Country Grammar

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Country Grammar
	Singles
	Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
	EGG
	Ride wit me
	Batter Up

chronology
Country Grammar
Studio album by Nelly
Publication ; (s)	June 27, 2000
Label (s)	Universal Records , Fo 'Reel
Format (s)	CD , LP , download , MC
Genre (s)	Hip-Hop , Contemporary R&B
Title (number)	17th
running time	66:34
production	Kevin Law ( Executive Producer ) ; C-Love (Executive Producer) ; Jason Epperson; City Spud; Steve Wills;
February 29, 2000	Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
October 28, 2000	EGG
April 24, 2001	Ride wit me
September 11, 2001	Batter Up

Country Grammar is the debut album by the American rapper Nelly . It was released on June 27, 2000 on the Universal Records and Fo 'Reel labels .

Production and samples

Kevin Law and C-Love served as executive producers on the album . Most of the beats were produced by music producer Jason Epperson, who contributed nine instrumentals . City Spud produced four productions while Steve Wills produced one song.

Three songs contain samples from tracks by other artists. Thus contains Ride wit Me elements of the piece I Like It , the R & B group DeBarge and Batter Up is sampling movin 'on up by the rock group Primal scream . Luven Me also contains elements from Don't Stop (Ever Loving Me) and Whatever You Want from R&B groups One Way and Tony! Toni! Toné! .

Cover design

The album cover shows Nelly looking down at the viewer. He wears a vest and is otherwise shirtless. The background is white and the vertical lettering Nelly and +++ Country Grammar are in black at the top left of the picture .

Guest Posts

In addition to Nelly, other artists can be heard on ten tracks on the album. The comedian Cedric the Entertainer is represented on the Intro , Interlude and Outro skits . Nelly's rap group St. Lunatics has two guest appearances on the songs Steal the Show and Wrap Sumden , while rapper Lil Wayne can be heard on For My . The songs Thicky Thick Girl and Batter Up are collaborations with the St. Lunatics rappers Murphy Lee and Ali . With City Spud, another member of the St. Lunatics is represented on Ride wit Me . The Teamsters also have a guest post on the track Never Let 'Em CU Sweat .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Intro	Cedric the Entertainer		1:21
2	St. Louie		Jason Epperson	4:27
3	Greed, Hate, Envy		City Spud	4:15
4th	Country Grammar (Hot Shit)		Jason Epperson	4:47
5	Steal the show	St. Lunatics	Jason Epperson	5:27
6th	Interlude	Cedric the Entertainer		0:33
7th	Ride wit me	City Spud	Jason Epperson	4:51
8th	EGG		Jason Epperson	4:45
9	Thicky Thick Girl	Murphy Lee and Ali	City Spud	4:34
10	For My	Lil Wayne	Jason Epperson	4:08
11	Utha Side		Jason Epperson	4:33
12	Tho Dem Wrappas		Jason Epperson	4:08
13	Wrap Sumden	St. Lunatics	Jason Epperson	4:15
14th	Batter Up	Murphy Lee and Ali	Steve Wills	5:27
15th	Never Let 'Em CU Sweat	The Teamsters	City Spud	4:14
16	Luven Me		City Spud	4:07
17th	Outro	Cedric the Entertainer		0:43

Chart successes and singles

Country Grammar entered the German album charts at number 66 on October 9, 2000. It only reached its highest position of 45 on July 30, 2001. Overall, Country Grammer was able to stay in the top 100 for 43 weeks with interruptions. In the USA, the album reached the top position in the charts and stayed in the top 200 for 104 weeks, five weeks of which were at number 1. Also in Switzerland (# 90, 3 weeks) and Great Britain (# 14, 38 weeks) the album hit the charts. In the 2001 German annual charts, the sound carrier was ranked 83rd.

As singles , the songs were Country Grammar (Hot Shit) (DE # 20), EI (DE # 22), Ride Wit Me (DE # 25) and Batter Up decoupled (DE # 79).

Sales figures and awards

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

Country Grammar sold over ten million copies in the United States and was awarded ten times platinum (diamond) in 2016. It is one of the most commercially successful rap albums in the USA and is Nelly's best-selling album in his home country. In the UK, Country Grammar received a platinum record for over 300,000 copies sold in 2013.

The Grammy Awards 2001 was Country Grammar in the category Best Rap Album nominated, but lost The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	3 × platinum	45,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	10,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	8 × platinum 1 × diamond	10,715,000