{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Humdinger | type = Studio album | artist = Nappy Roots | cover = Thehumdinger.jpg | alt = | released = August 5, 2008 | recorded = 2005–2008 | studio = {{hlist|Tree Sound Studios <small>(Norcross, Georgia)</small>|The Kitchen Studios}} | genre = Hip hop | length = 1:01:26 | label = Nappy Roots Entertainment Group | producer = {{hlist|Paul Diaz <small>({{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})</small>|Sol Messiah|James "Groove" Chambers|Big Al|Count Justice|Joe Hop|Kevin "Big Block" Freeman|N.A.|Vision|Willy Will|3 Kingz}} | prev_title = Wooden Leather | prev_year = 2003 | year = 2008 | next_title = The Pursuit of Nappyness | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Humdinger | type = studio | single1 = Good Day | single1date = Late 2007 }} }} '''''The Humdinger''''' is the third studio album by American hip hop quintet Nappy Roots from Kentucky. It was released on August 5, 2008 under Nappy Roots Entertainment Group record label's partnership with Fontana Distribution. Recording sessions took place at Treesound Studios in Atlanta and at the Kitchen Studios. Production was handled by Sol Messiah, James "Groove" Chambers, 3 Kingz, Big Al, Count Justice, Joe Hop, Kevin Freeman, N.A., Vision and Willy Will. The album features guest appearances from Slick & Rose, Anthony Hamilton, Greg Nice, James "Groove" Chambers and Tracy Hill.
The album peaked at number 73 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. Its lead single, "Good Day", made it to #54 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 21, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=NAPPY+ROOTS&ti=GOOD+DAY|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|work=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=November 28, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Album information == {{Music ratings | rev1 = HipHopDX | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.993/title.nappy-roots-the-humdinger#|title=Nappy Roots - The Humdinger {{!}} HipHopDX|last=Paine|first=Jake|date=August 15, 2008|website=HipHopDX|access-date=November 28, 2018}}</ref> | rev2 = RapReviews | rev2score = (8/10)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_08_humdinger.html|title=Nappy Roots :: The Humdinger :: Nappy Roots Ent./Fontana Distribution|last=Juon|first=Steve 'Flash'|date=August 12, 2008|website=www.rapreviews.com|access-date=November 28, 2018}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Spin'' | rev3score = (5/10)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2008/09/nappy-roots-humdinger-nreg/|title=Nappy Roots, ‘The Humdinger’ (N.R.E.G.)|last=Dukes|first=Will|date=September 18, 2008|work=Spin|access-date=November 28, 2018}}</ref> }} ''The Humdinger'' was set to be released in 2005, a follow-up to the group's 2003 album ''Wooden Leather'', but was delayed several times. It is the group's first studio album not to feature R. Prophet, who left the group to pursue a solo career, and it is also their first studio album released via their own independent record label Nappy Roots Entertainment Group.
Several tracks of the album, including "Good Day", were previously featured on their 2007 mixtape ''Innerstate Music''. The song "Tinted Up" was previously presented on their 2008 mixtape ''Cookout Muzik''.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro | length1 = 0:56 | extra1 =
| title2 = Beads & Braids | length2 = 3:39 | writer2 = {{hlist|William Hughes|Vito Tisdale|Brian Scott|Ernest Franklin}} | extra2 = Sol Messiah
| title3 = On My Way to GA | length3 = 4:40 | writer3 = {{hlist|Melvin Adams|Hughes|Scott|Franklin}} | extra3 = Sol Messiah
| title4 = Pole Position | note4 = featuring Slick & Rose | writer4 = {{hlist|Adams|Hughes|Scott|Alverrick Powell}} | length4 = 4:27 | extra4 = Vision
| title5 = Flex | length5 = 3:49 | writer5 = {{hlist|Adams|Tisdale|Hughes|Ronald Wilson|Scott|William Hodge}} | extra5 = Willy Will
| title6 = Swerve and Lean | length6 = 4:12 | writer6 = {{hlist|Hughes|Franklin}} | extra6 = Sol Messiah
| title7 = Good Day | length7 = 4:21 | writer7 = {{hlist|Tisdale|Adams|Hughes}} | extra7 = Big Al
| title8 = Down 'N Out | note8 = featuring Anthony Hamilton | length8 = 4:28 | writer8 = {{hlist|Hughes|Scott|Adams|Kevin Freeman}} | extra8 = Kevin Freeman
| title9 = Tinted Up | note9 = featuring Groove Chambers | length9 = 3:55 | writer9 = {{hlist|Adams|Tisdale|Scott|Wilson|Hughes|James Chambers}} | extra9 = James "Groove" Chambers
| title10 = Fresh | length10 = 4:26 | writer10 = {{hlist|Tisdale|Hughes|Adams|Scott|Wilson|J. Watkins|C. Middleton|A. Jergin}} | extra10 = 3 Kingz
| title11 = Kalifornia Dreamin{{'-}} | note11 = featuring Slick & Rose | length11 = 3:51 | writer11 = {{hlist|Adams|Hughes|Scott|Visdale|Franklin}} | extra11 = Sol Messiah
| title12 = Who Got It??? | length12 = 3:24 | writer12 = {{hlist|Scott|Tisdale|Hughes|Wilson|Joe Hopper}} | extra12 = Joe Hop
| title13 = No Static | note13 = featuring Greg Nice | length13 = 3:22 | writer13 = {{hlist|Adams|Hughes|Franklin}} | extra13 = Sol Messiah
| title14 = Don't Stop | note14 = featuring Groove Chambers | length14 = 3:52 | writer14 = {{hlist|Scott|Adams|Tisdale|Hughes|Wilson|Chambers}} | extra14 = James "Groove" Chambers
| title15 = Panic Room | length15 = 3:07 | writer15 = {{hlist|Adams|Hughes|Tisdale|Tracy Hill}} | extra15 = N.A.
| title16 = Small Town | length16 = 4:57 | writer16 = {{hlist|Tisdale|Adams|Hughes|Justin Johnson}} | extra16 = Count Justice
| total_length = 1:01:26 }}
==Personnel==
'''Technical''' * Slavic Livins– mixing *Joel "HoP" Hopper-Engineer and Mix
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==External links== *[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-humdinger-mw0000792597 Nappy Roots – The Humdinger] at AllMusic *[https://www.discogs.com/Nappy-Roots-The-Humdinger/release/2500338 Nappy Roots – The Humdinger] at Discogs
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