Allmusic's Jason Birchmeier gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, noting 'Hot in Herre', 'Dilemma' and 'Roc the Mic' as 'three well-calculated, standout moments'. Wayne lauded the track ' Air Force Ones', describing it as an 'unbelievable ode' to hip hop, while noting several other songs as stand-outs. Wayne Franklin of PopMatters held low expectations for the album prior to listening to it, following Nelly's feud with rapper KRS-One, but found its music to be 'incredible'.

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 15 reviews, which indicates 'generally favorable reviews'.

Nellyville received generally positive reviews from music critics. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Several artists made an appearance on the album, including Justin Timberlake, Kelly Rowland, Beanie Sigel, Freeway and Dani Stevenson. The album's artwork was provided by Sandy Brummels, while Robert Sims handled design, and Jonathan Mannion was responsible for photography. Rich Travali was assisted by Jeff Robinette, while Jamie Duncan and Dan Milazzo were performing the mixing on the album. The recording of Nellyville was handled by Steve Eigner and Marc Lee. Internationally, it peaked at number two on the album charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, and New Zealand. As of March 16, 2011, Nellyville sold 6,488,000 copies in the United States, and it became the 14th best-selling rap album of all time. It remained at number one for four non-consecutive weeks and was eventually certified six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over six million equivalent-units in sales, which allowed Nellyville to become Nelly's second number-one, multi-platinum, and top-10 album in the United States following his debut album Country Grammar in 2000. Nellyville debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200, with sales of 715,000 equivalent-units in the opening week of the country. The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the production. Two singles from Nellyville, ' Hot in Herre' and ' Dilemma', both topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for seven and ten weeks respectively. The album's production was handled by Waiel Yaghnam, the Neptunes, Jay E, Trackboyz, Ryan Bowser, and Just Blaze. It was released on June 25, 2002, by Universal Records and Fo' Reel Entertainment. Nellyville is the second studio album by American rapper Nelly.

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