Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Country-rap

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The result was Nomination withdrawn per Paul Erik's print sources. Good work. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 13:28, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Country-rap

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This seems to be a case of WP:SYNTH — a loosely defined genre tied together only in that they're "country song that sound like rap." The only sources are Allmusic biographies which only give the opinion of one reviewer, followed by a list of unsourced, random rap influences in country songs. Yes, "Getcha Some" and "I Wanna Talk About Me" can be cited as examples of rap-influenced country songs, but does that mean they actually are "country rap" if they're the only two songs of that sort in Toby Keith's catalog? Do any of the other songs cited truly form a "genre" of sorts, even though they're the only rap-styled songs in those respective artists' catalogues? Is "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" country-rap just because it uses hip hop slang? Is Kid Rock country-rap just because he's done rap songs and had country hits? Except for the fact that many sources cite Cowboy Troy as a country rapper, nobody seems to agree as to what "country rap" even constitutes.

Besides this source, I could not find one non-trivial discussion of this as a legitimate genre. The only hits on Google/Google News were for a Bellamy Brothers album called Country Rap, one news source discussing a non-notable band in the early 1990s that claimed they had done a "country rap" song on a lark, and false positives brought on by country and rap being back to back in a list. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 05:20, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

• Keep The amount of sourced info suggests there really is such a thing as country-rap. I am sure there are people interested in learning about the topic. Steve Dufour (talk) 10:28, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

• What amount of sourced info? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 17:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

• Delete per the lack of reliable sources sufficiently discussing this "genre". Timmeh!_{(review me)} 13:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 13:58, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

• Keep this article about a music genre that has been discussed in reliable sources. [1] I have added several sources just now; the subject meets the general notability guideline. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 18:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
• Switching to keep now that Paul Erik has provided sources. The subject is notable. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 22:59, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
• Keep, notable, reliable sources exist.--Lost Fugitive (talk) 23:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

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