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Blanco Brown managed to ride the "Old Town Road" wave right to the top of the charts when his effervescent "The Git Up" became a viral sensation in the summer of 2019. Striking while the iron was hot, Brown delivered the full-length debut Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs in October, just a few months after "The Git Up" made the leap from TikTok to the Billboard charts. Such a quick turnaround is evident in the threadbare nature of the album. Lasting a shade over a half-hour, Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs nevertheless feels sluggish, due in part to the rubbery bass and electronic futzing of his vocals (i.e., all the elements that make this seem like the "trailer trap" fusion Brown purports it to be. While this means that Honeysuckle sounds more like modern hip-hop than Southern-friend hick-hop, it does give the album a heavy, dour blandness that doesn't sit well with Brown's decision to signify his country roots by ratcheting up the sentimentality. This blend of mawkishness and dank beats is pretty much the opposite of what "The Git Up" promised. The fact that Brown did hit the bullseye once just makes Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs seem like even more of a humorless slog than it actually is.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ray Seay, Engineer - James Wallace, Engineer - Kenny Mixx, Engineer - Bennie Amey III, Composer, Engineer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Christi Seay, Engineer - Trevoris Scott, Bass Guitar
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Ken Fambro, Composer, Producer - Ray Seay, Engineer - James Wallace, Engineer - Kenny Mixx, Engineer - Bennie Amey III, Composer, Engineer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Abraham Abushmais, Composer - Sam DiCesare, Composer, Producer, Guitar - Christi Seay, Engineer
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Ray Seay, Engineer - James Wallace, Engineer - Kenny Mixx, Engineer - James Brabham, Composer, Producer - David Byrd, Guitar - Bennie Amey III, Composer, Engineer - Quintin Amey, Composer, Producer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Christi Seay, Engineer - Bennie Amey Jr, Composer, Producer
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Bennie Amey III, Composer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Abraham Abushmais, Composer - Sam DiCesare, Composer
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
John Whitfield, Composer - Isaiah Brown, Composer - Bennie Amey III, Composer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Dominic Crawford, Composer
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Ray Seay, Engineer - James Wallace, Engineer - Kenny Mixx, Engineer - Jason Lee Jones, Banjo - Bennie Amey III, Composer, Engineer - Quintin Amey, Composer, Producer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Christi Seay, Engineer - Austin Primm, Guitar
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Bennie Amey III, Composer - Liby Vongmanee, Composer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Corey Marquez Stephens, Composer
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Ray Seay, Engineer - James Wallace, Engineer - Kenny Mixx, Engineer - Jason Lee Jones, Banjo - Bennie Amey III, Composer, Producer, Engineer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist - Sam DiCesare, Composer, Producer - Christi Seay, Engineer
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Bennie Amey III, Composer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
Bennie Amey III, Composer - Blanco Brown, MainArtist
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC
Album review
Blanco Brown managed to ride the "Old Town Road" wave right to the top of the charts when his effervescent "The Git Up" became a viral sensation in the summer of 2019. Striking while the iron was hot, Brown delivered the full-length debut Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs in October, just a few months after "The Git Up" made the leap from TikTok to the Billboard charts. Such a quick turnaround is evident in the threadbare nature of the album. Lasting a shade over a half-hour, Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs nevertheless feels sluggish, due in part to the rubbery bass and electronic futzing of his vocals (i.e., all the elements that make this seem like the "trailer trap" fusion Brown purports it to be. While this means that Honeysuckle sounds more like modern hip-hop than Southern-friend hick-hop, it does give the album a heavy, dour blandness that doesn't sit well with Brown's decision to signify his country roots by ratcheting up the sentimentality. This blend of mawkishness and dank beats is pretty much the opposite of what "The Git Up" promised. The fact that Brown did hit the bullseye once just makes Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs seem like even more of a humorless slog than it actually is.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:01
- Main artists: Blanco Brown
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Broken Bow Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group ℗ 2019 TrailerTrapMusic LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC/BBR Music Group
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