The Humdinger
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The Humdinger is the third studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

-based rap group Nappy Roots
Nappy Roots
Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quintet that originated in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1995 and is best known for its hit single "Awnaw."...

, released on August 5, 2008, the quintet's follow-up to their 2008 mixtape Cookout Muzik. It was announced to be released in 2005, but was delayed several times.

The album is their first major album since their 2003 album, Wooden Leather
Wooden Leather
Wooden Leather is the second studio album by Kentucky-based rap sextet band Nappy Roots, to their first album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz...

, and first album released under their N.R.E.G label's partnership with Fontana Distribution. It is also their first album not to feature R. Prophet
R. Prophet
Kenneth Ryan Anthony , better known by his stage name R. Prophet, is an American rapper. He was formerly in the Kentucky-based quintet alternative southern rap group Nappy Roots. He attended Western Kentucky University with the present Nappy Roots members.-Early Career:R...

, who left the group to pursue a solo career.

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Featured guest(s) Time
1 "Intro" 1:00
2 "Beads & Braids" Sol Messiah 3:51
3 "On My Way to GA" Sol Messiah 4:40
4 "Pole Position" Vision Slick & Rose
Slick & Rose
Slick & Rose is an Atlanta-based pop, new wave and R&B duo that formed in 2000. With music as diverse as each member's upbringing - Nikki "Slick" Ervin hails from the coastal city of Mobile, AL, while Sabrina "Rose" Harvey was raised in the concrete jungle of New York City - Slick & Rose have...

4:27
5 "Flex" Willy Will 3:55
6 "Swerve & Lean" Sol Messiah 4:21
7 "Good Day" Big Al Gregg Street 3:40
8 "Down 'N' Out" Kevin 'Big Block' Freeman Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton (musician)
Anthony Hamilton is an American R&B, and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album Comin' from Where I'm From , which featured the singles "Comin' from Where I'm From" and "Charlene."-Life and career:Hamilton was born in Charlotte,...

4:40
9 "Tinted Up" James "Groove" Chambers James "Groove" Chambers 4:00
10 "Fresh" Track Kingz 4:26
11 "Kalifornia Dreamin'" Sol Messiah Slick & Rose
Slick & Rose
Slick & Rose is an Atlanta-based pop, new wave and R&B duo that formed in 2000. With music as diverse as each member's upbringing - Nikki "Slick" Ervin hails from the coastal city of Mobile, AL, while Sabrina "Rose" Harvey was raised in the concrete jungle of New York City - Slick & Rose have...

3:55
12 "Who Got It???" Joe Hop - 3:24
13 "No Static" Sol Messiah Greg Nice
Nice & Smooth
Nice & Smooth was an East Coast hip hop duo from New York that consists of Greg Nice and Smooth B . The duo released four albums from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...

3:22
14 "Don't Stop" James "Groove" Chambers James "Groove" Chambers 3:53
15 "Panic Room" 3:11
16 "Small Town" Count Justice 4:58


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Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 73
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 13
U.S. Billboard Rap Albums 7
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 11

External links

  • http://www.hiphoppress.com/2007/03/hiphop_group_th.html
  • http://myspace.com/nappyrootsmusic
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