Album: Every Chance I Get by Colt Ford (2011)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Country
Format: Album

Description: Colt Ford gets labeled country rap, and there’s an undeniable logic to that, but he’s really closer in tone, spirit, and approach to rhythmic spoken word country records like Hank Williams' Luke the Drifter series, dramatically narrated trucker narratives like “Convoy,” or Charlie Daniels' mock-epic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” than he is to rap. That country narrative style is really Ford's tradition, and those are the kinds of songs he writes, but he started out as a drummer and he’s fully aware of how to use urban beats and rhythms in that tradition, and as a stylistic approach, he shares rap’s aims to declare character, set up the landscape, and then tell the story -- and Ford is getting better at it as he goes. On Every Chance I Get, his third studio album, he gets everything balanced just right, and just like most contemporary rap albums, it features a whole host of guests, this time around including Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Nappy Roots, Rehab's Danny Boone, Craig Morgan, Frankie Ballard, Tim McGraw, and Charlie Daniels, among others, but make no mistake, this is Ford's album. He may have a larger than life hillbilly gangsta public image but he’s actually a sly, passionate, and multi-layered writer and he knows what to do in a recording studio. There are some powerful cuts here, beginning with the thundering swamp rock opener, “Country Thang,” and closing with “Twisted,” an amazingly wise, harrowing, and completely brilliant 21st century pop song. “She Wants to Ride in Trucks” is another gem, a sweet but sturdy song about a father watching his daughter make the transition from riding in trucks with dad as a little girl to riding in trucks with boys as a teenager. This is a solid album that knows its audience, is wonderfully recorded and played, embraces a fusion of styles from country to rock to rap, tells compelling stories, and does all of this without coming off like a novelty record. That's getting it right.

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Country, 2010s, Album


Colt Ford gets labeled country rap, and there’s an undeniable logic to that, but he’s really closer in tone, spirit, and approach to rhythmic spoken word country records like Hank Williams' Luke the Drifter series, dramatically narrated trucker narratives like “Convoy,” or Charlie Daniels' mock-epic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” than he is to rap. That country narrative style is really Ford's tradition, and those are the kinds of songs he writes, but he started out as a drummer and he’s fully aware of how to use urban beats and rhythms in that tradition, and as a stylistic approach, he shares rap’s aims to declare character, set up the landscape, and then tell the story -- and Ford is getting better at it as he goes. On Every Chance I Get, his third studio album, he gets everything balanced just right, and just like most contemporary rap albums, it features a whole host of guests, this time around including Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Nappy Roots, Rehab's Danny Boone, Craig Morgan, Frankie Ballard, Tim McGraw, and Charlie Daniels, among others, but make no mistake, this is Ford's album. He may have a larger than life hillbilly gangsta public image but he’s actually a sly, passionate, and multi-layered writer and he knows what to do in a recording studio. There are some powerful cuts here, beginning with the thundering swamp rock opener, “Country Thang,” and closing with “Twisted,” an amazingly wise, harrowing, and completely brilliant 21st century pop song. “She Wants to Ride in Trucks” is another gem, a sweet but sturdy song about a father watching his daughter make the transition from riding in trucks with dad as a little girl to riding in trucks with boys as a teenager. This is a solid album that knows its audience, is wonderfully recorded and played, embraces a fusion of styles from country to rock to rap, tells compelling stories, and does all of this without coming off like a novelty record. That's getting it right.

Album: Love Hope Faith by Colt Ford (2017)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: 2010s, Album


Album: Mud Digger by Colt Ford (2010)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Country
Format: Album

Description: Colt Ford gets labeled country rap, but he's really closer in tone, spirit, and approach to rhythmic spoken word country records like Hank Williams' Luke the Drifter series, dramatically narrated trucker narratives like “Convoy,” or Charlie Daniels' mock-epic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” than he is to rap. That country narrative style is really Ford's tradition, and those are the kinds of songs he writes, but he started out as a drummer and he's fully aware of how to use urban beats and rhythms in that tradition, and as a stylistic approach, he shares rap's aims to declare character, set up the landscape, and then tell the story -- he's figured out that outlaw country and urban rap are really going on about mostly the same things. He's also a skilled businessman. Ford runs his own label, Average Joe's, and he understands that you can sell as many CDs at a mud bog fest as you can at a mall. This set is essentially an Average Joe's sampler and includes Ford's original version of "Dirt Road Anthem," a song he co-wrote with Brantley Gilbert and which was later a huge bar and juke box hit for Jason Aldean.

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Country, 2010s, Album


Colt Ford gets labeled country rap, but he's really closer in tone, spirit, and approach to rhythmic spoken word country records like Hank Williams' Luke the Drifter series, dramatically narrated trucker narratives like “Convoy,” or Charlie Daniels' mock-epic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” than he is to rap. That country narrative style is really Ford's tradition, and those are the kinds of songs he writes, but he started out as a drummer and he's fully aware of how to use urban beats and rhythms in that tradition, and as a stylistic approach, he shares rap's aims to declare character, set up the landscape, and then tell the story -- he's figured out that outlaw country and urban rap are really going on about mostly the same things. He's also a skilled businessman. Ford runs his own label, Average Joe's, and he understands that you can sell as many CDs at a mud bog fest as you can at a mall. This set is essentially an Average Joe's sampler and includes Ford's original version of "Dirt Road Anthem," a song he co-wrote with Brantley Gilbert and which was later a huge bar and juke box hit for Jason Aldean.

Album: Declaration of Independence by Colt Ford (2012)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Country
Format: Album

Description: Professional golfer turned full-time redneck country-rapper Colt Ford settles into his backwoods groove on his fourth album, Declaration of Independence. The title is a bit defiant and so is the album, Ford boasting how he's a "shotgun toter/Republican voter" on the opening "Answer to No One," a cut that shamelessly cops from Kid Rock and sets the pace for the rest of the album. Ford is certainly more country than Kid, something that the never-ending parade of country stars makes plain, but he certainly has a hard rock streak, going so far as to invert the riff from White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" for his "Dancin' While Intoxicated (DWI)." This helps accentuate his swagger, a swagger that's in full effect here as he brags about the country and everything that comes with it -- the Jack, the trucks, the girls, and the guns. Ford weaves some sentiment into the boasting and it's nearly as effective as the party rockers...if you can embrace Ford's big-boned bravado. Over the course of an album it gets slightly wearying, but taken in doses it has its appeal and he's a little more musically adept than he initially seems, blending to the styles of Darius Rucker, Kix Brooks, Jason Aldean, or Montgomery Gentry.

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Country, 2010s, Album


Professional golfer turned full-time redneck country-rapper Colt Ford settles into his backwoods groove on his fourth album, Declaration of Independence. The title is a bit defiant and so is the album, Ford boasting how he's a "shotgun toter/Republican voter" on the opening "Answer to No One," a cut that shamelessly cops from Kid Rock and sets the pace for the rest of the album. Ford is certainly more country than Kid, something that the never-ending parade of country stars makes plain, but he certainly has a hard rock streak, going so far as to invert the riff from White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" for his "Dancin' While Intoxicated (DWI)." This helps accentuate his swagger, a swagger that's in full effect here as he brags about the country and everything that comes with it -- the Jack, the trucks, the girls, and the guns. Ford weaves some sentiment into the boasting and it's nearly as effective as the party rockers...if you can embrace Ford's big-boned bravado. Over the course of an album it gets slightly wearying, but taken in doses it has its appeal and he's a little more musically adept than he initially seems, blending to the styles of Darius Rucker, Kix Brooks, Jason Aldean, or Montgomery Gentry.

Album: Chicken and Biscuits by Colt Ford (2010)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Country
Format: Album

Description: It may have taken four albums, but country rap star Colt Ford has made the charts with Chicken and Biscuits. Ford's new recording doesn't differ all that much from the rest of the titles in his catalog, but that's a good thing. His blend of extremely rowdy, outlaw country music, party-down backwoods lyrics, and hard beats, combined with his considerable skill as a rapper, make this set both memorable and more often than not hilarious. That said, Ford avoids the "novelty" tag altogether -- his songwriting is top-notch, catchy, and downright smart. High points on this record include some of its duets -- "Tool Timer" with Darryl Worley and "Country Kids" with Rachel Farley -- as well as the stomping, banjo- and-beat-driven first single, "Hey Y'all," that sounds like Montgomery Gentry at their wildest meeting Redman in a Brooklyn honky tonk. 

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Country, 2010s, Album


It may have taken four albums, but country rap star Colt Ford has made the charts with Chicken and Biscuits. Ford's new recording doesn't differ all that much from the rest of the titles in his catalog, but that's a good thing. His blend of extremely rowdy, outlaw country music, party-down backwoods lyrics, and hard beats, combined with his considerable skill as a rapper, make this set both memorable and more often than not hilarious. That said, Ford avoids the "novelty" tag altogether -- his songwriting is top-notch, catchy, and downright smart. High points on this record include some of its duets -- "Tool Timer" with Darryl Worley and "Country Kids" with Rachel Farley -- as well as the stomping, banjo- and-beat-driven first single, "Hey Y'all," that sounds like Montgomery Gentry at their wildest meeting Redman in a Brooklyn honky tonk. 

Album: Tailgate: College Football Versions by Colt Ford (2009)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Country
Format: Album

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Country, 2000s, Album


Album: Thanks for Listening by Colt Ford (2014)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Country
Format: Album

Description: Colt Ford may have a larger than life hillbilly gangsta public image but he’s actually a sly, passionate, multi-layered writer and he knows what to do in a recording studio, and most importantly, being a former drummer, he knows what do with the beats. He's also a skilled businessman. Ford runs his own label, Average Joe's, and he understands that you can sell as many or more CDs at a mud bog fest as you can at a mall, and if contemporary country radio has been slow to embrace his brand of good-old-boy outlaw hick-hop, Ford has built a huge audience anyway, and it's probably only a matter of time before radio falls in line. Thanks for Listening is Ford's fifth studio album, and it follows the blueprint of the earlier ones for the most part, with a host of guest artists, including Daniel Lee, Keith Urban, Chase Rice, Walker Hayes, Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Jerrod Niemann, and Randy Houser this time around, and featuring Ford's signature "rap in the mud" sound. But Ford isn't just an "I-need-a-guest-on-this-track" artist, and two of the best sides here feature Ford alone, “Crank It Up” and “Outshine Me.” He also isn't standing still as a songwriter, moving into ballad territory with a couple tracks, and the song “The High Life,” with country singer Chase Rice, is actually getting spins on contemporary radio. There isn't much Nashville about Ford, but he certainly understands how things work, and most importantly, he understands his audience, realizing that, while radio segments music into styles, audiences don't, and they're perfectly happy mixing country with rap, or anything with anything, as long as it works, and as long as it gets the tires moving and the weekend churning forward.

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Country, 2010s, Album


Colt Ford may have a larger than life hillbilly gangsta public image but he’s actually a sly, passionate, multi-layered writer and he knows what to do in a recording studio, and most importantly, being a former drummer, he knows what do with the beats. He's also a skilled businessman. Ford runs his own label, Average Joe's, and he understands that you can sell as many or more CDs at a mud bog fest as you can at a mall, and if contemporary country radio has been slow to embrace his brand of good-old-boy outlaw hick-hop, Ford has built a huge audience anyway, and it's probably only a matter of time before radio falls in line. Thanks for Listening is Ford's fifth studio album, and it follows the blueprint of the earlier ones for the most part, with a host of guest artists, including Daniel Lee, Keith Urban, Chase Rice, Walker Hayes, Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Jerrod Niemann, and Randy Houser this time around, and featuring Ford's signature "rap in the mud" sound. But Ford isn't just an "I-need-a-guest-on-this-track" artist, and two of the best sides here feature Ford alone, “Crank It Up” and “Outshine Me.” He also isn't standing still as a songwriter, moving into ballad territory with a couple tracks, and the song “The High Life,” with country singer Chase Rice, is actually getting spins on contemporary radio. There isn't much Nashville about Ford, but he certainly understands how things work, and most importantly, he understands his audience, realizing that, while radio segments music into styles, audiences don't, and they're perfectly happy mixing country with rap, or anything with anything, as long as it works, and as long as it gets the tires moving and the weekend churning forward.

Album: Ride Through the Country by Colt Ford (2008)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Country
Format: Album

Description: Ride Through the Country is the debut album released by country rap artist Colt Ford. It was released on December 2, 2008 on the independent Average Joe's label. It features guest appearances by John Michael Montgomery on the title track (which was released as the album lead-off single) as well as an appearance from Jamey Johnson on "Cold Beer". "Dirt Road Anthem" was later covered by co-writer Brantley Gilbert on his album Halfway to Heaven, and once again by Jason Aldean for his album My Kinda Party, both from 2010.

Artist Background: Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music rapper and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Ford has also written a theme song for Professional Bull Riders, and has worked with John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery Gentry, Cledus T. Judd, and Brantley Gilbert among others. Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Music Scene: Part of the Athens, GA, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Country style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Country, 2000s, Album


Ride Through the Country is the debut album released by country rap artist Colt Ford. It was released on December 2, 2008 on the independent Average Joe's label. It features guest appearances by John Michael Montgomery on the title track (which was released as the album lead-off single) as well as an appearance from Jamey Johnson on "Cold Beer". "Dirt Road Anthem" was later covered by co-writer Brantley Gilbert on his album Halfway to Heaven, and once again by Jason Aldean for his album My Kinda Party, both from 2010.

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