Nappy Roots: The Humdinger

Nappy Roots

The Humdinger album

"The Humdinger shows Nappy Roots to be funny, down-to-earth hip-hop stars who care more about their craft than they do about their shoe deals."

“Nappy Roots hearken back to a time in southern rap when lyricism was king, ruling over plodding beats and guttural, unintelligible yelling. After a brief stint on a major label and a hit album – 2002’s Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz – they’re back on their own label, with their best album yet, The Humdinger.

And they don’t waste any time addressing their current situation. Opener “Beads and Braids” is a head-first assault on an industry that spit them out, capped off by the sarcastic question, “Why y’all ****** don’t rap about money?” It brings up a good point – it’s not that Nappy Roots don’t rap about the traditional southern rap archetypes that we’ve come to expect, they just do it more realistically. They rap about strip clubs (“Pole Position”) but stop to wonder aloud if their mothers are going to hear it; they rap about cars (“Good Day”), but mostly because they aren’t sure if their cars are going to start.

The Humdinger shows Nappy Roots to be funny, down-to-earth hip-hop stars who care more about their craft than they do about their shoe deals. It’s something their southern rap peers could learn from.” – Reviewed by Nathan Atnikov for Artist Direct.

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The Humdinger Experience

by Jonathan Hay

The Humdinger Experience by Jonathan Hay on 2DopeBoyz

The Humdinger Experience
The Diary of an insanely stressed-out publicist
By: Jonathan Hay

I stepped outside today for the first time in weeks and was greeted by a blinding light of something I vaguely remember as being called “sunshine.” After nearly seven months of ordering in Chinese food, having sandwiches delivered from the local Jimmy Johns and showering maybe once a week (If I’m lucky) in between phone calls, I have found myself growing closer to the sanity of a normal life. Our group, the multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Nappy Roots, is releasing their highly buzzed about album The Humdinger…the moment we’ve all been anticipating.

Seeing The Humdinger in this Sunday’s Best Buy advertisement causes me to reflect on countless hours of phone calls, emails, interviews and, of course, many, many sleepless nights…