First I'd like to say that I'm a huge Travis tritt fan but I think that all music has its place I was born in the mid seventies I love country music and the biggest part of that is "country" I've listened to traditional new and updated country and over the years It's changed and evolved and some of your early country music has what they would consider now as rap in there lyrics and Yes you've got hip hop and rap artist collaborating with country artist or country artist that are doing their thing with hip hop and rap inspired lyrics and Travis may not like it but I have occasionally liked a few of those songs and that's the biggest thing about country music is that it's always been accepting and it's given them opportunities that they may not have been able to get in other genres of music it has been evolving and changing so I say why not just let the artists do their thing and if you like it cool if you don't that's fine too you don't have to buy there song or album if you don't want to or you can skip to the next song on your phone or whatever device you're listening on why throw shade or heat on someone or something if you don't like it just do your thing and let other people do theirs that's another great thing about this "country" is people have freedom of expression and freedom of choice 🤠🎸😎🇺🇸
I GREW UP IN THE LATE 60's, to The 70s,,to the 80's,/Country Music in The 50's,,,Hank Williams, Sr,etc,,/Country Music,,1960's,,Patsy Cline,,JIM REEVES,,, HARDLY ANY COUNTRY AT ALL IN IT,, MORE LIKE EZ, LISTENING,,1970'S,, Country Music,,WENT VERY DISCO COUNTRY VERY POP,,URBAN COWBOY 🤠ERA,, MICKEY GILLEY,, JOHNNY LEE,,REAL COUNTRY,, DIDN'T START GETTING GOOD TILL THE 1980's,,JOHN ANDERSON,,RANDY TRAVIS,,& THE 1990'sProbably Country Music Best Era Ever ,,ALAN JACKSON,,ETC.🤠🎤🎵👍🎻✌️.
Don't get me wrong I like rap I like R&B but we don't have to have a million R&B stations and rap stations with their own station on there I like country the way it is there's some newer Generations that's ruining our country music and some of them are not but I like the original country music always have since I was 7 years old now I'm 34 and people are ruining it was R&B crap I like that music just not on the same station as country and we do not need more rap stations or whatever you want to call it but dude we do not need any more R&B and rap stations we need more country stations because we got two conversations that are good got a five rap stations in my two R&B stations we don't have that many country music stations we only have two leave it the way it is original damn I love R&B I love rap but not on the same station as country good grief so stop messing with the country station and if you want to listen to R&B and rap go to that station I love all those meetings together but not on the one station I always listen to if I want some rap I'll go to the rap station or the R&B station they're all on rap music it's cute when sometimes there's one less than music that doesn't f****** hurt my eardrums and nobody has to comment on it they just if you don't like my comment don't say anything cuz I really don't care I'm tired of people ruining my stuff my favorite music it helped me while I'm 7 years old and being a bullied by kids in school and you guys are r the new generation is ruining the country station not all of them but some of them are like to sell outs
Its GARBAGE!!! Its sad that I prefer talk radio to so-called country music these days. Country died in the 90's!!! Merle haggard and george Jones would throw their guts up if they saw this trash!!!
Saw Travis live last night and he stands by what he said and he made it very clear. I couldn’t agree more. If they got the right to sing whatever they want he’s got the right to give his opinion.
To Jelly Roll: You have to understand why Travis would say this. I understand it because I feel the same way... when the sound of a crying steel guitar makes the hair on your neck stand on end every time you here it, or you get chill bumps when you hear Jones twist a note to perfection... or the sound of the fiddle brings a smile to your face- you don't want the music that you love so passionately be taken so far away from its roots that it no longer resembles what it started out as. I love traditional country music so much that I dedicated my life to it, performing locally, traveling the country following folks like George Jones and Charley Pride, collecting memorabilia etc. The sound of country music touches my soul in ways that I couldn't describe... and now I cannot hear those sounds anymore. Now that Jones and the Hag and all of the genre's biggest stars are gone, the sounds that I loved died with them. I'd love to be able to go see a show, but nobody plays the sounds that I want to hear. It is like you killed my dearest friend... killed simply to make more MONEY. There is room for everything, and nobody is saying that we don't want y'all to play whatever music that you want to play... but why call it country? Do you not care that in doing so y'all killed off the sounds that was loved by millions of people?
Chris STAPLETON is traditional id even he has blue grass tendencies country isn't dead. rockabilly didn't kill. it. billy ray or Rascal flats , carrie Underwood ... either will Hardy or jelly Roll.... Tyler childers... BILLY Sthings . i love them all.... they make me feel.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Couldn't have said it any better I feel the same way! 👍👍 If Jelly Roll wants to do his music thats fine but it's not country and it needs to called what it is RAP and not called country music because it's not!!😢
@@toniadugger3954 Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, Sturgill Simpson and Billy Strings. Those are the people keeping country music alive. The problem is with all of the stuff that the radio plays. It’s all pop country like Tritt was saying. The non mainstream stuff is actually really good
So Travis Tritt recording "Take It Easy", is ok and doesn't complain about Robert Ritchie and Hank Jr blending music, Please where is the steel guitar?
It's not a good look to be a critic if you are a musician. Especially with hate instead of constructive criticism. Saying rap is crap is a slap in the face to Jelly. His music is helping more people every day. And for travis to say that is just pure hate.
Say what you want chris but atleast country music fans can understand everything in a country song. You can’t understand anything in rap it’s all hot garbage to me and atleast country music tells a story in just about every song you listen to. All you ever hear in rap is drugs, sex and violence you will never hear anything like that in real country music. You and others like you can keep this so called “country” i’ll just keep listening to the classics. Good day!
Rock is rock, rap is rap, etc. Country has its own lane and fans just as any other genre. Those of us who love traditional country applaud those artists who stay true to its roots. I think many of us love the fact many new artists are returning to more traditional country. It all depends on your taste and there is room for everyone just as there are for differing viewpoints.
Basically you are correct. But the problem is that the country business is corrupted and governed by those who exploit it's name with pop songs to just maximize their profits. And that this music is identified as country by a growing mass.
It's kinda like being able to see between heirloom or GMO music. Seems to me, the twisting of the two styles changes the runs from parallel lines into a spiral curve spiral. What do you think?
I AGREE,and that's why there is so many buttons on my radio,and notice how you have to change stations so often,cause they are trying their damnedest to get you spoon fed on other crap,they'll play 2 or 3 good tunes then here comes the programming,thank god for CD players multiple disc's,BUT i'm a charlie pride,haggart,george jones,marty robbins,johnny paycheck,clint black and then the country singer of the galaxy,george strait,someone can listen to the other stuff
@ronwatson4135 you're exactly right, I was raised in Texas and the country music then was old school! Marty Robbins, Ray Price, and ALL of the other greats.I've played the bass for 56 years, music has evolved like society and technology, everyone has different likes and dislikes, go with whatever makes YOU happy? God Bless America 😉🤗👍💪😎🇺🇸🙏
@@roytsusui1761 my dad was a Texas country music artist when the outlaw movement started. he played shows with Ernest Tubb, Cal smith, johnny Russell just to name a few, and toured in pee wee king's old bus.
@@anthonyquinn7246 -- Most all songs are " Rhymes " but that dos not make them related. Pretending all songs are basically the same would also make them boring. There has to be diversity.
Travis used to catch flack back in the day cause he wasn't traditional he had a lot of soul and blues and rock in his country music which is why I liked it
Right, but he can't show grace for some reason he thinks it's OK for him to do, shut the door behind him and nobody else can. There's alot of that all over right now. Direct product of do as I say not as I do parenting. Itll phase out lol!
@Jenny Rebecca nobodys lying quit whining. He didn't fit the mold on the first album. He wasn't truly popular until his 2nd and even then it wasn't considered real country. It was pop country that if you go back now and try to listen to, sucks real bad. He knows it. That's why he's grasping at drama with others in a last ditch effort to gain relevancy.
Way to go Travis ( from your Paulding Co. neighbor ). You and Allan Jackson know how to keep COUNTRY MUSIC COUNTRY, No mixing the "CRAP" Sir! Look what happened to rock & roll, it's gone, there are no more new rock & roll bands coming out, it is dead & has been for quite some time now! Don't get me wrong people I love me some Rock & Roll, but keep it real people, start mixing it all up & people that LOVE REAL COUNTRY MUSIC will stop listening as it gets worse & worse!!!!! There are purists out there that want to keep COUNTRY MUSIC COUNTRY, and they hear it the way it was sang, the old way and they love it! I know 4 and 5 year old toddlers that love the old songs and sing them just like the stars back in the day did and it brings a tear to my eyes just to see them doing it whenever they hear a Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams Sr., Allan Jackson, George Strait and sooo many more!! But if this CRAP keeps up, there won't be anything for our children to remember and it too will be gone, just like Rock & Roll forever! there are already kids that don't know who Journey, the Allman Bros., Beatles, Doobie Bros., Led Zepplin, Doors, Mammas & Pappas, Janis Joplin, Jimmie Hendrix, and countless other performers are! Come on people, don't let COUNTRY MUSIC die too!!! This is not intended to be hate, it is purely a love of all music, lets keep it all ALIVE PLEASE!!!!!
They sure were fans of John Michael amontgomery who was doing rap in country back in the 90s. One of the biggest hits aof that time was a country RAP called “Sold”. Remember that ?!
I remember 3 years before Loretta Lynn passed her words in a interview she said straight up country is dead& she's right it's artists like Travis &Sammy clay walker & Alan Jackson & others who are trying to fight to keep it alive.
And that is why it’s dying for example rap has so many genres drill,lyrical, trap, comedy rap and hype rap and wat does country stick to……. Y’all just need to create something original instead of copying btw that literally wat country music is , it’s like ya cowboys lol😂 bunch of bandwagoners
@brethereneluck301 Well classic country is about roots of real life how life was back in the day& cowboy & all that is better then raping about drugs getting laid & nonsense it had no feeling. Country music you can feel it & relate to a realistic story of things that happen in life. Most rap artists & people who listen to it tells you alot especially if they don't like country especially classic country because people who don't like country definitely aren't with God or Jesus especially listening to that devil angry rap I heard & other rap of drugs & sex. To each their own I say but I find more people listening to classic old school country to classic rock or classic anything really then rap these days. Especially when most of us got no memories with pointless stories with music based on sex& drugs. Country is about family & God & real life experiences that's why some don't like it there's truth in it.
@@drfeelgoods30 Jelly rolls songs are literally about life! Life isn't cowboys and rainbows for everyone.. no disrespect meant, however,many people can relate to the lyrics in jelly's songs ,I am in recovery and I know many that jelly's songs have helped. These people realize that they're not alone and some even get clean !! I just say LIVE AND LET LIVE! BTW wasn't Dolly just inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME🤔 I love Dolly,but I wouldn't exactly call her music Rock and Roll, ☮️
Well classic country has so much meaning to it as well & is casual they kept it real they sang about friends family & everything. Loretta was the first woman to put out in her music about woman's rights& speak of abuse so it wasn't all rainbows you obviously don't know old school country that well if you think it was all rainbows I was country when country wasn't cool. I noticed not many listened to country back in the day because they didn't like the steel guitar & the talk about God in the music it wasn't till it had that rap pop crap that people actually liked it or where so in& for it. If one likes rap I believe they should listen to the rap channel or the pop channel if they want pop country seems to have changed for the wrong reasons because of that some music just doesn't go good together like rap& pop in country. Country & blues & blue grass & a little rock actually go hand in hand together. If they brought back the steel guitar nobody that didn't like country then wouldn't listen to it. The few artists like George Strait still use the steel guitar I love all the artists that don't feel the need to change their music for nobody they write new songs sing them& still have a amazing fan base like George Strait& Reba & many others. God is coming back & alot of these great artists are making Christian music I think that's awesome& least if their making Christian music there's hope to get that crap out of the country music for those who don't like the classic music. I love all the artists like Chris Stapleton all that keep it real& least we got new one's who grew up& the good stuff. I got nothing against those who suffer depression or metal illness I support it all the way& pray for those who struggle with it. But they don't have to rap their way threw music in country that's for sure. They want that get a rap contract or a pop contract Taylor Swift did because of her style of music if jelly rolls music is as good as you claim he would have no problem getting a rap contract.
@@drfeelgoods30 bruh literally country music was stolen for white people it started out with African Americans then turned to shiet….. they’re literally country songs singing about hanging people… atleast rap is based around they’re surroundings, were ur country music is based on finding someone to hate……….country started out great then obviously when it got colonised shiet 💩 like when ur cowboys from then saw how Mexicans dressed and decided to copy it………….. u Americans really are the same with uk and India jst steal everything …………and if one likes that genre learn where tf it came from
Well at least I'm not alone. Do whatever you like, I mean Kid Rock & Yellawolf moved to country & that ain't country. Just please just call it rap, not this Hick Hop, Not this country rap, Just call it rap. Have your own genre in the rap game
Yes but traditional country also had bits of rap in it. For example there was a MAJOR HIT back in the 90s by a colossal country figure. John Michael Montgomery was rapping like crazy…Just in a country form. “Sold” is 100% country rap..
@@btnhstillfire So being an auctioneer is glorified rapper? That is what "Sold" is about. JMM is singing like an auctioneer. Not singing like a rapper
Travis Tritt shows much respect for all kinds of music and artists, and helps them out far more than anyone knows . This was just a little joke tweet to get some chuckles. I am glad that Jelly Roll grew up and out of his past and is doing well. I don't really care for his music , but he's out there working it and putting himself out there,and that's hard enough on its own. But if he's going to get butthurt about a little play on words from a Legend , he's going to lose that battle, and a lot of respect.
I agree with Travis completely. If you want to hear real country music. Don’t listen most of the so called country stations. I will give to artist like jelly roll and upchurch and all the others that do rap. Yes they have lots of streams and downloads. But on the flip side. You have artist like Cody Jinks, Creed Fisher, Ward Davis and many more that are doing traditional outlaw country with just as many if not more streams and downloads. So wake up Nashville. The real country is still out there and still kicking ass. Give me a tailgate, whiskey and a REAL country song in a field or in some woods any day.
Travis is a Legend !!!! But I Love Music & it needs to Spread across this World ! All Music !!!!!! If You have a Talent , Show It ! And Thank Our Lord 🙏💯
And call it what it is ! You don’t call opera , hip hop ! You don’t call a longhorn a kitty cat ! If you’re a longhorn you should be grazing in a field, Not in the house on a window seat!
I have brought up listening to country music. Country music doesn't belong in other music like pop Rock. Country music isn't the same anymore. We have lost so many Country Artists. Its hard to find the right people to sing Country music these days... we do have Scotty McCreery who does the best singing country music 🎶 and Cole Swindell Luke Bryan Luke Combs. .
I miss the original country music not this crap we have now I grew up to that music actually help me get through my problems with my life and people are ruining it now thanks to the new country cast person we're getting crap I love Travis Tritt I love Randy Travis I love Trace Adkins and all them Tim McGraw Kenny Chesney Brooks & Dunn George Strait Josh Turner sometimes Blake Shelton Shania Twain Gretchen Wilson Tracy Lawrence James Otto Bradley Gilbert Keith Anderson Brad Paisley Reba McEntire Keith Urban Jimmy Buffett Uncle Kracker Alan Jackson Montgomery Gentry rest in peace for Gentry miss you buddy Jamey Johnson Morgan Wallen Joe Nichols Jake Owen Garth Brooks Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Daryl Worley Randy Houser Greg Morgan Billy Dean Justin Moore Cole Swindell Jason Michael Carroll Tracy Byrd John Michael Montgomery Sammy Kershaw I think mixing rap with country is crap too they R&B stations go there leave our country music alone and I like R&B music just not on my country station I like rap music just now in my country station I listen to on rap stations that's fine we don't need more rap stations whoever decided to kick George straight out of country Rewards shame on you he is the king of country he always will be I like those storytelling songs actually help me through whole life of being bullied in school was a kid
Also don’t forget William Michael Morgan , Keith Whitley , Randall King Clay Walker , Mark Cheatnut, Aaron Tippah, Tracey Byrd, Martina McBride , M, Craig Morgan , Justin Moore , Joe Diffiie, Leanne Rimes , Terri Clark , Patty Loveless , Pam Tillis , Chris Young , The Judds ,Gary Allan , Alabama , Chris Jansen , Dierks Bentley, Michael Ray , Willie Nelson , Toby Keith and the list goes on !
And you are blaming the cross genre artist for this? They are doining nothing to prevent "original country" from happening. There's room for everybody to create what they want. It seems to me that "traditionally artist" are moving to more of what the majority want to hear and/or chasing the money so I don't see how the cross over artist are to blame for that.
@@edwardmcintyre3708 no he is not Mad and I know a lot of people who still listen to him!! everyone is BOYCOTTING THE QUEEN OF BEERS!! So go DYE YOUR HAIR ANOTHER SHADE OF PURPLE AND GREEN!!!! ITS NOT OUR FAULT YOU LIKE THE FREAK DYLAN!!!!
I agree with Travis on this as a traditional Country Fan I want to hear a steel and a fiddle in my country maybe they need to start a new catergory in country for those that want to hear that kind 🎤🎸🎻🪕
I agree with Travis because I'm old school true country. I'm sure their are a lot of other artists who feel the same as he but Travis is the only one with the ball's to speak up. He has earned the right to speak his mind. I've been to 4 concerts by Travis. He puts on one hell of a show. Majority of the new artists today who call themselves country are not and I hate anyone who says country is changing and needs to change. Those pansie asses need to stick with their pop country or whatever you want to call it. Their are hundreds of good artists out right now who are keeping it pure but because all radio stations are all about money their music doesn't get played. I never hear George Jones, Waylon, Jerry Reed, or any of the greats. That proves radio is only pushing shit that young girls want to listen to.
The ingredients to a memorable song are sensical lyrics that transports you on a personal journey. The arrangement of instruments is the heart beat that sets your vibe. And whomever is singing should sing well and with emotion that you can relate to and understand the story being told. It's good to be a varietist. Don't limit yourself to just one genre or you will be missing out on some really good songs. Music can be very therapeutic. Appreciate talent wherever you find it.
I love traditional country music. However, I love the blending of everything. It just creates a different vibe. There’s nothing that says country music has to die just because another genre is created. Everybody should be able to do them.
I love the traditional and also listen to the genre blending! Ya just be you and do your thang! We have bigger issues going on right now and this is really Petty! Let's go Brandon! Travis Tritt will always be one of my favorites!
I love traditional country and rap and country rap. Matter of fact, you would be hard pressed to find music I don't like. The fact of the matter is if you don't like it, don't listen 🤷🏼♀️
i love both... good music's just that... GOOD ;be it Traditional or new & edgy....theres room for all GENRES of music that touches my heart or makes me dance or makes me cry. ✌🏼🎶💜
Travis you are wonderful no matter what , there are not wrong YOU are one of the best!!! I am INTO the country music my daddy Sgt. GERALD W TOLLEY, PASSED he passed away at the age 46 YEARS OLD. Agent orange from being in the Vietnam war!!! I am younger but also was diagnosed with the same heart 💔 disease! My favorite show used to be "TOUCHED BY AN 😇" AND I HAVE ALL THE DVD'S YOU WERE IN ONE OF MY FAVORITES! "HEART'S 💔💔💔😇😇😇🕊️🕊️🕊️I MFROM TENNESSEE 🏉🏟️ I THINK YOU ARE GREAT! NEVER CHANGE , although there aren't pay phones ANYMORE, TELL THESE KNOW IT ALL WANT TO BE'S ( HERE'S A QUARTER CALL SOMEONE WHO CARES")😇💔😇🕊️ PLEASE KNOW I AM A CHRISTIAN AND YOU AND TOBY KEITH ARE TWO OF THE REAL COUNTRY ARTIST, STAY TRUE TO YOUR OWN JUDGMENT DONT WORRY ABOUT WHAT THESE NEW VERSIONS OF PEOPLE SAY!!!! IF THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT RESPECT LIKE MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME , THEY SHOULD THANK ALL THE ONES THAT GAVE THEM A CHANCE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER ❤️♾️💟❤️🕊️😇🕊️❤️
Travis is right he is a legend and the ones before him Alan Jackson Randy Travis Clint Black Garth Brooks Brooks and Dunn Tim McGraw and that's not including all the women that should be missing rap does not belong in country needs to stay in its own category cuz nothing blends with rap
Funny thing that is. Guy mentions he listened to Waylon growing up. Well his step grandson is a rap artist. Struggle Jennings while you may not like the music. The messages he and guys like him send are very powerful
I am a 56 year old country fan but I love the hick hop or dirt rock or whatever you’d like to call it. Colt Ford , Moonshine bandits, Big Smo, demon Jones, Charlie Farley, and the list goes on and on.
I think Jelly Roll is an exception to the rule. He has such a soulful voice. I love the song he did with Adam Calhoun's "The Prayer". Adam Calhoun is a rapper turning country singer. I love Adams song "Ramble On" too. Great songs. Adam has also done some great collabs with Tom MacDonald. I had never heard of Adam until he collabed with Tom.
I’m a huge fan of real country music, but I can honestly say that in the last 20 years I’ve only bought 2 albums that are country. Marty Stuart and Chris Stapleton. Country Shows I’ve bought tickets to… Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, Steve Wariner. For me, it all ended in The late 90s. Thank goodness for my longstanding record collection. Stopped listening to the radio when Luke Bryan and the like started getting shoveled down everyone’s throat.
Let's not forget Neal McCoy, who has been playing his "Hillbilly Rap" in concert for years, Toby Keith, with "Getcha Some", "I Wanna Talk About Me" and "Red Solo Cup", Big & Rich with "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", etc.
If you think that’s “rap”, you certainly never heard of rap. Talking songs with country instrumentals is still real and pure country. It has always been. Rap songs with pop instruments on the other hand is not country. Geez… these people.🤦🏻♂️
So does this make Red Sovine’s music rap? Lol I’m all about listening to music, but you can’t/shouldn’t mix the two. Country will always be 3 chords and the truth, as Rap is usually about real life situations. I see some that can’t make it in Rap or Pop think that by adding a country accent or a fiddle, they’re all of the sudden Country. Sorry, not so. I do also believe that just as in life, music also, and will always evolve. But please let’s not forget the true roots.
when ever I see or hear Jelly roll I always think of Immortal Technique. He once said, "so if your message ain't shit, f*ck the records you sold 'cause if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck it just means that a million people are stupid as f*ck."
"-as well as allowing country music to reach more fans." If it hasn't reached them, then they aren't fans now, are they?. As Ryan Upchurch, who you mentioned, basically said in his "apology" video: They're just trying to rake everybody in, and making country music lose it's identity. Country music isn't for everybody.
No what, they call country music today, isn't for everybody. As for this kinda non country, as it get's kinda music? I personally don't hate it, but calling it country, and wanting people to believe its country, just doesn't make it so. When alternative rock came along, they never came along and destroyed traditional rock with it, they came up with new name for it, unlike what thy did for country over a decade ago They should have kept the traditional country, and called the new country, country rock, which is what it is. Then this newer style which started this debate, they should have called it country hip hop, because that s what it is. Then we all could be happy. It all has to do, with the rich screwing the populous, or screwing with, better put. lol! The jackasses ever ask s, the ones that made them rich, what we want? Regards!
Dolly had no right being inducted to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame considering all the epic rock groups and artists who still aren't there!! Travis is spot on right.
adding variety to country by mixing it with Rap is like saying you're bored of your lambourghini so you decided to add some bangs and dents and drive it against the wall
One of the big problems with country music today is that he cannot speak its heart. There are people involved in the country music business who are trying to shut up patriotism and love of country God family and the things that we really hold dear. The other thing is that the old country music could make a Russian or mid easterner or South America connect.
So true I grew up on the old school country but I have to admit I'm a big Outlaw Nation fan so to each there own I'm just happy we still have great singers in this world to help us deal with the way the world is today.
Reba's version was a cover. Vicki Lawrence sang it first, written by her husband, Bobby Russell. It tells a story, as many country songs do, but it ain't RAP.
Keep in mind that Kenny Rogers had songs written by the Bee Gees and Lionel Richie back in the 70s and 80s, so it's fair to say that country had pop crossovers long before R&B/rap/rock/blues. Travis Tritt, along with Joe Diffie, stand out in my mind from 90s because they weren't traditional in many ways and were underrated (but very talented) at the time. Point being is that we have Wallen, Hardy and Lainey Wilson along with Ashley McBryde who are unique now yet winning awards. Just be who you are and people will listen.
I have always loved Travis with his unique voice and songs. I do however like the new song by Jelly Roll. We will see how far he goes in the future. Travis, you will never be put aside!!!
As someone who is almost 40 and grew up on 80’s/90’s country, I have to say Travis Tritt is 100% RIGHT about this. I have a lot of respect for Jelly Roll and what he’s accomplished, however what he is doing is NOT country. I’ve always called it “Crap” or I’ve heard it called “Hick Hop”, the stuff that guys like Struggle Jennings is doing falls into those categories or The Lacs. However just because you sing about backwoods, dirt roads, pickup trucks and the other cliche things that literally EVERY SINGLE “COUNTRY” artists sings about DOESN’T MAKE YOU A COUNTRY ARTIST.
If one wants to express themselves through new music, then create a new genre, that is what they did over the century, they never had all these different music genres, and yes they have change country music style from it's original to more pop back in the 80's and more so the 90's, but they never totally dismantled it, to the point, that it isn't country anymore, and that is what they have done to country music today. It, isn't country anymore. No matter what you say, and how you feel in saying it is so, and want to believe it to be so, its not. People who love pure country, or at least some country style to their music, has nothing new to listen to anymore, so we just listen to retro, and that's fine, but stop treating us country music lovers, real country music lovers, like we are stupid, like we don't know what country music is! Mr. Tritt, at least has he guts to say what he thinks about what they have done to country music. An if you was to ask a lot of country music performers from the past what they think about todays so called country music off the record, they would tell you, just what Mr. Tritt said hip hop, and country just don't belong together. But then again, what they call country today, as I said, it, ain't country, and hasn't been for over a decade now. Just Saying.
Totally agree with Travis, Devil went down to Georgia and boy named Sue aren’t rap songs, just an upbeat tempo. I liked when CMT did Crossroads with artist from different types of music, to my knowledge they 4:45 never mixed in rap. That’s because like Mr.Tritt said Country mixed with rap is crap. I think it’s awfully ballsy to callout Travis Tritt on his opinion. Behind you all the way Travis.
I'm on Travis Tritt's side on this and honestly I haven't heard a single Jelly Roll song that I said "that's a damn good song!" But Tritt has many that I can say that about
I have been a Travis Tritt fan from day one and always will be. I was raised on country music and it will always be near and dear to my heart . But I also enjoy several different genres of music and on some occasions enjoy a good mix of styles, Jelly Roll being one of those who seamlessly do so. However, the point I'm trying to make is this is supposed to be a free country where we get to choose and choosing one or the other or both doesn't make one or the other right or wrong. Music is supposed to be self expression. I don't have to listen to anything I don't like and I have no right to tell anyone else what they should or shouldn't like.
I can understand Travis feeling that way because that's his personal relationship to country but at the end of the day country music is art and art is always going to advance and explore different experiences
True “art does advance” but has also been defined and explained with words and definition. For the sake of understanding the advances of art we have classified periods of art as Ancient, Classical Greek, Medieval.......Neoclassical. The point about Country vs. Rap (Rock, etc) is that need for classification through defining characteristics to enable understanding and comparison. We make these distinctions in all areas of life. Sports car vs. sedan; soul food vs. southwestern; beer vs. wine (it all alcohol); urban vs. suburban; saltwater vs. freshwater. There is nothing wrong with the distinctions. So, if you create a song that is outside the mainstream of Country music why not simply do what has happened in previous eras? Call it what is or is to become. Country wasn’t always....it became Country; Rock wasn’t always......it became Rock; Hiphop wasn’t always.........it became.
My son loves heavy metal but his favorite country song is Johnny Horton's "Sink the Bismark". Go figure that out. He's 37 so I guess he knows what he likes by now. He told me about Macklemore and Outkast and others that I love now but I wouldn't have even known about them if he hadn't told me.
We all have to face it, EVERYTHING has changed . I wish things were like they were back in the 80' but those days are gone. Now we have to learn to adjust which actually sucks at times.
You are right, things change. Sometimes that change is something that previously existed evolving from its prior form. Other times the change is the introduction of an entirely new thing. So, if you create a song that is outside the mainstream of Country music why not simply do what has happened in previous eras? Call it, that newly created song, what is or is to become. Country mixed with Rap isn’t Country its a hybrid.....it is something new. For example, it is not a conventional car it is a hybrid car.......still a car but what type, class of car? Country wasn’t always....it became Country; Rock wasn’t always......it became Rock; Hiphop wasn’t always.........it became. So, if you are going to create a song classify it by what it is......... or is to become.
I just like good music. Listen to quite a range and was fortunate enough to get to see Travis in Montana a couple years back. Country had changed but I just go Listen to the classics. My son introduced me to Jelly Roll, Brantley Gilbert etc. I introduced him to Lynyrd Skynyrd, BTO, Molly Hatchet and many other rock bands. I just like music and it is a huge part of this old bikers life. Have listened to it all riding all over this great country and can't imagine a world without music.
I believe that when u have passion in music that it doesn't matter what genre it is or mixed with. There's gonna be an audience for it no matter what. I don't care for some of the pairs that have got together and mixed it up, but I'm always open to giving it a chance. Music is the international language. So I don't knock it until I try it.
I agree with that but mixing country and rap means it isn't country anymore. There is a reason it isn't called rap either. That is clearly what the artist, like callohun and Upchurch, want it to be. Only the rap said its not rap. So they settled for country.
John Denver wasn’t welcomed openly in country either in the 70’s as a crossover. See what Charlie Rich had to say about it, or should I say what he did to express his hate for it🔥
Every time country music gets mixed with other genres, it’s no longer called country music. It’s called pop music. Today, country radio and TV stations play nothing but pop music, and it’s sad.
I strongly agree with Travis. Rap and hip hop do not belong in country music. I wouldn't call Johnny Cash's or Charlie Daniels song rap. I was born in 1958 and my great grandparents, grandparents and my parents listened to country music so, I grew up listening to country.
GLEN CAMPBELL WAS THE GREATEST COUNTRY STAR THAT EVER LIVED, AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS THE FIRST CROSS OVER ARTIST, HE KEPT COUNTRY, WHEN HE SANG COUNTRY, NOTHING WRONG WITH ALL THE OTHERS DOING THE SAME.
Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert, Luke Bryan, Jelly roll, Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Kane Brown, Upchurch, Adam Calhoun.. No one does it like them. Sometimes you got to get with the times It's all right to have a little hip in your twang. And don't ever forget Hardy
I always thought ol Charlie Daniels rock music when I heard it for the first time. After all, they played it in my favorite rock channel. And I loved it. Played right along with the Who, Beatles, and Led Zeppelin. Even the Eagles did stuff that wasn't considered country but is now. And some of my friends got miffed and said they went country back then. But it's all good music to me. But Jelly Roll, sorry, I just don't care for rap. But a lot of his other stuff is great. Same with Hardy. I love the Mockingbird and Crow song. Don't see it as country but don't care. Just good music. And I like Travis Tritt too.
First I'd like to say that I'm a huge Travis tritt fan but I think that all music has its place I was born in the mid seventies I love country music and the biggest part of that is "country" I've listened to traditional new and updated country and over the years It's changed and evolved and some of your early country music has what they would consider now as rap in there lyrics and Yes you've got hip hop and rap artist collaborating with country artist or country artist that are doing their thing with hip hop and rap inspired lyrics and Travis may not like it but I have occasionally liked a few of those songs and that's the biggest thing about country music is that it's always been accepting and it's given them opportunities that they may not have been able to get in other genres of music it has been evolving and changing so I say why not just let the artists do their thing and if you like it cool if you don't that's fine too you don't have to buy there song or album if you don't want to or you can skip to the next song on your phone or whatever device you're listening on why throw shade or heat on someone or something if you don't like it just do your thing and let other people do theirs that's another great thing about this "country" is people have freedom of expression and freedom of choice 🤠🎸😎🇺🇸
It should be called Bro music not Country
Gay
I GREW UP IN THE LATE 60's, to The 70s,,to the 80's,/Country Music in The 50's,,,Hank Williams, Sr,etc,,/Country Music,,1960's,,Patsy Cline,,JIM REEVES,,, HARDLY ANY COUNTRY AT ALL IN IT,, MORE LIKE EZ, LISTENING,,1970'S,, Country Music,,WENT VERY DISCO COUNTRY VERY POP,,URBAN COWBOY 🤠ERA,, MICKEY GILLEY,, JOHNNY LEE,,REAL COUNTRY,, DIDN'T START GETTING GOOD TILL THE 1980's,,JOHN ANDERSON,,RANDY TRAVIS,,& THE 1990'sProbably Country Music Best Era Ever ,,ALAN JACKSON,,ETC.🤠🎤🎵👍🎻✌️.
Don't get me wrong I like rap I like R&B but we don't have to have a million R&B stations and rap stations with their own station on there I like country the way it is there's some newer Generations that's ruining our country music and some of them are not but I like the original country music always have since I was 7 years old now I'm 34 and people are ruining it was R&B crap I like that music just not on the same station as country and we do not need more rap stations or whatever you want to call it but dude we do not need any more R&B and rap stations we need more country stations because we got two conversations that are good got a five rap stations in my two R&B stations we don't have that many country music stations we only have two leave it the way it is original damn I love R&B I love rap but not on the same station as country good grief so stop messing with the country station and if you want to listen to R&B and rap go to that station I love all those meetings together but not on the one station I always listen to if I want some rap I'll go to the rap station or the R&B station they're all on rap music it's cute when sometimes there's one less than music that doesn't f****** hurt my eardrums and nobody has to comment on it they just if you don't like my comment don't say anything cuz I really don't care I'm tired of people ruining my stuff my favorite music it helped me while I'm 7 years old and being a bullied by kids in school and you guys are r the new generation is ruining the country station not all of them but some of them are like to sell outs
Its GARBAGE!!! Its sad that I prefer talk radio to so-called country music these days. Country died in the 90's!!! Merle haggard and george Jones would throw their guts up if they saw this trash!!!
Saw Travis live last night and he stands by what he said and he made it very clear. I couldn’t agree more. If they got the right to sing whatever they want he’s got the right to give his opinion.
Yup
And Travis has "always" had the balls to say what others probably wanteď too but were afraid to...preach brother!
To Jelly Roll: You have to understand why Travis would say this. I understand it because I feel the same way... when the sound of a crying steel guitar makes the hair on your neck stand on end every time you here it, or you get chill bumps when you hear Jones twist a note to perfection... or the sound of the fiddle brings a smile to your face- you don't want the music that you love so passionately be taken so far away from its roots that it no longer resembles what it started out as. I love traditional country music so much that I dedicated my life to it, performing locally, traveling the country following folks like George Jones and Charley Pride, collecting memorabilia etc. The sound of country music touches my soul in ways that I couldn't describe... and now I cannot hear those sounds anymore. Now that Jones and the Hag and all of the genre's biggest stars are gone, the sounds that I loved died with them. I'd love to be able to go see a show, but nobody plays the sounds that I want to hear. It is like you killed my dearest friend... killed simply to make more MONEY.
There is room for everything, and nobody is saying that we don't want y'all to play whatever music that you want to play... but why call it country? Do you not care that in doing so y'all killed off the sounds that was loved by millions of people?
Chris STAPLETON is traditional id even he has blue grass tendencies country isn't dead. rockabilly didn't kill. it. billy ray or Rascal flats , carrie Underwood ... either will Hardy or jelly Roll.... Tyler childers... BILLY Sthings . i love them all.... they make me feel.
So well said!
💯 ✔️💛
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Couldn't have said it any better I feel the same way! 👍👍 If Jelly Roll wants to do his music thats fine but it's not country and it needs to called what it is RAP and not called country music because it's not!!😢
@@toniadugger3954 Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, Sturgill Simpson and Billy Strings. Those are the people keeping country music alive. The problem is with all of the stuff that the radio plays. It’s all pop country like Tritt was saying. The non mainstream stuff is actually really good
So Travis Tritt recording "Take It Easy", is ok and doesn't complain about Robert Ritchie and Hank Jr blending music, Please where is the steel guitar?
There's a meme that sums it all up for me.... "rapping in a southern accent does not make it country"
MY gawd drop the mic. Just walk off
That’s not what it is but ok 👌
Your talking about lil nas x and stuff. Nothing to do with country cast
@Dakota Farmer No I'm not, I'm talking all country rap music artists.
@@Mario_Gillette some times people argue just to argue. Some times you have to let people just say whatever .
How come Travis can't have his own opinion...im sure others dislike other music but they don't get called out for it. Love Travis !!! ❤️
It's not a good look to be a critic if you are a musician. Especially with hate instead of constructive criticism. Saying rap is crap is a slap in the face to Jelly. His music is helping more people every day. And for travis to say that is just pure hate.
Thanks for your continues love❤️ and support,that’s what keeps me going
How long have you been a fan of mine?
Say what you want chris but atleast country music fans can understand everything in a country song. You can’t understand anything in rap it’s all hot garbage to me and atleast country music tells a story in just about every song you listen to. All you ever hear in rap is drugs, sex and violence you will never hear anything like that in real country music. You and others like you can keep this so called “country” i’ll just keep listening to the classics. Good day!
@@chrisyeary5082 Travis Tritt wasn't hateful it's just this woke generation getting easily offended
@@aprilgosa5779.....
That's the problems, the damn woke generation .........
RIGHT ON TRAVIS!!! 🤘
Travis is so right. That is why I don’t listen to country radio anymore. I listen to country oldies. Give me the music of the 70, 80’ and 90’s.
🙌🙌🙌AMEN
Jelly roll has not and will not ever be anything country related
Rock is rock, rap is rap, etc. Country has its own lane and fans just as any other genre. Those of us who love traditional country applaud those artists who stay true to its roots. I think many of us love the fact many new artists are returning to more traditional country. It all depends on your taste and there is room for everyone just as there are for differing viewpoints.
Basically you are correct. But the problem is that the country business is corrupted and governed by those who exploit it's name with pop songs to just maximize their profits. And that this music is identified as country by a growing mass.
It's kinda like being able to see between heirloom or GMO music. Seems to me, the twisting of the two styles changes the runs from parallel lines into a spiral curve spiral.
What do you think?
Actually all the music is connected, no music just evolved… rap, jazz, bluegrass are all intertwined.
Jelly Roll has every right to listen to or make whatever music he wants, just don't call it country.
Jellie row • Who is she?
AMEN!
Amen
I AGREE,and that's why there is so many buttons on my radio,and notice how you have to change stations so often,cause they are trying their damnedest to get you spoon fed on other crap,they'll play 2 or 3 good tunes then here comes the programming,thank god for CD players multiple disc's,BUT i'm a charlie pride,haggart,george jones,marty robbins,johnny paycheck,clint black and then the country singer of the galaxy,george strait,someone can listen to the other stuff
@@RonaldEarlWilsher I don't know but they'll let anybody on the Opry anymore
*The Devil Went Down To Georgia or A Boy Named Sue is Not and Never Was . . . Rap !*
@ronwatson4135 you're exactly right, I was raised in Texas and the country music then was old school! Marty Robbins, Ray Price, and ALL of the other greats.I've played the bass for 56 years, music has evolved like society and technology, everyone has different likes and dislikes, go with whatever makes YOU happy? God Bless America 😉🤗👍💪😎🇺🇸🙏
@@roytsusui1761 my dad was a Texas country music artist when the outlaw movement started. he played shows with Ernest Tubb, Cal smith, johnny Russell just to name a few, and toured in pee wee king's old bus.
It’s a typical twisting of words to justify the BS going on in country.
It is very similar, I don't get the obsession with genres!
@@anthonyquinn7246 -- Most all songs are " Rhymes " but that dos not make them related. Pretending all songs are basically the same would also make them boring. There has to be diversity.
Travis used to catch flack back in the day cause he wasn't traditional he had a lot of soul and blues and rock in his country music which is why I liked it
Right, but he can't show grace for some reason he thinks it's OK for him to do, shut the door behind him and nobody else can. There's alot of that all over right now. Direct product of do as I say not as I do parenting. Itll phase out lol!
Stop lying. That never happened. Why do people get online and lie? Like for what?
For the love of Jenny
@Jenny Rebecca nobodys lying quit whining. He didn't fit the mold on the first album. He wasn't truly popular until his 2nd and even then it wasn't considered real country. It was pop country that if you go back now and try to listen to, sucks real bad. He knows it. That's why he's grasping at drama with others in a last ditch effort to gain relevancy.
Travis even did a song for Duane Allman, and no one considers him country.
Way to go Travis ( from your Paulding Co. neighbor ). You and Allan Jackson know how to keep COUNTRY MUSIC COUNTRY, No mixing the "CRAP" Sir! Look what happened to rock & roll, it's gone, there are no more new rock & roll bands coming out, it is dead & has been for quite some time now! Don't get me wrong people I love me some Rock & Roll, but keep it real people, start mixing it all up & people that LOVE REAL COUNTRY MUSIC will stop listening as it gets worse & worse!!!!! There are purists out there that want to keep COUNTRY MUSIC COUNTRY, and they hear it the way it was sang, the old way and they love it! I know 4 and 5 year old toddlers that love the old songs and sing them just like the stars back in the day did and it brings a tear to my eyes just to see them doing it whenever they hear a Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams Sr., Allan Jackson, George Strait and sooo many more!! But if this CRAP keeps up, there won't be anything for our children to remember and it too will be gone, just like Rock & Roll forever! there are already kids that don't know who Journey, the Allman Bros., Beatles, Doobie Bros., Led Zepplin, Doors, Mammas & Pappas, Janis Joplin, Jimmie Hendrix, and countless other performers are! Come on people, don't let COUNTRY MUSIC die too!!! This is not intended to be hate, it is purely a love of all music, lets keep it all ALIVE PLEASE!!!!!
preach it as you are so on point
Country music never gonna be the same, dam shame , everybody with a verse and some chords gettin all the fame! ❤ facts
Even George Strait and Alan Jackson don't think much of this new so called country sound and they are not alone !!
amen to that!!!
They sure were fans of John Michael amontgomery who was doing rap in country back in the 90s. One of the biggest hits aof that time was a country RAP called “Sold”. Remember that ?!
@@btnhstillfire that's not rap if you're going to say that than Hank Snow was rapping in I've been Everywhere
@@btnhstillfire John Michael montgomery was mixing auctioneering and country music not rap and country music,,
@@joelperry9380 Just like that idiot Colt Ford that you don't hear anything about anymore !!
I remember 3 years before Loretta Lynn passed her words in a interview she said straight up country is dead& she's right it's artists like Travis &Sammy clay walker & Alan Jackson & others who are trying to fight to keep it alive.
And that is why it’s dying for example rap has so many genres drill,lyrical, trap, comedy rap and hype rap and wat does country stick to……. Y’all just need to create something original instead of copying btw that literally wat country music is , it’s like ya cowboys lol😂 bunch of bandwagoners
@brethereneluck301 Well classic country is about roots of real life how life was back in the day& cowboy & all that is better then raping about drugs getting laid & nonsense it had no feeling. Country music you can feel it & relate to a realistic story of things that happen in life. Most rap artists & people who listen to it tells you alot especially if they don't like country especially classic country because people who don't like country definitely aren't with God or Jesus especially listening to that devil angry rap I heard & other rap of drugs & sex. To each their own I say but I find more people listening to classic old school country to classic rock or classic anything really then rap these days. Especially when most of us got no memories with pointless stories with music based on sex& drugs. Country is about family & God & real life experiences that's why some don't like it there's truth in it.
@@drfeelgoods30 Jelly rolls songs are literally about life! Life isn't cowboys and rainbows for everyone.. no disrespect meant, however,many people can relate to the lyrics in jelly's songs ,I am in recovery and I know many that jelly's songs have helped. These people realize that they're not alone and some even get clean !! I just say LIVE AND LET LIVE! BTW wasn't Dolly just inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME🤔 I love Dolly,but I wouldn't exactly call her music Rock and Roll, ☮️
Well classic country has so much meaning to it as well & is casual they kept it real they sang about friends family & everything. Loretta was the first woman to put out in her music about woman's rights& speak of abuse so it wasn't all rainbows you obviously don't know old school country that well if you think it was all rainbows I was country when country wasn't cool. I noticed not many listened to country back in the day because they didn't like the steel guitar & the talk about God in the music it wasn't till it had that rap pop crap that people actually liked it or where so in& for it. If one likes rap I believe they should listen to the rap channel or the pop channel if they want pop country seems to have changed for the wrong reasons because of that some music just doesn't go good together like rap& pop in country. Country & blues & blue grass & a little rock actually go hand in hand together. If they brought back the steel guitar nobody that didn't like country then wouldn't listen to it. The few artists like George Strait still use the steel guitar I love all the artists that don't feel the need to change their music for nobody they write new songs sing them& still have a amazing fan base like George Strait& Reba & many others. God is coming back & alot of these great artists are making Christian music I think that's awesome& least if their making Christian music there's hope to get that crap out of the country music for those who don't like the classic music. I love all the artists like Chris Stapleton all that keep it real& least we got new one's who grew up& the good stuff. I got nothing against those who suffer depression or metal illness I support it all the way& pray for those who struggle with it. But they don't have to rap their way threw music in country that's for sure. They want that get a rap contract or a pop contract Taylor Swift did because of her style of music if jelly rolls music is as good as you claim he would have no problem getting a rap contract.
@@drfeelgoods30 bruh literally country music was stolen for white people it started out with African Americans then turned to shiet….. they’re literally country songs singing about hanging people… atleast rap is based around they’re surroundings, were ur country music is based on finding someone to hate……….country started out great then obviously when it got colonised shiet 💩 like when ur cowboys from then saw how Mexicans dressed and decided to copy it………….. u Americans really are the same with uk and India jst steal everything …………and if one likes that genre learn where tf it came from
Jellyrolls is disposable. 5 years from now, nobody will even remember his name. Travis Tritt will live on forever.
I don't mind what kind of music people like Jelly Roll wants to sing, just don't call it country, call it what it is.
Its country.
Was “Sold” by JMM not country? Thats country rap from the fn 90s. Straight up country classic and its considered rapping. Call it it what it is huh?
Exactly 💯 call it something else. Why don't they call it rap? Same reason they can't call it country. It's not.
Well at least I'm not alone. Do whatever you like, I mean Kid Rock & Yellawolf moved to country & that ain't country. Just please just call it rap, not this Hick Hop, Not this country rap, Just call it rap. Have your own genre in the rap game
@@btnhstillfire, it's sh1t.
I'm guessing your suburban @$$ believes you're country too? 😂
Totally 💯 agree with Travis! Country lost it’s country quite a long time ago! Keep every genre in its place! That’s why they each have a name!
I love traditional country like Travis and Alan
Yes but traditional country also had bits of rap in it. For example there was a MAJOR HIT back in the 90s by a colossal country figure. John Michael Montgomery was rapping like crazy…Just in a country form. “Sold” is 100% country rap..
@@btnhstillfire So being an auctioneer is glorified rapper? That is what "Sold" is about. JMM is singing like an auctioneer. Not singing like a rapper
Travis Tritt shows much respect for all kinds of music and artists, and helps them out far more than anyone knows . This was just a little joke tweet to get some chuckles.
I am glad that Jelly Roll grew up and out of his past and is doing well. I don't really care for his music , but he's out there working it and putting himself out there,and that's hard enough on its own.
But if he's going to get butthurt about a little play on words from a Legend , he's going to lose that battle, and a lot of respect.
I love Travis, I could do without Jelly Roll.
1000%
love them both
I agree with Travis completely. If you want to hear real country music. Don’t listen most of the so called country stations.
I will give to artist like jelly roll and upchurch and all the others that do rap. Yes they have lots of streams and downloads. But on the flip side. You have artist like Cody Jinks, Creed Fisher, Ward Davis and many more that are doing traditional outlaw country with just as many if not more streams and downloads. So wake up Nashville. The real country is still out there and still kicking ass.
Give me a tailgate, whiskey and a REAL country song in a field or in some woods any day.
Love Jinks and Ward and Creed have met jinks and Ward several times great dudes
Travis is a Legend !!!! But I Love Music & it needs to Spread across this World ! All Music !!!!!! If You have a Talent , Show It ! And Thank Our Lord 🙏💯
And call it what it is ! You don’t call opera , hip hop ! You don’t call a longhorn a kitty cat ! If you’re a longhorn you should be grazing in a field, Not in the house on a window seat!
Coming from a guy named Jelly Roll.
The upside-down world. Sad and scarier by the day.
Thank you Travis. I totally agree
I have brought up listening to country music. Country music doesn't belong in other music like pop Rock. Country music isn't the same anymore. We have lost so many Country Artists. Its hard to find the right people to sing Country music these days... we do have Scotty McCreery who does the best singing country music 🎶 and Cole Swindell Luke Bryan Luke Combs. .
Rodney Atkins is pure country still and very good too don’t forget.
And you also missing Cody Johnson too.
Jelly Roll isn't Country, But then Country Music hasn't been Country for years.
I miss the original country music not this crap we have now I grew up to that music actually help me get through my problems with my life and people are ruining it now thanks to the new country cast person we're getting crap I love Travis Tritt I love Randy Travis I love Trace Adkins and all them Tim McGraw Kenny Chesney Brooks & Dunn George Strait Josh Turner sometimes Blake Shelton Shania Twain Gretchen Wilson Tracy Lawrence James Otto Bradley Gilbert Keith Anderson Brad Paisley Reba McEntire Keith Urban Jimmy Buffett Uncle Kracker Alan Jackson Montgomery Gentry rest in peace for Gentry miss you buddy Jamey Johnson Morgan Wallen Joe Nichols Jake Owen Garth Brooks Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Daryl Worley Randy Houser Greg Morgan Billy Dean Justin Moore Cole Swindell Jason Michael Carroll Tracy Byrd John Michael Montgomery Sammy Kershaw I think mixing rap with country is crap too they R&B stations go there leave our country music alone and I like R&B music just not on my country station I like rap music just now in my country station I listen to on rap stations that's fine we don't need more rap stations whoever decided to kick George straight out of country Rewards shame on you he is the king of country he always will be I like those storytelling songs actually help me through whole life of being bullied in school was a kid
Dont forget wade hayes, david lee murphy, mark chestnut
Also don’t forget William Michael Morgan , Keith Whitley , Randall King Clay Walker , Mark Cheatnut, Aaron Tippah, Tracey Byrd, Martina McBride , M, Craig Morgan , Justin Moore , Joe Diffiie, Leanne Rimes , Terri Clark , Patty Loveless , Pam Tillis , Chris Young , The Judds ,Gary Allan , Alabama , Chris Jansen , Dierks Bentley, Michael Ray , Willie Nelson , Toby Keith and the list goes on !
Great post. 👍 Says it all.
And you are blaming the cross genre artist for this? They are doining nothing to prevent "original country" from happening. There's room for everybody to create what they want. It seems to me that "traditionally artist" are moving to more of what the majority want to hear and/or chasing the money so I don't see how the cross over artist are to blame for that.
Did you really just call Uncle Kracker a country artist? Please DO NOT BREED!!!
Stay strong Travis. Its what we believe
What's that
Well Travis is RIGHT!!!
He is just mad because no one listens to him anymore. Here's a quarter call someone who cares!
@@edwardmcintyre3708 no he is not Mad and I know a lot of people who still listen to him!! everyone is BOYCOTTING THE QUEEN OF BEERS!! So go DYE YOUR HAIR ANOTHER SHADE OF PURPLE AND GREEN!!!! ITS NOT OUR FAULT YOU LIKE THE FREAK DYLAN!!!!
@Kim Weaver lol even you sound mad..
Rap music is crap no matter how you slice it. Travis Tritt is 100 % correct
@@edwardmcintyre3708 he is mad and it’s hilarious.
I agree with Travis on this as a traditional Country Fan I want to hear a steel and a fiddle in my country maybe they need to start a new catergory in country for those that want to hear that kind 🎤🎸🎻🪕
No thanks .., we don’t want it . We don’t need it .. I agree with Travis Tritt .
I agree with Travis because I'm old school true country. I'm sure their are a lot of other artists who feel the same as he but Travis is the only one with the ball's to speak up. He has earned the right to speak his mind. I've been to 4 concerts by Travis. He puts on one hell of a show. Majority of the new artists today who call themselves country are not and I hate anyone who says country is changing and needs to change. Those pansie asses need to stick with their pop country or whatever you want to call it. Their are hundreds of good artists out right now who are keeping it pure but because all radio stations are all about money their music doesn't get played. I never hear George Jones, Waylon, Jerry Reed, or any of the greats. That proves radio is only pushing shit that young girls want to listen to.
It’s all about the money.
Travis is 100% right.
The ingredients to a memorable song are sensical lyrics that transports you on a personal journey. The arrangement of instruments is the heart beat that sets your vibe. And whomever is singing should sing well and with emotion that you can relate to and understand the story being told. It's good to be a varietist. Don't limit yourself to just one genre or you will be missing out on some really good songs. Music can be very therapeutic. Appreciate talent wherever you find it.
I love traditional country music. However, I love the blending of everything. It just creates a different vibe. There’s nothing that says country music has to die just because another genre is created. Everybody should be able to do them.
You don't see Country Music artists on rap awards shows.
I love the traditional and also listen to the genre blending! Ya just be you and do your thang! We have bigger issues going on right now and this is really Petty! Let's go Brandon! Travis Tritt will always be one of my favorites!
Thanks for your continues love❤️ and support,that’s what keeps me going
How long have you been a fan of mine?
I miss the 90 country real talk
I love traditional country and rap and country rap. Matter of fact, you would be hard pressed to find music I don't like. The fact of the matter is if you don't like it, don't listen 🤷🏼♀️
they do not mesh. They make no sense.
@@CaptainSpalding72 You make so sense. We like what we like. Sit down wannabe. You're trying too hard!
Jelly Roll has some nerve calling out a real Country Musician. Travis Rules
Country needs to stay Country!!!
i love both... good music's just that... GOOD ;be it Traditional or new & edgy....theres room for all GENRES of music that touches my heart or makes me dance or makes me cry. ✌🏼🎶💜
As he told in a previous interview. You gotta do it your way and your way only.
Love both of you🤩
Travis you are wonderful no matter what , there are not wrong YOU are one of the best!!! I am INTO the country music my daddy Sgt. GERALD W TOLLEY, PASSED he passed away at the age 46 YEARS OLD. Agent orange from being in the Vietnam war!!! I am younger but also was diagnosed with the same heart 💔 disease! My favorite show used to be "TOUCHED BY AN 😇" AND I HAVE ALL THE DVD'S YOU WERE IN ONE OF MY FAVORITES! "HEART'S 💔💔💔😇😇😇🕊️🕊️🕊️I MFROM TENNESSEE 🏉🏟️ I THINK YOU ARE GREAT! NEVER CHANGE , although there aren't pay phones ANYMORE, TELL THESE KNOW IT ALL WANT TO BE'S ( HERE'S A QUARTER CALL SOMEONE WHO CARES")😇💔😇🕊️ PLEASE KNOW I AM A CHRISTIAN AND YOU AND TOBY KEITH ARE TWO OF THE REAL COUNTRY ARTIST, STAY TRUE TO YOUR OWN JUDGMENT DONT WORRY ABOUT WHAT THESE NEW VERSIONS OF PEOPLE SAY!!!! IF THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT RESPECT LIKE MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME , THEY SHOULD THANK ALL THE ONES THAT GAVE THEM A CHANCE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER ❤️♾️💟❤️🕊️😇🕊️❤️
Thanks for your continues love❤️ and support,that’s what keeps me going
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Tell Jelly Roll to go into the pop or rap genre. Keep Country country.
Travis is right he is a legend and the ones before him Alan Jackson Randy Travis Clint Black Garth Brooks Brooks and Dunn Tim McGraw and that's not including all the women that should be missing rap does not belong in country needs to stay in its own category cuz nothing blends with rap
Funny thing that is. Guy mentions he listened to Waylon growing up. Well his step grandson is a rap artist. Struggle Jennings while you may not like the music. The messages he and guys like him send are very powerful
Go TRAVIS you’re right on the mark
None of these people are even a pimple on the ass of Travis Tritt when it comes to country music. I'm pretty sure he's earned his opinion.
I am a 56 year old country fan but I love the hick hop or dirt rock or whatever you’d like to call it. Colt Ford , Moonshine bandits, Big Smo, demon Jones, Charlie Farley, and the list goes on and on.
I'm 43 and I love hick hop. Upchurch, Gawga Boys, Big Smo and The Lacs.
Amen .....Rap is black.....please keep it there ......Love my real Country .....
Agree with Travis ❤🙏
Tell it like it is Travis
I think Jelly Roll is an exception to the rule. He has such a soulful voice. I love the song he did with Adam Calhoun's "The Prayer". Adam Calhoun is a rapper turning country singer. I love Adams song "Ramble On" too. Great songs. Adam has also done some great collabs with Tom MacDonald. I had never heard of Adam until he collabed with Tom.
I’m a huge fan of real country music, but I can honestly say that in the last 20 years I’ve only bought 2 albums that are country. Marty Stuart and Chris Stapleton. Country Shows I’ve bought tickets to… Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, Steve Wariner. For me, it all ended in The late 90s. Thank goodness for my longstanding record collection. Stopped listening to the radio when Luke Bryan and the like started getting shoveled down everyone’s throat.
Let's not forget Neal McCoy, who has been playing his "Hillbilly Rap" in concert for years, Toby Keith, with "Getcha Some", "I Wanna Talk About Me" and "Red Solo Cup", Big & Rich with "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", etc.
Yeah but they didn't have a hip hop beat to their songs
If you think that’s “rap”, you certainly never heard of rap. Talking songs with country instrumentals is still real and pure country. It has always been. Rap songs with pop instruments on the other hand is not country. Geez… these people.🤦🏻♂️
So does this make Red Sovine’s music rap? Lol I’m all about listening to music, but you can’t/shouldn’t mix the two. Country will always be 3 chords and the truth, as Rap is usually about real life situations. I see some that can’t make it in Rap or Pop think that by adding a country accent or a fiddle, they’re all of the sudden Country. Sorry, not so. I do also believe that just as in life, music also, and will always evolve. But please let’s not forget the true roots.
when ever I see or hear Jelly roll I always think of Immortal Technique. He once said, "so if your message ain't shit, f*ck the records you sold 'cause if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck it just means that a million people are stupid as f*ck."
Music is music, like it or dislike it, history has shown us music has always been blended❤
I agree with Travis. Sing whatever you want, but that doesn’t mean it’s country.
"-as well as allowing country music to reach more fans."
If it hasn't reached them, then they aren't fans now, are they?. As Ryan Upchurch, who you mentioned, basically said in his "apology" video: They're just trying to rake everybody in, and making country music lose it's identity. Country music isn't for everybody.
No what, they call country music today, isn't for everybody. As for this kinda non country, as it get's kinda music? I personally don't hate it, but calling it country, and wanting people to believe its country, just doesn't make it so. When alternative rock came along, they never came along and destroyed traditional rock with it, they came up with new name for it, unlike what thy did for country over a decade ago They should have kept the traditional country, and called the new country, country rock, which is what it is. Then this newer style which started this debate, they should have called it country hip hop, because that s what it is. Then we all could be happy. It all has to do, with the rich screwing the populous, or screwing with, better put. lol! The jackasses ever ask s, the ones that made them rich, what we want? Regards!
Guts: Exactly!
Dolly had no right being inducted to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame considering all the epic rock groups and artists who still aren't there!! Travis is spot on right.
Travis is right.
adding variety to country by mixing it with Rap is like saying you're bored of your lambourghini so you decided to add some bangs and dents and drive it against the wall
Travis Tritt is right.
I agree with Travis. Keep Country Country !!
One of the big problems with country music today is that he cannot speak its heart. There are people involved in the country music business who are trying to shut up patriotism and love of country God family and the things that we really hold dear. The other thing is that the old country music could make a Russian or mid easterner or South America connect.
you said it rite there brother ! hit the freaking nail on the head !
So true I grew up on the old school country but I have to admit I'm a big Outlaw Nation fan so to each there own I'm just happy we still have great singers in this world to help us deal with the way the world is today.
Don't forget Reba! She has the best bass line in her music as well. The night the lights went out in Georgia is a great example
Reba's version was a cover. Vicki Lawrence sang it first, written by her husband, Bobby Russell. It tells a story, as many country songs do, but it ain't RAP.
God bless Travis Tritt fir speaking the truth!!
MUSIC IS MUSIC AS LONG AS IT COMES FROM THE HEART! WHEN IT COMES FROM THE HEART ITS REAL PEOPLE FEEL IT AND KNOW ITS FROM EMOTIONS.
no i guess you think a man can get pregnant too
@@3ormore660 how ever you want to take it you need to stop trying to change music to what ever you want and yes music coming from the heart is great
Leave Travis Tritt alone .He is so right. Let each kind of music stay with its own kind.
I love a lot of old country music but Jelly Roll is so talented i think his heart is as good as his songs❤
Keep in mind that Kenny Rogers had songs written by the Bee Gees and Lionel Richie back in the 70s and 80s, so it's fair to say that country had pop crossovers long before R&B/rap/rock/blues. Travis Tritt, along with Joe Diffie, stand out in my mind from 90s because they weren't traditional in many ways and were underrated (but very talented) at the time. Point being is that we have Wallen, Hardy and Lainey Wilson along with Ashley McBryde who are unique now yet winning awards. Just be who you are and people will listen.
I have always loved Travis with his unique voice and songs. I do however like the new song by Jelly Roll. We will see how far he goes in the future. Travis, you will never be put aside!!!
As someone who is almost 40 and grew up on 80’s/90’s country, I have to say Travis Tritt is 100% RIGHT about this. I have a lot of respect for Jelly Roll and what he’s accomplished, however what he is doing is NOT country. I’ve always called it “Crap” or I’ve heard it called “Hick Hop”, the stuff that guys like Struggle Jennings is doing falls into those categories or The Lacs. However just because you sing about backwoods, dirt roads, pickup trucks and the other cliche things that literally EVERY SINGLE “COUNTRY” artists sings about DOESN’T MAKE YOU A COUNTRY ARTIST.
God bless Mr Travis Tritt! You sir are 100% correct!
If one wants to express themselves through new music, then create a new genre, that is what they did over the century, they never had all these different music genres, and yes they have change country music style from it's original to more pop back in the 80's and more so the 90's, but they never totally dismantled it, to the point, that it isn't country anymore, and that is what they have done to country music today. It, isn't country anymore. No matter what you say, and how you feel in saying it is so, and want to believe it to be so, its not. People who love pure country, or at least some country style to their music, has nothing new to listen to anymore, so we just listen to retro, and that's fine, but stop treating us country music lovers, real country music lovers, like we are stupid, like we don't know what country music is! Mr. Tritt, at least has he guts to say what he thinks about what they have done to country music. An if you was to ask a lot of country music performers from the past what they think about todays so called country music off the record, they would tell you, just what Mr. Tritt said hip hop, and country just don't belong together. But then again, what they call country today, as I said, it, ain't country, and hasn't been for over a decade now. Just Saying.
I don't hate jelly roll but the stuff that he sings is not "country" music.
Totally agree with Travis, Devil went down to Georgia and boy named Sue aren’t rap songs, just an upbeat tempo. I liked when CMT did Crossroads with artist from different types of music, to my knowledge they 4:45 never mixed in rap. That’s because like Mr.Tritt said Country mixed with rap is crap. I think it’s awfully ballsy to callout Travis Tritt on his opinion. Behind you all the way Travis.
I'm on Travis Tritt's side on this and honestly I haven't heard a single Jelly Roll song that I said "that's a damn good song!" But Tritt has many that I can say that about
I have been a Travis Tritt fan from day one and always will be. I was raised on country music and it will always be near and dear to my heart . But I also enjoy several different genres of music and on some occasions enjoy a good mix of styles, Jelly Roll being one of those who seamlessly do so. However, the point I'm trying to make is this is supposed to be a free country where we get to choose and choosing one or the other or both doesn't make one or the other right or wrong. Music is supposed to be self expression. I don't have to listen to anything I don't like and I have no right to tell anyone else what they should or shouldn't like.
Jelly roll is NOT country. It's rap. And it has a very special place. Its called the dumpster.
It's just all good music if you can feel it in your soul
I can understand Travis feeling that way because that's his personal relationship to country but at the end of the day country music is art and art is always going to advance and explore different experiences
True “art does advance” but has also been defined and explained with words and definition. For the sake of understanding the advances of art we have classified periods of art as Ancient, Classical Greek, Medieval.......Neoclassical. The point about Country vs. Rap (Rock, etc) is that need for classification through defining characteristics to enable understanding and comparison. We make these distinctions in all areas of life. Sports car vs. sedan; soul food vs. southwestern; beer vs. wine (it all alcohol); urban vs. suburban; saltwater vs. freshwater. There is nothing wrong with the distinctions. So, if you create a song that is outside the mainstream of Country music why not simply do what has happened in previous eras? Call it what is or is to become. Country wasn’t always....it became Country; Rock wasn’t always......it became Rock; Hiphop wasn’t always.........it became.
So then, ok what do you call rap going country.
It is all, just what, it all is . That is it.
My son loves heavy metal but his favorite country song is Johnny Horton's "Sink the Bismark". Go figure that out. He's 37 so I guess he knows what he likes by now. He told me about Macklemore and Outkast and others that I love now but I wouldn't have even known about them if he hadn't told me.
We all have to face it, EVERYTHING has changed . I wish things were like they were back in the 80' but those days are gone. Now we have to learn to adjust which actually sucks at times.
You are right, things change. Sometimes that change is something that previously existed evolving from its prior form. Other times the change is the introduction of an entirely new thing. So, if you create a song that is outside the mainstream of Country music why not simply do what has happened in previous eras? Call it, that newly created song, what is or is to become. Country mixed with Rap isn’t Country its a hybrid.....it is something new. For example, it is not a conventional car it is a hybrid car.......still a car but what type, class of car? Country wasn’t always....it became Country; Rock wasn’t always......it became Rock; Hiphop wasn’t always.........it became. So, if you are going to create a song classify it by what it is......... or is to become.
@@georgem8494 awesome point !
Good music is good music, doesn't matter what style it's in.
I just like good music. Listen to quite a range and was fortunate enough to get to see Travis in Montana a couple years back. Country had changed but I just go Listen to the classics. My son introduced me to Jelly Roll, Brantley Gilbert etc. I introduced him to Lynyrd Skynyrd, BTO, Molly Hatchet and many other rock bands. I just like music and it is a huge part of this old bikers life. Have listened to it all riding all over this great country and can't imagine a world without music.
Jelly Roll is nothing but a cokehead at the end of the day. We love you, Travis and you couldn’t be more right.
Jelly roll is a new artist and don’t know old school music I agree with Travis he is right the new will not see the old never will
I believe that when u have passion in music that it doesn't matter what genre it is or mixed with. There's gonna be an audience for it no matter what. I don't care for some of the pairs that have got together and mixed it up, but I'm always open to giving it a chance. Music is the international language. So I don't knock it until I try it.
I agree with that but mixing country and rap means it isn't country anymore. There is a reason it isn't called rap either. That is clearly what the artist, like callohun and Upchurch, want it to be. Only the rap said its not rap. So they settled for country.
I agree. It's like everyone always wants to put a "title" on things. Why can't certain things just be? Not everything has to "fit" some label
I don't like Jelly Roll. but I love Travis Tritt. i stand with you Travis.
When Travis Tritt first came out he was considered rock. People said the same thing about him.
that's bull hockey.
Same w Garth. There were ppl that said Garth Brooks was bad for country music…
Plus John Michael Montgomerys smash hit “Sold” is 100% a country rap song.. 🤷♂️
John Denver wasn’t welcomed openly in country either in the 70’s as a crossover. See what Charlie Rich had to say about it, or should I say what he did to express his hate for it🔥
Every time country music gets mixed with other genres, it’s no longer called country music. It’s called pop music. Today, country radio and TV stations play nothing but pop music, and it’s sad.
I strongly agree with Travis. Rap and hip hop do not belong in country music. I wouldn't call Johnny Cash's or Charlie Daniels song rap. I was born in 1958 and my great grandparents, grandparents and my parents listened to country music so, I grew up listening to country.
GLEN CAMPBELL WAS THE GREATEST COUNTRY STAR THAT EVER LIVED, AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS THE FIRST CROSS OVER ARTIST, HE KEPT COUNTRY, WHEN HE SANG COUNTRY, NOTHING WRONG WITH ALL THE OTHERS DOING THE SAME.
Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert, Luke Bryan, Jelly roll, Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Kane Brown, Upchurch, Adam Calhoun.. No one does it like them. Sometimes you got to get with the times It's all right to have a little hip in your twang. And don't ever forget Hardy
I agree with Travis. He’s the real deal, seems to me country is on life support lately.
I always thought ol Charlie Daniels rock music when I heard it for the first time. After all, they played it in my favorite rock channel. And I loved it. Played right along with the Who, Beatles, and Led Zeppelin. Even the Eagles did stuff that wasn't considered country but is now. And some of my friends got miffed and said they went country back then. But it's all good music to me.
But Jelly Roll, sorry, I just don't care for rap. But a lot of his other stuff is great. Same with Hardy. I love the Mockingbird and Crow song. Don't see it as country but don't care. Just good music. And I like Travis Tritt too.