Nelly also ventured into the realm of workout DVD’s with Celebrity Sweat in collaboration with other chiseled personalities in music and sports.
In 2014 Nelly starred with his family in the reality series Nellyville which ran for two seasons but there’s still no word if there will be a third. He’s also appeared in several episodes of CSI: NY and served as one of the mentors in the short-lived talent show The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep (2012). He is an occasional actor and his film debut was in Snipes (2001). Nelly keeps himself busy with other activities when he’s not rapping. However the announcement for their sophomore offering was made last 2010 and so far there’s still no word regarding the true release of their second album.
Lunatics, Nelly is still a member of the group and they have released two singles from their upcoming second album City Free. It also suffered from abysmal sales and earned Nelly his first-ever weakest sales on the week of release.Ģ015 saw Nelly release a single titled “The Fix”, followed by a guest appearance in the Simple Plan song “I Don’t Wanna Go to Bed”.Īs for the St. and released in 2013, but unfortunately it didn’t prove to be strong enough to earn enough critical favor.
The album did chart well on Billboard but it didn’t manage to gather much critical praise unlike Nelly’s earlier releases.įor his latest album Nelly again made an early announcement about its recording and its list of guest appearances. 5.0 was released in 2010 and it had one of Nelly’s most successful singles (“Just a Dream”) and also one of the most disappointing ones (“Move That Body”), the latter due to the inclusion of auto-tune and lackluster production. Nelly announced that he was working on a new album as early as 2009, and that he was determined to make a comeback after the mediocre performance of his previous work. Some still praised Nelly’s vocals and the lyrics of some tracks, but other critics felt that the album was uninspired and featured nothing new from the artist’s usual fare. The former contains hip hop tracks while the latter’s songs are laced with R&B, and both albums were praised not only for their content but also for their contrasting themes.įour years later his fifth album Brass Knuckles hit the shelves but critical opinion towards it was mixed. In 2004 he released two albums at the same time namely Sweat and Suit. Aside from the impressive commercial performance and critical praise, the album also earned Nelly six awards during the Billboard Music Awards of that year. Nelly released his second album Nellyville in 2002 and it contained the irresistible summer anthem “Hot in Herre”. Nelly no longer pursued his athletic ambitions as he realized that his future lay in music.
Lunatics album titled Free City which was also a hit. Nelly rejoined his friends in 2001 for the release of the first St. Nelly’s debut album Country Grammar was released a year later and was met with positive reviews and commercial performance. Universal Records signed him aboard in 1999 and the rest of St. The aspiring rapper worked tirelessly in making demos and sending them to record labels.