pop/country stuff

Nelly just dropped s*** music that year. All those singles were horrible even the Hip-Hop ones. (I actually love My Place but it’s not some masterpiece lmao)

Flap Your Wings is one of the worst singles by a rapper ever

This is delusion idek why I’m replying.

Nelly has about 4 songs that could have a chance at even winning.

No grown ass adult in 2022 who isn’t a delusional dust head is about to go up for Flap Your Wings, Grillz, Shake Ya Tailfeather, Cruise Remix, and Etc.

These are all Toosie Slide level songs.

Flap Ya Wings is a top 5 Neptunes beat tho

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No they were horrible lmao. Literally Toosie Slide level.

N Dey Say was just absolutely laughable too.

bro

listen

rid wit me - insta win
country grammar - insta win
hot in herre - insta win
dilemma - insta win
shake ya tailfeather - insta win
grillz/air force ones/pimp juice - ehhh maybe depending on what is played
e.i - insta win
grillz - probably gonna win bc of nostalgia
WHERE THE PARTY AT - INSTA WIN
HERE COMES THE BOOM - MAYBE WIN