Sound Files (MP3)
Po' Folks (w/Anthony Hamilton) - from the album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
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Country and proud of it, Nappy Roots formed in 1995 around a sextet of students attending Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Four members of the group were Kentucky natives (Skinny DeVille, B. Stille, Ron Clutch, Big V.), bolstered by a pair of Oakland-born transplants (R. Prophet and Milledgeville). Nappy Roots began making music together at a local record shop cum studio named ET's Music, and released their full-length debut Country Fried Cess in 1998, then their follow-up, 1999's No Comb, No Brush, No Fade, No Perm. Drawn to the group's distinctive twist on Southern bounce, the major labels began flocking, and they eventually signed to Atlantic. Their label debut, Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz, was released in 2002, and the follow-up Wooden Leather followed one year later.
Sound Files (MP3) Po' Folks (w/Anthony Hamilton) - from the album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz |
 Country Fried Cess Released: 1998 Label: ET |
 No Comb, No Brush, No Fade, No Perm Released: 1999 Label: ET |
 Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz Released: 2002 Label: Atlantic |
 Wooden Leather Released: 2003 Label: Atlantic |