Sam Hunt – “Women In My Life”

Sam Hunt walks a treacherous path. The pop-country star impressed a lot of people, including extremely passive country music listeners like myself, by infusing a Drake-style sensitive hip-hop approach into the genre in a way that felt completely natural and intuitive. But like Drake, his music can easily turn to gloop. Hunt’s recent single “Walmart” struck me as self-parody, but “Outskirts” was right there in the sweet spot.