Video Premiere: Nelly 'Just A Dream'

Here is the new video from Nelly for his song "Just A Dream" off of his album Nelly 5.0 scheduled for release later this year.

The video is set in black and white and shows a very somber Nelly walking on the beach and later falling to the bottom of an ocean. We are getting a very introspective Nelly who is clearly looking to continue to tap into the Pop market with the sing-songy lyrics and guitar led tracks.

I'm not crazy about the song but the video is cool.

Is this what we can expect from Nelly 5.0?

Nelly Said 'I'm The Biggest Selling Rap Artist Of The Decade'

Really sir?

I have never really been a Nelly fan, even when he was Hip-Hop's golden ticket, making nursery rhymes into hits.

However, according to certain music authorities like Billboard and Nielson Soundscan, Nelly has done quite well for himself in regards to sales in the first half of the 2000's; unfortunately, Nelly is not clear on just how well he did.

In the video above, Nelly took to the stage to perform one of his hits "Hot in Herre" and decided to talk a little ish while he had the attention, probably a considerable amount of champagne in his system, oh and of course a mic.

According to Nelly, he is the "biggest selling rap artist of the decade." You could tell in the video, as those very words topple out of his mouth, he realized his error once they came to fruition.

I for one will not relish in the obvious because Nelly is as wrong as chinese slippers worn in a blizzard. I do recall seeing Eminem at the number 1 spot on Billboards artists of the Decade list and Nelly at number 3, but hey let that man live; we all need to have one of those moments where we stretch the truth just a bit.

SideBar: He did look fresh in his suit and shiny shoes, looked like they used MAC lip gloss to buff for shine.

Nelly "One And Only"

awwww sha sha! look what your snukums made for you :-). Unfortunately, its a total dud. Splendid, another singing rapper...give me a break..and a kit kat.

He's sitting behind a piano wearing a leather trench for goodness sake!...I bet you he lunch's in Soho and drinks caramel macchiato's. Singing soft ballads like he's Neyo...man up! Yall getting out of control..gonna make me go get my hip-hop belt and whup yall back into shape.

I give this video a C+ for a failed attempt to recapture his Sweat/Suit days.