Season 1 · Episode 21 · May 22, 2019 · 40 min
Lil Nas X
“Old Town Road”
vs. Nine Inch Nails "34 Ghosts IV"
Originally titled “Old Town Ghosts”
From the Riffs archive First aired May 22, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
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A rappers plight… is country music friend or foe? Joe & Toby answer this and more in a discussion about country rapper Lil Nas X with hints of NIN. What we geek out over in this episode: Susie Stop Playin’, Trent Reznor, Iggy Pop’s Nightclubbing (1977), Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt (2002), Country-Rap a.k.a. Hick-Hop, Ryan Upchurch track called Country Cut Celebrity (2018), Old Town Remix with Billy Ray Cyrus, and Bubba Sparxxx Country Folks (2013).
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.