Country Rap Explained

Country Rap
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Bellamy Brothers
Cover:	countryrsp.jpg
Released:	1986
Genre:	Country
Length:	35:18
Label:	MCA/Curb
Producer:	Emory Gordy Jr.
Prev Title:	Howard & David
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Greatest Hits Volume Two
Next Year:	1986

Country Rap is the eleventh studio album by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. It was released in 1986 via MCA and Curb Records.^[1] The includes the singles "Too Much Is Not Enough", "Kids of the Baby Boom" and "Country Rap". The title track has been cited as one of the first songs to combine country music with rap music.^[2]

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.^[3]

The Bellamy Brothers

• David Bellamy - lead & harmony vocals
• Howard Bellamy - lead & harmony vocals

Musicians

• Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, 6-string bass guitar on "Kids of the Baby Boom"
• Matt Betton - drums
• Wally Dentz - harmonica
• The Forester Sisters - featured vocals on "Too Much Is Not Enough"
• Emory Gordy Jr. - percussion, lead acoustic guitar on "Hard on a Heart", E-mu Emulator on "Go Ahead - Fall in Love"
• David Hungate - bass guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis - Yamaha DX7, piano
• Dannie Jones - steel guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Reggie Young - electric guitar, lead electric guitar on "Where the Lights Come From"

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Bellamy Brothers - Country Rap. .
2. The Bellamy Brothers Talk Being 'Bro Country Before It Was Cool'. Billboard. Dauphin. Chuck. August 8, 2014. September 2, 2022.
3. Country Rap . The Bellamy Brothers . 1986 . CD booklet . MCA Records . MCA-5721.