Just why?
I remember in the 90's how you could tell when the "new" sound arrived (probably started in the late 80's with garth), but 90's country largely still sounded for the most part 100% country; or when it pop charted (like billy rae cyrus or shameless by garth) it still didn't have any "urban influence" sound to it at all. About a decade ago this "new" new sound arrived and I have seen some back and fourth debates and articles written about it. Seems like the guy from the Zac Brown band and Jason Aldean got into a twitter battle over it back then. Some of these newer guys are very talented but they just throw that crap in there or have a certain part of the song that has that sound like Morgan Whalen's song "you proof" (based on the sound of that song, it didn't surprise me he was using the slang version of the n-word among his friends). Florida Georgia Line and Luke Brian seem to be some of the worst offenders.
Is this infection in country music a sign of the times where the gen-z and millennial artists have been so influenced by the woke and urban cultures that they are letting that bleed over to transition country music entirely? If you look at various cultures beyond just redneck/country, they all have this element of hip-hop influence and gangsta culture that has nothing to do with their own cultures?
Yeah, I due to my friends listened to rap in the 90's, a lot of people did. We had headbangers at parties in heavy metal boots that still knew all the lyrics to the top rap songs at the time. You also had even younger cowboys back then calling each other homie and dawg, etc. It was a weird time and the peak of gangsa rap I think. But that was rap, not country...I don't see the "redneck culture" bleeding over to influence other forms of music. So why is this happening to country music where the urban influence is bleeding over into it? Is it about money, broadening the audience, is this what gen-z thinks is country?
BTW, nothing against anyone or any particular group; I just don't want to hear rap or club music when I want to listen to country. Anyone else feel the same about TRANS country?
I remember in the 90's how you could tell when the "new" sound arrived (probably started in the late 80's with garth), but 90's country largely still sounded for the most part 100% country; or when it pop charted (like billy rae cyrus or shameless by garth) it still didn't have any "urban influence" sound to it at all. About a decade ago this "new" new sound arrived and I have seen some back and fourth debates and articles written about it. Seems like the guy from the Zac Brown band and Jason Aldean got into a twitter battle over it back then. Some of these newer guys are very talented but they just throw that crap in there or have a certain part of the song that has that sound like Morgan Whalen's song "you proof" (based on the sound of that song, it didn't surprise me he was using the slang version of the n-word among his friends). Florida Georgia Line and Luke Brian seem to be some of the worst offenders.
Is this infection in country music a sign of the times where the gen-z and millennial artists have been so influenced by the woke and urban cultures that they are letting that bleed over to transition country music entirely? If you look at various cultures beyond just redneck/country, they all have this element of hip-hop influence and gangsta culture that has nothing to do with their own cultures?
Yeah, I due to my friends listened to rap in the 90's, a lot of people did. We had headbangers at parties in heavy metal boots that still knew all the lyrics to the top rap songs at the time. You also had even younger cowboys back then calling each other homie and dawg, etc. It was a weird time and the peak of gangsa rap I think. But that was rap, not country...I don't see the "redneck culture" bleeding over to influence other forms of music. So why is this happening to country music where the urban influence is bleeding over into it? Is it about money, broadening the audience, is this what gen-z thinks is country?
BTW, nothing against anyone or any particular group; I just don't want to hear rap or club music when I want to listen to country. Anyone else feel the same about TRANS country?
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