Country Is The New Rap
Filed under: Music Minute
With the exception of Kanye West, sales of hip hop records have been on the decline these last twelve months. Country, on the other hand, is experiencing a boom in sales!
This week, country trio Rascal Flatts sold 547,000 copies of their new album, Still Feels Good, which easily put them them in first place on the Billboard 200.
This is the band's third straight #1 album!
Last week, Reba McEntire was #1 with her Duets album.
Country is huge!
Other notable debuts this week include the latest offerings from Joni Mitchell, Queen Latifah and Chaka Khan, and Keyshia Cole.
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The reason that country music is still selling is because the fans are too stupid to figure out how a computer works. Either that or they are too broke to own one. Without the ability to download pirated music, the bumpkin masses are forced to cough up the cash (or foodstamps) for cassettes of their favorite slobbering songbirds at the local truckstop. The average IQ in the United States is 97 (70 being the clinical bar for retardation). Therefore, county music is a boom industry. BTW, the average IQ in the military (now) is 79. Before 2001 it was 90… Perhaps I'll go write myself a Brooks and Dunn ballad about that travesty…
denix, it's so ironic how you talked about spelling, because it's dyslexia, not dislexia. hypocrite.
RASCAL FLATTS IS NOT COUNTRY. They are nothing more than bullshit pop artists. I detest these fat wannabe boy-banders. Country music isn't sung by whiny, nasally jackasses with porn star wives. They are POP ARTISTS and I wish they would stay the hell off country radio.
Rap music is not as good as country music, so let's hope that country does not become the new rap…
I'm very happy for Rascal Flatts, they really deserve all these great stuff that they're living through… So does Reba…
I don't care everyone's discussion about Rascal Flatts being country music, pop or rock or whatever… They are just a great band and they just do amazing music… if its up to name its music, they have an obvious country root, maybe kind of poppalized (??), but i really don't care. I just love those guys…
These artists give you real music: Elton John, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Prince, Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney and Wings, Patti Labelle, EArth Wind and Fire, The Isley Brothers, Queen, Rod Stewart and Faces, The Emotions, Chic, Ashford and SImpson, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye…THat is the best DAMN MUSIC OUT THERE….CAN'T NO ONE COMPETE WITH THAT!!!
THE BEST MUSIC IN THIS COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN BLUES, JAZZ AND ROCK AND ROLL AND EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD KNOWS IT.
I'm a lifelong country music fan.
Country Music: George Strait
Alan Jackson
Johnny Cash
Dolly
Loretta
Brooks and Dun
Alabama
Tammy
Hank
Patty Loveless
etc
Just cause they sell well and are labeled country, doesn't mean they're country. Rascal Flatts is a bad pop group, that came after the boy band fad was over. Somehow they fooled country radio into believing that they were the real deal. No dice, they are frauds and they suck.
Only people under 20 would even consider listening to their garbage.
I love country music and I hate Rascal Flatts aka Rascal Fags.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You bet they're huge!!!!! One of the best (new) country bands I've ever heard. Along with Emerson Drive (canadian)!!
Re: henry krinkle – STFU!! Your a frickin' loser….
the reason why the sales of rap have gone down is boot legging…i guess the good old boys don't believe in it, and for the dumb ass that said rap is out dated, it came out about 200 yrs after country!!! Get ur facts straight!!!
I love country and I'm British! Some of the best musicians. Record on tape! Forgot over processing and autotune.
BTW. RIP Buddy Killan. x
And again…..we are not all trailor trash OR white…..and I have a degree in computer programming……so I DO know how to use a computer….and I still love country music. Stereotyping idiots.
I also like what is truely R&B, today's hip hop "artists" ruined all of that.
And yes, I agree Rascal Flatts aren't old school country either.
Ha, this is great. Rascal Flatts on perezhilton.com
I need a new wildest dream…
Good job, boys. ;]
Re: JACOB –
Country is not about appearance and style. Its about the music. You don't hear hip-hop telling stories about life. All you hear is drugs and sex. Country actually sings about things that are real. DO YOU GET IT NOW?
Re: christina –
Thats BS! Just because it's country doesn't mean we still use 8-tracks! We're not Redneck, or Hillbillies, or Trailer Trash, or Hicks, or Racist Homophobes. And yea…for all you idiots out here…WE FREAKIN HAVE COMPUTERS AND WE DOWNLOAD! Don't get all hasty with me. I like hip-hop/rap too.
My speculation is, and this is no diss to the fans, a lot of their audience isn't the brightest of means and downloading songs kinda goes out the window because of it….
So what if you say country isn't "cool"? It makes no difference what anyone else thinks. I happen to LOVE Rascal Flatts, and I think it's great that they've had so much success, and will continue to, despite the fact that they're not "cool" =P
Re: geraldo – Yodeling hillbillies? Country has NEVER tried to be rock whatsoever. You have no class. You don't like country? Good for you. But DO NOT bash it, that's unnecessary. Just don't listen to it. You complaining about it only makes you look stupid and illiterate.
Re: geraldo – Yodeling hillbillies? Country has NEVER tried to be rock whatsoever. You have no class. You don't like country? Good for you. But DO NOT bash it, that's unnecessary. Just don't listen to it. You complaining about it only makes you look stupid and illiterate.
Re: Erin – AMEN!!!
Re: Erin – AMEN!!!
Re: Big Daddy – A single song THEY've recorded, dumbass. You play the song for them, they'll know who you're talking about.
Re: SIMON – Wow, thank you for letting me refrain from pointing out your incredible ignorance and immaturity by displaying it yourself. Country fans are not inbred fools. Sad and insecure? No. There is such a thing as defending some of your favorite artists or types of music though. And I am not kidding. You get off your little soapbox and do a little research, and you'll find that Country music is VERY well-established. It invokes emotion and talks about things that really matter, unlike other genres of "music" you people are listening to today.
Re: SIMON – Wow, thank you for letting me refrain from pointing out your incredible ignorance and immaturity by displaying it yourself. Country fans are not inbred fools. Sad and insecure? No. There is such a thing as defending some of your favorite artists or types of music though. And I am not kidding. You get off your little soapbox and do a little research, and you'll find that Country music is VERY well-established. It invokes emotion and talks about things that really matter, unlike other genres of "music" you people are listening to today.
Re: SIMON – Wow, thank you for letting me refrain from pointing out your incredible ignorance and immaturity by displaying it yourself. Country fans are not inbred fools. Sad and insecure? No. There is such a thing as defending some of your favorite artists or types of music though. And I am not kidding. You get off your little soapbox and do a little research, and you'll find that Country music is VERY well-established. It invokes emotion and talks about things that really matter, unlike other genres of "music" you people are listening to today.
Re: Texaschick – Yes, blues and rock n roll are still very big in the South, but don't generalize all country fans as being insecure or easily insulted. I could care less who likes the type of music I like, but there's no need to knock down the people who do listen to it. THAT right there shows ignorance and INSECURITY.
Re: Texaschick – Yes, blues and rock n roll are still very big in the South, but don't generalize all country fans as being insecure or easily insulted. I could care less who likes the type of music I like, but there's no need to knock down the people who do listen to it. THAT right there shows ignorance and INSECURITY.
Re: Texaschick – Yes, blues and rock n roll are still very big in the South, but don't generalize all country fans as being insecure or easily insulted. I could care less who likes the type of music I like, but there's no need to knock down the people who do listen to it. THAT right there shows ignorance and INSECURITY.
#118 Blues, R & B and soul, Jazz ballards all told stories about life and love, loss and living. Blues did it over a hundred years ago, nobody said Rap ever claimed to have such feelings. Only young people who don't know anything about music think that way.
Will all of you people stop arguing over what is the best because it is all AMERICAN music and that's what counts!!! Stop building wedges where none need exist. BLUES, GOSPEL, JAZZ, COUNTRY, RHYTHM AND BLUES, ROCK AND ROLL, SOUL, HIP HOP, IT'S ALL GREAT SO ALL OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!!!
That is because the rascal flatts rule!!!! why dont you at least try to focus on the artists that actually put out an album or a good movie once in a while? Instead of the dogshit like Paris Hiltons new Fudgeberry Fart Perfume or Britney got drunk again…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!! I just farted btw
Re: Frank – Hey Frank…loosen yer boot straps and do the tush push….you're too upset over this. And yes…wait…pppppffffttttt!!! I farted yet again. aaaahhhhhh….
If country is the new rap then fat is the new thin….
I hate country music because of the stereotype it perpetuates about Southern people. Also, just because it's popular does not mean it is high quality. It's a known fact that lowbrow sells to the masses, which explains the popularity of country music, McDonalds, and Wal-Mart. I hate rap, too. Rock music will always be the best because it represents hip, cool, rebellious, and has the most ingenious artists in its genre. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the Beatles are just as popular today as they were thirty-something years ago. Long live rock!!!
Country is the shit!
this would be their 5th album**
Rascal Flatts totally rock!!!!!!
They are one of the most awesome bands to see live in concert. Live a little people.!!!!
i was country before country was cool
Re: Brian –
THAT WAS HILARIOUS
calm down homo, no its not. i like your style dont ruin it.
i like country music, but that rascall flatts shit is gayer than New Kids On The Block sucking of Menudo. its not country music. its a farce concocted, for all you fucking idiots, by the same dudes that brought you every other boy band. they know you will buy it because your favorite song is still "ACHY BREAKY HEART."
#139 All those bands you mentioned are rooted in the Blues, even The Betales. When the Beatles first set foot on American soil they had albums by Muddy Walters, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King under their arms. Those are the artist they wanted to meet. Rock & Roll is rooted in the Blues. Blues and R & B has always set the standard for cool in this country. One of the main reasons so many different races like American black music is because it has always been cool and hip as well as being great. Though I am not a fan of rap.
All of the British bands of the sixties were really just playing american music> Rolling Stones (blues) Led Zep(blues) Pink Floyd(blues) Cream(blues) and the rest. That was truly the golden age for american music.
Hey - #91 - GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT - JIMI HENDRIX WAS IN A NASHVILLE BASED COUNTRY BAND FOR 4 YEARS, WHILE HE LIVED IN NASHVILLE. COUNTRY MUSIC INFLUENCED THE LIKES OF RAY CHARLES AS WELL AS MUDDY WATERS AND JOHN LEE HOOKER. R&B DID NOT EXIST IN IRELAND, WHICH IS WHERE THE FIRST STRAINS OF COUNTRY MUSIC CAME FROM. BY THE WAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT COUNTRY MUSIC IN AMERICA CAME OUT OF THE DAYS OF THE MAYFLOWER - NOT THE 1950'S, WHICH ISN'T EVEN WHEN THE BLUES STARTED - THE BLUES BECAME POPULAR WITH WHITE MEN IN THE 1950'S - SIMPLY BECAUSE A BUNCH OF YANKEE BOYS WERE STATIONED IN THE SOUTH - WHERE THE BLUES WERE ACTUALLY PLAYED ON THE RADIO. THE YANKEE'S THEN TOOK THEIR DISCOVERY NORTH WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED FROM THEIR SERVICE.
IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO MATCH WITS WITH A MUSIC MAJOR, POP CULTURE MINOR - AT LEAST DO SOME RESEARCH SO YOU SOUND A LITTLE MORE CREDIBLE.
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Re: Nicole –
Nicole, you are probably already aware of this, but country music came from folk music, every nation had their own "folk music".
About the likes of Ray Charles and Muddy Waters, they were the Blues, if I recall correctly, although the roots of blues as African folk music has never been properly documented before hitting America, did Country influence the Blues or did the Blues influence Country music?
Blues as well as other genres of music that were called "race music" as a whole greatly influenced Country and birthed Rock N Roll. The Blues was cool and had a lot of heart and soul, that is why it has enriched and influenced America's most popular music genres. Pop music has always been about profiting off of more obscure, creative and what might appear "risky" music forms and at the same time removing the purity which made those "obscure" genres inspirational and made so many people love it in the first place.
Thats because Rascal Flatts is the most kick ass country band ever! Way better than that rap crap! PS have you hurd the Still Feels Good CD? Amazing HELLO!!