Their first studio album, Horse of a Different Color, was released in 2004. This album produced four straight Top 40 country hits, including the number 11 "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", plus collaborations with Cowboy Troy, Gretchen Wilson, and Martina McBride. Comin' to Your City was released in November 2005 followed by another Top 20 single the Vietnam War-inspired "8th of November", and two more Top 40 hits. Joining the duo on this album were Cowboy Troy, Wilson, and Kris Kristofferson. Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace, released in 2007, produced their only No. 1 single, "Lost in This Moment". Both before and during the duo's hiatus, Rich has worked as a producer and songwriter for several other artists.
After this album, both members went on hiatus and released solo albums in 2009 — Big Kenny's The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy and Rich's Son of a Preacher Man. These also produced the duo's first Top 40 solo entries — Big Kenny with "Long After I'm Gone" and Rich with "Shuttin' Detroit Down". In 2010, Big Kenny released his second solo country album, Big Kenny's Love Everybody Traveling Musical Medicine Show Mix Tape, Vol. 1 and in 2011, Rich released the extended plays For the Kids and Rich Rocks, the latter of which included the Top 40 country single "Country Done Come to Town". Big & Rich reunited in May 2011 to release "Fake ID", a cut from the soundtrack to the 2011 film Footloose. A year later, the duo released their fourth album, Hillbilly Jedi, which produced the Top 20 hit "That's Why I Pray. In July 2013, Rich announced that the duo had begun work on their fifth studio album, Gravity, which was released independently. Another independent album, Did it For the Party, was announced in 2017 for release in September, led by the single "California.
Jalapeno
Big & Rich Lyrics
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It's Venezuela, real trampa
Pu, prr
Yo, yo
Estoy picante, jalapeño
A lo Mexicano, pero Caraqueño
A saber facturar te enseño
Eso es mío
En la pista, con los míos
A ustedes le' pega el frío
Cuando se meten pa' mi caserío
Porque está picante, jalapeño
A lo Mexicano, pero Caraqueño
A saber facturar te enseño
Tú tienes tu mujer, pero ese culito tiene dueño
Eso es mío
En la pista, con los míos
A ustedes le' pega frío
Cuando se meten pa' mi caserío
Porque está picante
Chile serrano, como Jon Z, Phillie en la mano
Le saco dos mil y me lleva pa' Urano
Lo que tú andas fumando no me da la nota
Que tanto me vacilo pa' nalguea' a la shorty
Hasta que se le marque mi mano
Hasta parece de Brasil, se vacila el fútbol
Ella quiere jugar con Elano
Y a mí que me gusta el futbolito
esos balones me piden a grito'
Los pisos nunca los repito
always cacheroso, bonito
Si estuviéramos en Dominicana
me catalogaran como nuevo rico
Tengo los bucos, tengo los nicos
tengo María, tengo peri-
Yeah, dime, mami, qué quieres que yo te lo doy
Todos en la calle saben quién soy
Lento, pero seguro, Morrocoy
Ella me pide gelato en la cara
Y también quiere que juguemos con los toys
Le estoy dando chocolate Savoy
hasta que no se venga no me voy
Hoy me gusta esa chapa
pero más el dinero pa' serte sincero
Siempre detrás de la plata
joseando en la pista desde que era un menor
Hoy en día donde sea que llegamos la prendemos
Dicen que no saben, se están haciendo los ciego'
Me veo tranquilo, pero si tiran, me altero
Y seguro que más de uno queda fuera del juego
(Trampa)
Pérignon y Moet
Con tu shorty moviendo el culo, la' nalgota'
Sigo comiendo arepa', pero ahora la' relleno con camarón y langosta
Hoy es tu cumple, bebé
apaga la vela, ¿por qué no la soplas?
No camino con chota'
al refresco de piña o de Clona' le pongo una gota
Arre, puro picante
en mi mano no cabe' eso' implantes
Chamo, pendiente de qué me ponga a hacer pa' ustede'
No creemos que eso sea gangster
Tu mujer solo sabe decir la primera vocal
cuando ella salta
Dice que está con la amiga, tú te crees lo de canela con malta
Crees en puro mito, soy un maldito
chanteo atrás y se me pega el hipo
Los códigos me sé desde carajito
hasta mi abuelo portaba un tre' ochito
No me da el pulmón, toso cuando le saco al blon
Por eso quiero la Code' mejor
Juan Luis Guerra con un avispón
Por si hay equivocado en la calle
no corro como Robben, jugador del Bayern
Del barrio yo no caigo en detalle
El mundo es pa' los vivos, pero ustedes son nadie
(It's Venezuela, real trampa)
Yeah, estoy picante, jalapeño
A lo Mexicano, pero Caraqueño
A saber facturar te enseño
Tú tienes tu mujer, pero ese culito tiene dueño
Eso es mío
En la pista, con los míos
A ustedes le' pega el frío
Cuando se meten pa' mi caserío
Porque está picante, jalapeño
A lo Mexicano, pero Caraqueño
A saber facturar te enseño
Tú tienes tu mujer, pero ese culito tiene dueño
Eso es mío
En la pista, con los míos
A ustedes le' pega frío
Cuando se meten pa' mi caserío
Porque está picante
The lyrics to Big & Rich's song Jalapeno describe the singer's hot and spicy girlfriend, Maria. He likens her to a Texas jalapeno and brags about how she makes him feel. She loves to dance, two-step, and mambo, and their kisses and love-making leave him feeling hot like an Amarillo twister. He takes her for a ride in his El Camino and enjoys how she heats things up just like the hot pepper she's named after. The lyrics are a playful and fun tribute to a fiery and passionate lover.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah, that's tight
Acknowledging that things are going well
Unos, dos, tres, quattro
Counting down before starting the song
Well, I got a girlfriend, her name is Maria
The singer has a girlfriend named Maria
Sexy, spicy hot senorita
Maria is a beautiful and attractive woman
She like to two-step, she like to mambo
Maria enjoys dancing to different types of music
Heats it up like a Texas Jalapeno
Maria's dancing is energetic and exciting like a spicy pepper
Whoo!
Expressing excitement and enthusiasm
Jalapeno, man
Referencing the song's title
Well, I get so hot every time I kiss her
The singer gets excited when he kisses Maria
Spin me around like an Amarillo twister
Maria's dancing makes the singer feel dizzy like a tornado
So I take her for a ride in my El Camino
The singer and Maria go for a drive in his car
You know, I like my ladies hot, like Jalapeno
The singer prefers women who are attractive and exciting like a spicy pepper
Steel
Transitioning to the chorus with a guitar riff
Say everybody wanna heat it up
Inviting everyone to have a good time
Wanna eat it up
Having fun and enjoying life
Wanna sing along with me?
Encouraging others to join in the song
Big and Rich is where the party be
Claiming that they know how to have a good time
Well, my baby lets the tequila do the talkin'
Maria drinks tequila and becomes more talkative
(Baby lets the tequila do the talkin')
Repeating the previous line
Long as she knows that everybody's watchin'
Maria is happy to have people paying attention to her
(Long as she knows that everybody's watchin')
Repeating the previous line
Shakin' her thing like a wild bandito
Maria dances with energy and enthusiasm
You know she burns the whole place up like Jalapeno
Maria's dancing sets the room on fire like a spicy pepper
Whoo!
Expressing excitement and enthusiasm
Do the lick, do the lick, do the lick, lick lick
Repeating a simple, catchy phrase
Do do do dah, do dah dah, yeah
Repeating a catchy melody
Do do do dah, do dah dah, yeah
Repeating a catchy melody
Do do do dah, do dah dah, yeah
Repeating a catchy melody
Do do do dah, do dah dah, yeah
Repeating a catchy melody
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Gustavo Guerrero Soto, Jefferson Mora
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