Exactly. Which would explain why so many underground cats fall off. They so busy tryin not 2 sound pop, that they ain't soundin good. Fuck tha beats. Get tha bangin'est shit u can. I don't care if it sounds exactly like "Oh Boy". Beats grab tha asses. Lyrics violently rape em. Do your part as a lyricist, and nobody can say "he just gets by on beats, and/or, gimmicks, and/or image" Of course, people say that about Eminem, and he's actually dope. So what do I know? Bottom line, Nelly doesn't contribute anything 2 the mix other than his singing. The beats do the work. Basement BEats bumps in tha rydes. Basement beats gets the asses shakin at the club. Nelly's face is just what tha female's picture when THEY jerk off. And y'know it ain't just hatin when people in St Louis say this. If my groupie-4-life ex will admit she ain't hearin NELLY, her future-baby-daddy, spittin shit really worth hearin, it can't be hatin. Its tha truth.

Indeed he is. What I meant by that is, remember how he said Gangsta rap was wack? Then SOMEBODY (Eminem) had something 2 say about it. Nelly made a similar mistake wit that "Real Hip Hop" line thinkin no one would have shit 2 say.