On this episode of The Breakdown, the rising star talks about the hit that topped the charts and made history.
was writing “A Bar Song ,” he wanted to keep the arrangements sounding as organic as possible. He built the track around J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy,” and within an hour, he had his very own ode to raising a glass — with a country twist. The megahit quickly went viral and toppeds Hot Country Songs Chart, surpassing “Texas Hold ’Em” by Beyoncé. “Some people said it reminds them of ‘Wonderwall,’ ” Shaboozey says. “I don’t hear it.
To get the country vibe just right, Shaboozey refers to what he thinks of as a treasure chest of essential sounds. “You can’t have a country song with no 12-string, can’t have no bluegrass song with no 12-string guitar,” he says. “It’s got a brighter tone to it.” His other must-haves include fanlike drum brushes that create a sense of warmth within a song’s percussive pattern. “You don’t have an Americana song without brush loops,” Shaboozey explains.
Shaboozey was born in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. His upbringing gave him a front-row seat to Southern rap’s imperial era. Before Missouri’s J-Kwon found a hit with “Tipsy,” North Carolina’s Petey Pablo burst onto the scene in 2001 and made a fan out of Shaboozey, who still wants to experiment with his music. “He had a record called ‘Raise Up’ that I thought would be really cool to turn into a country song,” he shares. “I’m thinking about still doing it.
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