On Second Listen: Nappy Roots – The Humdinger

By Dan Caffrey on October 26th, 2008

Nappy Roots have a lot to fight for. After two albums of twangy, stomping, cookout hip-hop (2002’s Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz and 2003’s Wooden Leather) and a hodgepodge of mixtapes, the Kentucky quintet has yet to reach the superstar status they deserve, somehow unable to break out of the most frustrating vortex found in rap [...]