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Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quartet that originated in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1995. They are best known for their hit singles "Po' Folks", "Awnaw", "Roun' The Globe" and "Good Day". They were the best selling hip hop group of 2002.〔 Retrieved on March 9, 2008〕〔(Nappy Roots Member Big V Leaves Group, Releases Free Solo EP | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHop DX )〕 ==Biography== The group formed when the members were students at Western Kentucky University.〔http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/03/11/tem_nappy_roots_melds.html〕Nappy Roots' debut independent album ''Country Fried Cess'' was released in 1998, which led to the group being signed by Atlantic Records. Their first album on Atlantic Records was 2002's best selling hip-hop album, "Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz". The multi-platinum album featured the hit-singles "Headz Up", "Awnaw", and "Po' Folks". The "Awnaw (Remix)" featuring Marcos of P.O.D. appeared on Madden 2003. In their home state, Paul E. Patton the governor of Kentucky, sanctioned September 16 as "Nappy Roots Day".〔(Nappy Roots: The Pursuit Of Nappyness | BallerStatus.com )〕 Their next and last album with Atlantic Records was ''Wooden Leather'', released in 2003, featuring the singles "Roun' the Globe" which was featured on Madden 2004 and "Sick and Tired" (featuring Anthony Hamilton). This critically acclaimed, major label follow up album, "Wooden Leather" featured production from Kanye West, David Banner and Lil Jon. Also in 2003 they were on the movie soundtrack to Daredevil (starring Ben Affleck) with the song "Right Now" that featured Marcos Curiel of P.O.D. and released on Windup Records. In 2004 they were also featured on three songs for the movie soundtrack to The Ladykillers starring Tom Hanks that was released on Sony Music.〔(Amazon.com: The Ladykillers: Various Artists: Music )〕 Since the release of ''Wooden Leather'' they are back to being independent artists, and have started their own label, N.R.E.G (Nappy Roots Entertainment Group) with distribution through Fontana/Universal Music Group. On July 31, 2007, they released their first album as independent artists, ''Innerstate Music'' featuring singles "Good Day" and "Keep It Real". This was actually an internet album, similar to a modern-day mixtape. It was intended to be a precursor to their 2008 album, ''The Humdinger'' which was released on August 5, 2008.〔HipHopdx.com, (Where Have The Nappy Roots Been? ) Retrieved on May 4, 2008〕 In 2007 Nappy Roots was featured on the original version of the Tantric song titled "Fall Down", the song was originally intended for Tantric's album Tantric III but due to it being shelved the song went unreleased, however Tantric did rerecord the song and put it on their 2008 album The End Begins. The version featuring Nappy Roots can only be found on YouTube. The critically acclaimed album, The Humdinger features guest appearances from Anthony Hamilton, Greg Nice, Greg Street and Slick & Rose, with production from Sol Messiah, James "Groove" Chambers, BIG AL 360, Joe Hop and more. The Humdinger entered the Billboard Rap Charts at #7 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at #13. In 2009 the single "We're Gonna Make it" by Skinny and Scales was released through Nappy Roots Entertainment Group.〔(Amazon.com: We're Gonna Make It: Nappy Roots Presents: Skinny & Scales (40 Akerz): MP3 Downloads )〕 Nappy Roots kicked off 2010 with their highly anticipated new album, "The Pursuit of Nappyness", released June 15, 2010. The album features songs by a production duo from Atlanta, GA by the name of Phivestarr Productions.〔(Skinny & Scales (Nappy Roots) – We Out Here | 2dopeboyz )〕 In 2011, Nappy has teamed up with hip hop producers Organized Noize to create "Nappy Dot Org". The first single "Congratulations" made its way into cyberspace on July 13, 2011 by way of XXL Magazine and 2DopeBoyz. On October 11, 2011 Nappy Roots released their new album "Nappy Dot Org" that was entirely produced by Organized Noize. The "Nappy Roots Presents Sh!ts Beautiful" album/mixtape that was released on June 27, 2012 through AllHipHop.〔(AllHipHop Presents Nappy Roots Sh!ts Beautiful Mixtape | AllHipHop.com )〕 In 2015, The Nappy Roots released their newest album called "The 40 Akerz Project". 〔http://thesource.com/2015/05/20/nappy-roots-releases-the-40-akerz-project/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nappy Roots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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