ST. LOUIS, MO  [Monday Dec.27.2004]  /Mix103FM.com/ -- In an interview with AllHipHop.com, Nelly paid his respects to fellow rappers Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Fabolous and Ja Rule. Nelly praised their ability to find their way "inside the beat."

Says Nelly, "You might have heard a lot of rappers on the beat and it sound like they kinda fighting the beat. It's like 'oh, no. You shouldn't be on that beat' [laughs]. And then you have some people it's like, oh yeah, like you got busy. And you know, the ones who I think, I think Jay-Z is one good for finding a way inside the beat. I think Missy is another one that's good for finding her way inside the beat. I think Fabolous is another, for finding his way to get inside the beat. Ja [Rule] is the same, you know."

Nelly adds, "You gotta find your way inside that beat, though. Some people just hear a hot beat, yet still they say the same rap the same way as they would say on any other beat. That's not it, you hear that and you're like ughh [laughs]."

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