Bubba Sparxxx

About

It seems like Country Rap is starting to take over mainstream. With the recent success of Colt Ford and The Lacs along with current “rap style” hits by country mega stars Jason Aldean (Dirt Road Anthem), Toby Keith (Red Solo Cup) and Tim McGraw (Truck Yeah), one would think that this is a new concept. But if you are a true hip-hop historian you would recall that this movement actual began in 2001 with the release of Bubba Sparxxx’s debut album “Dark Days, Bright Nights”. The
video for the first single “Ugly” featured Bubba and pals in the mud with pigs, on
tractors and performing in front of a house covered with bug lights. If that’s not the epitome of Country, then nothing is.

Fast forward 11 years and you find Bubba re-uniting with his original collaborator Shannon “Fat Shan” Houchins who has built the successful record label Average Joe’s Entertainment on the foundation of blending musical genres. “Bubba and
I grew up listening to hip-hop and riding in j ...