Bubba Sparxxx: The Charm  Bubba Sparxxx: The Charm   Bubba
Sparxxx  Album: The Charm Label: Purple Ribbon  Bubba Sparxxx's
acclaimed sophomore effort Deliverance pioneered a radical brand
of bluegrass-inflected rap, but alas, the world wasn't ready for
its revolutionary fusion of Timbaland and Yonder Mountain String
Band. It's an old story with a new twist: An artist experiments
with a strikingly different sound, only to alienate fans and
wind up stuck between worlds. The bluegrass crowd wasn't about
to embrace a rapper, and the Murder Dog contingent wasn't about
to learn square dancing.  Following Deliverance, Sparxxx parted
ways with mentor Timbaland and hooked up with OutKast's Big Boi,
the executive producer of his accomplished third album, The
Charm. Taking a page from Common, Sparxxx has opted for a
conventional but dynamic, sophisticated sound from proven
hitmakers following a wildly adventurous commercial failure. Big
Boi hooked Sparxxx up with Organized Noize, the underrated
production team behind ma