Nelly’s sixth studio album was supposed to be an attempt to revitalize the recently crippled music career of the persona that is Cornell Hayes, Jr.
Known by his studio name Nelly, he was one of the most successful rap artists during the early 2000s beginning with Country Grammar in 2000 and followed by Nellyville in 2002.
The “sophomore album curse” did not apply to Nelly, but the third time proved to be the charm with his disasterous Sweat/Suit album that literally threw his career down a stairway to hell.
Nelly 5.0 dropped on Nov. 12, and its success appaears to be “just a dream.” His revamped rap career is just a dream. What he pulled out was the purest of garbage that not even the smelliest hobo would come in contact with.
If you enjoy autotune, commercialized radio songs and catchy dance tunes exclusively used for suburban nightclubs, Nelly 5.0 is the album for you!
The songs sound more like techno gone bad, and something you would here more of at Burning Man than from a man who is supposed to represent hip-hop. Is his new genre RAVE?
Rap was predicated on lyricism, but Nelly used 5.0 as a way to brag about how many bottles he can pop in VIP, hooking up with a girl in a relationship, you know the standard degrading of women that perpetuates the stereotypes of hip-hop.
So join in on the hoe-down, but this isn’t square dancing. What’s in store is 14 or 15 bucks that would be better spent on a Justin Bieber album; because his music is actually better to dance to.
Songs like “Long Gone” featuring Chris Brown and “Gone” featuring Kelly Rowland only stand as a microcosm for Nelly’s career in music: well…long gone.
His collaboration with T.I. on “She’s So Fly” is about as bland as overcooked pot roast, and “Move that Body” turns autotune into “death” tune.
When you start coming out with songs called “1000 stacks,” you know his career is about as spoiled as week-old potatoes.
Why not one million stacks? What should be counted is the amount of minutes one would be wasting listening to another gimmicky dance album.
One star out of five for this laugher. The one star is simply a sympathy point for Nelly, who is a talented and innovative artist, yet has sunken under the music industries low standards of music.
5.0 puts the “rap” in crap. Focus more on entrepreneurial endeavors, because music has officially come second for Nelly, and even his real name (Cornell) puts my school’s name to shame.
Not even worth listening to for free off Youtube. The Red Cross is always in need of some money.
Who’s ready for some hip-hop rave music? Whoever raised your hand please put it down