Rapper Nelly to record a country album
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Since there has been a more concentrated number of artists tipping and dipping outside of their primary genres by way of musical collaborations over the years, it should not come as a complete surprise that Hip Hop star Nelly is doing a rap country album., AKA Hick Hop.
His first album released in 2000 was entitled "Country Grammar," suggesting Nelly knew soething about rural life. He infused a Southern twang or drawl into the music that put him on the map. That year, showing his interest in country was authentic he collaborated with Tim McGraw on "Over and Over," a genre-bending collaboration. Nelly later teamed up with Florida Georgia Line on the remix of "Cruise," which is the top-selling digital country single of all time according to Rolling Stone.
The rapper's collabos with Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw may have inspired the decision to tip his hat to doing a full-fledge country rap album and he may be the first Hip Hop artist to fully cross that line.
Hip Hop, Nellys' native genre, is the sugar of the music world. Add it to just about anything and it sounds sweeter. Hick Hop infuses rap into country and has become its own sub-genre, seeing marginal success wiht such practitioners as Jawga Boyz. Nelly will have a chance to test this theory in reverse. Country won't necessarily make rap sound better so his work is cut out for him
Since there has been a more concentrated number of artists tipping and dipping outside of their primary genres by way of musical collaborations over the years, it should not come as a complete surprise that Hip Hop star Nelly is doing a rap country album., AKA Hick Hop.
His first album released in 2000 was entitled "Country Grammar," suggesting Nelly knew soething about rural life. He infused a Southern twang or drawl into the music that put him on the map. That year, showing his interest in country was authentic he collaborated with Tim McGraw on "Over and Over," a genre-bending collaboration. Nelly later teamed up with Florida Georgia Line on the remix of "Cruise," which is the top-selling digital country single of all time according to Rolling Stone.
The rapper's collabos with Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw may have inspired the decision to tip his hat to doing a full-fledge country rap album and he may be the first Hip Hop artist to fully cross that line.
Hip Hop, Nellys' native genre, is the sugar of the music world. Add it to just about anything and it sounds sweeter. Hick Hop infuses rap into country and has become its own sub-genre, seeing marginal success wiht such practitioners as Jawga Boyz. Nelly will have a chance to test this theory in reverse. Country won't necessarily make rap sound better so his work is cut out for him
