During a recent interview, the St. Louis rapper expressed his thoughts on rappers singing on tracks. Hit the jump to see what Nelly has to say.
While sitting down with HipHopDx, Nelly talks about how he feels that rappers have been studying his style.
I was kinda the only one doing what I was doing, now the whole fucking game is singing,” he says. “The whole game is melodic now, and I was the only one doing it. You know? I was the first one to sing his own hook, rap his own verses and sing his own bridge. And continuously doing that because my influences, such as Bone Thugs, Goodie Mob, Cee-Lo Green and Arrested Development, you’re listening to ’em and trying to find your own niche and then when you come with it but you come with it in a way that’s so surprising to people. People don’t understand that, shit, the whole game is doing Nelly.
Does he have a point? Yes. But was he the first? No, as Ja Rule actually came out first. I look at Ja as the original Drake. However, it’s cool to learn who inspired Nelly.
