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Brass Knuckles is rapper Nelly's fifth studio album which is scheduled to be released on September 16, 2008 after several delays.

Background

The album will feature fourteen tracks as reported by USA Today in 2007 B . Nelly explained the reasoning for the title as "the best way" he can explain "how hard it's going to hit you." Due to the amount of delays "Brass Knuckles" has undergone, many fans have begun referring to Nelly as a "huge tease."

Guests

Nelly has a range of featured guests lined up for Brass Knuckles, with appearances from Akon, Ashanti, Avery Storm, Chuck D, Ciara, Fergie, LL Cool J, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, St. Lunatics, T.I. and Usher. Jermaine Dupri also stated possibilities of hopeful collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson. Dupri gave a look into the two collaborations, one being Nelly, Carey and Jackson all appearing on the same track, in which he stated Nelly has laid the following blueprint:

Nelly's got a crazy collaboration he's trying to put together, which is him, Janet and Mariah Carey all on one song...That's what he wants. If he could convince them to do it, it would be crazy. He wants Janet to rap a 16-bar verse, he wants Mariah to sing the hook and he's gonna do two verses. He has it all planned out. You ask him about it! This is what he wants; he's 100-percent deadlocked into it.

He went on to speak about the possibility of the Springsteen collaboration and that two of his own tracks will appear on the album,

I think he's doing a record with Bruce Springsteen. You know he always has to do one of those! My two records , he's gonna have some people on them — I won't tell it yet. I don't want to jinx the record.

Nelly was unable to get to collaborate with Springsteen as he was too busy around the world, though he if still hopeful to collaborate with him on a future album, or even a repackage of Brass Knuckles.

More production will come from Bryan-Michael Cox, Neff-U and Pharrell Williams, among others.

On March 30, Nelly told HipHopDX.com that "the album would feature a handful of new producers."

Nelly mentioned in an interview that producer Polow da Don will be producing 4 tracks for the upcoming album

Singles

The first single was "Wadsyaname", which was released digitally on August 21, 2007. However, because of the pushed release dates from October 16 2007 and on, the first official single was changed to Party People, with "Wadsyaname" not appearing on the album. The Jermaine Dupri produced "Stepped on My J'z" (featuring Ciara and Jermaine Dupri) is the official third single with a video that premiered on June 11 2008 on BET's Access Granted. The single Stepped on My J'z reached #1 on BET's 106 & Park, knocking Rihanna's song Take A Bow out of the top spot. Body on Me (featuring Ashanti & Akon) is the album's most successful single so far, based on radio airplay and downloads.

Other songs

Nelly has confirmed that the song Wadsyaname will not be on the album.

"Bay", where Nelly sounds much like people in the Bay Area (Spice 1, Too $hort, E-40), is scheduled to be on the album as well. He said he made the song to show respect to the legends because he grew up listening to that kind of music.

Confirmed tracks

References

  1. http://www.rap-up.com/2008/07/14/album-cover-nelly-brass-knuckles/
  2. http://www.rap-up.com/2008/07/14/album-cover-nelly-brass-knuckles/
  3. Nelly Official Web Site
  4. MTV News Staff (January 17 2008). Mary J. Blige 'Lives' Again On TV Soap; Plus Remy Ma, Lil Wayne, Nelly, Amy Winehouse, Scarlett Johansson, Zac Efron & More, In For The Record. MTV. Accessed January 17 2008.
  5. ^ Scott Bowles, Steve Jones and Pete Johnson (September 6 2007). Coming attractions: Nelly's ready to crack his 'Knuckles'. USA Today. Accessed September 9 2007.
  6. ^ Shaheem Reid (August 22 2007). T.I., Akon, Snoop, Pimp C Get Behind Nelly's Brass Knuckles. MTV. Accessed August 22 2007.
  7. Jokesta (August 23 2007). Nelly Plans His Come Back, Ice Cube Stars In New Movie. Def Sounds. Accessed August 23 2007.
  8. Lauren Carter (November 9 2007). SOHH Exclusive: Nelly Tired of Bum Rap, "You Can't Tell Me 'Tip Drill' Was Worse than Halle Berry's Sex Scene". SOHH. Accessed November 11 2007.
  9. ^ Nelly & Ashanti Interview – Rap-Up TV. Rap-Up TV. Accessed August 25 2007.
  10. Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Tim Kash and Jayson Rodriguez (May 1 2007). Mixtape Monday: 50 Cent Talks Batman, Both New LPs; Rick Ross Rubs Elbows With Jay, Jeezy. MTV. Accessed August 22 2007.
  11. Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes and Brennan Williams (October 8 2007). The Streets Is Talking: News & Notes from the Underground. MTV. Accessed October 10 2007.
  12. Jayson Rodriguez, with additional reporting by Sway J. Calloway (October 16, 2007). Nelly Ready to Battle Don Imus, Other Foes with Hard-Hitting New LP. MTV. Accessed October 16, 2007.
  13. Nelly in Studio with JoJo. KISS-FM (August 14 2007). Accessed December 13 2007.
  14. DADDYMACKOFNYC (February 12 2008). Chuck D Interview Part 4 of 4 YouTube. Accessed February 13 2008.
  15. ^ Anthony Springer, Jr. (August 23 2007). Nelly Is Back!. HipHopDX. Accessed August 23 2007.
  17. (March 30, 2008). Nelly Preps New Album. Accessed April 20, 2008.
  18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h4XmzVEM2w
  19. "Stepped on My J's" on Accessed Granted June 11. Accessed June 07, 2008
  20. ^ NELLY. 97.9 The Box (April 20 2008). Accessed April 21 2008.
  21. Accessed July 18, 2008]
  22. Nelly’s “Brass Knuckles” pushed back again Accessed July 18, 2008]
  23. http://www.boombatt.com/live/
  24. http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008/05/video_nelly_interview_part_5_t.php
  25. http://soundcheck.walmart.com/interviews.html?id=Nelly
  26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUmjOx_T--s
  27. http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008/05/video_nelly_interview_part_5_t.php
  28. New Music: Nelly f/ Usher - ‘Long Night’ Accessed July 18, 2008
  29. http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008/05/nelly_interview_part3_four_yea.php
  30. Jayson Rodriguez (April 9, 2008). Nelly And Fergie Both Wanted The 'Party People' Beat... So They Decided to Share It MTV News. Accessed April 20, 2008.
  31. http://celebritybug.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-music-nelly-piece-of-my-heart.html
  32. http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008/05/video_nelly_talks_about_brass.php
  33. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.5842/title.krs-one-chuck-d-support-new-nelly-effort
  34. Stepped on My J'z [Explicit Accessed July 18, 2008
  35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUmjOx_T--s
  36. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUmjOx_T--s
  37. http://www.boombatt.com/live/
  38. http://www.boombatt.com/live/
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