My Thoughts On The Song/Chart: A very popular Hip Hop / RnB Duet tune from the early 2000s, this one was certainly a radio favorite for quite a while.
The song alternates between Kelly Rowland's singing and Nelly's rapping, despite this, it isn't too difficult for what's considered to be one of the hardest songs in game according to the tiering.
Of course because of the general finicky nature of this ancient vocals engine, i'm playing on the easiest difficulty just to show off the chart / cover. I'm sure this would be a lot more annoying on harder difficulties.
They really went ham with the autotune on the Kelly Rowland cover singer however, the Nelly cover singer sounds pretty on point however.
Song Facts:
"Dilemma" is a song by American rapper Nelly featuring American singer Kelly Rowland. It was released on June 25, 2002, as the second single from the former's second studio album, Nellyville (2002). The song also appeared on Rowland's debut solo studio album, Simply Deep (2002).
A pop and R&B ballad, the song consists of a high-pitched intonation and call and response, and contains a sample of Patti LaBelle's 1983 song "Love, Need and Want You". The lyrics describe a man infatuated with a woman committed in an existing relationship.
"Dilemma" was written by Nelly, Antoine "Bam" Macon and Ryan Bowser, alongside the "Love, Need and Want You" writers, Kenneth Gamble and Bunny Sigler.
"Dilemma" received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the duet's emotional balance. It peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 10 non-consecutive weeks, after it replaced Nelly's previous single "Hot in Herre" on the chart. The song also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, and Germany.
"Dilemma" won an award for Best Rap/Sung Performance and was nominated for Record of the Year at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards.
An accompanying music video was directed by Benny Boom and released in September 2002. It was filmed on Colonial Street with appearances by Larry Hughes and Patti LaBelle, and depicts Nelly attracted towards his new neighbor Rowland despite the latter being in a relationship.
AllMusic reviewer Jason Birchmeier noted that "Dilemma" is one of "three well-calculated, standout" tracks in the album.
Vice writer Ryan Bassil opined that the song is "the best R&B duet of the modern age" in comparison to Jay-Z's 2002 song "'03 Bonnie & Clyde", stating that it had soul, passion, and feeling.
"Dilemma" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 2003.
On July 12, 2021, the music video reached one billion views on RU-vid, which was Nelly and Rowland's first video to accomplish the feat. It was the third hip hop music video released before the website's existence to record one billion views, following "In da Club" by 50 Cent and "Without Me" by Eminem.
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5 июл 2024
