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Inside the Ambitious Radio Strategy That Tipped Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song’ Into the Record Books
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” updates a long-standing country music tradition — drowning one’s sorrows in whiskey — by way of J-Kwon’s 2004 rap hit “Tipsy.” The first time the singer played it for his label, EMPIRE, one question was top of mind for …