5.0 - Nelly
5.0

Sixth studio album by Nelly, and his first album not to go Gold, and to chart less than number 3 on the US Billboard 200. In fact it was a long way to fall, selling just 63k copies in it’s first week. Lead single “Just A Dream” actually became a huge smash hit worldwide, but it wasn’t enough to propel Nelly to the dizzying heights he’d previously reached. The album was not a major sonic departure for Nelly, with Polow Da Don providing production along with a raft of other people close to his camp. Nor were the features extravagant, with T.I., Akon, T-Pain and Chris Brown notably present. Nelly told Complex at the time that the significance of the album title was that it was his “fifth drop date,” on his sixth album (after Sweat and Suit were released on the same day). He also said that the album “might not even go Gold” due to the difference in the industry, and he said: I’m ready to just be me again. Again, 5.0 represents something classic. That title tells you what I’m going to do. You have to do what you do the best. It’s kind of like Eminem. I feel like what he does best is tell those stories, and it’s nothing to him… That’s classic Eminem! But on a new level! I think that’s what I’m going to hit. I think other people are looking at it as a comeback, but I look at it as a career.
Distribution of songs on 5.0 by producer