Nelly is an American rapper who released “Hey Porsche” as the first single from his seventh studio album, M.O. (2013). On March 1st, 2013, Ethan Lader published the music video for the song, which included a classic Porsche 356A convertible. The song’s position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peaked at number 42. “Hey Porsche” achieved its highest peak outside of the United States in Australia, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
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Nelly’s seventh studio album, M.O., featured the lead song, which was his first appearance on Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs chart since “Just A Dream” was released two and a half years prior. Some, however, questioned the song’s Pop direction due to its resemblance to Flo Rida’s “Whistle” in particular. (DJ Frank E contributed to the creation of both songs.) Nelly responded when presenter Misty J brought up the subject during an interview with him on radio station Power 107.5 in Columbus, Ohio. He cited the breadth of his career, which includes both hard-core rap and radio-friendly pop songs: He asked, “Does ‘Ride with Me’ sound like ‘E.I.’?” “Does “E.I.” have a “Country Grammar” sound to it? Does “Country Grammar” resemble “Hot In Herre” in any way? Does “Hot in Here” resemble the song “Dilemma”? Does “Dilemma” resemble “Over and Over” in any way?”
The song, in Rich Davis’ opinion, marks more of an evolution than a revolution in Nelly’s artistic development as Pop program director at KDWB Minneapolis. He told Billboard magazine that the song is “certainly more of a pop song than a rap song, with a terrific groove and a great hook.” “Nelly did a wonderful job of juggling pop with rap from the beginning, in my opinion. Artists can undoubtedly discern which singles have the greatest mass appeal based on their bank balances. Nelly has undoubtedly found it out after all his years in the industry.”
Nelly is a huge Prince fan, and he revealed to AMP Radio’s Seena that one of the Minneapolis legend’s own car-themed songs served as the inspiration for this song. It’s one of those things, he remarked, that reminds him of our country’s “Little Red Corvette.” “This is kind of like how that song made you feel,” the speaker said.
Nelly responded when asked by Digital Spy how the song came to be: “It was one of those times when the producers played me a concept they thought I would enjoy. We mixed it with something we believed would be dope after putting it in.”
Pop-Country Song “Hey Porsche” by Nelly
Although this music is bad, I was interested, and perhaps you are as well. Nelly’s tank top and du-rag ensemble hasn’t changed much since Country Grammar, but in the intervening years, he seems to have traveled down the dusty, Midwestern path laid down by his strange but memorable “Over and Over” Tim McGraw collaboration in the direction of a late-career pop-country sunset. His most recent compositions are limp pop-lite, complete with an opening solo guitar riff reminiscent of One Direction, a clear double entendre reminiscent of “Whistle” (which, like “Hey Porsche,” was also produced by DJ Frank E), and weak, cruise-control strums that do not resemble a human performing them. In a strange way, Nelly’s desire to pursue such completely meaningless music seems appropriate given the severe strip club themes of songs like “Tip Drill,” as there is new ground for him to venture into, however pointlessly. His car radio plays “Cruise,” a straightforward country song by Florida Georgia Line, with a shout-out from the band at the end of the video as he departs. (Apparently, they have also been doing a live cover of “Hot in Herre”).