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Country-rap
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Country-rap is the addition of country music influences under hip hop music-style rapping. The style is known by several other names, such as "hick hop," "hill hop," "hip hopry," and "country hip hop". Cowboy Troy is most likely the best-known country-rap artist.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Country Rap
- 3 Other examples
- 4 Music sample
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History
The mixing of country and hip-hop genres has been done in such different ways over the last two decades that no coherent genre of its own has emerged to associate many groups with. Each time it has been tried, the results have been very different, with different artists taking different elements from hip-hop and country with which to blend the two. The resulting sounds are so different that many of these artists have practically nothing in common. "Country Rock and Rap", a 1982 single by the Disco Four, is the first recognized blend of the two genres. Later acts have associated a fusion of country and hip-hop with various sounds and terms.
Country Rap
Artists known primarily as rappers with noted country influences include
Bubba Sparxxx, Cadillac Zack, and Nashville Chance. The country-rap label can also include country-influenced
rap rock artists such as
Kid Rock and
Everlast.
Other examples
- "Country Rap" was the title of a Bellamy Brothers song from 1987, which was (as its title indicates) performed in a country-rap style.
Music sample