'' Rolling Stone '' explained that the album 's " liquid bass bumps " interlopes well with Nelly 's " wordplay-heavy sing-song rhyme-flow " , while declaring '' Country Grammar '' to be the best thing to come out of St. Louis since comedian Redd Foxx . At the 2001 Soul Train Music Awards , '' Country Grammar '' earned Nelly the award for Best R&B / Soul or Rap New Artist . Nelly was nominated for four awards at the Online Hip-Hop Awards , for Favorite Music Video , Song of the Year ( both for " E.I. " ) , Album of the Year ( for '' Country Grammar '' ) and Outstanding Graphic Design for his official website . He won the awards for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year
2001 Soul Train Music Awards
2001 Soul Train Music Awards
Country Grammar