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300-pound ‘country rapper’ on why he’s more authentic than Taylor Swift

Photo courtesy of Colt Ford Colt Ford is “real country.”
July 28, 2010

“Country rapper” Colt Ford may have a point when he gets defensive about people’s suggestion that his music is not “real country.”

After all, his vocal delivery has more in common with spoken word than, say, DMX. The backing music is devoid of beats and samples, instead relying on a full band steeped in country’s roots and sounds. And the lyrics on 2008’s “Ride Through the Country,” and this year’s “Chicken and Biscuits,” focus more on muddy Fords with gun racks, God, cold beer and wanderin’ women.

But still.

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