Artist profile
Nelly is a hip-hop artist and rapper known for his work in the early 2000s. He gained recognition for his contributions to the genre during a prolific period that helped define mainstream hip-hop of that era.
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Nelly is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Hip-Hop pocket.
Across 11 analysed tracks, Nelly averages 44% energy — gentler than 68% of individual Hip-Hop tracks — and 44% groove, straighter than 57%.
Measured against 873 Hip-Hop tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 89–163 BPM with a median of 102 · predominantly major keys (45% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 2 tracks.
How Nelly’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Hip-Hop tempo.
Across Nelly's catalog, energy has lifted; drive has intensified; groove has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Nelly’s 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 4 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 4 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
10 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 4 different Nelly tracks.
Just A Dream → Ayo · 2B → 2B · +8 BPM · 89 chemistry
11 of the 176 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.0. They come from 4 different Nelly tracks.
Walk Away → Not Afraid · 4B → 5B · −4 BPM · 87 chemistry
13 of the 264 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.5. They come from 6 different Nelly tracks.
Ride Wit Me → Frontin' - Radio Mix · 9B → 9B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
11 of the 407 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 6 different Nelly tracks.
Hot In Herre → Beautiful · 9A → 9A · −6 BPM · 89 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Nelly by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Nelly, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Nelly's tracks in our catalog range from 89 to 163 BPM, with a median of 102 BPM. Across 11 tracks, the most common range falls in the 100–105 BPM bucket.
Nelly's tracks are mostly in major keys (45% minor across 11 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Nelly's 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 4 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Chris Brown, Eminem, Jay-Z are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Just A Dream into Ayo, 2B to 2B, 89 chemistry.
Nelly sits closest to Ja Rule, Ludacris, Chingy in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Nelly releases spanning 2000 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2000s.
