Who is Nappy Roots? Six students from Western Kentucky University decided to follow their dreams and form a rap group in 1996. Skinny DeVille, R Prophet, Big V, Scales, Ron Clutch, and B Stille are the stage names of Nappy Roots. Their real names are William Hughes, Ryan Anthony, Vito Tisdale, Melvin Adams, Ronald Wilson, and Brian Scott. Their southern-based roots, from Georgia and Kentucky, give them their unique style.

The diversity of the people in the concert was of a wide variety. The young crowd dressed informally or even dressed up for Halloween, making it a very interesting site. I was surprised to find many people dancing to the music. This was a big difference from the conservative formal concerts I have attended for this class.

The opening act was disappointing. First, they were thirty minutes late. Second, I couldn't even hear what their name was due to the horrible accent the lead singer had. Third, they lacked up-beat

The lyrics of the songs by Nappy Roots were kind of like the Opera Buffa, since the common or working class people can relate to the music. I could also tell the passion that each of the performers put into each word they rapped. When the crowd was settling down, one would sneak off stage and run from the top row, shaking hands and giving hugs, getting the crowd back into the performance. This is not to mention the tears of joy and screaming that girls that touched their hands on their voyage to the stage.

songs that people could relate too. Two of the songs weren't even songs people could dance to. The other song was too fast to hear what the words were, and people were in a state of confusion. Overall the group didn't seem prepared for such an unforgiving crowd.

During the songs Skinny DeVille would use a call-response with the crowd, saying a line and then having the crowd sing the next line. They would also speed up and slow down how fast they would rap. I was amazed at the use of pauses at certain times to break the beat up and have the crowd go wild. The use of free-style amazed me. They were able to come up with phrases of music that weren't their regular lyrics and these new lyrics would relate to the crowd some how. All of these devices were used to better entertain the audience.

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