Sweat (Nelly album)

Sweat
Studio album by Nelly
Released September 13, 2004
Genre
Length 57:53
Label
  • Derrty
  • Fo' Reel
  • Island Records
  • Universal
Producer
Nelly chronology

Nellyville
(2002)		 Sweat
(2004)		 Suit
(2004)
Singles from Sweat
  1. "Flap Your Wings"
    Released: July 27, 2004
  2. "Tilt Ya Head Back"
    Released: September 15, 2004
  3. "Na-NaNa-Na"
    Released: January 25, 2005

Sweat is the third studio album by American rapper Nelly. It was originally intended to be released on August 17, 2004, before being delayed and released on September 13, 2004 through Universal Records. Production was handled by several producers, including Jason Epperson, Midi Mafia, The Neptunes, Trife, Jazze Pha, Doe, and The Alchemist. Released in conjunction with Suit, Nelly originally intended to release a single album before conceptualizing and releasing two albums simultaneously, both which would contrast each other's themes. Nelly characterized Sweat as "more up-tempo" and "energetic" while describing Suit as more of "a grown-up and sexy vibe [...] it's more melodic".

Background and release

While recording material for his third studio album, Nelly originally had the intention of producing one album. Songs were being recorded at a steady pace, with Nelly composing more ideas, to which he established the idea of two albums released simultaneously to house all the tracks.[1] On April 27, 2004, Nelly's representative initially described the upcoming albums as thematically dissimilar, "one is more melodic and party-oriented in the vein of records like "E.I." and "Tip Drill", while the other was described as having a "harder edge".[2] Nelly would release singles accompanied by music videos from both albums.[2] Talking to MTV News, Nelly went on to describe the differences between both albums; their titles of Sweat and Suit were announced on May 27, 2004.[3] He noted Sweat as "more up-tempo" and "energetic", while characterizing Suit as more of "a grown-up and sexy vibe [...] it's more melodic".[1] Sweat and Suit were originally intended to be released on August 17, 2004, but were push back and released on September 14 in the United States, Canada and Japan.[3][4][5][6] Sweat was released on September 13, 2004 in the United Kingdom and Germany.[7][8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [9]
Entertainment Weekly B−[10]
RapReviews.com [11]
Rolling Stone [12]
Vibe [13]

In its opening week, Sweat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies.[14] On the same week of Sweat‍‍ '​‍s release, Nelly's Suit, released in conjunction with the former album, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 396,000 copies, becoming his third consecutive US number-one album following Country Grammar (2000) and Nellyville (2002).[14] The combination of both album's opening figures of 737,000 surpasses that of Nellyville‍‍ '​‍s, which debuted with 714,000 copies sold.[14] With the debuts, Nelly became the first act to achieve the feat of obtaining album's number one and two on the US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart simultaneously. He is the second artist, following American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, to achieve the same feat but on the Billboard 200 chart.[14] Guns N' Roses attained the accomplishment in 1991 with Use Your Illusion II and Use Your Illusion I, with the former debuting at number one and the latter at number two, selling 770,000 and 685,000 copies, respectively.[14]

The following week of Sweat‍‍ '​‍s release, it fell to number four on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 127,500 copies.[15] In its third week, Sweat sold 80,000 copies, dropping to number eight.[16] In the album's fourth week of release, its sales further decreased to 64,000 copies, falling to number twelve.[17] In its fifth week, Sweat‍‍ '​‍s again decreased, to 62,000 units, sustaining its position at number twelve.[18] The album's sales continued to decrease in its sixth week of release, selling 50,000 copies, moving to number sixteen on the chart.[19] By November 1, 2004, Sweat went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of 1,000,000 copies.

Track listing

All songs were written by Nelly, additional writers listed below.

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Heart of a Champion" (featuring Lincoln University Vocal Ensemble)Phillip Duckett, John TeshPhil Duckett 4:29
2. "Na-NaNa-Na" (featuring Jazze Pha)Phalon Alexander, Jasper CameronJazze Pha 3:59
3. "Flap Your Wings"  Chad Hugo, Pharrell WilliamsThe Neptunes 4:03
4. "American Dream" (featuring St. Lunatics)Robert Cleveland, Torhi Harper, Ali Jones, F. Alexander, B.H. Edwards, N. Rogers, W. RogersT-Mix 4:56
5. "River Don't Runnn" (featuring Murphy Lee & Stephen Marley)Harper, Stephen Marley, Dorian MooreDoe 4:59
6. "Tilt Ya Head Back" (featuring Christina Aguilera)Moore, Tegemold Newton, Curtis MayfieldDoe 4:13
7. "Grand Hang Out" (featuring Fat Joe, Jung Tru & Remy Ma)Jason Epperson, Joseph Cartagena, Reminisce Smith, Jung TruJason "Jay E" Epperson 4:49
8. "Getcha Getcha" (featuring St. Lunatics)Harper, Jones, Cleveland, Wayne Nugent, Kevin RistoMidi Mafia 4:37
9. "Another One"  Jayson BridgesJayson "Koko" Bridges 4:39
10. "Spida Man"  BridgesJayson "Koko" Bridges 4:51
11. "Playa" (featuring Mobb Deep & Missy Elliott)Alan Maman, Melissa Elliott, Albert Johnson, Kejuan Muchita, Cleveland, L. RydaThe Alchemist 3:57
12. "Down In da Water" (featuring Ali & Gube Thug)JonesTrife 4:20
13. "Boy" (featuring Lil' Flip & Big Gipp)C. Butler, Jason Epperson, Cameron GippJason "Jay E" Epperson 3:59
Total length:
 57:53
Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.[21]

  • Nelly – Executive Producer
  • Jayson "Koko" Bridges – Producer
  • Andrew Coleman – Engineer
  • The Alchemist – Producer
  • Sandy Brummels – Art Direction
  • Al Byno – Engineer
  • Jasper Cameron – Producer
  • Dirty Swift – Producer
  • Doe – Producer
  • Phillip Duckett – Producer
  • Michael Eleopoulos – Assistant
  • Jason "Jay E" Epperson – Producer
  • Loretta J. Galbreath – Direction
  • Chris Gehringer – Mastering
  • Harold Guy – Assistant
  • Jennifer Havey – A&R
  • Tal Herzberg – Engineer
  • Jazze Pha – Producer
  • Jun Ishizeki – Engineer
  • Chip Karpells – Assistant
  • Kevin Law – A&R
  • Marc Stephen Lee – Engineer
  • Jonathan Mannion – Photography
  • NDoffene MBodji – Assistant
  • Carl Nappa – Engineer
  • The Neptunes – Producer
  • Jared Nugent – Assistant
  • Dave Pensado – Mixing
  • Joe Spix – Art Direction, Design
  • T-Mix – Producer
  • Richard Travali – Mixing
  • Trife – Keyboards, Producer
  • Bruce Waynne – Producer
  • James White – Photography

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
scope="row" Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] 10
scope="row" Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[23] 35
scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24] 62
scope="row" Canadian Albums (Billboard)[25] 2
scope="row" Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[26] 28
scope="row" French Albums (SNEP)[27] 200
scope="row" German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 17
scope="row" New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[29] 7
scope="row" Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 36
scope="row" Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 41
scope="row" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 16
scope="row" UK Albums (OCC)[33] 11
scope="row" US Billboard 200[34] 2
scope="row" US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[35] 2
scope="row" US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[36] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[37] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[38] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[40] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reid, Shaheem (June 3, 2004). "Nelly Explains Both Of His New Albums". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Reid, Shaheem (April 27, 2004). "Nelly To Pull A Guns N' Roses This Summer". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reid, Shaheem (May 27, 2004). "Nelly Pushes Back Both Of His Albums". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sweat: Nelly". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
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  10. ↑ Browne, David (September 17, 2004). "Sweat Review". Entertainment Weekly (Time Inc.). Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  11. ↑ Juon, Steve (September 14, 2004). "Nelly's "Sweat" + "Suit"". RapReviews.com. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  12. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (September 22, 2004). "Nelly: Sweat: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone (Jann Wenner). Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Review: Sweat". Vibe (Vibe Media): 184. October 2004.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "Nelly Runs 'Sweat,' 'Suit' Straight To The Top". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  15. ↑ "The 'American' Way: Green Day Debuts At No. 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Rascal Flatts 'Feels Like' No. 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Strait's '50 Number 1s' Bows At No. 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Strait Arrow: '50 Number Ones' On Top Again". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
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  32. ↑ "Nelly – Sweat". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
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  36. ↑ "Nelly Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Rap Albums for Nelly. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  37. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
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  39. ↑ "British album certifications – Nelly – Sweat". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Sweat in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  40. ↑ "American album certifications – Nelly – Sweat". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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