Nellyville

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Nellyville
Studio album by Nelly
Released June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)
Recorded 2001–2002
Genre Hip hop, Contemporary R&B, G-funk
Length 79:40
Label Universal, Fo' Reel
Producer Nelly (exec.), Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, The Neptunes, Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Trackboyz, King Jacob, Ryan Bowser, Just Blaze
Nelly chronology
Country Grammar
(2000)		 Nellyville
(2002)		 Sweat
(2004)
Singles from Nellyville
  1. "#1"
    Released: January 29, 2002
  2. "Hot in Herre"
    Released: April 16, 2002
  3. "Dilemma"
    Released: June 25, 2002
  4. "Air Force Ones"
    Released: November 7, 2002
  5. "Work It"
    Released: February 25, 2003
  6. "Pimp Juice"
    Released: April 1, 2003
"Hot In Herre"
sample of "Hot in Herre" by Nelly from Nellyville
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Nellyville is the second studio album by American rapper Nelly, released through Universal Records on June 25, 2002.

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[edit] Release and reception

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 714,000 copies sold in its first week, and remained in the top spot for four weeks. It was also nominated for "Album of the Year" at the 2003 Grammys. The album was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 9, 2003 in the United States,[1] and 4× platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) (400,000 copies) on December 2002 in Canada.[2] Nellyville has gone at least gold or platinum in over thirty countries.

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Nellyville"   Cornell Haynes, Jr., Waiel Yaghnam Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam 4:15
2. "Gettin' It Started" (skit) (featuring Cedric the Entertainer & La La)     1:51
3. "Hot in Herre"   Haynes, Charles Brown, Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams The Neptunes 3:48
4. "Dem Boyz" (featuring St. Lunatics) Haynes, Ali Jones, Jason Epperson, Robert Cleveland, Torhi Harper Jason "Jay E" Epperson 4:34
5. "Oh Nelly" (featuring Murphy Lee) Haynes, Epperson Jason "Jay E" Epperson 4:03
6. "Pimp Juice"   Haynes, Epperson, B. Crutcher, C. Smith Jason "Jay E" Epperson 4:52
7. "Air Force Ones" (featuring St. Lunatics) Haynes, Jones, Harper, Cleveland, Mark Williams, Joe Kent Trackboyz 5:04
8. "In the Store" (skit) (featuring Cedric the Entertainer & La La)     1:40
9. "On the Grind" (featuring King Jacob) Haynes, Epperson, King Jacob Jason "Jay E" Epperson 4:46
10. "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland) Bam Bam, Pebbles, Bunny Sigler, Kenny Gamble, Haynes, Ryan Bowser Bam, Ryan Bowser 4:49
11. "Splurge"   Haynes, Epperson Jason "Jay E" Epperson 5:09
12. "Work It" (featuring Justin Timberlake) Haynes, Epperson, Justin Timberlake Jason "Jay E" Epperson 4:23
13. "Roc the Mic" (Remix) (Beanie Sigel & Freeway featuring Nelly & Murphy Lee) Dwight Grant, Haynes, Harper, Leslie Pridgen, Justin Smith Just Blaze 4:18
14. "The Gank"   Haynes, Yaghnam Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam 4:49
15. "5000" (skit)     2:11
16. "#1"   Haynes, Yaghnam Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam 3:19
17. "CG 2" (featuring Kyjuan & Murphy Lee) Haynes, Jones, Epperson, Cleveland, Harper Jason "Jay E" Epperson 4:32
18. "Say Now"   Haynes, Epperson Jason "Jay E" Epperson 5:42
19. "F*ck It Then" (skit) (featuring Cedric the Entertainer & La La)     1:39

[edit] Personnel

Credits for Nellyville adapted from Allmusic.[3]

  • Nelly - Executive Producer
  • Ryan Bowser - Producer
  • Sandy Brummels - Art Direction
  • C-Love - Executive Producer
  • Luis Conte - Percussion
  • James Duncan - Assistant Engineer
  • Steve Eigner - Guitar, Engineer
  • Darren Frank - Assistant Engineer
  • Brian Garten - Engineer
  • Jennifer Havey - A&R
  • Just Blaze - Producer
  • La La - Vocals
  • Kevin Law - Executive Producer, A&R
  • Marc Stephen Lee - Assistant Engineer
  • Jonathan Mannion - Photography
  • Daniel Milazzo - Assistant Engineer
  • The Neptunes - Vocals
  • Herb Powers - Mastering
  • Jeff Robinette - Mixing Assistant
  • Robert Sims - Design
  • Matt Still - Engineer
  • Richard Travali - Mixing
  • Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam - Producer
  • Daniel Plewa - DJ

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart[4] 6
German Albums Chart[5] 2
US Billboard 200 1
UK Albums Chart 2
Preceded by
The Eminem Show by Eminem		 Billboard 200 number-one album (first run)
July 7, 2002 - July 27, 2002		 Succeeded by
Busted Stuff by Dave Matthews Band
Preceded by
The Rising by Bruce Springsteen		 Billboard 200 number-one album (second run)
August 25, 2002 - August 31, 2002		 Succeeded by
The Eminem Show by Eminem

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – December 2002". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/gold/1202_g.php. Retrieved 2010-08-20. 
  3. ^ Credits: Nellyville. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.
  4. ^ Kulta- ja platinalevyt IFPI.fi
  5. ^ [2]
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