Outlaw country vs. ganster rap

The boys drink and review Black Sheep Ale, then discuss ganster rap, outlaw country, and what’s similar and different about them.

In outlaw country, the emphasis is that mama tried, but the singer ended up bad anyway. In gangster rap, there seems to be a celebration of being on the bad side of the moral code.

And now we have ganstagrass, a band who made the theme song for the hit TV show Justified.

By the way, when bluegrass gets mixed with rap, who’s appropriating whose culture?

3 thoughts on “Outlaw country vs. ganster rap”

  1. An ex of mine used to roll her eyes and accuse me of being a hipster because I liked “Long Hard Times to Come”. I thought she was being needlessly cruel.. but I can kind of see where she was coming from.

    1. I don’t like rap, but the rap in “Long Hard Times to Come” is tolerable. I like the song, though, and the lyrics fit Raylan pretty well.

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