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Regret less, do more with Vaiator. Switch done pop, I'm songwriter Charlie Harding. And I'm musicologist Nate Sloane.

Nate Pop Quiz, what genre is this?

Okay, let me break it down. I'm hearing whistling. That's giving me kind of 21st century pop, uh, indie folk vibes.

Sure.

I'm hearing deep 808 drums that's giving me hip-hop trap.

And then I'm hearing acoustic guitar.

That's like right out of the world of country music.

So I don't know, whatever you get when you mix all those together is what I'll call this genre.

This is Shabousie's Drink Don't need no mix and this is an important conversation because Shabousie and a number of other artists are at the bleeding edge of combining hip-hop and country music. We've had two number one singles just

this summer, Shaboozy's other song, a bar song, parentheses, Tipsy. Tipsy, I know that

one.

And then hip-hop-turned-country star Post Malone also has a number one with I had some help featuring Morgan Wallin. I had some help.

It ain't like I can make this kind of mess all by myself.

So what I want to look at today is whether or not country and hip hop are merging or is it possible

that country music is even replacing hip hop?

And we'll do that by looking at both of these songs very closely.

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