FYI: If you use the song title that starts with "Red" and ends with "necker" in the comments, KZfaq is auto-deleting those because I guess the bots think it is derogatory... so figure out a creative way to talk about it! (And also, if you just wanna see the Hixtape review, go to 8:00.)
@t1748ya4 жыл бұрын
Just use neckerred
@trashpanda19994 жыл бұрын
KZfaq mad racist 😂
@dezb85104 жыл бұрын
Wow crimson nape is derogatory??! Isn’t there a song where the woman says I am a crimson nape woman I ain’t no high class broad?
@dragonkfg4 жыл бұрын
Noted.
@kodymoyer46334 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised you didn’t mention anything on “turn you down” I was interested to hear your thoughts on that one. Also I fan girled just the littlest bit when I saw my comment lol
@Pastorlogangrant4 жыл бұрын
“Country Post Malone” As a HUGE fan of Hardy, I’ll ride with that
@tycarter73254 жыл бұрын
I’d rather listen to Hardy’s clever word play than to listen to a song singing about seducing a girl while having a snaptrack in the background
@bcjdwbiernfjherwfbowfib4 жыл бұрын
ninja penguin-10 same
@rylanmonaghan76944 жыл бұрын
Or you can do both and listen to I don’t know about you
@JOE403414 жыл бұрын
I like him honestly. He's more country than a lot of the "country" artists out there.
@Treestandtroubadour4 жыл бұрын
JOE40341 facts! I see all these crazy comments about him but I guess it’s whatever. I hunt I fish and I play guitar and write music. I’m not one of these guys that just listens to music and try’s to complain about anything they can and or claim to be a country music expert like the many people that comment on these videos. All my friends like this guy and it’s because he’s different if people don’t think he is they’ve obviously not done research
@dylbob65204 жыл бұрын
But he’s not country
@jeremymccurley7794 жыл бұрын
he actually IS country. I'm about as hardcore country as it gets - and he's one of the few newer artists (along with Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, Riley Green) that I can stomach. Hardy just presents his country in a little different style than a lot of people, and it's not quite as traditional. But his songwriting is amazing and he actually uses real instruments.
@lsufan41384 жыл бұрын
@@jeremymccurley779 Check out Frank Foster.
@Treestandtroubadour4 жыл бұрын
Tyler 123 i like frank foster too my favorite is the beer drinking buddies
@savannah82434 жыл бұрын
He also wrote over half of Morgan Wallen's If I Know Me album
@mirandaluiza4 жыл бұрын
Savannah best album ever
@brandonkatona32564 жыл бұрын
“ I feel like Hardy hacked bro country”- Grady Smith
@piggwardd4 жыл бұрын
Amen
@daytona_2003 жыл бұрын
And he has a video on that now
@blakesterling1394 жыл бұрын
Hardy is actually the smartest song writer in Nashville...change my mind
@LANGI9024 жыл бұрын
Cant do it 😅
@mmmmm-tl6tl4 жыл бұрын
Nobody’s gonna be able to change your mind, bro. Hardy is fantastic, and I personally love that he rolls with FGL and Morgan Wallen. Kinda gives the same vibe of the Migos rolling with Yachty and crap in the rap industry, but instead it’s a group of country dudes. It’s pretty cool.
@Ryank21504 жыл бұрын
Taylor Swift
@brianschram65374 жыл бұрын
Hardy is a co-writer. He writes with other people. We shouldn't forget those other writers
@zacheadrick7214 жыл бұрын
GodKing47 she’s not in Nashville and left the country scene years ago
@propgro5474 жыл бұрын
I died at the reviewing his pictures part - 😂
@christianrich89293 жыл бұрын
This guy is from my home town. And the song he went to Jared is a real thing. He was dating this girl for years and she left him for some frat boy that went to ole miss. Like a lot of his songs, I'm sure he makes his songs off of real experiences.
@samoliver132 жыл бұрын
That’s one of my favorites by him, didn’t know if it was based on a true story or not. Best one in my opinion is give heaven some hell
@smackoholick2 жыл бұрын
One of the most talented writers in country music
@CollinDudley1134 жыл бұрын
I really like his song “what backroads are for” with Tracy Lawrence and Jake Owen, it’s really cool to hear Tracy Lawrence again.
@tonyschmitz19974 жыл бұрын
My Account Tracy Lawrence has a new album out and it’s great!
@cjordan7894 жыл бұрын
HARDY has forced me to do some real soul searching on my views of country music for a while and I can’t tell you after listening to a lot of his stuff, and taking into account his songwriting hits I can’t help but love him. HIXTAPE I think goes to show how many people want to work with him
@brycedoiron19444 жыл бұрын
Signed sober you is a beauty of a tune. Such good writing.
@Arose4her4 жыл бұрын
I’m freakin in love with HARDY right now! One Beer is definitely my favorite song on this album. I really don’t think Hixtape was made to be anything more than a fun project to do with all of his friends. He honestly probably told people to pick a song and we’ll throw you on there.
@JDHeller09094 жыл бұрын
First. I LOVE Hardy. He's very talented. His songs are smart and catchy. One thing I was shocked by was how great he is in person. I saw him open for Morgan Wallen in Nashville about a year and a half ago and he blew me away. He had more stage presence and appeal than Wallen, and it rocked
@JMunn553 жыл бұрын
Morgan actually seems kinda awkward on stage at times. Seeing them together would be awesome
@TheSpartan579754 жыл бұрын
While "No Place Like Hometown" isn't my favourite track on the record, I do think it has one of the best lines in the intro: "But when I get to missing my roots Sitting somewhere west of wherever You can find me tapping these Redwing boots together" That's some really sick songwritting IMO.
@collinreed17864 жыл бұрын
I was surprised when I heard him say this was his least favorite, it's my favorite on the whole album, it's a straight up jam.
@emmaella71634 жыл бұрын
The "no place like hometown" lyric is what kills it for me.
@collinreed17864 жыл бұрын
Emma Ella I guess it hits everyone different. I live in a small town with four red lights so it's relatable
@mrhipsterman4 жыл бұрын
Hixtape is one step closer to us getting a Country Cypher and I’m all for it
@xLiviPoox4 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's just the fellow Mississippian in me but I love Hardy. Even if some of this songs could be considered repetitive, it doesn't make his songs any less fun to listen to. He's different and I like that about him.
@EverydayGear4 жыл бұрын
Hardy is FGL for people that don't want to tell their friends they like FGL.
@tierneylogan59434 жыл бұрын
Hardy wrote the only FGL songs I’ll listen to, put it like that...
@maggiewilson1844 жыл бұрын
Everyday Gear hahahahahahha
@drealboy_4 жыл бұрын
Fgl is like the nickelback of country music
@benb26964 жыл бұрын
You said there were 2 women featured on his new album but you forgot about Thomas Rhett.
@bcjdwbiernfjherwfbowfib4 жыл бұрын
BenB 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@comandermcgarrett77954 жыл бұрын
I like hardys style alot. My favorite song from the album is nothin out here. I want this album and Midlands album.
@jquinn43024 жыл бұрын
One beer with Lauren Alaina is great. It's a really well thought out song in my opinion.
@bwhity55474 жыл бұрын
1:50 - my name is zak bagans. I never believed in ghost before I came face to face with one. So I set out on a quest to capture what I once saw onto video....
@thebayoudiaries83894 жыл бұрын
This made me lol. Good job.
@grantkingsley91314 жыл бұрын
When you said “My Kinda Livin’” and “Redneck Tendencies” I got so hype because this are my favorites as well. I love HARDY and I think he’s one of the best song writers out there.
@robertherbert13284 жыл бұрын
I found HARDY through his song Signed, Sober You, and I instantly enjoyed his music. It's repetitive and monotonous, but it's easy to sing to because of that. Turn You Down is fun with the windows down on the highway, 4x4 is fun on a back road drive, I'll Quit Lovin You is calmer and toned down a little. I like HARDY because there's a lot of generalized lyrics that I can listen to and I can think about how I relate to them or I can not think about them at all. I like his word choices, rhyme schemes, alliteration, word play, references, and the like a lot, and that's one of the biggest reasons I like listening to him. But he has songs, like This Ole Boy, that have unique chord structures and different musicality. Again, a lot of his stuff touches on generalized and similar topics, but country music is about the country. Pop music sings about love and money, R&B sings about heartache and love, Techno/Edm focuses on strong bass, good percussion and female vocals a lot, Rap focuses on spreading messages and bragging or calling someone out. Song genres tend to stick to things they know. I think it's impressive that HARDY was able to partner with so many artists on Hixtape, as it's introduced me to other people that I never would have heard otherwise. I wish more collaborations would happen, but I understand the struggle sometimes. I just think it's cool to see someone put out an album that features a lot of people. It might seem overwhelming, but each person's voice lends a different color and tonality to the songs. The lyrics might be similar overall, but the instruments and vocals vary from song to song, making it, in my opinion, and engaging album.
@stevensullivan49344 жыл бұрын
I’m from Philadelphia I don’t live to far from where he used to live.. me and his hometown for sure support him
@daylenjohnson81234 жыл бұрын
He reminds me of a ebay version of kid rock 😂
@ryanogden56354 жыл бұрын
Super underrated comment lmaoooo
@daylenjohnson81234 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😂😂
@justsomehuman98474 жыл бұрын
Here for it
@tabeesle4 жыл бұрын
😂
@delaneyxhart4 жыл бұрын
"The epitome of White Claw culture" is an underrated quote
@michaelkennedy2724 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love love love " This Ole Boy "
@realtalkkt2 жыл бұрын
My brother in law put me on to “A ROCK” and I was immediately hooked. Dudes writing is on a whole other level. And BOOTS cemented me in. Had some Four Year Strong riffs in there. Made me want to write some country/hXc crossover songs lol
@danielbacon37404 жыл бұрын
"Jingles for Pringles" at 2:24, I absolutely love it, Thank-you Grady
@samboyd7314 жыл бұрын
He was the bass player for CJ Solar, with whom he wrote "Up Down" before writing on his own and putting out his solo stuff
@Shellinois4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This video helped me understand Hardy. "I Don't Know About You" may not be a "country" song, but its lyrical wordplay is on point. Dude writes a sharp hook and strong lyrics.
@jakedaddio89094 жыл бұрын
I love how you reviews on topics remain well thought out and how you never really show clear biases.
@morgankelly71574 жыл бұрын
I actually like Hardy my favorite song of his although it's pretty poppy is all she left was me
@Jxcksonboy4 жыл бұрын
Great song
@miniraph99214 жыл бұрын
His best song is by far "all she left was me"
@nickbrincks4 жыл бұрын
I agree! I love the wordplay in that song. Melody is great too.
@JMunn553 жыл бұрын
great writing and melody, one of hus best, Some Things Never Change with Dallas Smith is up there too
@rachelstein2554 жыл бұрын
Nothin Out Here and Something a lil stronger are my personal favorites from Hixtape!
@jakekohnmusic23344 жыл бұрын
Woah, i love this video, but i just noticed that you hit 80k subs! Congrats dude! Your channel is the best. Well deserved
@tone4dayz4 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that I’m not the biggest country fan ever but I love watching your vids and hearing your take on things😌😌
@michaelhallett77214 жыл бұрын
Out of the hixtapes my favorite one is “What they make backroads for” but I love “this ole boy” and “I’ll quit lovin’ you”.
@brookelawton8224 жыл бұрын
The more you listen to hell right, the better it gets 😭I jam out to that song
@dirtracer21d4 жыл бұрын
I hated when I first heard and hate it very slightly less now lol
@brookelawton8224 жыл бұрын
Tony Davis same I was like umm I don’t know about this and now I play it every second in the car 😂!!
@Jxcksonboy4 жыл бұрын
And I do like the "music coalitions" between Hardy and other artists. People are drawn to the camaraderie of groups like the Rat Pack and the Brat Pack and now this with FGL, Wallen, Hardy.
@jacksongates13474 жыл бұрын
11:15 is exactly how I feel, didn't think I'd like him and now I'm going to see him in November
@lilg15084 жыл бұрын
I love hardy and I enjoyed “hixtape a lot
@melissak88924 жыл бұрын
Hardy is a poet. Actually, I think his collaborations and obligations bring him down some. Watch his live acoustic songs on YT to really see it.
@LANGI9024 жыл бұрын
Dude has such a strong talent for songwriting 💯 Hixtape is great!
@6oclocknewsat85 ай бұрын
I love Hardy and his multisyllabic rhymes like in Truck Bed "I woke up on the WRONG SIDE, of the truck bed this morning With a BONE DRY, bottle of Jack I was pouring" And Rednecker when he says "I have a little more kick in my drawl Y'all and a little more spit in my Chaw"
@Sweshification4 жыл бұрын
I don't know how anyone doesn't like Hardy....He is super talented, his bromance with Morgan Wallen is adorable and he just seems like the nicest guy.
@barbiemerson Жыл бұрын
Hardy kinda grows on you. At 1st I thought he was a big goof ball. Morgan’s side kick/Drinking Buddy. When you peel back the layers- he’s amazing. He made sure his girl graduated college with a degree/career before he married her. Thoughtful, smart, caring. Morgan also loves words-a thoughtful friendship there. He reads his IG & often responds to a fans. He’s Incredible.
@danielmunson70514 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this video! I know you have a more obscure taste in country, but I love it when you put out reviews of mainstream artists too. HARDY's got a great future ahead of him. Hope you can review Pardi's new album soon, too!
@GradySmith4 жыл бұрын
Riley Green is going to post in an hour or so, and then I will get to Jon.
@justinnewman19974 жыл бұрын
Have you ever talked about earl dribble jr or wheel Walker jr?
@alisha.lainee3 жыл бұрын
One Beer is my favorite song of his
@JD-mv8tl4 жыл бұрын
Hardy is a hell of a singer and has song talent
@Thunderchicken694 жыл бұрын
You mentioned mountain music by Alabama and it instantly came on SXM Prime Country in the background in my truck, I’m sitting in a Home Depot parking lot watching this, by the way.
@leeryan10514 жыл бұрын
When I first heard of Hardy and saw what he looked like I remember saying to my friends "He looks like a guy who was huge into the indie hipster scene and then found country music"
@pompelmo9044 жыл бұрын
Love this review, I'm glad you gave it a chance. This dude is a songwriter genius.
@johnmarston64504 жыл бұрын
Hardy’s mixtape vol. 1 should be album of the year hands down! He’s also badass as hell
@ThePete24324 жыл бұрын
I met him in person a handful of times. He’s a legitimately solid guy. I’m not a big snap clap guy, but I love his solo stuff.
@mohnjayer4 жыл бұрын
I respect the guy as a writer and artist but there’s no denying that he’s contributed a ton to the radio-ready pop music total garbage side of country and that’s unforgivable.
@quinnthomas34644 жыл бұрын
I am obsessed with this record. Definitely have my eye on Hardy.
@05yamahayfz4 жыл бұрын
Seen him in concert twice in the last 9 months both with Morgan Wallen and hands down one of the better concerts I've been to. He's definitely found his niche in country music.
@filthysock4 жыл бұрын
Definitely sounds like an album I wanna add to my collection.
@ruttoutdoors48974 жыл бұрын
Hardy is awesome! Signed sober you is such a good song because it’s so relatable. He went to Jared is a good one because it’s relatable to blue collar guys to my self.
@grantgeppert60664 жыл бұрын
I am big into traditional sounding country music, but I really enjoy this album! Great review!
@KLee275334 жыл бұрын
Mad respect for HARDY I usually hate new male country artists bit there's something unique about him and I think he's awesome
@punkdrum774 жыл бұрын
Me, primarily a fan of punk and metal who is using this channel to explore more of the country world after dipping my toe in with Eric Church and The Zac Brown Band (on that note, thank you Grady), when the Hardy Hixtape Vol. 1 cover flashed on screen "Is that Zakk Wylde?!" (longtime guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and frontman of Black Label Society). That is NOT the collaboration I was expecting.
@NoCoverCharge Жыл бұрын
I’m about to drive 16 hours just to go see Hardy and I can’t wait
@preflightdrip86724 жыл бұрын
He went to jared and one beer are the best in my opinion. Also he is country, stop saying hes not if you dont agree feel free to argue your point.
@austincosman60264 жыл бұрын
The Post Malone of country music is pretty accurate
@jalensexton87124 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts on Marty Robbins?
@grantlee40834 жыл бұрын
Gods country bigger than beer never broke my heart!
@gabingston34304 жыл бұрын
I love both songs.
@mallorieself41474 жыл бұрын
i find red-necker such a fun song to listen to and i find Hardy super fun to follow
@allisonbaumhover81144 жыл бұрын
Please do a vid on the Ken Burns Country Music Documentary
@GradySmith4 жыл бұрын
Next week!!
@allisonbaumhover81144 жыл бұрын
@@GradySmith OMG I'm soo excited!!!!! Can't wait!
@danielherrera33024 жыл бұрын
Hardy it’s like if Old Row became a person
@hunterguzman62324 жыл бұрын
Another song writer you should look into is Townes Van Zandt. He wrote a lot of classic country songs and sings a lot of deep and meaningful songs. Check out Heartworm Highway it's really good.
@theginganinja-_-76953 жыл бұрын
I watched this when it came out and now I’m watching again. Then I didn’t really listen to much hardy except for his really big song’s. Lately I’ve been into his music a lot more. You need to listen to boots by him. I honestly love this song and it’s my go to right now.
@alexandrajensen84644 жыл бұрын
One beer is such a guilty pleasure song 🤷🏻♀️
@aidanw93782 жыл бұрын
Watching this now as a new HARDY fan, I really see the point about wordplay while listening to A Rock. Now that's a well written song
@SnaggyPuma4 жыл бұрын
Kolby cooper “it ain’t me” listen to it if you haven’t already
@jordanreisinger35874 жыл бұрын
I was so set on hating this album when he was teasing it on his Instagram and then when it came out it kind of surprised me! I think it’s a cool project, a kind of merger between the modern “bro country” scene and hints of classics sounds, especially from vocals, with people like Trace Adkins, Joe Diffie and Tracy Lawrence. Then you have up and coming artists like Lauren Alaina and Jon Langston who have such amazing voices being brought on to this runaway train of success HARDY is riding right now. I’ll be honest, I’ve been playing this album on repeat.
@GradySmith4 жыл бұрын
I'm basically in the exact same boat as you.
@TheAlexLamberty4 жыл бұрын
You were spot on about his cleverness in the love of repetitive consonants like “bigger buck and bass”. He’s very talented regardless if you like his type of music or not.
@elijahrobbins78464 жыл бұрын
Anybody else catch that here comes the bride is in the background of he went to Jared?
@Basu1173 жыл бұрын
Your point about production is so true. These clever lyrics are fun in a more rock-vibe song, but if you try to have an intimate sex jam with these lyrics it just comes across as super weird.
@emmaella71634 жыл бұрын
I read -necker as a truthful parody, if that makes sense. Like "I am all these things" but with a sense of humour about it. I heard He Went To Jared as a pre-release for Hixtape and it's one of my favs on the whole album. I think it's fun - and funny. Especially how Hardy and Wallen have gone on a 2 verse rant about this girl choosing another guy and then the line about not liking her anyway. Like that's pretty much how that would go down in a bar. One Beer is another one of my favs. It feels real. It's a story I've heard before but you don't hear it as much as it happens and I feel like someone, somewhere is gonna feel that little bit better because of it and I like that.
@WEW08269 ай бұрын
1:59 in 2023 (almost 2024) u want to blame you, Grady, for the reason Posty is making country.
@rockpaperscissors824 жыл бұрын
"How many songs that essentially mean the same thing can we make." Yep, and that's why I don't take this guy seriously as an artist, no matter how clever on occasion. It's lifestyle branding, not dissimilar to what happened in hip-hop in the late 90's, basically ruining it as a mainstream format. He's playing the system, so, yes, he hacked bro country -- a great way of putting it, by the way.
@Sassafras-4 жыл бұрын
That's because you're a jackass
@sirbastian92434 жыл бұрын
Krieger Time lmaooo
@brookepage86534 жыл бұрын
Love your channel and hope your dad is doing well! Hope to see another "hot takes", great video.
@laylamarie51274 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes yes! Thank you so much for doing a video about HARDY! I really wanted you to do this video, thank you so much!
@Hello-wn7er4 жыл бұрын
He is really going somewhere I believe. And I thank god there is someone on KZfaq that has knowledge and guts to give your opinion on country music! So I thank you! FYI: You look like Dirks Bentley a lot..!
@Coffee_Addict9814 жыл бұрын
Do a top 10 Blake Shelton if you haven't
@ImThatDude5554 жыл бұрын
You should review Riley Green “Different round here”
@drowebot4 жыл бұрын
You nailed my exact feelings on Hixtape and Hardy. Like I kinda want to hate it, but, I secretly listen to it while drinking beer a lot 🤷♂️
@8145dwerdna4 жыл бұрын
When I first saw the dude I thought he's related to Zak Bagans.
@caitiebabe874 жыл бұрын
You are really smart when it comes To musical analytics
@chandlerkellogg87814 жыл бұрын
Shoutout for showing the mass comm building at MTSU, where all of the recording industry classes are held!
@stephaniephelps16834 жыл бұрын
Love HARDY~ Can't wait to see Highway Find Tour!
@ashleyhill4154 жыл бұрын
After watching a lot of your videos.. i realized We literally have the same taste in music. Will keep watching 🙌🏼
@Milewski234 жыл бұрын
Haha, when you were describing him, as I was looking at the pictures I literally said “he reminds me of Post Malone” RIGHT before you said “He’s like a country Post Malone,” Very nice comparison
@ladywunderkind93904 жыл бұрын
Also feeling neutral about him. He does have good wordplay but I feel like he's working with the wrong people. I used to be a really big FGL fan.
@tammydelgado9326 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love about 99% of Hardy's music. Morgan is also a great songwriter.