![]() ^ "Rap Albums: Year-End top-selling albums across all genres".^ "Top Country Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts".^ "Big Smo Chart History (Top Rap Albums)".^ "Big Smo Chart History (Top Country Albums)".^ "Big Smo Chart History ( Billboard 200)"."Country Album Chart Report for July 28, 2015". Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. "Country Music's Top 10 Albums: The Week Of June 11, 2014". " 'Big Smo' review: Giving hick-hop a bad name". ![]() ^ a b c Mansfield, Brian (June 3, 2014). ![]() "Album Review: Big Smo – Kuntry Livin' ". " Kuntry Livin ' – Big Smo | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". As of July 2015, the album has sold 151,400 copies in the US. 9 in the Top Country Albums market with 9,000 copies sold, and it sold enough to chart at No. 31 most sold album according to the Billboard 200. Commercial performance įor the Billboard charting week of June 21, 2014, Kuntry Livin ' charted as the No. At USA Today, Brian Mansfield rated the album two-and-a-half stars out of four, remarking how Big Smo's "cadences sound too similar, but the best connect like a hammer." David Jeffries of AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, proclaiming that while "the corporate cornpone formula will pay off splendidly", the release "can't be written off so easily." At Newsday, Verne Gay graded the album a C+, cautioning in his bottom line that "This (almost) music-free opener makes you wonder what the fuss is about." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, highlighting how "Those that open their ears may just find themselves tapping their toes or nodding their head along to the rhythmic Rural Rap". Kuntry Livin ' met with a moderate reception from music critics. The music on Kuntry Livin' has been described as spinning "rap rhymes about working-class values over hard-rock riffs." Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Music and lyrics Īccording to Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, Big Smo is one of the foremost artists in a style known as rural rap or hick-hop, "which blends rural, Country themes and melodies with some rap elements (production and vocal delivery)". Kuntry Livin ' marks Big Smo's the major-label debut, and was produced by Jon Conner and Orig. He then signed to Warner Bros.'s Elektra Nashville label, and released two extended plays, Grass Roots EP in 20's Backwoods Whiskey. 31 on the Billboard 200.īig Smo previously released two albums through Yayoda Records, and self-released three other studio albums. The album was produced by Jon Conner and Orig. It was released on Jby both Elektra Nashville and Warner Bros. Kuntry Livin ' is the debut major label studio album from the American country rapper Big Smo.
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