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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, and <a href="spotify:artist:6t2RAhQ7FYKqc4zQvrAFDW">Big V</a>), bolstered by an Oakland transplant (<a href="spotify:artist:642IRUrNVjxIWYr8wMkKIv">R. Prophet</a>) and a Milledgeville, Georgia native (Fish Scales). 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. Drawn to the group's distinctive twist on Southern bounce, the major labels began flocking, and they eventually signed to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Atlantic%22">Atlantic</a>. Their label debut, Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz, was released in 2002, and the follow-up, Wooden Leather, arrived one year later. After several delays, the group released its anticipated album The Humdinger in August 2008; it was the first not to feature <a href="spotify:artist:642IRUrNVjxIWYr8wMkKIv">R. Prophet</a>, who had left the group to pursue a solo career. Their second album as a quintet, The Pursuit of Nappyness, was issued two years later. Their fifth effort, 2011's Nappy Dot Org, was a collaboration with famed Atlanta production team <a href="spotify:artist:7qvIiE9YmyP02NLjufTxkX">Organized Noize</a>. While they released a mixtape in 2012 titled Nappy Roots Presents Sh!ts Beautiful, the group would not return until 2015 with the release of album six, The 40 Akerz Project. A sequel, Another 40 Akerz, arrived in 2017 and featured guests like <a href="spotify:artist:3XIp2H3VUy5XO10JjrwWF2">Ashley Rose</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0kXozgAseAfRZ1EtNLLn66">Gareth Asher</a>, ForteBowie, <a href="spotify:artist:5YI7PJwny5JsO7djczHwhP">Jarren Benton</a>, and more. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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