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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Nappy Roots ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Atlantic Records ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2003-08-26 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2003-08-21 ▄██▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Intro 0:30 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Good God Almighty 4:23 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Nappy Roots Day 4:05 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Roun' The Globe 4:03 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Lac Dogs And Hogs 4:21 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Sick And Tired 4:21 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Twang 4:07 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Leave This Morning (ft. 4:16 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ 09 Work In Progress 4:36 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 10 Push On (ft. Anthony Hamilton) 3:58 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ 12 These Walls 3:53 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 13 War / Peace 4:19 ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ 14 Roll Again 4:15 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 15 What Cha Gonna Do? (The Anthem)4:08 ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 17 Outro 0:39 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 18 Roun' The Globe (Collipark 4:06 ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Having a day named in their honor, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ being the number one selling hip-hop ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ group of 2002, a bundle of award ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ nominations, and the continual words of ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ praise from fans and industry insiders ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ - none of it has tainted Nappy Roots' ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ view on life and music. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ "We're still ballin' on a budget," ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Nappy's Skinny Deville says about the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ six-man collective, which also includes ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Ron Clutch, Scales, R. Prophet, B. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Stille, and Big V. "We're not ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ materialistic. We're still working and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ have to earn that check." ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ "We're still hungry like we don't have ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ anything," adds Stille. "We're keeping ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ an eye on every penny." ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Nappy's relentless work ethic and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ ever-evolving musical adeptness are ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ displayed on "WOODEN LEATHER," the ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ follow-up to their groundbreaking, RIAA ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ platinum-plus Atlantic Records debut, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ "WATERMELON, CHICKEN & GRITZ." ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ "You can take it a couple of different ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ ways," explains Deville of the title. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ "Wood and leather symbolize two staples ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ in American society that people really ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ take for granted. You can put on a ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ leather coat to protect you from the ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ weather. Pull out a leather belt for ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ discipline. It's also part of American ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ capitalism as far as success: leather ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ interior in your car, a leather couch ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ to sit on. ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ "'Wooden," he continues, "if you break ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ it down, it comes from a seed to be a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ plant to be a tree. Wood is symbolic in ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ America as a structure that made us who we ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ are. Wood and leather put together is ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ the classic combination. If you take ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ care of them, the two of them will ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ last forever. If you take care of this ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 'WOODEN LEATHER' CD, you'll continue to ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ hear classic music, songs you can put on ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ five, ten, a hundred years from now and ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ say 'that was good music.'" ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ The first music from "WOODEN LEATHER" to ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ escape from the studio were two classic ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ cookups served up to feed the streets ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ as well as the clubs - "Lac Dogs & ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Hogs" and "Twang" respectively. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ "Lac Dogs & Hogs" not only pays homage to ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ some of the Kentucky rhyming wildcats' ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ favorite vehicles, but also unveils a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ sampling of how the group is dealing ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Meanwhile, "Twang" serves as a boast ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ anthem for the big body mommies. The ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ usually musing rap clique shows yet ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ another dimension of their flow and ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ content arsenal, spitting their lyrics ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ that incorporates a unique string pluck ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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█████▌ ███▌ beloved down home personas. "This time ▐███ ▐█████
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ the po' folks, we're still country folks, ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ but we've seen more now. We can't just ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ the world. That's making us more diverse ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ "It's broader, but more focused," ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀▀███████▀ 'WATERMELON...,' but we're fine-tuning ▀█████████
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▐███▌▄█████▀ Anthony Hamilton, one of the prime guest ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ "I'm sick and tired of being sick and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ listeners not to settle and to try and ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ overcome obstacles. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▀▀███▀▄█████▀ More fodder for pondering life comes in ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ the bass heavy "Leave This Morning." R&B ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ trailblazer Raphael Saadiq, who also ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ helps the guys exhort people to strive ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ I got a job to do." ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▐███▌▄█████▀ David Banner, "Nappy Holiday" not only ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ "Nappy Roots Day" on September 16, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 2002, it also reminds us all about the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ importance of being happy with our ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ "Nappy Roots Day" was one of the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ plethora of honors bestowed upon the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ group after the 2001 release of ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ "WATERMELON, CHICKEN & GRITZ," which ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ spawned the smash singles, "Awnaw" and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ "Po' Folks." ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ In early 2003, they garnered a pair of ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Po' Folks," ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ and for Best Long Form Music Video for ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ their DVD, "THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ NAPPY." Those honors came on the heels ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ for Favorite New Artist and Favorite ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Band, Duo or Group - both in the ▓█▌ █████▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ brew on the road for a series of ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ high-profile tours. Last fall, they ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Mix Tour. The outings were headlined by ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Jay-Z and blazed trails by mixing ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ hip-hop and rock. In the spring of ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ '02, Nappy Roots were part of the WB ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Television Network's "WB On Tour" with ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ funnyman Jamie Kennedy. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ The group also gave back to their fans ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ organization's "SPEAK UP" campaign ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ against weapon-related school violence. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ In June 2003, Nappy Roots were invited ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ by the U.S. Government to perform for ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 2003, the first large-scale ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ entertainment tour to the region since ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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