Colt Ford - Declaration Of Independence

The acquired taste of Colt Ford returns one more time with Declaration Of Independence. If you enjoy his redneck rap or bbq, jesus and rebel american pride then you will find way too much to love on this album. I've always taken him with a grain of salt and found some songs to like in his catalog but I can't say I think he's a genius because the songs are always sold by their chorus and the actual singing talent that duets with him.

The album kicks off with a Hank Williams Jr. styled propaganda song using Queens "We Will Rock You" drum chorus as inspiration and back bone. The song, titled "Answer To No One" is typical in its I'm a tough american redneck douche bag that doesn't know anything but what the idiots in the republican church party of america tells them. Doesn't really have a great hook either so lets move on. Could it get worse? The answer is yes now with a Nicki Minaj groove Colt and Jason Aldean (countries most overrated male vocalist right now) use some auto-tune to help Aldean stay somewhat in key as they croon and rap over top of this slow jam that sounds like it was ripped off from said Minaj's debut record. The album continues to fall quickly into despair as the much less talented vocalist from the duo Brooks & Dunn, Kix Brooks lays vocals down on what is probably the most awful song of the three.

You get the flat monotone rap introduction of what is easily the best hook so far on the album crooned by Montgomery Gentry. Too bad that Colt is ruining what could have been a decent song for the fallen Montgomery Gentry. Suddenly a song that works appears with Jonathon Singlet driving the hook this time round. This is about freaking time Colt! The entire package works here with the more musical rap here and the excellent hook with a nice little fiddle solo that drops into a heavy guitar riff. As with all his previous albums this all gets pretty old quick.

So the album continues to make attempts to blend country and hip-hop with kid rock like rock elements with total failure for a large portion of the next few songs. Now if you need to vomit up some bad food play "Happy In Hell" feat. Boyz II Men and you will instantly have an empty stomach but use with caution, have someone with their finger on the stop or pause button so you don't die from being unable to stop after you get what you need out, out. Lets all be honest this is crap and I didn't mind a few tracks on his previous albums. Here Colt hits it right once and the rest of the time all it will give you is a headache and an upset stomach. It is time for this to come to a stop because there is nothing creative left in the fat mans tank. Shameful nonsense and I'm sorry to my ears for actually listening to it in the first place. My friend Josh-A-Sqwash who has hated this guy from day one finally has me sharing his opinion. No samples because I don't want to waste my bandwidth on such drivel.