It has 1 classic, 1 near classic, 1 or 2 I skip, 2 or 3 ok songs, and the rest are all good songs. The production is different -but tight and mostly done by Jayson 'Jay E' Epperson and City Spud. Let me start by saying I was highly impressed with Nelly before this album came out and I liked this album a lot before I heard it all day, every day, everywhere (so my review is as of its release - late June 2000). If you are any fan of rap, hip-hop, or R+B, pick up this album TODAY! I would have given the album five stars, but it's only his debut. Yet, this is what makes Nelly a standout. He doesn't care about being as big a playa as Jay-Z. Nelly doesn't care about being hardcore like DMX. It is very refreshing in the times of all the wanna-bes that all sound the same. It's like he's singing/saying his lyrics at the same time.

But no! The tracks all exemplify the astoundingly new voice of Nelly. At this point I usually expect there to be a fall off until the popular track comes on and then the rest of the track to be so-so. It flows right into the 'Hood's' theme song, 'St. The CD starts out with a hilarious intro from Cedric the Entertainer. Attention: This is NOT the case with Nelly. Many of the debut artists that come out with a single months ahead of time hit you with a horrible debut album in the future.

Although the track 'Country Grammar' has been on my playlist since January (thanks Napster), I was interested to see if the rest of the album would play out on the same level.

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