Author Topic: Hip-Hop Reacts to Country Music... (Read 2054 times)

roamer_1 · « **on:** March 19, 2019, 12:02:10 am »

Vanity/Multiple....

Alright - So I have lately run into this basic theme on Youtube - Hip hoppers reacting to country music, and I was pleasantly surprised.

Among the best, of course, are folks reacting to Chris Stapleton's 'Tennessee Whiskey"... Now granted, Stapleton's blues-y style is a pretty good candidate to cross over, but he is self-declared Country, and likely well inside the Outlaw Country genre.

My take-away observations:
Folks tend to be surprised to truly find Country music to their liking, and tend to be surprised at the very wide boundaries (many sub-genres they were wholly unaware of)

Folks tend to declare they they love the storytelling aspect of country music, and the clean lyrics. They seriously LOVE the guitar riffs and bridges, which I take it are missing from the hip hop genre, and feel a strong pull toward country being a lot like old school R&B.

A surprising majority seem to say they remember this kind of music and associate clearly with country gospel 'like their mamma used to play'.

A look at country music and it seems, we ain't all that far apart after all...

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roamer_1 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2019, 12:06:32 am »

Reaction to Darius Rucker's 'Wagon Wheel'

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roamer_1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2019, 12:11:32 am »

Reaction to Brooks and Dunn 'Believe'

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Wingnut · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2019, 12:18:13 am »

Tracker rap country bullshit is a stain on both types of music. Country and Western.

roamer_1 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2019, 01:00:37 am »

Quote from: The Ghost on March 19, 2019, 12:18:13 am

Tracker rap country bullshit is a stain on both types of music. Country and Western.

This ain't trucker rap or even hick hop... so what are you getting at?

Wingnut · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2019, 01:08:07 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on March 19, 2019, 01:00:37 am

This ain't trucker rap or even hick hop... so what are you getting at?

I'm getting at your stupid post. Piss off.

andy58-in-nh · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2019, 01:13:54 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on March 19, 2019, 12:02:10 am

Vanity/Multiple....

Alright - So I have lately run into this basic theme on Youtube - Hip hoppers reacting to country music, and I was pleasantly surprised.

Among the best, of course, are folks reacting to Chris Stapleton's 'Tennessee Whiskey"... Now granted, Stapleton's blues-y style is a pretty good candidate to cross over, but he is self-declared Country, and likely well inside the Outlaw Country genre.

My take-away observations:
Folks tend to be surprised to truly find Country music to their liking, and tend to be surprised at the very wide boundaries (many sub-genres they were wholly unaware of)

Folks tend to declare they they love the storytelling aspect of country music, and the clean lyrics. They seriously LOVE the guitar riffs and bridges, which I take it are missing from the hip hop genre, and feel a strong pull toward country being a lot like old school R&B.

A surprising majority seem to say they remember this kind of music and associate clearly with country gospel 'like their mamma used to play'.

A look at country music and it seems, we ain't all that far apart after all...

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Thank you, thank you, thank you for that! I am a huge fan of Chris Stapleton, and a lifelong fan of blues, R&B and and soul, too. This man has an amazing voice that transcends time and space and color. Music is a vital human experience in the presence of which people of all backgrounds have historically come together, and are at least momentarily led to forget all of the abstract nonsense that divides us, for it is real and universal, and in its best renditions, speaks directly to the soul.

roamer_1 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2019, 01:16:06 am »

Quote from: The Ghost on March 19, 2019, 01:08:07 am

I'm getting at your stupid post. Piss off.

Go pedal your crap elsewhere. I've got your number.

roamer_1 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2019, 01:38:01 am »

Quote from: andy58-in-nh on March 19, 2019, 01:13:54 am

Thank you, thank you, thank you for that! I am a huge fan of Chris Stapleton, and a lifelong fan of blues, R&B and and soul, too. This man has an amazing voice that transcends time and space and color.

@andy58-in-nh
I know, right? Like I said in the OP, it is little wonder that he is often thought of for an introductory artist when folks are approaching Country music...

But rightly so, man... rightly so.

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Music is a vital human experience in the presence of which people of all backgrounds have historically come together, and are at least momentarily led to forget all of the abstract nonsense that divides us, for it is real and universal, and in its best renditions, speaks directly to the soul.

Memphis really ain't that far from Nashville (and for that matter, neither is Austin)... And ALL of it, I don't care what you listen to, finds it's roots right there.

Glad you liked it - Don't wander down this theme very far, you can get lost in it for days.

truth_seeker · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2019, 01:57:36 am »

I call Stapleton's music "Country Blues," but "Blues grew in part, from Country.

Very good album is:
"Rhythm, Country and Blues is"
Produced by Don Was. an album featuring duets between R&B and country music artists on classic songs. It was released by MCA Records on March 1, 1994. The album debuted at #1 on Top Country Albums and #15 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm,_Country_and_Blues

roamer_1 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 19, 2019, 02:16:52 am »

Quote from: truth_seeker on March 19, 2019, 01:57:36 am

I call Stapleton's music "Country Blues," but "Blues grew in part, from Country.

That's right... and Rock grew from the synthesis of the two... And like I said upthread, everything in American music grew from that - from those two roots, figuratively Memphis and Nashville...

I just found it heartening - Country is a mammoth genre very often overlooked in social circles... like it is a redheaded stepchild and not very cool... It's just good to see it get some credz...

It's neat to see - and very real reactions.

Thanks for the reply.

truth_seeker · « **Reply #11 on:** March 19, 2019, 03:12:02 am »

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truth_seeker · « **Reply #14 on:** March 19, 2019, 03:32:05 am »

From the 1994 album titled "Rythm, Country & Blues"

It is worth owning, so I do.

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roamer_1 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 19, 2019, 03:32:08 am »

Quote from: truth_seeker on March 19, 2019, 03:12:02 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_T8mRnqCwE#

@truth_seeker
LOL! That was great! Turned out kinda a Rockabilly thing, which is right up my alley!
I don't know most of them folks, but I take it they're Rock and roll types... The hair kinda gives it away :D

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #16 on:** March 19, 2019, 03:36:04 am »

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truth_seeker · « **Reply #17 on:** March 19, 2019, 03:40:00 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on March 19, 2019, 03:32:08 am

@truth_seeker
LOL! That was great! Turned out kinda a Rockabilly thing, which is right up my alley!
I don't know most of them folks, but I take it they're Rock and roll types... The hair kinda gives it away :D

Howa bout George Harrison, Beatles' lead guitar, Eric Clapton, legendary Brit llead guitar.

I picked that to show the powerful influence, of American country styles.

Somewhere I have a country album by Van Morrison.

Britain loves American blues, country, jazz. I do too.

truth_seeker · « **Reply #18 on:** March 19, 2019, 03:45:53 am »

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roamer_1 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 19, 2019, 04:01:27 am »

Quote from: truth_seeker on March 19, 2019, 03:40:00 am

Howa bout George Harrison, Beatles' lead guitar, Eric Clapton, legendary Brit llead guitar.

I recognized Clapton - There ain't a Country band alive that does't know Lay Down Sally - And I know that famous riff my own self, and can play it blindfolded. Who was the chick? Maybe Benatar? I dunno... and the dude on the bass with the purple hair? I dunno any of them folks.
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I picked that to show the powerful influence, of American country styles.

yeah I got the vibe.

I know Van Morrison and of course, Muddy Waters... Pretty sure the big hair guys were Aerosmith...

truth_seeker · « **Reply #21 on:** March 19, 2019, 04:05:43 am »

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truth_seeker · « **Reply #22 on:** March 19, 2019, 04:46:51 am »

I can't sing or play a lick of music. But I enjoy listening.

Cal State Long Beach has had a "Jazz & Blues" station for decades.

Elmore James (upthread) & T-Bone Walker are worth hearing.

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sneakypete · « **Reply #23 on:** March 19, 2019, 02:41:15 pm »

Quote from: truth_seeker on March 19, 2019, 01:57:36 am

I call Stapleton's music "Country Blues," but "Blues grew in part, from Country.

Very good album is:
"Rhythm, Country and Blues is"
Produced by Don Was. an album featuring duets between R&B and country music artists on classic songs. It was released by MCA Records on March 1, 1994. The album debuted at #1 on Top Country Albums and #15 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm,_Country_and_Blues

@truth_seeker

Are you trying to claim there is an actual difference? Have you never listened to gospel music? Doesn't take a musical genius to see where country,blues,and rock music came from.

Give "Will the Circle be Unbroken" a listen and then get back to me.

truth_seeker · « **Reply #24 on:** March 19, 2019, 03:01:37 pm »

Quote from: sneakypete on March 19, 2019, 02:41:15 pm

@truth_seeker
...get back to me.

Just posting some music I like.

In the early days of Rock, some here objected that it was enticing young listeners to wiggle their hips, to music only fit for bleep.

Thepioneers were credited with combining various music forms, with "race music."

Among them, Elvis the pelvis.

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