Nelly: I'm The Only Rapper From My Era To Gain Success Without A Co-Signer

[Silkk]

Come on we can't be doing revisionist history in here

Fact is Luda came out and was pushed as the first artist on Scarface's Def Jam South

Until today I had zero idea Scarface had anything to do with Def Jam. And I purchased all of Luda’s first 3 albums day 1.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I was 10 when country grammar came out. I did not know there were black folks in St Louise before him. was there even a nationally known hip hop scene before

Damn and St. Louis is a black city


Lol

 

[Ziggiy]

Wrong, Jermain Dupri/So So def cosigned Lil jon back in '92, four years before who you wit came out

Lil Jon was making beats back in 92?!??

 

[Low End Derrick]

I mean that's cool but he was one of the ones who helped usher in the bullshyt we got now. I've and respect Nelly buy his music wack imo. This doesn't mean anything.

Explain?

i want a Ludacris and Nelly versus. Make it happen

Where you been, breh?

 

[MJ Truth]

Not really. His very next album had mad features and that's all I said, but get your shyt off.



That's fair, but dude making it sound like he never had help. Hot in Herre popped because it was a Neptunes beat as much as Nelly's lyrics. Dilemma popped for the same reasons with chorus.

Nah, he was just saying he didn't have a co-signer when he was blowing up. Obviously he didn't mean throughout his career because that would be silly; of course he would be collaborating with others as his career went along and and he got bigger. I think the point of what he was saying is getting lost in the sauce here.

Naw, Diddy did.

Not according to interviews Nelly's done before. He claimed Diddy wanted Nelly for the feature, and Nelly pushed back that he would only do it if he could put Murph on. Which is the most likely scenario anyway. Why would Diddy be asking for a Murphy Lee feature for a song like that to be the lead single for a soundtrack?

 

[#1 pick]

Luda?

He was a DJ in Atlanta like Lil Jon too.

 

[satam55]

Who co-signed juvenile?

He was on Cash Money Records with Lil' Wayne, Baby, Mannie Fresh, B.G. , & Turk.

 

[#1 pick]

I’d say Lil Jon is the right answer for getting hot with no prior co-sign. But Nelly at his peak was bigger than Lil Jon at HIS peak. Nelly had a RED HOT five year streak.

He was in SoSoDef tho.

 

[Silkk]

He was a DJ in Atlanta like Lil Jon too.

Ok….

 

[Figaro]

I went to the store after school to cop Country Grammar, was 1 of the best decisions i made...played that shyt out of the album in high school

Dope LP...

Didn't think i checked out his albums fully after that though...

 

[#1 pick]

I always wondered how Nelly got on without being part of the rap circuit.

 

[O.Red]

Until today I had zero idea Scarface had anything to do with Def Jam. And I purchased all of Luda’s first 3 albums day 1.

You must not have watched tv then

All of Luda early appearances on shyt like rap city they made sure to mention Scarface/Def Jam South

Same for magazines

 

[#1 pick]

Damn and St. Louis is a black city


Lol

At that time, if you wasn't poppin hip hop wise, you might as well had no nikkas. Even Kentucky nikkas had to pop for Nappy Roots.

 

[#1 pick]

Lil Jon was making beats back in 92?!??

So So Def Bass All Stars (1996, CD)

 

[Big Boss]

He didn’t hold Murphy Lee back at all, he pushed Murph when nobody wanted him around. How do you think Murphy Lee could get on Shake Ya Tailfeather, you know damn well Diddy wasn’t asking for him.

or welcome to atlanta remix lol


JD, Puff, Snoop and Murphy Lee