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Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland | Dilemma (2002)

"Dilemma" is a song by American rapper Nelly, featuring singer Kelly Rowland. It was released on June 25, 2002, as the second single from Nelly's second studio album, Nellyville (2002), and as the first single from 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.

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