Country Rap
{{For|the genre|Country rap}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Country Rap
| type = studio
| artist = The Bellamy Brothers
| cover = countryrsp.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1986
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 35:18
| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/country-rap-mw0000192946|title=The Bellamy Brothers - Country Rap|website=AllMusic }} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/the-bellamy-brothers-interview-6214251/|title=The Bellamy Brothers Talk Being 'Bro Country Before It Was Cool'|magazine=Billboard|last=Dauphin|first=Chuck|date=August 8, 2014|access-date=September 2, 2022}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| title1 = Too Much Is Not Enough
| writer1 = David Bellamy, Ron Taylor
| length1 = 3:50
| note1 = with The Forester Sisters
| title2 = Sweet Nostalgia
| writer2 = D. Bellamy
| length2 = 3:53
| title3 = Kids of the Baby Boom
| writer3 = D. Bellamy
| length3 = 3:24
| title4 = One Too Many Times
| writer4 = Howard Bellamy
| length4 = 3:00
| title5 = Go Ahead - Fall in Love
| writer5 = D. Bellamy
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = D-D-D-D-Divorcee
| writer6 = D. Bellamy
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = Our Family
| writer7 = D. Bellamy, Bobby Braddock
| length7 = 4:02
| title8 = Country Rap
| writer8 = D. Bellamy
| length8 = 2:30
| title9 = Hard On A Heart
| writer9 = H. Bellamy
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Where the Lights Come From
| writer10 = Thom Schuyler, Don Schlitz
| length10 = 3:08
}}
Personnel
=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"
Chart performance
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! Chart (1986) ! Peak |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|21|artist=The Bellamy Brothers}} |