( CNN ) -- The rising country duo Florida Georgia Line -- Tyler Hubbard , 25 , of Monroe , Georgia , and Brian Kelley , 27 , of Ormond Beach , Florida -- are already topping the country charts , and they have n't even released their debut album yet . `` Here 's To The Good Times , '' which includes the hit tune , `` Cruise , '' will hit stores December 4 . Not only do they have the support of fans , they 've been generating Twitter buzz from big time country acts : . `` Ca n't stop playing cruise by @ FLAGALine ! Crazy cool toon ! ! ! ! ! '' Keith Urban tweeted in September . Meanwhile , Taylor Swift posted , `` Doing interviews w/ a song stuck in my head= '' Focus . Answer the question . BABY YOU A SONG , YOU MAKE ME WAN NA ROLL MY WINDOWS DOWN AND CRUISE . '' Around the same time , Jennifer Nettles wrote , `` Confession : Fave new guilty pleasure on country radio : @ FLAGALine `` Cruise '' . I dance . Big , ole belly and all . If u like country , check it out . '' The attention from country music 's heavy hitters has been quite the shout-out for Kelley . `` I think that 's probably the biggest compliment , when you look up and you see your peers you look to , love and respect ... Keith Urban , Jennifer Nettles , Taylor Swift . That 's one of those moments where you hit yourself and say -- are we dreaming ? '' said Kelley . Despite making their name in country music , the duo cite hip-hop and rap as their biggest influences . `` Everybody in the high school parking lot was either blaring some country music or blaring rap -- and I guess over the years it just kind of comes together somewhere in the middle , '' Hubbard said . `` There 's not really a genre for what we do , '' he continued . `` We 're believers that music evolves , and we like to be on the cutting edge of music . '' Hubbard and Kelley admit they dream of collaborating with Lil Wayne or Wiz Khalifa -- but they also have strong roots in country songwriting , having co-written many tracks from their debut album with veteran country songwriter Rodney Clawson . Clawson has written hit songs for George Strait , Jason Aldean , Blake Shelton and more . The duo were n't intimidated . `` We just walked in ... get to know each other and sip on some coffee , start trying to write a song -- you know , see what happens . It was really smooth and quick . Everything just kind of came out , '' Hubbard said . `` The hardest part is getting Rodney off the lake to write a song , '' joked Kelley . `` He loves some fishing . '' The success of Florida Georgia Line 's debut single `` Cruise '' landed them on tour with headliners Jake Owen and Love and Theft . `` So far , it 's probably been the best tour we 've been on . It 's been just great . We 're great friends with Eric , Steve in Love and Theft , and Jake . ... Memories are being made , '' Kelley said . The duo are wrapping up their current tour in December , but will be joining fellow country artist Luke Bryan on tour in 2013 . Hubbard and Kelley started their current tour in a Chevy Tahoe . One of the things they 're looking forward to is upgrading vehicles . `` I 'm most excited about getting out there and experiencing a long tour in a tour bus and getting to hang out with Luke , '' Kelley said . `` Every tour we go on , you always make really good friends with everybody out there . And by the end of the tour you feel like a family . ''
Chris Hubbard and Brian Kelley are the rising country duo Florida Georgia Line . The country songwriter Rodney Clawson co - wrote many of their songs . But the pair say they dream of collaborating with rappers Lil Wayne or Wiz Khalifa . ` ` music evolves , and we want to be on the cutting edge , '' says Hubbard .