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'''John Lee Smith''' (born February 14, 1976), known by his stage name '''Big Smo''', is an American [[country rap]] musician, songwriter, producer, and film director from [[Shelbyville, Tennessee]]. After several independent and minor label releases, Smith's [[record label|major label]] debut studio album, ''[[Kuntry Livin']]'', was released in 2014 and charted on three ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts. He is the subject of an eponymous reality television series on [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]] that began in 2014.
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==Early life==
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John Lee Smith was born on February 14, 1976 in [[San Diego]], California, to mother Mary Jane Smith (''née'', Barber) and father Carl Avery Smith.<ref name=cbi>{{cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/john_l_smith_born_1976_13089187|title=John L Smith, Born 02/14/1976 in California|author=California Birth Index|publisher=California Birth Index|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=name>{{cite web|url=http://www.lyrics.net/lyric/30813515|title=Workin' Lyrics|publisher=Lyrics.net|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=am>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-smo-mn0000868733/biography |title=Big Smo &#124; Biography|last=Leggett|first=Steve|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|work=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref> His father was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and died in 2007.<ref name=father>{{cite web|url=http://www.t-g.com/story/1220441.html|title=Edgemont Baptist to mark Independence Day|last=Dezotell|first=Doug|date=June 29, 2007|work=Shelbyville Times-Gazette|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref> His mother is his business manager.<ref name=mother>{{cite web|url=http://www.t-g.com/story/2088917.html|title=Rapping on fame's door|last=Mosley|first=Brian|date=June 4, 2014|work=Shelbyville Times-Gazette|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aetv.com/big-smo/exclusives/20-things-you-need-to-know-about-big-smo 20 Things You Need to Know About Big Smo]. A&E Channel. Retrieved on July 18, 2014.</ref> Smith lives on his family farm in [[Unionville, Tennessee]] named "The Kuntry Ranch", which is just outside of [[Shelbyville, Tennessee]].<ref name=cmt>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/big-smo/biography/|title=About Big Smo|author=[[Country Music Television]]|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref>
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==Music career==
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Smith started his musical endeavors in 1999, but did not release an album for three years.<ref name=am /><ref name=amdisc>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-smo-mn0000868733/discography|title=Big Smo &#124; Discography|author=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref> He released ''Kuntry Kitchen'' with Yayoda Records in 2002. His next two releases were released on Smo & Money Records, 2003's ''The Audio Biography'' and 2004's ''Monument Society''.<ref name=cmt /><ref name=amdisc /> Then, he released another album with Yayoda in 2007 entitled ''The True South''.<ref name=cmt /><ref name=amdisc /> His last self-released album was entitled ''American Made'', released in 2010.<ref name=cmt /> Also in 2010, his homemade music video "Kickin' It in Tennessee" went viral, garnering over five million views on YouTube.<ref name=am /><ref name=Shelbyville>{{cite web|last1=Mosely|first1=Brian|title=Big Smo hits big time|url=http://www.t-g.com/story/2083444.html|website=Shelbyville Times-Gazette|publisher=Hugh Jones|accessdate=June 23, 2014|date=May 16, 2014}}</ref> He released two [[extended plays|EPs]] with [[Warner Bros. Records]] that were 2012's ''Grass Roots'' and 2013's ''Backwoods Whiskey''.<ref name=am /><ref name=cmt /> Smith's major-label debut came out in 2014, entitled ''[[Kuntry Livin']]''.<ref name=cmt /><ref name=amdisc />
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==Musical style==
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According to Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, Big Smo is one of the foremost grassroots artists in a style known as [[rural rap]] or hick-hop, "which blends rural, Country themes and melodies with some rap elements (production and vocal delivery)".<ref name=roughstock>{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/album-review-big-smo-kuntry-livin|title=Album Review: Big Smo - Kuntry Livin'|last=Bjorke|first=Matt|date=June 3, 2014|publisher=Roughstock|accessdate=June 24, 2014}}</ref> [[AllMusic]]'s Steve Legget commented that Big Smo "combines country themes and attitudes with rap and hip-hop in a style that prompted one reviewer to note 'If [[Kid Rock]] and [[Run–D.M.C.]] had a love child, he would be named Big Smo,' although combining [[Hank Williams, Jr]]. with [[Nappy Roots]] might strike a bit closer."<ref name=am /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' described Big Smo as sounding like "If Run–D.M.C.'s '[[Walk This Way#Run–D.M.C. version|Walk This Way]]' stomped out of Queens and ended up in the rural south."<ref>{{cite web|title=10 New Artists You Need to Know: June 2014|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-june-2014-20140619/big-smo-0538353|last=Murray|first=Nick|date=June 2014|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]|accessdate=June 24, 2014|date=June 19, 2014}}</ref> The music on ''Kuntry Livin''' was described as spinning "rap rhymes about working-class values over hard-rock riffs."<ref name=usatoday>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/06/02/echo-bunnymen-big-smo-lp/9884569/|title=Listen Up: Other notable releases|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|authorlink=Brian Mansfield|date=June 3, 2014|work=USA Today|accessdate=June 24, 2014}}</ref>
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==Other media==
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Smith is the principal subject of an [[eponym]]ously-titled television series ''Big Smo''. The program, about his life and music by [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]], debuted in June 2014.
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==Discography==
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;Studio albums
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details
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! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions<ref name=amawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-smo-mn0000868733/awards|title=Big Smo &#124; Awards|author=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=June 23, 2014}}</ref>
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!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]
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!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Top Country Albums|US<br>Country]]
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!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Rap Albums|US<br>Rap]]
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!scope="row"|''Kuntry Kitchen''
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* Released: 2002
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* {{nowrap|Label: Yayoda}}
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* Format: CD
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!scope="row"|''The Audio Biography''
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* Released: 2003
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* {{nowrap|Label: Smo & Money}}
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* Format: CD
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!scope="row"|''Monument Society''
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* Released: 2004
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* {{nowrap|Label: Smo & Money}}
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* Format: CD
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!scope="row"|''The True South''
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* Released: 2007
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* {{nowrap|Label: Yayoda}}
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* Format: CD
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!scope="row"|''American Made''
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* Released: 2010
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* {{nowrap|Label: Smo & Money}}
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* Formats: CD, [[Music download|digital download]]
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!scope="row"|''[[Kuntry Livin']]''
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* Released: {{Start date|2014|6|3}}
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* {{nowrap|Label: [[Elektra Records|Elektra Nashville]]/[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]}}
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* Formats: CD, [[Music download|digital download]]
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;EPs
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title
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! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions<ref name=amawards />
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!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Top Country Albums|US<br>Country]]
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!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Top Heatseekers|US<br>Heat]]
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!scope="row"|''Grass Roots EP''
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* Released: {{Start date|2012|6|19}}
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* {{nowrap|Label: Elektra Nashville/Warner Bros}}
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* Formats: CD, [[Music download|digital download]]
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!scope="row"|''Backwoods Whiskey''
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* Released: {{Start date|2013|11|11}}
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* {{nowrap|Label: Elektra Nashville/Warner Bros.}}
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* Formats: CD, [[Music download|digital download]]
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==References==
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{{reflist|30em}}
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|1=therealbigsmo.com/}}
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{{Persondata
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| NAME              =Big Smo
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =John Lee Smith
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION =American musician
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| DATE OF BIRTH    =February 14, 1976
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| PLACE OF BIRTH    =San Diego, California, U.S.
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[[Category:Country rap musicians]]
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[[Category:Musicians from San Diego, California]]
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[[Category:Musicians from Tennessee]]
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[[Category:Country musicians from Tennessee]]

Verze z 22. 7. 2014, 10:12

Šablona:Infobox musical artist

John Lee Smith (born February 14, 1976), known by his stage name Big Smo, is an American country rap musician, songwriter, producer, and film director from Shelbyville, Tennessee. After several independent and minor label releases, Smith's major label debut studio album, Kuntry Livin', was released in 2014 and charted on three Billboard charts. He is the subject of an eponymous reality television series on A&E that began in 2014.

Early life

John Lee Smith was born on February 14, 1976 in San Diego, California, to mother Mary Jane Smith (née, Barber) and father Carl Avery Smith.[1][2][3] His father was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and died in 2007.[4] His mother is his business manager.[5][6] Smith lives on his family farm in Unionville, Tennessee named "The Kuntry Ranch", which is just outside of Shelbyville, Tennessee.[7]

Music career

Smith started his musical endeavors in 1999, but did not release an album for three years.[3][8] He released Kuntry Kitchen with Yayoda Records in 2002. His next two releases were released on Smo & Money Records, 2003's The Audio Biography and 2004's Monument Society.[7][8] Then, he released another album with Yayoda in 2007 entitled The True South.[7][8] His last self-released album was entitled American Made, released in 2010.[7] Also in 2010, his homemade music video "Kickin' It in Tennessee" went viral, garnering over five million views on YouTube.[3][9] He released two EPs with Warner Bros. Records that were 2012's Grass Roots and 2013's Backwoods Whiskey.[3][7] Smith's major-label debut came out in 2014, entitled Kuntry Livin'.[7][8]

Musical style

According to Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, Big Smo is one of the foremost grassroots artists in a style known as rural rap or hick-hop, "which blends rural, Country themes and melodies with some rap elements (production and vocal delivery)".[10] AllMusic's Steve Legget commented that Big Smo "combines country themes and attitudes with rap and hip-hop in a style that prompted one reviewer to note 'If Kid Rock and Run–D.M.C. had a love child, he would be named Big Smo,' although combining Hank Williams, Jr. with Nappy Roots might strike a bit closer."[3] Rolling Stone described Big Smo as sounding like "If Run–D.M.C.'s 'Walk This Way' stomped out of Queens and ended up in the rural south."[11] The music on Kuntry Livin' was described as spinning "rap rhymes about working-class values over hard-rock riffs."[12]

Other media

Smith is the principal subject of an eponymously-titled television series Big Smo. The program, about his life and music by A&E, debuted in June 2014.

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[13]
US US
Country
US
Rap
Kuntry Kitchen
The Audio Biography
Monument Society
The True South
American Made
Kuntry Livin' 31 8 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
EPs
List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[13]
US
Country
US
Heat
Grass Roots EP 71
Backwoods Whiskey 69 39
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

Šablona:Reflist

External links

Šablona:Persondata
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