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Nappy Roots - Ride
Artist: Nappy Roots
Producer: Phivestarr
Album: The Pursuit of Nappyness
Label: Nappy Roots Ent Group
Featured back in mid-January, Booth-premiered mixtape inclusion P.O.N. (Pursuit of Nappiness) found the Nappy Roots in a motivational mode, waxing philosophical about the value of hard work and persistence. Now, the Southern heavyweights have returned to bring us another dose of hard-won wisdom on Ride, the newly-released lead single off their forthcoming fourth album. Producer Phivestarr (subliminal message, anyone?) mans the boards on this wistfully mellow track, serving up a a laid-back, subtly catchy acoustic-guitar/string instrumental as Skinny Deville, Fish Scales, B. Stille, Big V and Ron Clutch reflect on life’s hardships, as well as delivering a complimentary lesson on musical integrity: “I do this for the love / you can throw the fame out.” For more head-nodding grooves and deep thoughts from the only rap group who can make a Stanky Legg reference sound intelligent, pick up a copy of their Pursuit of Nappyness LP when it hits stores on 4/20 (which, conveniently, actually falls on a Tuesday this year).
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on February 22, 2010
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11684 |
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 Excellent! This is why I first started listening to these fellas back in '02. The Pursuit of Nappyness has officially begun.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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I love me some nappy roots! no matter when i hear them, it's always a breath of fresh air! So far so good for the p.o.n.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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Oh naw hell naw boy dey done up an done it
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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*jaw drops* that production is on point and i've been a fan of Nappy Roots since Aw Naw
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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I don't know why, but when I see a P.O.N track I go "this will be the track that won't be on repeat for 73 hours straight". P.O.N gets mad play on my iPod, they don't no other people get rotation on my joint.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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Is it 4/20 yet? *wink, wink*
Really dug the acoustic production on this, and the boys came in and laced it nicely. I could bump this all day.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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ahhh,refreshing..love that acoustic touch to it,a track to lay back and reflect on ones' life
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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Nappy Roots keep winning. The Humdinger was one of the best albums, but got largely slept on. Still they continue staying true to their sound with this number, definitely one to "ride" to. Diggin the sound, Pursuit Of Nappyness is looking promising.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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Great song. Love the guitar, and the flow throughout.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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dis shit is bangin
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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I remember these guys from way... back. Never disappoint. Been needing this
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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dope offering! this is classic music! can't wait til the album drops!
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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This entire album is going to be a classic for sure...
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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THIS IS WHAT THE GAME HAS BEEN MISSING!!! ITS TIME TO WAKE UP!!! DEFINITELY A CLASSIC...
+ Skinny Deville be spittin' straight up common sense... He is by far my favorite emcee right now!!! I can't wait til 4/20... Its gonna be a GOOD DAY!!! |
| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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solid for real,this tracks on point
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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This entire album is going to be a classic for sure...
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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That guitar production is nasty! Really quality song right here. This is bout to be a sick album.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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This song is phenomenal after furhter review... almost wrecked my car bobbin my head so hard... the guitars are therapeutic... and i love the message!!!
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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In pursuit..
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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i like song.
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2010 |
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"gone, do the stanky leg, its better than talkin bout shootin ppl in the head" real conscious hip hop. cant wait for the album. 4/20/10
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2010 |
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this song made my morning
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2010 |
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great song cant wait for 4.20.10 for the album woot woot. haha just noticed its on 420 thats epic as this album should be
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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If this is a sample of there next album then im def in pursuit of nappyness
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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Acoustic guitar line and pounding drums with riding bass-line makes for a crazy BANGER!!! This is hip hop’s country-soul at its best.
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2010 |
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Awesome beat, nice hooks.
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2010 |
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skinny and scales went ham on this one!!!! this is the only time i think that auto tune was on point too!
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| Posted on Feb 10, 2010 |
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I could listen to this all day.
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| Posted on Feb 10, 2010 |
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"Gone, do the stanky leg, it's better than talking about shooting people in the head" (I love that line. I'm not falling on the floor about the song, but I did miss Nappy Roots. The opening rhyme was average, but that line, I tweeted THAT line. I'd rather hear party tracks all day than one more lyric about somebody killing somebody's child.)
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| Posted on Feb 11, 2010 |
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You know what I love about Nappy Roots? They prove that you can do southern rap with a message as well as the party tracks. The only other group I see doing this this heavy is Outkast. Love 'em both. I blasted the hell out of Nappy Roots first CD. I missed 'em!
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| Posted on Feb 11, 2010 |
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Hits!
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| Posted on Feb 11, 2010 |
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5/5. The only thing this song is missing is more versus.
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| Posted on Feb 13, 2010 |
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Love this one! These guys keep hittin' out of the park. I think this may replace the "Awnaw Rock Remix" as my favorite.
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| Posted on Feb 13, 2010 |
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The prod on this is nutz, I love the spacey sorta chilled feelin' while the accoustic lifts your bones outta ur skin xD Aaahhhh good ol Nappyz
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| Posted on Feb 16, 2010 |
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I am a huge fan of djbooth.net but I rarely leave opinions, and comments. I am not new to the site, but new to posting. Born in '88 but love hip-hop with all my heart, even though I'm the whitest kid you'll ever know. Nappy Roots, have always had partial rotation in my life, can't hate on some of their early joints at all. I think the beat and production of this song, fit them very, very well. I was not only impressed but it's a blessing that this site casts early joints. Whether, sober, drunk or high, you cannot hate on this joint assuming you are a fan of the Nappy Roots, I look forward to hearing more from them. I rarely give 5 stars, because that's a hard to come across in my opinion. Yes, this song should be in some sort of a rotation, whether, iPod or Cd, if you're still bangin' how I am. I love it, I think it accents, their abilities, behind a mic. I'm glad to hear more from them because they were doing their thang from the beginning. The first verse captivates you from the beginning and sucks you in, the chorus is not only catchy, but very well done. This is a nappy roots song that if you are a fan, you will totally throw this into a rotation. I'm proud, and excited for the rest of the album to drop. And to quote DJ Z - "the pursuit of nappyness hass officially began." Keep reppin' and keep it up guys.
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| Posted on Feb 16, 2010 |
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Nice production, and one of these mcees reminds me of Andre for real.
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| Posted on Feb 17, 2010 |
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This song is absurdly good. The only other Nappy song I ever listened to was aw nah cause of Madden 03, throwback.
Anyway, if anyone can list some nappy songs that are just like this one, great beat, guitar, the works, id appreciate it |
| Posted on Feb 17, 2010 |
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I love rap over acoustic. Haven't heard Nappy Roots since "Nappy Boys gonna be okay!" This is real solid
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| Posted on Feb 22, 2010 |
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i love nappy roots...they never disappoint!
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| Posted on Apr 22, 2010 |
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Nappy Roots are the shit. Love the acoustic guitar on the beat and lyrics on point as usual. It takes a special type of artist to favor quality over radio play and this group's got 5 of em
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