Devil Without A Cause

You know, I’m glad this wasn’t the very first album the generator ever gave me because I think I would have just left before I had even begun. My odds can’t be that bad. Getting it before I’ve even been doing this for a year is diabolical on its own. It’s insane this dross isn’t rated lower than Throbbing Gristle, they’re at least interesting and trying something. Plus I at least like industrial. That can’t be said for this masturbatory douchebaggery. There’s at least more artistic merit in TG than one of the late nineties albums of all time.

Let me say firstly, before listening to a single note, that this guy is an utter cunt - on a political, societal and personal level. I can't stand him, and this is not the forum to list the reasons why. That being said, there are plenty of cunts that make good music, so I went into listening to this album with an open mind. I am pleased to report it is complete shite, and so it doesn't conflict with my opinion of him at all. I turned it off part-way into the second track, with a huge smile on my face, not because the music was good but because I felt immense pleasure that I could add 'musically' to the long list of reasons why he is a cunt!

I tried to ignore Kid Rock’s more recent reputation as one of America’s biggest idiot dirtbags so I could judge the music on its merits alone. At first the hits in the first half kinda had me. Stupid lyrics but a stupid good time, you know? And then I hit the middle of the album, just a mindless slog with every song being at least 2 minutes too long, followed by the autotuned flaming shitheap that is Only God Knows Why, and the bizarre, no reason slur in the last song (which was 10 minutes long for literally no reason). Nope, never mind, it really is a 1/5 even without considering his myriad personal flaws. I want 70 minutes back.

Robert James Ritchie was born in 1971 in Romeo, Michigan, the son of Susan and William Ritchie, who owned multiple car dealerships. He and his sister Jill were raised on his father's large home property. In the 1980s, he grew interested in hip-hop and breakdancing and taught himself how to rap and DJ while performing at talent shows in and around Detroit. This helped him gain professional associations with producer Mike E. Clark and DJ D-Nice of Boogie Down Productions, who, in turn, helped Robert release a debut album that drew comparisons to Vanilla Ice. Over time, Robert continued to build his output, stage persona, and live performances with assistance from turntablist Uncle Kracker and his backing band Twisted Brown Trucker. Through word of mouth from his management, Robert secured a record deal with Lava Records. By this point, it was clear to Robert what he wanted his stage persona to be - a redneck pimp who claimed to come out of a trailer park and wanted to have all the girls, drugs, and fame that he wanted, operating under the alias of Kid Rock. Now, you may be wondering why I went out of my way to give the full introduction. After all, Kid Rock is a household name, whether people want to admit it or not. Well, I wanted to make it clear that A) he never came from a trailer park or anywhere in the Southern United States, no matter how hard he tried to appeal to that demographic, and B) in a way, Robert followed in his father's steps, because he is the used car salesman of music, and it is pretty evident on his breakthrough record, Devil Without a Cause. Every song on this album is just him trying to desperately sell the listener on the idea of him being a cowboy pimp, that he was destined to be famous, get all the girls, and partake in all the drugs and debauchery that come with such a lifestyle, all delivered in his nasal inflection, made even worse with autotune on "Only God Knows Why". It is headache-inducing, and that's before you get into the homophobic slurs, the n-word dropping, the clunky, outdated references ("I'm like the robot from Lost in Space (danger danger)" on "Where U At Rock?"), and the awkward shoehorning of random words to force a rhyme (Why else would he bring up "jumbo shrimp" on "I Am the Bullgod" if not to have a word that rhymes with "swing low like a chimp"). Topping it all off, Robert even gives the full account of him having underage sex and getting a girl pregnant back in 8th grade on "Black Chick, White Guy", based on a true story, no less disgusting and abhorrent. None of the guest appearances come even close to saving this, from hype man Joe C. sounding like a literal child wanting to have sex on the title track, to Robert Bradley contributing at most the one-line hook and a grating vocal crack at the end of "I Got One for Ya", to even Eminem offering a lame duck Slim Shady performance on "Fuck Off". In case you're wondering why Eminem was here, it's because he and Robert are long-time friends and happened to be in the same studio at the same time. In fact, Robert contributed the record-scratching to "Just Don't Give a Fuck" off The Slim Shady LP, one of the more irritable tracks on that album. Speaking of record-scratching, let's talk about the instrumentation, because Uncle Kracker and the Twisted Brown Trucker band are here to make this record pop by... largely imitating and sampling from other, better artists. Even Robert himself has to take lines from other artists here and there. I understand if the average person normally doesn't pay attention to where samples come from, but as someone who is more than halfway through their album journey and has listened to plenty of music, it becomes all the more apparent. The chorus of "Bawitdaba" taken from Busy Bee's "Makin' Cash Money" with a line from The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", the bassline from Boys Don't Cry's "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" mixed with the harmonica from Ennio Morricone's theme to The Good, the Bad & the Ugly on "Cowboy", the title track with its guitar riff from U2's "Mysterious Ways" and bass from Whodini's "Freaks Come Out at Night", the full-on rip-off of Fleetwood Mac's "Second Hand News" on "Wastin' Time". Even when there isn't an obvious sample, Robert and his band go out of their way to badly ape other artists, whether it's Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five on "Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 the Old School)" or Rage Against the Machine on "Somebody's Gotta Feel This". Now, in fairness, I have enjoyed my fair share of sample-based music from other albums on my journey - Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet, DJ Shadow's Endtroducing....., The Avalanches' Since I Left You, to name a few. But here's the thing - those records made use of those samples to create something fresh, new, and innovative. Now, Robert might like to think that his fusion of country, rap, and rock fits those characteristics, but in reality, this is mostly nothing more than half-drunken, self-serving diatribes over glorified barroom karaoke music. At best, the only song that could be argued to have something close to an original idea would be "I Am the Bullgod", but even that's just a reworked song from his earlier record, The Polyfuze Method, bashed even further with a pointless, underpowered remix tacked on as a hidden track. I could go on, but at this point, I think I've made myself clear how much I hate Devil Without a Cause. Instead, I'd rather end with two insights that can at least help explain why it's here, why it might still be included in the 1001 Albums books beyond just Robert Dimery and his crew not bothering to reassess included albums from the 1990s and earlier save for a few. First off, this album was a huge success back around 1999. Commercially, it sold as many copies as Nirvana's Nevermind, which is... shocking, to say the least. But also critically, this album did surprisingly well, with only Pitchfork offering the dissenting review for the time. But even thinking about it, I can see how this album would have been largely appealing to the teenage demographic at the time, as baby's first country-rap-rock fusion full of debauchery that would have catered to that audience. Of course, as someone who was three years old when this album was making its rounds, I don't have the nostalgia for this, but I can understand if someone did. The other insight I want to offer is that, for as much as I hated it, I cannot deny that Robert can be viewed as influential, and I'm not just talking about the immediate country-rap crossovers in the early 2000s. Even the bro-country of the 2010s and more recent country artists churned out of Music Row today, like Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll, and HARDY, have trace elements of Robert's style in their music. That doesn't mean that it's inherently good, but there is a certain lineage that can be traced. In a different timeline, Robert Ritchie would have served as an elder statesman in the larger country music landscape. But alas, Robert Ritchie was still a used car salesman in music at the end of the day, for his grift continued to change and evolve, alongside his shift in politics toward the far-right. He would go on to appeal to the Make America Great Again crowd with his music, stage persona, and off-stage antics, and that grift will continue to evolve with the release of his upcoming Christian music record. That's right - the man who built his persona around being a redneck pimp, who's described himself as the "Devil Without a Cause", the "Bullgod", the "Rock 'n' Roll Jesus", and other such self-idolizing names, whose most notable bars are "Young ladies, young ladies/I like 'em underage, see/Some say that's statutory/But I say it's mandatory" - that guy is going to put out a Christian music album, where the first single is a naked crib of Kenny Rogers's "The Gambler" filled with Jesus's name and other religious-pandering lyrics. Never change, Robert Ritchie, you piece of shit.

Over an hour long?? Just kill me now. I've managed to avoid this one for 850 albums, but I suppose it's time to pay my dues. What are "all the right reasons" to start an escort service? And why is a child rapping about his dick? This is not the worst album I've listened to during this project, and I do think it's very of its time, but I definitely did not enjoy it.

This is the kind of banal horseshit that someone playing with AI would generate as a joke. For the record, I hated the art long before I hated the artist.

This was going to be a 1 even if it didn't suck and it did suck.

This album isn't worth making the effort to separate the art from the artist. There are much better albums in this genre. What a poser

As much as I hate this fucking clown of a human being this album is really good and a staple of the 2000 which no amount of hate can deny. The comeback of southern rock with a grain of rap. Unique at the time

I admit I came into this with priors because of his politics, but I tried to suppress that to hear it for what it was. I remember listening to this at the time, and Bawitdaba is one of those songs that planted its lyrics permanently in my brain, along with "six foot nine with a ten foot <bleep>" (I mostly heard the radio edit). So coming back to this, it is way worse than I remembered. Most of the songs have a kind of educational rap vibe to them, like one step removed from "I'm Kid Rock and I'm here to say, I'm rapping real cool in a major way!". It's really hard to take seriously.

Absolutely not. What an asshole.

Manages to be both tedious and offensive.

This is only my 25th album generated and I suppose it's useful to establish a quality floor early on. This is the worst album I've ever listened to the whole way through. The first two tracks have a certain tacky charm but it's all downhill from there. When I'd started to become inured to all the embarrassing faux rap posturing, the tonal shift of 'Only God Knows Why' kicked in to startle me into fresh suffering. The lyrics were so bad they made me laugh out loud a couple of times. Couldn't even take this mess seriously enough to be offended by the misogyny, although I certainly noticed it.

I've gotta hand it to younger me for never giving a shit about Kid Rock. This guy fucking sucks. It's just the most sanitized-sounding music even though the lyrics are dirty. Please buy into my image as a redneck pimp from the great southern city of... *checks notes* Detroit? Give me money for my bottom-of-the-barrel pop rap rock!

Honestly this album is no way near as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Musically it's fine, lyrics are silly and in places dated but once again he seems to attract negative 1000 points for his politics

nope

Yes, this sucks. Absolutely dogshit. Give it a 1, don't bother listening, and move on. Fuck off, Kid Rock.

Just as bad as the other rappers. Couldn’t finish it.

I suppose this is a guilty pleasure. "Bawitdaba" is my favorite.

Дьявольская шляпа без причины, цели, смысла и пощады Становится чуть лучше когда убирают крики и рэп

Пошел он нахуй. Я это даже слушать не буду.

Кид рок обвиняется в следующих грехах: Бро кантри Христианский рок Ню метал Кринжовая лирика Альбом на час с лишним Ну и хуета, прости господи. Покажите мне человека, который послушал это и сказал - люди должны это услышать до того, как они умрут. Ну хз, если только этот альбом собсно станет причиной смерти

не нравится мне, как-то безвкусно звучит, никогда не нравился кид рок - 2.5

I'm going to try and thread the needle on this one, because lord knows people seem to be afraid of things such as nuance or context. Ignore, momentarily, what we know of Kid Rock today, and listen to an album that came out almost 30 years ago. Is Devil Without A Cause a great album of musical pedigree and innovation? No. But was it a fun rap-rock album that took over the airwaves when it came out, and was Kid Rock a rock concert staple because of it? Yes. This isn't about profound songwriting genius, this album is important because for a time, enough people found it fun enough to listen to, that they went in droves to see the redneck-pimp Kid Rock persona live, and they got in the pit. For me, I heard "Bawitdaba" and "Cowboy" on the radio enough that they're just ingrained in my rock memory. But overall, despite being enjoyable enough as background noise, this is a forgettable album.

This combines the worst qualities of what I hate about rap, rock, and metal in a truly exciting way. It's so bad it's not even funny.

Kid Rock is the Ted Nugent of Fred Dursts. I would rather listen to diarrhea

Could have been a 4/5 but the last songs pull it down to 3/5.

no

slušam i čitam članak na vikipediji o njemu i sine mi: kao kulturni fenomen dalo bi se usporediti kida rocka u americi s tomsonom u hrvatskom. toliko o tome. sama je glazba iznenađujuće okej, bilo mi je čak između dvojke i trojke dobrim dijelom, no onda je došla užasna pjesma »only god knows why«, a na sljedećoj se stvari pojavio eminem... eh, na neku foru mi je drago što sam preslušao jer sada znam kako otprilike zvuči, al sumnjam da ću ikad ponovo slušat. zasigurno nije najgori album na ovom popisu, daleko daleko od toga, svakako je bolji od linkin parka s kojim se dade usporediti, a bome ima mnogo dosadnijih i manje originalnih albuma [odslušano i napisano 11/10/26]

This is 2lbs of Grade A, unpasteurized, unadulterated ass. It is so much ass. I cannot get over how ass this album is. I am so glad I listened to this shit because it expanded the depths of hater skills. I am a more educated hater simply by knowing this bullshit exists.

I've got some really complex feelings about Devil Without A Cause. This album is in the top 3 lowest rated (In fact, it's the most hated album on the discord server) albums with so many haters. But what i will say is that i definitely feel like a lot of the people that hate are exaggerating a bit. Are the lyrics terrible? Yes. Is Kid Rock's persona stupid? Yes. Is it the worst metal album on the list so far? Again, Yes. But honestly, I just can't in good conscience fail it. The musicians did a lot of carrying here as the music for the most part is really good. Guitars are dense, the synths are cool and the melodies were absolutely there. It is far from the greatest album of all time but is nowhere near the shitshow that everyone is saying it is. The lyrics and persona are dumb but it is evident that Kid Rock knew what music would make people like me vibe to it. That's very admirable and that definitely deserves some stars. Best Song: Bawitdaba Worst Song: Black Chick White Guy

the whole album feels like that fragment from Michael Jackson’s “Black and White” clip where he was hanging with Macauley Culkin and other kids on the staircase being all gangsta and dangerous. it’s like what the all the series by disney shows when we gotta see 14 year olds that are 2 kul 4 skul

Every now and again there would be a bar or two that sounded decent and give me hope, but Kid Rock always found a way to ruin it. This is the most disjointed, ridiculous album I have had to listen to on this list. The lyrics where either stupid or gross, or most often both. I decided to give the album a fair shot, I really did, but now I'm just so glad I'm done with it.

The only vaguely impressive thing about this album is that you keep thinking it can’t possibly get any worse and then it just keeps getting unfathomably worse. Black Chick White Guy is, and I am fully not exaggerating when I say this, the worst song I have ever heard in my life.

Trash music by a trash human

DNF. One of the worst albums ever. They need an option lower than 1 star.

The longer I listened the cringier it got.

When am I getting a biffy clyro album

Some good some bad

I'm impressed with myself for finishing this. It started on a high with Bawita-babooshka-babadook then speed ran itself to the bottom. The shit lyrics were like boosters downward and the skit about rescheduling Father's Day for him and then he's late was the 1 icing.

Vreselijke muziek. En minpunten dat hij trump supporter is👎

Favorite Song: I Got One for Ya’ Least Favorite: Only God Knows Why

There’s that saying “better to have bad words than bad art.” Well, kid rock is set on proving that to be a false dichotomy! The language wasn’t actually as bad as I was bracing myself for (Eminem was just as bad if not worse), but the virtue signaling was indeed awful. This is especially rich coming from kid rock, a guy who did not come from trailer parks and deadbeat crowds like he sings/raps about in all these songs. He’s the son of a successful car dealership owner, he grew up on a large estate. Couple this with how obvious of a punching bag this album serves as (for a 1001 albums audience the clearly skews liberal, many of which aren’t even American), and this album becomes impossible to separate from both its creator and its social baggage. DWAC spits out antiquated ideas and at best serves as an echo chamber for a very specific type of American. Unfortunately, that means it (for a time) was identifiable for some group of people. It is not good art, and shouldn’t be taken seriously. Even more unfortunately, it’s incredibly memorable for many of the wrong reasons. And the first two songs aren’t a total wreck like the rest of the album is. This gets a lowly 2/5

Не смотря на весь скепсис к хип-хапу, рэп-року, ню-металлу альбом мне зашел.

liked the vibes but not the cursing so much

I waffled between 2 & 3. In 1999, I enjoyed most of this album. Listening today, I realized I actually skipped about half of it when I listened. I do think there's some decent stuff here but a lot of it is just lather, rinse, repeat. Plus, Kid Rock hasn't helped himself these last few years.

Patetisk og pinlig.

Griseharry

Mindre jævlig enn jeg hadde fryktet. Fortsatt ganske jævlig.

Hard to be in 2026 and find anything redeeming about this. There are aome good bars scattered here and there about the album. What there isn’t is anything that appears to be original. You can only borrow so much without effectively creating something that isn’t your own. It’s evident here and on more recent stuff of Kid Rock’s than this. He’s not from Detroit and he’s not white trash. This album is nothing and neither is he.

Bawitdaba and Cowboy have their moments, but the rest just isn't for me, to say the least. I feel like he spends a few bars trying to build street cred only to spend the other 90% burning the good faith he thinks he's built on self-indulgent junk.

When he was first getting big , I spotted him getting ready for some MTV spot in Times Square and I thought he was Bono before my friend corrected me. It’s no wonder he ended up maga as here he appropriated as many aspects of Black music and culture as possible while treating Black people as merely something to be dominated (as evidenced by the title of the final track). The music itself does rock at times, but his flow becomes increasingly obnoxious as the album goes on. It is a perfect encapsulation of the white trash sleaze of the late 90s/early 2000s which foreshadowed the horrors of our current age.

Purrile and tedious Actually musically okay in places, but it’s all just about his over inflated ego - pity, as if he was more interesting or deep it could have even acceptable… but he is not, he’s just knob. If you like this there is a good chance you drive a pickup truck with a ball sack on the back

29/09/2026 I do not understand all the hate for Mr. Rock..... this was nowhere near as bad as I was expecting. Spotify listeners: 6.6 million

lol people praising the production here as though the songs weren't garbage

I was in fifth grade when this came out, and me and my white suburban friends thought “Bawitdaba” and “Cowboy” were cool and edgy because he was singing about drugs, whores, and generally acting like somebody our parents wouldn’t want us listening to. I hate admitting that now, but in our defense, we were like 10-11 years old, and his music still sounds like it was written specifically for adults who have not matured beyond the middle school level. I hadn’t heard “Only God Knows Why” in probably 25 years, and apparently my ears have matured enough to notice how awful that vocal effect is. I guess the title answers the question of why he thought it needed to be there in the first place. The bigger problem is that Kid Rock can’t decide what he wants to be. Rapper, Southern redneck, hard rock singer, country outlaw, trailer-park badass, he tries on every costume available. The whole thing feels like someone working way too hard to manufacture street cred and toughness. I mean, his dad own freaking car dealerships for crying out loud but we all know that money can’t buy class. This is basically hard rock for the crowd you picture at a bro-country concert. I can absolutely see a sea of wraparound sunglasses and sleeveless shirts headbanging to “Cowboy.” And the award for lowest-effort lyric goes to: “I don't steal from the rich and give to the poor, I take from my bitches and give it to my whores.” Shakespeare can rest easy. I actually went into this thinking I might buck the crowd and give it a 2 because some of the riffs are admittedly catchy. Nope. It’s too long, the writing is awful, and whatever sounded edgy when I was in fifth grade now just sounds embarrassing. I was surprised to see how positive some of the reviews were when it came out. This one aged horribly.

01) Bawitdaba - 8,0 02) Cowboy - 6,5 03) Devil Without a Cause - 6,0 04) I Am the Bullgod - 5,5 05) Roving Gangster (Rollin') - 5,5 06) Wasting Time - 6,0 07) Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 the Old School) - 5,0 08) I Got One for Ya' - 5,5 09) Somebody's Gotta Feel This - 5,5 10) Fist of Rage - 5,0 11) Only God Knows Why - 6,0 12) Fuck Off - 5,0 13) Where U at Rock - 5,0 14) Black Chick, White Guy/I Am the Bullgod (Remix) - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,68 (57/100) Current ranking: 889/1050 Really? Kid Rock? Please...

Yet another album with an artist disclaimer from me, so here we go. My reviews are objective and do not factor in Kid Rock's politics or the fact that his entire rap metal era persona was a made up character. He didn't grow up in a trailer park as he suggests he did, he wasn't poor, he had zero street credibility, and zero white trash credibility either. If this is news to you, feel free to investigate. Kid Rock is full of crap. That out of the way, let's review some music - I was already aware of Kid Rock before Devil Without a Cause because we'd been stocking his debut, Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast. The owner of the record store I worked at had his finger on the pulse of what the next big thing was going to be, which was a skill you had to have back in the day of brick and mortar record stores. He ended up being right about Kid Rock because Bawadtiba hit like a freight train when it landed. Cowboy followed and Kid Rock was now on MTV every day, making a cameo in Joe Dirt, and headlining music festivals. Rap metal was all the rage and Kid was in the right place at the right time. The album isn't chock full of hits, but it was smartly directed at fans of this new hybrid blend of music and sold like hotcakes. Like him or not, Kid Rock positioned himself to become part of the zeitgeist and has continued to do so over the following decades. For better or worse, I agree with his inclusion in the 1001 because a time capsule of the late 90s most certainly would include his name.

Good all around, but Only God Knows threw me for a loop

Just shit.

Fuck Kid Rock. -73/10 super gross and creepy music for guys that look for uncovered drinks at parties.

Bawitaba ddang ddang dilly dilly

Holds up better than expected. Much better than anything he’s done since

Why the fuck is this on here. Just no.

I think it's nice that the curators of this list let their teenagers pick an album

Rotten music. This stinks.

This opens with “Bawitdaba”, one gloriously stupid banger. Then it drives straight off a fucking cliff, hits every rock on the way down, and somehow keeps getting worse after impact. Eminem turns up, takes one look at the wreckage, and adds nothing useful. By the time the final track, “Black Chick, White Guy”, closes the album, you’re no longer listening out of curiosity. You’re identifying the remains. Special mention to “His dick was metal, her pussy was a magnet” — a line that mistakes the first thought to enter a teenage boy’s head for a lyric worth recording. One good song, followed by an hour-long argument for stopping after track one.

Went in expecting the low scores to be from the Yanks appalled by his recent politics (ala Kanye). It turns out however that this album is absolute wank

I went in thinking this will be rubbish (more out of his reputation and politics rather than actually listening to any Kid Rock before). After enduring the 71 minutes of this album I can confirm it is shite.

Am I cancelled for not giving this a 1? If not for the weaker back half, this could have been a 3

Bobbins

Ha! until now I had been blissfully ignorant of this guy, only recently had heard of some renewed hate for political reasons but now I can see there were always reasons for the hate before any of that. Listening to this also made me realise why there is so much hate for the so called rap metal, my limited exposure to it goes from love (Rage Against The Machine) to meh (Linkin Park) so now the hate makes much more sense. not a 1/5 because there is worse stuff.

Bawitdabullshit

Not gonna lie I liked this record when it came out. Appreciated Bobs swagger. Wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire now

There are a couple songs that are okay to listen to, but the only one I actually enjoyed was "Only God Knows Why." Weird album overall. Some songs are rock, some are country, some are rap, and somehow none of those genres seem particularly happy to be sharing an album together. One of the rap songs (I don't remember which one, but that's neither here nor there) was just Kid Rock slowly rhyming stupid shit like he was making it up on the spot and nobody had the heart to tell him they were recording. 2/5, and that's being very, very generous.

Aha, so “Bawitdaba” is the name of that incredibly annoying song from back in the 90s, got it. Yeah so I’m piling on with another 1-star review for Kid Rock here: this was every bit as unpleasant as I suspected it would be. Well ok, “Cowboy”’s fusion of country and rap was interesting, but the nu-metal “I’m such a badass” vibe of the rest of it was pretty irritating. (OK, almost the whole thing: I skipped “Black Chick, White Guy” after reading the description of that song in the wikipedia article; decided that was quite enough, wtf.)

Aware of Kid Rock and a couple of his hits, the album was an interesting exploration and blend of country and rap. I also noted the Eminem collaboration, but ultimately this is probably a one time listen for me.

To quote Kid Rock himself, Fuck Off... What was Dimery thinking, placing this talentless hack and his compilation of stock sports show intros on this list? 71 minutes of absolute trash. A horrible attempt to emulate Nu-Metal. He even provides us with the ickiest ballad you've heard in a good while. It's barely music. Not to mention the lyrics. I wasn't even focused most of the time, but I occasionally caught little nuggets of Kid Rock's wisdom and it made me pray for deliverance. Just to be clear, I was trying to separate the art from the artist, but it can't be done. His character just seeps through this album, it's intrinsic to the music. Awful, awful stuff.

Four stars for the music, minus two stars for the poser politics. ★★

Correcto

Redneck rap rock

He may have been cool once upon a time, but that time has past.

I'll be listening to this the same number of times I've voted for Mango Mussolini: zero. Fuck MAGA fascists.

0.5

Well it's been almost two decades since I've pulled this one out, and... Well... It's still. A better example of Nu Metal than most I think mostly because of his southern rock influence. It's obvious his rapping skills were totally honed on ealy 80s flow and heavily inspired by Rick Ruben's 80s rock rap productions. One thing obvious about this is that it's the late 90s ultra compressed loud as hell production. I do think the singles really still kind of hold up "Batwidaba", "Cowboy", "Wasting Time" and "Only God Knows Why". I think "Wasting Time" stood out this time with its southern gospel tinge. The AIC inspired vocals on "I Am The Bulldog" I kinda liked. Quite honestly I can probably stand this in really small doses because quite frankly I didn't mind it up until I got to "I Got One For Ya" (except for "OGKW"). From there on out the cockiness, the abrasiveness, the loudness that IS (in capital letters) Kid Rock just gets old really fucking quickly. In fact some of the later tracks honestly don't sound more like poor recycle tracks from the early ones especially "Fuck Off" which is basically a beat per beat redux of "Bawitdabada", but with Eminem. Which leads me to another point why would you put Eminem on your rock rap record which only proves how out of date and out of touch your flow is. I do think this album is overhated because quite frankly Kid Rock is a tool... But it's still not a good album. I remember kind of liking this back in the day when it came out, but quite frankly I don't remember any of the songs past "Welcome 2 the Party" other than the hit "OGKW". Makes me think even back then I couldn't make it through the album. It doesn't really fit my taste today. The hits still feel a little nostalgic, but the rest, I can see why it didn't stick with me (5.65) ★★½

This hasn't aged to well. 2 stars

I think this album would be alright if Kid Rock weren't involved. Like, it's kind of fun at times, but Kid Rock's rapping is so lame and dated -- like he isn't aware the last 10 years of hip-hop happened when this was released. It's no surprise he gave up on rapping after this, because he sucks at it. Another problem with this album is it's not really sure what it wants to be. It's diverse, but in a really jarring way -- one minute it's nu metal, next it's old school hip-hop, then you have this sort of redneck rap-rock and an autotuned country ballad. The last issue is that it goes on way too long. Had the album just ended with "Only God Knows Why", it would've been fine, but it goes on another 20+ minutes with Eminem feature, a re-recording of an old song, and a remix of another re-recorded song. Despite the lousy elements, there are some times when it's pretty fun, including "Bawitdaba" and "Cowboy". 2 stars.

Total garbage. I can just tolerate the appearance of him and his teeny weeny accomplice Joe C on the worst Simpsons episode Kill The Alligator And Run where the only good musical moment is We Built This City On Rock And Roll but I definitely can’t tolerate his appearance on this list. This album is 1 bawidabangbiddybiddy too far. 1 bawidabangbiddybiddy out of 5.

The rock and rap mix could be fun but this feels pretty clumsy. Not really my thing.

My heart dropped when I saw this come up. I was like... "oh he sucks but maybe it's not that bad?" And then I listened to it and I was like "Oh! He sucks in multiple ways!!!" Just.... bad and I'm sad to have to listen to it.

bad

Stupid fucker

Including this feels like a mean spirited joke. If you haven't listened yet, just imagine the Beastie Boys if they lost all talent and were sex pests.

Hack

Quality of the album, absolute garbage. But honestly, everyone should hear this one before they die just for the novelty of how truly horrible it is.

I have never really liked Kid Rock and am quite surprised this is on here. I feel like if there is a hell the is on constant loop there. Did n't even need to listen to it to know it was a 1

"I just wanna kiss my fish, drive my truck, drink my beer"

Favorite songs: Bawitdaba, Cowboy, Wasting Time, I Got One for Ya, Only God Knows Why

wish there was a way to give a negative star

Why the fuck is this album even on here?!? Nobody needs to hear this album, never :( :(