After all, his hit streak continued unabated, with "Iz U" (from his stopgap Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention remix album) and "Shake Ya Tailfeather" (from the Bad Boys II soundtrack) keeping him in the spotlight while he readied his double-disc Sweatsuit project (following the lead of OutKast and R. You could call him a pop-rapper if you liked, but you surely couldn't challenge his number one status. Few rap artists could boast such numbers, and Nelly surely savored his number one status, particularly after being dismissed as a novelty two summers earlier when he debuted. In all, Nelly impressively held the number one spot on ten different Billboard charts the week of Nellyville's release. The album topped the Billboard album chart while the The Neptunes-produced lead single, "Hot in Herre," remained atop the singles chart. The following summer Nelly returned with his second album, Nellyville, and lived up to his self-proclaimed "1" billing.
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