History Music / JasonAldean

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

A prominent CountryMusic singer from Macon, Georgia. Jason Aldean, (born Jason Aldine Williams, February 28, 1977) didn't exactly get off to a running start. Although he first hooked up with producer Michael Knox in the late 1990s, it took several failed record deals (including one with juggernaut Capitol Records) before the independent Broken Bow Records signed him in 2005.

Aldean's first album was a solid enough release, bringing him three straight top 10 hits on the country charts, including the #1 hit "Why". The album included several co-writes from Big Kenny and John Rich of Big & Rich. He had the inevitable SophomoreSlump with ''Relentless'', but came back strong with ''Wide Open''. This third album produced three straight #1 hits, including "She's Country", which was the biggest country hit of 2009, and the ubiquitous "Big Green Tractor". And just to prove that he's back for good, ''My Kinda Party'' has produced five hits, including the Music/KellyClarkson duet "Don't You Wanna Stay". His subsequent albums have seen almost all of their singles top the charts, including "The Only Way I Know", a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover with Music/LukeBryan and Music/EricChurch, plus the electropop "Burnin' It Down", written by Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine. The same duo also wrote the rocking "Lights Come On", the lead single to ''They Don't Know'', and the mellow ballad "You Make It Easy" from ''Rearview Town''.

Aldean is known for being more rock-influenced than his peers, which is saying a lot in a genre that is already showing a great deal of rock influence in the mainstream. Expect loud electric guitar over steel, although "The Truth" and "Big Green Tractor" show he can do a more country sound if he wants.

** Another example, in Colt Ford's original version of "Dirt Road Anthem", he says "Man this shit is gettin old". Jason changed it to "Man that talk is gettin old".

* SignatureStyle: Most of his songs have very loud, raw, Southern rock-influenced production. This of course has [[FollowTheLeader spawned legions of imitators]].

* ''MACON (2021)

* {{Bowdlerize}}: "Johnny Cash" got hit with this. The original version has a spoken "screw you, man" after the first line, which is either played as-is, muted, or replaced with "I'm outta here". Some stations also excise "Here that train comin', rollin' round the bend / [[Music/JohnnyCash The Man in Black]] gonna rock your ass again" from the end.
** Another example, in Colt Ford's original version of Dirt Road Anthem, he says "Man this shit is gettin old". Jason changed it to "Man that talk is gettin old".

* CountryRap: "Dirt Road Anthem". It ''was'' co-written by Colt Ford, after all.
** Taken to an all new level with "Dirt Road Anthem" Remix featuring Ludacris.
** And done again with "1994".
** And "The Only Way I Know".
* CoverVersion: Two notable ones, a Spotify exclusive version of "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" by Music/GarthBrooks, and his live cover of "I Won't Back Down" by Music/TomPetty from Series/SaturdayNightLive

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Big Green Tractor, with lyrics like "I can take you for a ride on my big green tractor / We can go slow or make it go faster..." / "Climb up in my lap and drive if you want to…" and "We can go to town / Or we can go another round / On my big green tractor" could be about driving a tractor, or it could be a DoubleEntendre.

* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: From ''Old Boots, New Dirt'' onward, each album's lead single has been co-written by Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine ("Burnin' It Down", "Lights Come On", and "You Make It Easy").

* RecordProducer: He has been exclusively produced by Michael Knox, who has very few credits otherwise. Also, his road band doubles as the production team New Voice Entertainment, who have produced for labelmates Thompson Square and Parmalee (and for David Fanning, a member of said road band who has released a couple singles of his own).

* CoverVersion: Two notable ones, a Spotify exclusive version of "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" by Music/GarthBrooks, and his live cover of "I Won't Back Down" by Music/TomPetty from Series/SaturdayNightLive

* ShoutOut: "1994" repeatedly name-drops Joe Diffie and several of his songs.

Aldean's first album was a solid enough release, bringing him three straight top 10 hits on the country charts, including the #1 hit "Why". The album included several co-writes from Big Kenny and John Rich of Big & Rich. He had the inevitable SophomoreSlump with ''Relentless'', but came back strong with ''Wide Open''. This third album produced three straight #1 hits, including "She's Country", which was the biggest country hit of 2009, and the ubiquitous "Big Green Tractor". And just to prove that he's back for good, ''My Kinda Party'' has produced five hits, including the Music/KellyClarkson duet "Don't You Wanna Stay". His subsequent albums have seen almost all of their singles top the charts, including "The Only Way I Know", a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover with Music/LukeBryan and Music/EricChurch, plus the electropop "Burnin' It Down", written by Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Big Green Tractor, with lyrics like "I can take you for a ride on my big green tractor / We can go slow or make it go faster..." / "Climb up in my lap and drive if you want to…" and "Oh yeah yeah / We can go to town / Or we can go another round / On my big green tractor" could be about driving a tractor, or it could be a DoubleEntendre.

* PowerBallad: "Don't You Wanna Stay" was generally praised by critics for feeling a lot like an '80s hair metal power ballad.

A prominent CountryMusic singer from Macon, Georgia. Jason Aldean, born Jason Aldine Williams, didn't exactly get off to a running start. Although he first hooked up with producer Michael Knox in the late 1990s, it took several failed record deals (including one with juggernaut Capitol Records) before the independent Broken Bow Records signed him in 2005.

** He name-dropped Shiner Bock beer in his song "Take a Little Ride". A week after the single was released, the line was changed to "Rocky tops" because he had signed an endorsement deal with Coors, so his label sent out notes to radio stations asking them to play the "Rocky tops" version instead.
* RecordProducer: He has been exclusively produced by Michael Knox, who has very few credits otherwise. Also, his road band doubles as the production team New Voice Entertainment, who have produced for labelmates Thompson Square and Parmalee.