This split makes sense chronologically but it also makes sense musically, as Keith's '90s hits were much softer than his 2000s singles. 35 Biggest Hits divides neatly into a disc of '90s hits and a disc of new-millennium singles, stopping with 2006's White Trash with Money (2007's Big Dog Daddy apparently falling under another contract and thereby absent from this comp) but adding the new recording "She's a Hottie," an OK rocker that feels like the contractual obligation it likely is. Like many overnight success stories, Toby Keith's celebrity didn't happen overnight - it was the beginning of his second act, as the 2008 double-disc compilation 35 Biggest Hits makes plain. ![]() ![]() For many mainstream listeners, Toby Keith first appeared on their radar in 2002 with "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," the blistering counterpoint to Alan Jackson's sorrowful "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning" that turned Keith into a talk radio phenomenon and a genuine American star.
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