COUNTRY ``Horse of a Different Color.'' Big & Rich. (Warner Bros.): Mainstream country hasn't heard anything quite like Big & Rich, and the shocking thing is that bassist John Rich is an outcast from one of country's slickest (and lamest) acts, Lonestar. ``Country Music Without Prejudice'' is the duo's motto on the opening ``Rollin' (The Ballad of Big and Rich),'' a track that manages to crib from Limp Bizkit, hip-hop, arena rock and country all at once and still work. Sure, there's a novelty element at play here, on cuts like the single ``Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),'' which manages to land the phrase ``bling-bling'' on country radio. The testosterone-packing, punny Big & …
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