How did Nelly sell so well in the 00's?

[CoCKy GeNiuS]

dude had a knack for making catchy ass hit records....

he was a hitmaking machine, u can't find that anymore....

 

[RTF]

He made huge hits and that's also when labels started slowing down on putting out singles, so you had to buy the album. And everybody was selling then- even off as much as one single, a nikka could hit platinum. And Nelly was scoring like 3 and 4 big hits off one joint, so them sales just kept rackin' up.

It's especially wild how huge he was cause it's not like he had that 'setup' that most successful artists back then had to have. He didn't start off with mega-heavy promotion, or guest spots on other peoples' albums, or affiliated with anybody... dude just came out with a record people fell in love with and kept goin' from there. Very rare for that time.

Very rare ever tbh. Most successful hip-hop artists come as a movement with similar artists, powerful label or at least a co-sign. Everyone from Drake, Kanye, Jay, 50 had at least one of those.

Nelly came up from a city with no respect and basically put it on by himself.

 

[Leti Cook]

Cant front on Nelly. Dude got songs you can drop in the club or at a house party right now and people will still lose their shyt. I seent it.

 

[Knicksman20]

the skinny: party and strip club anthems.

I'd also say his music appealed to cac audiences. Non threatening pop sounding & we know they eat that up.

 

[Zero]

How nikka? Ask me again and it's goin down nikka. NOW nikka

 

[Killer Instinct]

When Country Grammar dropped:w0w::w0w3:

Spoiler

If RT's equated to album sales Big Sean wouldnt be going triple styrofoam

I still have that album.
That shyt was

 

[kingjones29]

country grammer was a great album

 

[mobbinfms]

Same answer to any question about how did X rapper sell so many albums: white people

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Nelly was fukking dope... End of story

Dope in the sense of?

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Same answer to any question about how did X rapper sell so many albums: white people

Dmx was genuinely a good mc, raw energy, great show..and on Def Jam with Jay and Ja..

 

[Lil Big Daddy]

Ya boy was a young'n back then so i don't remember anything, how tf did he sell so much?

Presently the dude is more irrelevant then just irrelevant, if that made sense

Getting less then a 100 Fav/RT on twitter

he never had any dope features either, like when you saw a Feat. Nelly you never got excited. What was it about him that got so many people to buy his shyt?

Simple, da bytches loved him what the hoes love, the nggas will buy


plus he had cross over appeal to the cacs and that gave him a lotta exposure too

 

[MiC]

"Ride wit me" was huge with a diverse crowd.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

still know all of country grammar
he sold cause that shyt was dope

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

i'll never forget... i used to love ride with me before i knew it was a nelly song, i thought it was a some white dude singing

 

[iliketurtles]

fukkboys bought his albums