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Talkin' Honky Blues is a hip-hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

album by Buck 65

Buck 65

Richard Terfry , who uses the stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian experimental artist, MC and turntablist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant garde influences.Terfry is also a radio host,...

. The title reflects research Buck did into the early 20th-century blues style called the talking blues

Talking blues

Talking blues is a form of country music. It is characterized by rhythmic speech or near-speech where the melody is free, but the rhythm is strict....

before recording the album.

This album won the 2004 Juno Award

Juno Awards of 2004

The Juno Awards of 2004 were presented on April 4, 2004 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and were hosted by Alanis Morissette.Singer-songwriters Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, and Nickelback led the nominations with five nominations each...

for Alternative Album of the Year

Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres...

Track listing

"Leftfielder" – 2:32
"Wicked and Weird" – 3:43
"Riverbed 1" – 1:48
"Sore" – 4:20
"Protest" – 2:51
"Riverbed 2" – 2:51
"Exes" – 2:51
"Roses and Bluejays" – 3:16
"Riverbed 3" – 4:04
"50 Gallon Drum" – 4:35
"Riverbed 4" – 4:27
"463" – 4:27
"Riverbed 5" – 1:24
"Killed by a Horse" – 3:32
"Riverbed 6" – 0:45
"Tired Out" – 3:30
"Craftsmanship" – 4:07
"Riverbed 7" – 2:16

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