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Country Grammar

January 20, 2023

This article is about the album. For the song, see Country Grammar (Hot Shit).

Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Nelly. It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records. The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson, with additional production by C-Love, Kevin Law, City Spud, Steve "Blast" Wills and Basement Beats. Nelly contributed to all lyrics on the album, with Epperson and City Spud also contributing. The album introduced a unique St. Louis sound, and introduces Nelly's vocal style of pop-rap singalongs and Midwestern, Missouri twang. It was supported by four successful singles: "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", "E.I.", "Ride wit Me" and "Batter Up". Its lead single, "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. Its second single "E.I." peaked at number 16 on the Hot 100, number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the ARIA Singles Chart. "Ride wit Me" peaked within the top five on the Hot 100, ARIA Singles Chart, Irish Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart. The album's fourth and final single, "Batter Up" featuring St. Lunatics members Murphy Lee and Ali, achieved moderate chart success.

Country Grammar
Studio album by
Nelly
ReleasedJune 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)
Recorded1999–2000
StudioUnique Recording Studios, New York City[1]
GenreHip hop
Length66:35
Label
Producer
Nelly chronology
Country Grammar
(2000) 		Nellyville
(2002)
Singles from Country Grammar
  1. "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)"
    Released: February 29, 2000
  2. "E.I."
    Released: October 17, 2000
  3. "Ride wit Me"
    Released: February 13, 2001
  4. "Batter Up"
    Released: July 10, 2001

Country Grammar received positive reviews, with critics praising Nelly's vocal style and the album's production. It topped the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks, and the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for six consecutive weeks. It peaked in the top five on the New Zealand Albums Chart and Australian Albums Chart, as well as the top ten on the Canadian Albums Chart and Dutch Albums Chart. The album was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) and Music Canada (MC). The former denoted shipments of 45,000 copies while the latter denoted 300,000 copies.

In 2016, Country Grammar became the ninth hip hop album to be certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[2] denoting shipment of 10 million copies in the US. Its commercial success secured Nelly's status as one of the most successful hip hop acts of the 2000s decade. On Billboard's decade-end chart, Nelly ranked as the third most successful act of the 2000s decade, due largely to the success of Country Grammar and his follow-up album Nellyville (2002).

Background and production

In his early years, Nelly frequently moved locations around the United States, before residing in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.[3] It was there where he discovered rap artists synonymous inside the city. In his teenage years, Nelly moved to University City, a suburb of St. Louis, where he shifted his aspirations from becoming a baseball player to producing stories and rhymes.[3] Along with some friends from high school: Ali Jones, Torhi "Murphy Lee" Harper, Kyjuan and Lavell "City Spud" Webb, Nelly formed the group St. Lunatics in 1993.[3] Frustrated by the lack of attention from record companies, the group formed the consensus to allow Nelly to pursue a solo career, while Ali and Murphy Lee released their own solo albums.[3] Nelly produced demos, which were sent to national labels, eventually gaining attention from Universal Records who signed a record deal with Nelly and the St. Lunatics in 1999, with Universal releasing the former's debut album, Country Grammar, in 2000.[3][4] All songs on Country Grammar were recorded by Steve Eigner, and mixed by Rich Travali. Kenny Dystra provided recording assistance and Jason Standard assisted in mixing.[5] Mastering was performed by Herb Powers, with A&R directed by Kevin Law and Coordinated by Craig Yoskowitz.[5] Management was provided by Tony Davis and Courtney Benson, with legality handled by Todd Rubenstein. Creative direction was handled by Sandra Brummels, with design done by BENTO Design and photography done by Jonathen Mannion.[5]

Composition

Much of Nelly's rap style draws from his origins, as it contains Southern drawl with Midwestern,[6] Missouri twang,[7] that incorporates both country and urban styles.[6] In conjunction, Nelly approaches a pop-rap singalong vocal style, which AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier notes present within Country Grammar's tracks including "Ride wit Me" and "E.I.".[8] Peter Shapiro described Nelly's singing and rapping as using "unforgettable hooks based on schoolyard songs, double-dutch chants, and nonsense rhymes".[7] Much of Country Grammar's tracks are bass-heavy,[9][10] that are primarily Southern hip-hop based and minimalistic.[11] In the album's self-titled track, Nelly's vocals are slurred and slow,[12] and are a "smooth, slippery-fast instrument" with "reggae inflections".[9] Rolling Stone journalist Kris Ex found the song's lyrics to depict Nelly "riding around town in an expensive SUV with an assault weapon".[10] "Ride wit Me" is a rap and pop crossover[12] that samples DeBarge's 1982 song "I Like It",[5] and its lyrics feature Nelly introspecting.[9] Ex found the chorus of "E.I." to contain the vocal style of rapper The Notorious B.I.G.[10] "Luven Me" samples "Don't Stop (Ever Loving Me)" by One Way and "Whatever You Want" by Tony! Toni! Toné!.[5] Steve Sutherland of NME interpreted "Luven Me" as a "virtual rewrite" of rapper Tupac Shakur's 1995 "Dear Mama".[12]

Singles

"Country Grammar" was released as the album's first single on February 29, 2000 in the US.[13] The song was written by Nelly and Jason "Jay E" Epperson, and produced by the latter.[5] Its lyrics are based on the children clapping game Down Down Baby. "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.[14][15] It also reached number ten on the Canadian Hot 100 and twenty on ARIA Singles Chart.[16][17] The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[18][19] The second single, "E.I.", was written by Nelly and Epperson and produced by the latter.[5] It reached number sixteen on the Hot 100,[15] number eleven on the UK Singles Chart and number twelve on the ARIA Singles Chart.[14][20] It was certified gold by the ARIA.[19]

Written by Nelly and Epperson and produced by the latter, "Ride wit Me" was released as Country Grammar's third single. The track features City Spud, and reached number three on the Hot 100, the highest-charting song from Country Grammar in the US. It also peaked at number three on the UK Singles chart,[14] number four on the ARIA Singles Chart,[20] Irish Singles Chart,[20] number five on the Dutch Singles Chart and number seven on the Norwegian Singles Chart.[20] It was certified gold by the RIAA and platinum by the ARIA.[18][19] "Batter Up" was released as the fourth and final single from the album. It features Murphy Lee and Ali, and was written by Nelly, Epperson and Steve "Blast" Wills, while being produced by Wills. "Batter Up" peaked at number eight on the Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) and number nineteen on the ARIA Singles Chart.[20]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [8]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[9]
Los Angeles Times    [21]
NME9/10[12]
Pitchfork8.1/10[22]
Q     [23]
Rolling Stone     [10]
The Source3.5/5[24]
Spin6/10[25]
The Village VoiceB+[26]

Country Grammar received acclaim by music critics. Steve Sutherland lauded the album in his review for NME, praising Nelly's utilization of vocal characteristics from other rap artists, including Tupac Shakur and Cypress Hill.[12] Sutherland described the album as a "rarity", noting stand-out tracks such as the "seductive rap/pop crossover" "Ride wit Me", while likening "Batter Up" to "DMX with a humour infusion".[12] He closed his review declaring Country Grammar as "album of the year".[12] While writing that Country Grammar demonstrates that "tiresome rap topics" are not restricted to "the coasts", Entertainment Weekly's David Browne highlighted Nelly's "smooth, slippery-fast" voice, as well as the album's "appealingly minimalist tracks" and "introspective moments" such as "Ride wit Me".[9]

In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote that Nelly presents an "easy mix of N.O. Bounce, Cleveland thug harmony, and L.A. tweedle-twaddle", finding that Nelly's heavy accent makes his hedonism more accessible.[26] People noted that Nelly implements his own "laid-back charm" to Country Grammar's southern hip hop, and that while he shows "limited thematic vocabulary", he articulates escapism to compensate for this.[11] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier praised the album's "tongue-twisting" self-titled track as "infectious", noting other tracks to contain the same elements, including "Ride wit Me" and "E.I.".[8] Birchmeier wrote that the album transcends regional styles such as southern hip hop to appeal to rap-pop audiences, while praising producer Jason "Jay E" Epperson's contribution to the album.[8]

Reviewing Country Grammar for Rolling Stone, Kris Ex wrote that the album's "liquid bass bumps" interlope well with Nelly's "wordplay-heavy sing-song rhyme-flow", while declaring Country Grammar to be "the best thing to come out of St. Louis" since comedian Redd Foxx.[10] At the 2001 Soul Train Music Awards, Country Grammar earned Nelly the award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist.[27] Nelly was nominated for four awards at the Online Hip-Hop Awards, for Favorite Music Video, Song of the Year (both for "E.I."), Album of the Year (for Country Grammar) and Outstanding Graphic Design for his official website.[28] He won the awards for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.[29]

Commercial performance

Country Grammar entered the Billboard 200 on the week of July 15, 2000, at number 3, selling 235,000 copies.[30][31] The album remained within the top 10 for several weeks before topping it on the week of August 17, 2000, selling 235,000 copies and passing 1.5 million in sales that week.[32][33] Entertainment Weekly put the album's sales down to its support by its lead single, "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", as well as the lack of releases from other music artists during that period.[32] The album sold 235,000 copies again the following week, continuing to stay atop the Billboard 200.[34] Country Grammar topped US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for six consecutive weeks.[35] On October 30, 2000, the album had sold three million copies, and was certified three-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of three million copies.[36] On June 29, 2002, Country Grammar had sold 7.7 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[37] On July 21, 2016, the album was certified Diamond by the RIAA, denoting shipment of ten million copies in the US.[38]

Country Grammar entered the New Zealand Albums Chart on the week of September 24, 2000, at number 5.[39] It reached its peak at number 3, for twenty-eight weeks after its debut on the chart, where it remained there for two non-consecutive weeks.[39] It stayed on the chart for forty-two weeks before dropping out.[39] The album was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) for shipments of 45,000 units. On the Australian Albums Chart, Country Grammar debuted at number 45.[40] It re-entered the chart five times, and reached its peak at number 4 on the week of October 7, 2001.[40] The album remained on the chart for thirty-three weeks, and was certified Triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[40] Country Grammar reached at number 7 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and stayed on the chart for twenty-five weeks before dropping out.[41] It was certified Triple Platinum by Music Canada (MC), denoting shipments of 300,000 copies. On the Dutch Albums Chart, the album peaked at number 8.[42]

On the UK Albums Chart, Country Grammar reached at number 14, and stayed on it for 31 weeks.[43] It was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for shipments of 100,000 units. The album peaked within the top thirty on the Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders), Finnish Albums Chart and Danish Albums Chart.[42] It reached number 45 on the German Albums Chart, remaining on it for 43 weeks. It peaked on the Swiss Albums Chart and French Albums Chart at numbers 90 and 109 respectively.[42] Country Grammar topped the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums year-end chart in 2000.[44]

Legacy

According to Billboard, as of 2022, Country Grammar is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.[45] Country Grammar's success cemented Nelly's position as one of the most successful hip hop acts of the emerging decade.[46][36][37] Vibe emphasized Nelly's expeditious fame, writing that the rapper debuted without the benefit of "guest spots or Pen and Pixel produced teasers on his CD cover".[4] The magazine continued to note the rapper's absence of being associated with a notable group, "he just came out and sold two million records in less than a month".[4] Nelly's success helped in making St. Louis more notable for emerging hip hop acts, increasing the city's general reputation.[4][36] Country Grammar experienced commercial success, topping the US Billboard 200 chart for five weeks in 2000, eventually going on to sell over 9 million copies in the US, making it the ninth best-selling rap album of all time in the country.[47] It is one of the highest certified albums in the US history, being certified ten times platinum[2] by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Nelly ranked third on the Billboard 2000–2009 decade-end chart, due to the success of Country Grammar as well as his follow-up album Nellyville (2002).[48] The latter album went on to sell 6,488,000 copies in the US.[49]

Country Grammar was ranked as the 85th best album of all time on the Billboard Top 200 Albums of All Time.[50]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nelly (Cornell Haynes, Jr.), additional writers listed below.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" (featuring Cedric the Entertainer)  1:21
2."St. Louie"Jason EppersonJason "Jay E" Epperson4:27
3."Greed, Hate, Envy"Lavell WebbCity Spud4:15
4."Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" (also known as "Country Grammar (Hot)")EppersonEpperson4:47
5."Steal the Show" (featuring St. Lunatics)
Epperson5:27
6."Interlude" (featuring Cedric the Entertainer)  0:33
7."Ride wit Me" (featuring City Spud)
  • Webb
  • Epperson
Epperson4:51
8."E.I."EppersonEpperson4:45
9."Thicky Thick Girl" (featuring Murphy Lee and Ali)
  • Harper
  • Jones
  • Webb
City Spud4:34
10."For My" (featuring Lil' Wayne)
Epperson4:08
11."Utha Side"EppersonEpperson4:33
12."Tho Dem Wrappas"EppersonEpperson4:09
13."Wrap Sumden" (featuring St. Lunatics)
  • Webb
  • Jones
  • Harper
  • Cleveland
  • Epperson
Epperson4:16
14."Batter Up" (featuring Murphy Lee and Ali)
Steve "Blast" Wills5:27
15."Never Let 'Em C U Sweat" (featuring The Teamsters)
  • Webb
  • Donell Simmons
  • Jamal Aziz
  • Jesse "Corparal" Wilson
City Spud4:14
16."Luven Me"WebbCity Spud4:07
17."Outro" (featuring Cedric the Entertainer)  0:44
Total length:66:35

Notes[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[5]

  • Steve Eigner – recording
  • Kenny Dykstra – recording, assistant
  • Rich Travali – mixing
  • Jason Standard – mixing, assistant
  • Herb Powers – mastering
  • Sandra Brummel – creative directing
  • BENTO Design – design
  • Jonathen Mannion – photography

20th anniversary live album

For the 20th anniversary of the album, Nelly performed the entire album live at MelodyVR. On February 19, 2021, the rapper released the album Country Grammar Live alongside a documentary film, Country Grammar – A St. Lunatics Story.[51]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[78] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[79] 3× Platinum 300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[80] 3× Platinum 45,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[81] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[82] Diamond 10,000,000 

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Canada June 27, 2000 CD Universal [83]
United States [84]
United Kingdom June 29, 2000 [85]
Germany September 25, 2000 [86]

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External links

  • Country Grammar at Discogs (list of releases)

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This article is about the album For the song see Country Grammar Hot Shit Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Nelly It was released on June 27 2000 by Universal Records The production on the album was handled by Jason Jay E Epperson with additional production by C Love Kevin Law City Spud Steve Blast Wills and Basement Beats Nelly contributed to all lyrics on the album with Epperson and City Spud also contributing The album introduced a unique St Louis sound and introduces Nelly s vocal style of pop rap singalongs and Midwestern Missouri twang It was supported by four successful singles Country Grammar Hot Shit E I Ride wit Me and Batter Up Its lead single Country Grammar Hot Shit peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart Its second single E I peaked at number 16 on the Hot 100 number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the ARIA Singles Chart Ride wit Me peaked within the top five on the Hot 100 ARIA Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart The album s fourth and final single Batter Up featuring St Lunatics members Murphy Lee and Ali achieved moderate chart success Country GrammarStudio album by NellyReleasedJune 27 2000 2000 06 27 Recorded1999 2000StudioUnique Recording Studios New York City 1 GenreHip hop pop rapLength66 35LabelUniversal Fo ReelProducerC Love exec Kevin Law exec Jason Jay E Epperson City Spud Steve Blast Wills Basement BeatsNelly chronologyCountry Grammar 2000 Nellyville 2002 Singles from Country Grammar Country Grammar Hot Shit Released February 29 2000 E I Released October 17 2000 Ride wit Me Released February 13 2001 Batter Up Released July 10 2001Country Grammar received positive reviews with critics praising Nelly s vocal style and the album s production It topped the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks and the US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums chart for six consecutive weeks It peaked in the top five on the New Zealand Albums Chart and Australian Albums Chart as well as the top ten on the Canadian Albums Chart and Dutch Albums Chart The album was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand RIANZ and Music Canada MC The former denoted shipments of 45 000 copies while the latter denoted 300 000 copies In 2016 Country Grammar became the ninth hip hop album to be certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA 2 denoting shipment of 10 million copies in the US Its commercial success secured Nelly s status as one of the most successful hip hop acts of the 2000s decade On Billboard s decade end chart Nelly ranked as the third most successful act of the 2000s decade due largely to the success of Country Grammar and his follow up album Nellyville 2002 Contents 1 Background and production 2 Composition 3 Singles 4 Critical reception 5 Commercial performance 6 Legacy 7 Track listing 8 Personnel 9 20th anniversary live album 10 Charts 10 1 Weekly charts 10 2 Year end charts 11 Certifications 12 Release history 13 See also 14 References 15 External linksBackground and production EditIn his early years Nelly frequently moved locations around the United States before residing in the city of St Louis Missouri 3 It was there where he discovered rap artists synonymous inside the city In his teenage years Nelly moved to University City a suburb of St Louis where he shifted his aspirations from becoming a baseball player to producing stories and rhymes 3 Along with some friends from high school Ali Jones Torhi Murphy Lee Harper Kyjuan and Lavell City Spud Webb Nelly formed the group St Lunatics in 1993 3 Frustrated by the lack of attention from record companies the group formed the consensus to allow Nelly to pursue a solo career while Ali and Murphy Lee released their own solo albums 3 Nelly produced demos which were sent to national labels eventually gaining attention from Universal Records who signed a record deal with Nelly and the St Lunatics in 1999 with Universal releasing the former s debut album Country Grammar in 2000 3 4 All songs on Country Grammar were recorded by Steve Eigner and mixed by Rich Travali Kenny Dystra provided recording assistance and Jason Standard assisted in mixing 5 Mastering was performed by Herb Powers with A amp R directed by Kevin Law and Coordinated by Craig Yoskowitz 5 Management was provided by Tony Davis and Courtney Benson with legality handled by Todd Rubenstein Creative direction was handled by Sandra Brummels with design done by BENTO Design and photography done by Jonathen Mannion 5 Composition EditMuch of Nelly s rap style draws from his origins as it contains Southern drawl with Midwestern 6 Missouri twang 7 that incorporates both country and urban styles 6 In conjunction Nelly approaches a pop rap singalong vocal style which AllMusic s Jason Birchmeier notes present within Country Grammar s tracks including Ride wit Me and E I 8 Peter Shapiro described Nelly s singing and rapping as using unforgettable hooks based on schoolyard songs double dutch chants and nonsense rhymes 7 Much of Country Grammar s tracks are bass heavy 9 10 that are primarily Southern hip hop based and minimalistic 11 In the album s self titled track Nelly s vocals are slurred and slow 12 and are a smooth slippery fast instrument with reggae inflections 9 Rolling Stone journalist Kris Ex found the song s lyrics to depict Nelly riding around town in an expensive SUV with an assault weapon 10 Ride wit Me is a rap and pop crossover 12 that samples DeBarge s 1982 song I Like It 5 and its lyrics feature Nelly introspecting 9 Ex found the chorus of E I to contain the vocal style of rapper The Notorious B I G 10 Luven Me samples Don t Stop Ever Loving Me by One Way and Whatever You Want by Tony Toni Tone 5 Steve Sutherland of NME interpreted Luven Me as a virtual rewrite of rapper Tupac Shakur s 1995 Dear Mama 12 Singles Edit Country Grammar was released as the album s first single on February 29 2000 in the US 13 The song was written by Nelly and Jason Jay E Epperson and produced by the latter 5 Its lyrics are based on the children clapping game Down Down Baby Country Grammar Hot Shit peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart 14 15 It also reached number ten on the Canadian Hot 100 and twenty on ARIA Singles Chart 16 17 The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA and Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA 18 19 The second single E I was written by Nelly and Epperson and produced by the latter 5 It reached number sixteen on the Hot 100 15 number eleven on the UK Singles Chart and number twelve on the ARIA Singles Chart 14 20 It was certified gold by the ARIA 19 Written by Nelly and Epperson and produced by the latter Ride wit Me was released as Country Grammar s third single The track features City Spud and reached number three on the Hot 100 the highest charting song from Country Grammar in the US It also peaked at number three on the UK Singles chart 14 number four on the ARIA Singles Chart 20 Irish Singles Chart 20 number five on the Dutch Singles Chart and number seven on the Norwegian Singles Chart 20 It was certified gold by the RIAA and platinum by the ARIA 18 19 Batter Up was released as the fourth and final single from the album It features Murphy Lee and Ali and was written by Nelly Epperson and Steve Blast Wills while being produced by Wills Batter Up peaked at number eight on the Belgian Singles Chart Flanders and number nineteen on the ARIA Singles Chart 20 Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 8 Entertainment WeeklyB 9 Los Angeles Times 21 NME9 10 12 Pitchfork8 1 10 22 Q 23 Rolling Stone 10 The Source3 5 5 24 Spin6 10 25 The Village VoiceB 26 Country Grammar received acclaim by music critics Steve Sutherland lauded the album in his review for NME praising Nelly s utilization of vocal characteristics from other rap artists including Tupac Shakur and Cypress Hill 12 Sutherland described the album as a rarity noting stand out tracks such as the seductive rap pop crossover Ride wit Me while likening Batter Up to DMX with a humour infusion 12 He closed his review declaring Country Grammar as album of the year 12 While writing that Country Grammar demonstrates that tiresome rap topics are not restricted to the coasts Entertainment Weekly s David Browne highlighted Nelly s smooth slippery fast voice as well as the album s appealingly minimalist tracks and introspective moments such as Ride wit Me 9 In The Village Voice Robert Christgau wrote that Nelly presents an easy mix of N O Bounce Cleveland thug harmony and L A tweedle twaddle finding that Nelly s heavy accent makes his hedonism more accessible 26 People noted that Nelly implements his own laid back charm to Country Grammar s southern hip hop and that while he shows limited thematic vocabulary he articulates escapism to compensate for this 11 AllMusic s Jason Birchmeier praised the album s tongue twisting self titled track as infectious noting other tracks to contain the same elements including Ride wit Me and E I 8 Birchmeier wrote that the album transcends regional styles such as southern hip hop to appeal to rap pop audiences while praising producer Jason Jay E Epperson s contribution to the album 8 Reviewing Country Grammar for Rolling Stone Kris Ex wrote that the album s liquid bass bumps interlope well with Nelly s wordplay heavy sing song rhyme flow while declaring Country Grammar to be the best thing to come out of St Louis since comedian Redd Foxx 10 At the 2001 Soul Train Music Awards Country Grammar earned Nelly the award for Best R amp B Soul or Rap New Artist 27 Nelly was nominated for four awards at the Online Hip Hop Awards for Favorite Music Video Song of the Year both for E I Album of the Year for Country Grammar and Outstanding Graphic Design for his official website 28 He won the awards for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year 29 Commercial performance EditCountry Grammar entered the Billboard 200 on the week of July 15 2000 at number 3 selling 235 000 copies 30 31 The album remained within the top 10 for several weeks before topping it on the week of August 17 2000 selling 235 000 copies and passing 1 5 million in sales that week 32 33 Entertainment Weekly put the album s sales down to its support by its lead single Country Grammar Hot Shit as well as the lack of releases from other music artists during that period 32 The album sold 235 000 copies again the following week continuing to stay atop the Billboard 200 34 Country Grammar topped US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums chart for six consecutive weeks 35 On October 30 2000 the album had sold three million copies and was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA denoting shipments of three million copies 36 On June 29 2002 Country Grammar had sold 7 7 million copies according to Nielsen SoundScan 37 On July 21 2016 the album was certified Diamond by the RIAA denoting shipment of ten million copies in the US 38 Country Grammar entered the New Zealand Albums Chart on the week of September 24 2000 at number 5 39 It reached its peak at number 3 for twenty eight weeks after its debut on the chart where it remained there for two non consecutive weeks 39 It stayed on the chart for forty two weeks before dropping out 39 The album was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand RIANZ for shipments of 45 000 units On the Australian Albums Chart Country Grammar debuted at number 45 40 It re entered the chart five times and reached its peak at number 4 on the week of October 7 2001 40 The album remained on the chart for thirty three weeks and was certified Triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA 40 Country Grammar reached at number 7 on the Canadian Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for twenty five weeks before dropping out 41 It was certified Triple Platinum by Music Canada MC denoting shipments of 300 000 copies On the Dutch Albums Chart the album peaked at number 8 42 On the UK Albums Chart Country Grammar reached at number 14 and stayed on it for 31 weeks 43 It was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry BPI for shipments of 100 000 units The album peaked within the top thirty on the Belgian Albums Chart Flanders Finnish Albums Chart and Danish Albums Chart 42 It reached number 45 on the German Albums Chart remaining on it for 43 weeks It peaked on the Swiss Albums Chart and French Albums Chart at numbers 90 and 109 respectively 42 Country Grammar topped the US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums year end chart in 2000 44 Legacy EditAccording to Billboard as of 2022 Country Grammar is one of the 15 best performing 21st century albums without any of its singles being number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 45 Country Grammar s success cemented Nelly s position as one of the most successful hip hop acts of the emerging decade 46 36 37 Vibe emphasized Nelly s expeditious fame writing that the rapper debuted without the benefit of guest spots or Pen and Pixel produced teasers on his CD cover 4 The magazine continued to note the rapper s absence of being associated with a notable group he just came out and sold two million records in less than a month 4 Nelly s success helped in making St Louis more notable for emerging hip hop acts increasing the city s general reputation 4 36 Country Grammar experienced commercial success topping the US Billboard 200 chart for five weeks in 2000 eventually going on to sell over 9 million copies in the US making it the ninth best selling rap album of all time in the country 47 It is one of the highest certified albums in the US history being certified ten times platinum 2 by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA Nelly ranked third on the Billboard 2000 2009 decade end chart due to the success of Country Grammar as well as his follow up album Nellyville 2002 48 The latter album went on to sell 6 488 000 copies in the US 49 Country Grammar was ranked as the 85th best album of all time on the Billboard Top 200 Albums of All Time 50 Track listing EditAll tracks are written by Nelly Cornell Haynes Jr additional writers listed below No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Intro featuring Cedric the Entertainer 1 212 St Louie Jason EppersonJason Jay E Epperson4 273 Greed Hate Envy Lavell WebbCity Spud4 154 Country Grammar Hot Shit also known as Country Grammar Hot EppersonEpperson4 475 Steal the Show featuring St Lunatics Webb Ali Jones Tohri Harper Robert Cleveland EppersonEpperson5 276 Interlude featuring Cedric the Entertainer 0 337 Ride wit Me featuring City Spud Webb EppersonEpperson4 518 E I EppersonEpperson4 459 Thicky Thick Girl featuring Murphy Lee and Ali Harper Jones WebbCity Spud4 3410 For My featuring Lil Wayne Dwayne Carter Jr EppersonEpperson4 0811 Utha Side EppersonEpperson4 3312 Tho Dem Wrappas EppersonEpperson4 0913 Wrap Sumden featuring St Lunatics Webb Jones Harper Cleveland EppersonEpperson4 1614 Batter Up featuring Murphy Lee and Ali Epperson Harper Jones Steve WillsSteve Blast Wills5 2715 Never Let Em C U Sweat featuring The Teamsters Webb Donell Simmons Jamal Aziz Jesse Corparal WilsonCity Spud4 1416 Luven Me WebbCity Spud4 0717 Outro featuring Cedric the Entertainer 0 44Total length 66 35 Notes 5 Ride wit Me contains a portion of composition from DeBarge s 1982 s I Like It Batter Up contains a portion of composition from Primal Scream s Movin on Up Luven Me samples elements from One Way s 1984 Don t Stop Ever Loving Me It also samples elements from Tony Toni Tone s 1990 s Whatever You Want Personnel EditCredits adapted from liner notes 5 Steve Eigner recording Kenny Dykstra recording assistant Rich Travali mixing Jason Standard mixing assistant Herb Powers mastering Sandra Brummel creative directing BENTO Design design Jonathen Mannion photography20th anniversary live album EditFor the 20th anniversary of the album Nelly performed the entire album live at MelodyVR On February 19 2021 the rapper released the album Country Grammar Live alongside a documentary film Country Grammar A St Lunatics Story 51 Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2000 2001 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 52 4Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 42 24Canadian Albums Billboard 41 7Danish Albums Hitlisten 53 29Dutch Albums Album Top 100 54 8Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 55 26French Albums SNEP 56 109German Albums Offizielle Top 100 57 45New Zealand Albums RMNZ 58 3Norwegian Albums VG lista 59 35Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 60 90UK Albums OCC 43 14US Billboard 200 61 1US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 62 1US Top Rap Albums Billboard 63 1 Year end charts Edit Year end chart performance for Country Grammar Chart 2000 PositionCanadian Albums Nielsen SoundScan 64 51US Billboard 200 65 14US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 66 6Chart 2001 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 67 27Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 68 91Canadian Albums Nielsen SoundScan 69 23Dutch Albums Album Top 100 70 56German Albums Offizielle Top 100 71 83UK Albums OCC 72 83US Billboard 200 73 10US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 74 13Chart 2002 PositionCanadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 75 41Canadian Rap Albums Nielsen SoundScan 76 21US Billboard 200 77 191Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 78 Platinum 70 000 Canada Music Canada 79 3 Platinum 300 000 New Zealand RMNZ 80 3 Platinum 45 000 United Kingdom BPI 81 Platinum 300 000 United States RIAA 82 Diamond 10 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditCountry Date Format s Label Ref Canada June 27 2000 CD Universal 83 United States 84 United Kingdom June 29 2000 85 Germany September 25 2000 86 See also EditList of number one albums of 2000 U S List of number one R amp B albums of 2000 U S References Edit Country Grammar Nelly Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic a b Gold amp Platinum RIAA Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved July 27 2016 a b c d e Authors Various 2003 All Music Guide to Hip Hop All Media Guide 351 ISBN 9780879307592 Retrieved June 6 2013 a b c d Ebony Ebony Johnson Publishing Company 57 232 148 September 2002 ISSN 0012 9011 Retrieved June 7 2013 a b c d e f g h i Country Grammar CD liner Nelly Universal Records 2000 013 836 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link a b Birchmeier Jason Nelly Music Biography Allmusic Rovi Corporation Retrieved on June 6 2013 a b Shapiro Peter 2005 The Rough Guide To Hip Hop 2nd Edition Penguin p 274 a b c d Birchmeier Jason Country Grammar Nelly AllMusic Retrieved June 6 2013 a b c d e Browne David July 21 2000 Country Grammar Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on May 26 2022 Retrieved October 17 2021 a b c d e 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