This song is trash. He’s the Rachel Dolezal of country music.
You can’t put on a “country” accent on top of a trap beat and call it country.

http://i.imgur.com/c7c8aDx.jpg

Taylor Swift's "Never Getting Back Together" topped the Billboard Country Charts for weeks, but this isn't country enough to get on there. Cmon

So....

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-conservative-cma-beyonce-dixie-chicks-20161103-htmlstory.html

EDIT - The Lil Nas X song is a level of garbage that surprised me.

personally I just don't care for genre nazis... man everything fits into more than one category.

And it's being accepted.

This is like rock stations that didn't play rap, but played the fuck out of eminem.

Plenty of country songs are taking that same format.

They realized he was black and took him off the charts, same as Em got his spins on rock radio for being white.

>

Thematically it's as country as anything I know. Oh I don't know anything about Country I should add.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

Great example btw.

I went on youtube and stopped watching after a minute. Not for me.


watch he becomes the new Darius Rucker

This whole fiasco with billboard has made him WAY more visible, I only heard of him because the song got removed from the charts, so that probably worked out in his favor

I wonder if most people complaining about his name are aware of the history of the name Abdi Nasir. that didn't start with one guy from Queens.

>I wonder if most people complaining about his name are aware
>of the history of the name Abdi Nasir. that didn't start with
>one guy from Queens.

the one guy from Queens owns the name now, especially in rap music

>

.....i mean, at least he doesn't have a bunch of $$$$$ in his name i guess

Hittin all the rap demographics with one stone

Don’t own
And currently suck at
I’m not about to use THIS song as a door buster since
1. It’s tradh
2. It’s not country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT9iox7jH1g

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

White people consume black content at gross rates
This non banger bangs to them and they enjoy it (https://twitter.com/iadosm/status/1112676763103125506?s=21)

It could be parody it could be sincere but ultimately it’s trash.

i honestly can't tell if people just frontin, but you can't hear that accent and not hear it being a goofy country impression

I mean if authentic accents are suddenly are suddenly a requirement and all

The Devin song is a one off and so is this.

With her heavy fake country accent

2019 has been a wild one.

though *shrug*

Is this Lil Nas X's whole sound, or just a one off that he did??

It serves its purpose as a fusion experiment, I guess. Plus, I really like when artists think outside the box and collaborate across genre, generation, etc so his working with Billy Ray Cyrus is different in a good way to me.

I've read all the takes in here, but personally... I think I'd side with Lil Nas X bc it seems the Billboard issue is driven largely by racism (i.e. I believe the same song would have remained on the chart were it solely by a white country artist).

It's weird how emphasis is placed on Lil Nas X's identity as a rap artist and not the country elements of the song, though... Like, if Andrea Bocelli sang an r & b song in his opera voice (say, complete with typical r & b beat/instrumentation, style & structure, bridge, theme, etc.)... should it be classified as an r & b song? Or an opera song? I would think such a song should count as r & b; but it seems the counterargument would be well he's an opera singer and he's singing in an operatic voice so it's an opera song, regardless of the clear r & b elements.

In Lil Nas X's song, the trap element is strong but it still sounds like a country song to me. I feel like the song would play better to a crowd on a country club's dancefloor than a hood club's dancefloor *shrug*

it doesn't sound anything like OTR to me.

there's a lotta overthinking in this post. The vibe I get from him is he likes making music and he was just tryin shxt to see what would work. I don't see him being loyal to any particular genre, and the conversation surrounding the joint is kinda funny.

It's really just a spectacle. his 15 minutes been up, he on O/T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ysFgElQtjI

It's mixed much better. X's vocals are louder in the chorus.
Sounds like the fully realized version. Original almost sounds like a demo in comparison.

The song is ok but the premise/concept is friggin genius!!
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Wow

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Musically.Entertaining.Lyrically.Alluring.

... "A Beautiful Struggle"
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I love this site
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DALLAS LAKERICKS LETS GO!!

Wish it was longer. Sounds country af to me.

He fuckin up wit dat...

The bar done been set, if you have "Nas" in yo name, you gots ta be an exemplary muhfukka! You cant be no self-hating bootleg ninja AT ALL!

So, as long as dude take "Nas" out his name, he good money. Until den, he forfeit.

Hood gonna be in Fendi sports Bras all summer cuz of Billy Fucking Ray Muthafucking Cyrus

I’ll only support if it’s making Trump supporters mad.

some white people think that it's killing the music.

Video about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT9iox7jH1g

I was actually shocked the level it's gotten to, but florida georgia line group really opened my eyes to how prevalent country rap is. If they legit took this dude off the country charts we know exactly why that is

>some white people think that it's killing the music.
>
>Video about it
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT9iox7jH1g
>
>I was actually shocked the level it's gotten to, but florida
>georgia line group really opened my eyes to how prevalent
>country rap is. If they legit took this dude off the country
>charts we know exactly why that is

Yeah go ahead let this Nas X on whatever charts

at first it was kinda quaint, but its been full out fear and jealousy of LA for decades

those are the country elements that old town road is supposedly missing?

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DALLAS LAKERICKS LETS GO!!

but seeing the snap graphic every time was hilarious

No good reason why those things are all country but this guy isn't.

*saunters down to hr and complains*

Country music needs to stop biting off hip-hop. Ain't nobody got time for your bum ass Ford, your trophy wife, your guns, your fake army worship, your bum ass playing operator, your trash ass farm, your worship of beer, whiskey, and tractors.

For fuck's sake can Country music please promote a black singer? I'm tired of all the female singers being blonde trophy wives.

the new country jacks call it country....

i guess

on a social level.

It's all capitalism....but if his presence are making a certain group of people mad then I'm here for it.

He does regular music. the song was basically from his meme YT channel

...I get it...

>You can’t put on a “country” accent on top of a trap
>beat and call it country.

it's a pretty effective country-accented sample with the plunky sparse banjo and a little fiddle
the content is country to the point of potentially being taken for parody (i can't tell)
the attitude is country (though not just country)

As a genre mashup, it's relatively effective and I can see why it's a hit on country radio esp. in light of recent sonic shifts in 'white' pop country.

Makes me wonder if Deliverance would be a country hit today.

i mean, you from Atlanta. You probably already talk country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF_ceFugJjQ

I never really listened to those Ghosts projects anyway, the producer HAD to have come across that on a library shuffle or some shit lol.


Some extra good schadenfreude having Ross and Reznor in the liner notes of the summer's hottest gimmick rap record.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

Let's take that shit BACK yo.
ALL of it
Rock? - TAKE IT BACK
Country? - TAKE IT BACK
Blues? - TAKE IT BACK
All of it...
it's ours...
I'm all for these youngins taking shit back...
even if it was in jest at first...looks like dude might have stumbled onto a real viable movement here...


"Get ready....for your blessing....."

rest of the EP other than Panini is kinda wack. but Rodeo is the mf one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx0Z0B8Xox0

Looking back at this post it seems overwrought.

It's a joke song at the expense of the white country music purist who can't abide from a lil black boy dominating their genre...and we mad for them.

My kids love it the way they loved Gangum Style. Let them have it and enjoy the white folks being mad.

Meanwhile this panini joint is the one for the culture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrWA4C8eLw

Panini is kinda light.. timid almost

he shoulda went all the way with it... get Fall Out Boy on it

at least Juice World

"Panini" is like a almost-there competitor with Roddy Ricch's "Project Dreams" for the crown right now. The first time I heard Roddy's song I was like, "what is this fusion of Bad Boy faux-gangster fantasy and Yellowcard one-off pop ecstasy?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn7WDtF3nKA


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

Should've kept on singing.

the most memorable lines are in the raps..

"got the horses in the baaaccck"

not made at it. that beat bangs.

https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


"She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me..."

..humans are hilarious.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

Who got pre social media dragged for “are you digging my timbs my bag hit jeans my thug appeal”

..to both songs.

It should be obvious, but in case you missed it: when Timberlake & Timbaland released the song in 2002 it was a hit, right out the gate. Since then, its been ranked highly on several critics lists as one of the best songs of all time (not saying that I agree, but that shouldn't be ignored).

NIN doubled down on that in 2008 with 34 Ghost IV.

Lil' Nas X is following a proven formula with some added drums & lows and its working.

That's a win for everyone.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

that was JC Chasez

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

So 34 ghosts (Old town road) is an interpolation of Cry Me A River?

mmmmm nah

..I'm referencing the formula used for it.

Ihe chord structure, pacing, rhythm, etc.

It was almost guaranteed to win.

I find it funny that people front on something so simple.



*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

I think most people IF they have an issue is with the top line...

But even the top line is catchy so I also dont know how they can front...

Dude fluked on a well crafted pop cut... strong hook, strong pre chorus, catchy lines and short like a motown smash

No message

..its a well written song, even if its corny.

Flawless victory © Mortal Kombat.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

Of course a Black Marvel Movie will be huge. Of course a Black Horror Movie will blow up.

Of Course, Diddy Flipping the Juicy Beat with Biggie would be huge.


That's how tapping into the zeitgeist works.

But if it were all so simple, every hack would be doing it.

Give Little Mans and them their credit.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

dude was drifting around couches and now he's huge all over the world. he's got flash in the fucking pan written all over him but the song is so big that he might carry his 15 minutes into 30 or more. talent wise i think he makes trinidad james look like ray fucking charles, but whatever, if people like him, good for him. great rags to riches story.

because usually folks get that one hit then try and make the same song twice
or try and show everybody their ACTUAL music

he's done the latter, but the whole ep shows a decent range i wasn't really expecting and packaged in a way that actually looks like HIS vision instead of a label. Son really has legit been on stay-ready mode.

Its not all my cup of tea but, i respect him for showing a level of confidence with the spotlight on.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

He'll eat off that hit forever but that's all that's coming from Nas

>You can’t put on a “country” accent on top of a trap
>beat and call it country.

#they have done worse

Sonically, the chopped and screwed version of Old Town Road is prob the best thing to come out of all this. Otherwise it's not my cup of tea, but get your money Blk man

There's quite a few up on youtube and I don't wanna go thru all of that


https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


"She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me..."

I can't imagine he's referring to any others, but then again Slim K's flip is pretty all over the place quality wise.




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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xVEg6ENPVM

I had to double check that it wasn't mislabeled

haven't heard the rest of the EP yet, but i got mahkonnen vibes from jump.

again, get paid young man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XD703T079M

"Nas X and Big Nas This Shit Ride."

I dig!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTaokISuOGQ

but grown men shouldnt be mad at anything these kids are doing