Earlier this year Nelly's manager spoke out about the St. Louis emcee parting ways with Republic Records earlier this year and recording a country album, which the "Dilemma" rapper said isn't entirely true.

During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Nelly was asked about the status of the country album, rumored to be titled "Heartland," which he responded to by saying, "It got kinda twisted. It's not actually country, so to speak."

He added, "I love country music. I respect country music so much that I would never think that I can sit down and just as easy do a country album. That's not it. That's just like some country artist saying, 'Hell, I'm just gonna do a rap album.' What I will say is that, I'm tryna come up with an idea of doing an EP that crosses all boundaries, all genres and it may feature different country artists. But if you look at country music now it's broadened up so much."

Source: Rolling Stone