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Entertainment WeeklyRepresents an enlightened South, where relfections on politics mix with odes to corn bread, where fingerpicked guitars blend with glitchy synths. [5 Sep 2003, p.76]
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VibeA significant step forward. [Oct 2003, p.179]
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I want you to hear this record, because you're really not going to experience many more interesting and listenable things in the world of popular music right now. But you better have some Ying Yang Twins or Junior Senior on hand, because you're gonna need a pennysworth of fun to go along with your nickelbag of funk.
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Fortunately they never swap their emphasis on some serious crunk-drawling for rap music's usual curb-sitting; in fact, the group expand their purview to look lovingly at lower-class life from several viewpoints.
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SpinAs with Watermelon, Chicken, the album drags; still, it's a compelling ride. [Oct 2003, p.110]
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Applies a coat of polish and smooths out the rough edges of their sound.
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Features a more worldly sound and outlook.
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By marrying ambitious rhymes to a series of increasingly hot beats, Nappy Roots have effectively avoided the sophomore jinx.
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BlenderAll of this might be more satisfying if the group's lyrics were strong enough to turn caricatures into characters. [Sep 2003, p.116]
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JakeDubHarmonNov 26, 2003BANGER!!
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sharahOct 22, 2003tight as hell!! congratulations
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AdamCSep 19, 2003