Rustling up a signature style unlike anything in the game, country trap king Jamie Ray serves up his anxiously awaited debut EP, Country Trap [Against Da Grain/Human Resources/Epic Records]. Listen to Country Trap.
The nine-track collection highlights his hypnotic hybrid of country and hip-hop threaded together with the pluck of bluesy guitar and the thump of slick 808s. Among many highlights, “Camo Bando” pairs his unrestrained flow with a skittering beat as he namedrops Rambo in between a yeehaw or two. He warns, “Don’t think about taking off with my money. I got it!” Breezy acoustic guitar gives way to trap production on “Buckshot” punctuated by banjo. Then, there’s “Do Si Do” [feat. D Star & Dusty Leigh]. He cooks up a honky-tonk banger with no shortage of twerking or twang. The introspective “Country To The City” chronicles his journey, while “Guitar Strings” hinges on six-string fireworks straight out of the Mississippi Delta as he urges, “So let me know if you want to go,” over fretboard-burning wailing. Meanwhile, Country Trap also boasts his breakout “MAGIC CITY COWBOY” and “COWBOY GANGSTA.”
Check out the full tracklisting below!
In advance of Country Trap, Jamie has impressively gathered over 30 million total global audio streams and 20 million video views. He preceded the EP with “STICKS,” which cracked 234K Spotify streams and 887K YouTube views on the music video. In a symbolic moment of passing the torch, he just joined forces with Southern rap icon Bubba Sparxxx for a Remix of the #1 classic “Deliverance.” Check it out HERE.
After quietly grinding, Jamie Ray set the game ablaze with a cosign from Young Thug and the release of “MAGIC CITY COWBOY” in 2021, generating over 8.4 million Spotify streams, 2.9 million YouTube views on the music video, and countless TikTok creates. He further defined a showstopping style of his own with the likes of “Broadway Girls REMIX” and his latest viral hit “COWBOY GANGSTA” whose visual surpassed over 8.2 Million views on YouTube. Along the way, he tallied tens of millions of streams and views and attracted features from the likes of Lil Baby and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. Now, he’s ready to flip country and rap upside down for good.
Get ready for more from Jamie Ray.
COUNTRY TRAP Tracklisting:
1.“COWBOY GANGSTA”
2.“CAMO BANDO”
3.“BUCK SHOT”
4.“YEET YEET”
5.“FIJI”
6.“DO-SI-DO” (FEATURING DSTAR & Dusty Leigh)
7. “MAGIC CITY COWBOY”
8. “COUNTRY TO THE CITY”
9. “GUITAR STRINGS”