Yes, that would be a clever comparison, if that's the sort of hip-hop that's become popular internationally. How about Cash and a modern rapper that people today have actually heard of, as the original commenter is talking about? Please, go to WorldStar and grab one of the top songs and then try to equate Folsom Prison Blues with it.
As a matter of fact, I'll start. Here's "Holy Ghost" by Future, one of the most popular artists alive right now:
> Feeling like a cigarette boat, all this water on me
> I was at my big truck, my wrist up, gettin' my dick sucked
> When I switch my wrist up, switch my car, switch my bitch up
> Every time I hit her, I broke her off then dismissed her
> I been counting this paper all day, I'm getting blisters
> Roadkill, every time I pop out in a new whip
> Gettin' you wacked, niggas ain't running off with my new drip
> Rolls hit, lights hit, platinum set, overkill
And here's Cash:
> When I was just a young boy, my mama told me son
> Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
> But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
> Now I hear that train a rollin', I hang my head and cry
Wow, so similar. You can really see how they're both speaking the same language overall and have the same effect on society and their listeners.
To be clear, I am sure that you can find nakedly self-indulgent and violent country music if you look hard for it. But you won't find it on the top of the country charts. You don't have to look hard at all to find outrageously vulgar, explicit, and criminal hip-hop. People need to stop pretending that Folsom Prison Blues holds the same place in culture that "Holy Ghost" and its ilk does because it tells the story of a man who shot someone.
As a matter of fact, I'll start. Here's "Holy Ghost" by Future, one of the most popular artists alive right now:
> Feeling like a cigarette boat, all this water on me
> I was at my big truck, my wrist up, gettin' my dick sucked
> When I switch my wrist up, switch my car, switch my bitch up
> Every time I hit her, I broke her off then dismissed her
> I been counting this paper all day, I'm getting blisters
> Roadkill, every time I pop out in a new whip
> Gettin' you wacked, niggas ain't running off with my new drip
> Rolls hit, lights hit, platinum set, overkill
And here's Cash:
> When I was just a young boy, my mama told me son
> Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
> But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
> Now I hear that train a rollin', I hang my head and cry
Wow, so similar. You can really see how they're both speaking the same language overall and have the same effect on society and their listeners.
To be clear, I am sure that you can find nakedly self-indulgent and violent country music if you look hard for it. But you won't find it on the top of the country charts. You don't have to look hard at all to find outrageously vulgar, explicit, and criminal hip-hop. People need to stop pretending that Folsom Prison Blues holds the same place in culture that "Holy Ghost" and its ilk does because it tells the story of a man who shot someone.