Album Review: Colt Ford – Chicken & Biscuits

Whenever I read any sort of critique of Colt Ford (this is probably the first I’ve read where this didn’t happen), he has sort of been presented as a better version of Cowboy Troy. I still haven’t seen why, as the latter at least had a few guilty pleasures (“If You Don’t Wanna Love Me,” “Somebody’s Smiling on Me”), while I haven’t yet heard anything appealing from Colt.

Once again, Malec allows me to know that I’m not insane. I have NO problems with rap whatsoever, and have a deep admiration for people like Mathers and West and JAY-Z, who are true artists in the medium. When a guy like this turns the form into a complete abortion on tape, for lack of a better phrase, it is painful.

I enjoyed “Ride Through The Country” because JMM’s vocal was great and the hook was catchy, but that, as with what I’m hearing from this album, doesn’t help the fact that “The Worst Part Of Every Colt Ford Song, Is Colt Ford”.

ha ha ha ha ha – hey, I’m just saying that 99% of the time, I agree with Malec. ;)

…….but dually noted.

Glad to see a truly negative review for this guy, because I don’t like him, and don’t seem to understand why everyone keeps praising him.

Wait… this isn’t a comedy album?

Sounds like a lot of jealousy around here… Colt plays hundreds of shows a year and sells a lot of CDs and merch and is continually growing as an artist. Like him or not, that’s your choice, BUT you cannot argue with the fact that Colt Ford has struck a chord with a lot of country fans in a way that many artists today would die to do.

AJ, I don’t notice any jealousy. It seems like Jim and the rest of the crew just generally dislike this clown’s music.

…in a nutshell: go for the chicken or the biscuits but not for “chicken & biscuits”. correct?

I’d say you pretty much hit the nail on the head with this review. At the risk of being tarred and feathered, I was a DJ in south Georgia at the radio station that broke “Ride Through The Country.” We played it as a novelty song because Colt Ford is from the area and for some reason it turned into a major overnight phenomenon. I would walk into the studio and within minutes the phone would ring with a request for Ride Through The Country. I’d generaly hold off as long as I could before I’d play it. Two minutes after it aired, I’d get six more requests. I hated the song the first time I heard it in my program director’s office, and about six thousand plays later I go into convultions when I hear it. Pretty soon the other local stations got in on it and started playing him. We even promoted several Colt Ford concerts that were pretty much sold out shows, I couldn’t believe it. I will give him one credit: in a weird, frightening way, it captures a little bit of south Georgia. The people there have this strange cultural mix of hip hop and redneck. “Dirt Road Anthem” off his first album had a slight element of truth to it, people there would go out on Saturday night and “ride dirt roads”, as they put it, and drink beer. What really amazed me was we were also playing Jason Boland, Stoney Larue, and Cross Canadian Ragweed and people loved them too, but for some reason they went nuts for Colt Ford. If somebody can explain to me either how our audience liked both, or why they chose Colt Ford over Boland, I will buy you a beer.

If Colt is “real”, I’ll stick to fake and manufactured for the rest of my life.

to cj i live in south georgia and remember when that radio station played underground music they were the first to play colt ford and zac brown and many more underground artist they are now like every other pop/cuntry(without the o) station out there and i rarely listn to them. as to this review i agree his first cd with exception of ride through the country was pretty much trash though had chuckles in a few no real quality and as an artist i doubt he can climb any higher on this album

Immani Coppula pulled off country rap.

I grew up in a town of 435 people and we were the biggest school in our league.

colt ford is awesome, the songs are meant for people from the country who dont wanna listen to some wack ass rap but dont always want a sappy country song they are up beat and its good party, four wheeling/mud bogging music. i guess you would have to be a country guy or gal to understand him, city people aint gonna understand and sure aint gonna like it. if yall dont like him dont listen to him, but dont diss him. but us G.R.I.T.S do loooove him.