What exactly killed Nelly's career?

which nelly

Funny this applies to both.

They both took long ass breaks and came back with lackluster material

Release of Big Hoops as lead. Should have gone with Waiting For The Night

Herself.

She released music that was ahead of its time that was also very indie-like and she also took a massive break right after her peak album. Big Hoops was also a big grower and not a great comeback single choice.

Spanish album and tremendously long break following "Loose".

I still love Nelly but I think what did him in was that he got too gimmicky & went country.

He's yet to fully recover. I still but his stuff tho cuz I think he's good.

Ashanti

Nelly Furtado: long break, lackluster singles
Nelly: long break, lackluster singles

Both of them.

Ask Gaga who sabotaged her career #JusticeforNelly

Time.

Nelly just released terrible material for Brass Knuckles. Then when he had a hit with Just A Dream he lost his core album buying fan base (like other Hip-Hop artists in the early 2000's, like 50 cent). And again his material this era has been bad and failed to gain any hype.

I didn't know he was actually releasing 5.0 until I saw it debut at #14 on the BB200

I actually think country does him good. Over and Over with Tim McGraw was a huge success and then the Cruise remix. He has a song with Florida Georgia Line on his new album and he should release it as a single imo.

Stepped on my j'z..

Who the hell takes a 3 year break only to release a spanish album and then follow it up with a rush released Greatest Hits thing with a leftover leaked track as a single?

And if that wasn't enough she released a non-radio friendly dated as hell track as her lead single. No surprise she didn't even sell 10k first week.

#justiceForNellyFurtado