I liked parts of her first album. I played "Like A Bird" on the first episode of my radio show back in 2001 (back when Sade was still making music too). I hated her shit hop adventures after that with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and whoever else.

I was just flipping channels over to Palladia and her The Loose Tour is showing on there. As it happens, "Like A Bird" was playing. She totally fucked up the song, making a shit-hop song, and sounded like she had laryngitis. Just horrible. She looks like Courtney Cox's stand-in while filming a F*R*I*E*N*D*S episode. THEN she has the balls to cover "Heart of Glass" from Blondie! SACRILEGE! She's just horrible all around. I can't figure out what or who she is as a singer.

Am I missing something with her?




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I think she's truly deplorable whether it's her folky stuff or her pop stuff. Those nasal cords are just too much to bear.

i like her, she's not the best singer, that's for sure, but i still like most of her music.

Moonbeam said:

Lol I saw her at some Z100 concert years ago and oh my gosh, my ears were bleeding the entire time she sang! When Nelly sang "I'm Like A Bird", my head began to hurt right away, she was so loud and nasally. She kept dragging out the notes in that awful nasal voice of hers. It was really irritating. I really wanted to cover my ears but I thought that would be rude so I didn't.

I admit that I do like a few of her songs though, "Say It Right" and "Turn Off The Lights" are my faves and I like how she experiments with her music, but her voice can get quite annoying after a while. I would hestitate before ever going to see her in concert again.
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I liked her with her shit hop adventures after that with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and whoever else. not now though

Cinnamon234 said:

Follow me, follow me, follow me, down down down down

How did she go from folk music to pop?

midiscover said:

When did Nelly record folk music?

i like Try and All Good Things Come To An End
and the duet she did with Juanes Fotografia
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sextonseven said:

Fixed.

Moonbeam said:

I like Nelly! But her latest Spanish album is very bland.

I LOVE turn off the lights, and shit on the radio, I thought loose was okay, but honestly I don't see any problem with her voice. I like it.

I'm a huge fan of Loose, which is the best album Timbaland has done (with Brandy's Afrodisiac) since Aaliyah died. I also love "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light."

sextonseven said:

Her debut was very folk-y

midiscover said:

Nah, not really. Her second release was called Folklore but it still was not folk either.
Both had some beautiful songs tho. I actually quite liked her. Then came the Timbaland mess.

Now, She wants to be down with la raza

funkycat00 said:

I noticed she has a Spanish album. Came across it by accident while on Amazon. Was this even advertised in any way?
I listened to the samples and didn't bother purchasing.

"im like a bird i'll only fly away" That is the album that made her carreer! I also love the song Powerless.

midiscover said:

That's not folk music.

sextonseven said:

I think of it more as a modern R&B twist on Folk, but really belonged to neither of the two genres, but I loved that album back in the day.