Devil Without A Cause

Ok so I hate Kid Rock but I didn’t hate Cowboy or Wasting Time. Then the lyrics got so obscene I had to skip tracks. So a 2?

I listened to about 30 seconds.

Pre-listening thoughts: God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers. I kinda liked Cowboy, and I briefly thought, oh no, am I going to give this a 2? I needn’t have worried.

i dont wanna listen to this shit bro

^ What this guy says.

Hello there fellow explorer of music. We find ourselves in grave times. I am here to ask you for a favor. Currently there are 2 albums with a lower rating than "devil without a cause" on this website. These are: D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle and Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten. My humble request: Rate those albums higher than you would normally, at least two stars, ideally five. This way Kid Rock moves ever closer to his rightful place at the bottom of this website's ranking system. Together we can achieve this. Thank you. And god speed.

Uuugh, awful

No thanks

He keeps telling us his name is Kid Rock because the hooks are so forgettable he’s scared you won’t remember who you’re listening to. A lot of it sounds like a middle schooler who just learned to curse. He has the exact same flow on every song. Each riff is just a hodge-podge of the downtuned, wall-of-sound style that was so popular at the time. The sad thing is that there are some good ideas. “Bawitdaba” makes for an explosive opener. The closing track has the right tone for a big dramatic closing song, even if the song itself is awful. It’s almost too high-concept. The hour-plus runtime—the lyrical motifs—the genre-blending—the unique aesthetics—it certainly had aspirations. I can’t even deny that it didn’t live up to those aspirations. The problem is that those aspirations don’t make for good music. This is like if Corey Feldman’s Angelic 2 The Core had mainstream appeal. Most of the bars are cringey. Many of the songs try to commit to hyper-specific aesthetics and end up forsaking the actual music for the posturing. The seventy-minute runtime is tragic. Any number of these songs outside of the singles could easily have been cut, and nobody would care. And god, the closing track is ridiculous. He breaks the fourth wall too many times, and the lyrics are too surface-level to make up for the slow pace and dramatic tone. And then, just for fun, he has to add some hard rock guitars at the end and weave all the lyrical motifs together like he’s the cleverest guy on earth. That was eleven minutes of my life I could’ve spent doing anything else. If you want some fun nu-metal or rap, there’s far better than this. The only thing impressive about this album is the audacity. (I am happy to report that I have now gotten through 2 of the 20 lowest-rated albums on the site, at least.)

Thanks, but no thanks.

It's absolutely dreadful. Horrible music made by a horrible man for horrible people.

This album makes me sad because this hickhop rock sub-genre should have really taken off. Such a good concept. But it got popularized by no-talent hacks like Kid Rock. My dead grandmother raps better than him. He tries too hard and all his lyrics feel contrived and cringy like the elementary school kid who lies about being a nunchuck master. And everyone in the late nineties who put him on the radio are the homeschooled nose pickers who believed that kid.

Rap und Trash an der Grenze des Krachs.

Didn’t even bother with this one tbh. Still rating it though bc f*ck trump

O fuck nothing was worse than I remember

Comic imitation of Rage. It would be funny if dude had not become cartoonish

Some days this list kills me. I hate this album so much. Corny ass rap rock lathered in misogyny....not to mention the Maga bullshit that this dork endorses. Never again.

# In-Depth Review: Kid Rock's *Devil Without a Cause* (1998) Kid Rock's *Devil Without a Cause* is a messy, brash, and gloriously unsubtle artifact of the late '90s—an album that somehow fused Southern rock, hip-hop, and metal into a formula that struck a massive cultural chord. It's a record of towering highs and cringe-inducing lows, one that cemented Kid Rock's persona while also planting the seeds for his later, more problematic trajectory. ## Lyrics: Boasts, Ballads, and the Baffling The album's lyrics are its most polarizing element. They swing wildly between clever, self-aware party anthems and moments that have aged poorly, to say the least. **The Good:** Tracks like "Bawitdaba" and "Cowboy" showcase Kid Rock's skill for crafting infectious, nonsense-syllable hooks and boastful narratives. "Cowboy," for instance, is a cartoonish fantasy about becoming a "pimp" in California, but its energy is undeniable. The album's centerpiece, "Only God Knows Why," is a sincere country ballad that offers a rare moment of vulnerability, proving Rock was more than just a one-note party rapper. The title track, "Devil Without a Cause," effectively tells his story of paying dues in the Detroit music scene and boasts of a success he would soon achieve. **The Bad and the Ugly:** The boasts often cross into the embarrassingly juvenile. Lines like "this money is me this money is everything I do and see" are more cringeworthy than compelling. The second half of the album is particularly criticized for tiresome, repetitive lyrics. The track "Black Chick, White Guy" is a major sore point for many reviewers. While it tells a semi-autobiographical story about a troubled relationship, its use of a racial slur and what some call "blatant slut-shaming" have led it to be cited as a primary example of the album's retrograde attitudes. It's a moment that goes beyond the "playing a character" defense for many listeners. ## Music and Production: A Southern-Fried Monster If the lyrics are divisive, the music is the album's saving grace. The production and musical performances are widely praised for creating a sound that was unique and influential. - **The Band:** A key ingredient to the album's success is Kid Rock's band, Twisted Brown Trucker. They are not just a backing track; they are a true rock band that provides a thunderous, funky foundation. This is crucial because the album is fundamentally a "monster rock album" rather than a pure hip-hop record. - **The Sound:** The production by Kid Rock and John Travis creates a "bone-crunching" and "fearlessly funny" record. It marries "titanic metallic guitars" with hip-hop beats and a Southern-fried, "white trash" sensibility. The use of samples is extensive and clever, blending classic rock (Fleetwood Mac), old-school hip-hop (Whodini, Fat Boys, Too Short), and soul. This fusion, described as a cross between Run-DMC and Lynyrd Skynyrd, was a major part of its appeal. - **Highlights:** The energy on tracks like "Bawitdaba," "I Am the Bullgod," and "Cowboy" is undeniable. The album is best experienced when played loud, as its intent is to be a party record celebrating a raucous night with friends. ## Themes: The '90s Party and Its Hangover The album's central themes are simple: partying, sex, and self-aggrandizement, delivered with a "redneck-and-proud" attitude. It's an album about a "trailer park boy" making it big, full of boasts about pimping, drinking, and being a "bullgod". However, it also touches on deeper themes. "Only God Knows Why" explores regret and searching for meaning, while "Black Chick, White Guy" attempts (and arguably fails) to grapple with race and class. This mix of high-concept partying and more serious moments gives the album a depth that might surprise listeners expecting a non-stop frat-rock experience. ## Influence: Paving a Dubious Path The album's influence is significant, though not entirely positive. Many critics credit *Devil Without a Cause* with redefining the possibilities of rap-rock, paving the way for late '90s and early 2000s acts like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park. Kid Rock's adherence to a "classic rock" mentality, mixed with hip-hop, was a blueprint for the era. Its commercial success, going Diamond (11x Platinum), demonstrated a massive market for this fusion. It stands as a unique document that Kid Rock himself, and few others, ever truly replicated. ## Pros and Cons of *Devil Without a Cause* ### Pros - **Infectious Energy:** Tracks like "Bawitdaba" and "Cowboy" are undeniable, high-energy party anthems that are "irrepressible" and "trashy fun". - **Musical Fusion:** The successful and unique blend of Southern rock, metal, and hip-hop, anchored by the powerful Twisted Brown Trucker band, creates a sound that is both fresh and classic. - **Standout Ballad:** "Only God Knows Why" is a surprisingly effective and sincere country-pop crossover that adds depth to the album. - **Critical Acclaim:** Despite its trashy image, the album received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with *Rolling Stone* and Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling it the "great hard rock album of the late '90s". ### Cons - **Embarrassing and Problematic Lyrics:** Many boastful lyrics are juvenile, and the album is marred by moments of racism ("Black Chick, White Guy") and sexism. - **Lack of Consistency:** The quality drops significantly in the second half. "Fist of Rage," "Roving Gangster," and "Welcome 2 the Party" are often cited as filler tracks that drag the album down. - **Dated Sensibilities:** The lyrical themes, particularly the "flexing" and "partying" clichés, feel tired and uninspired decades later. The use of Joe C. as a "sideshow sidekick," while a tribute to a friend, can feel strange and even exploitative in retrospect. - **Production Monotony:** While the overall production is praised, some find it "one note" across the album's long runtime, making the weaker tracks feel even more tedious. ## Conclusion: A Guilty Pleasure, or Just Guilty? *Devil Without a Cause* is a record that demands a complicated verdict. It is, without a doubt, a sonic achievement—a wildly fun, well-produced, and historically significant album that captured the zeitgeist of its era. Its best tracks still hold up as powerful, dumb fun. However, those merits are weighed down by its considerable baggage. For many, the juvenile boasts and especially the questionable lyrics and racial slurs are impossible to overlook, making the album less of a "guilty pleasure" and more of a "simply guilty" listening experience. It remains a testament to a specific time and place, but that time and place might be best left in the past for some listeners. The album is best approached with the understanding that you're in for a "cartoon set to music" with all the messiness that entails.

This is a dreadful album..as to be expected..

Trash music from a trash person. 1/5 And isn't it hilarious that US republicans now have to pretend to like this shit?

Previously 2.

Ok, this was supposed to represent some kind of milestone in rap rock? But Rage Against the Machine and the Beasties we’re doing this kind of thing sooner—and far better. And if this album actually helped lead to the, erm, scourge of country rap (as some writers say), then this is the worst kind of milestone. Juvenile lyrics, transparently silly posturing, uninteresting sound. Affirmatively offensive. How the hell does this have a higher rating on this project than Einstürzende Neubauten’s Kollaps? That is a goddang travesty.

My name’s Kid Rock and I’m here to say, take your pants off, and I’ll suck your dick everyday. Wait, I mean, uh, I steal from my bitches and give to my whores and lick pussy underwater because I have gills and can breath underwater wait wait uh…I mean, blow bubbles up your ass! Right right, that’ll show them! I’m totally gangster.

Anytime I doubt myself in my ability to write songs or play instruments, I'll remind myself that this album was certified diamond. Every song sounds like it was written by a high school garage band with zero intelligence or depth. Plus an uncomfortable amount of focus on underage pregnancy, which wouldn't be unsettling for high schoolers, but is for an adult with an existing music career. A musically immature album for musically immature listeners

Yeah, this album is ok, all the songs really sound the same. Not a lot of lyrical depth here. Only God Knows Why is a decent tune. Sadly, I see where the country rap comes from.

If I could give it zero stars, I would

Zero points for this shit.

Maybe I was too harsh on Limp Bizkit. At least they were interesting the whole way through. This was far too long and I just felt like he ran out of ideas. He really put I Am The Bullgod on here twice and thought no one would notice.

Muy agresivo y zarpado de escuchar. Canción fav: Cowboy lo volvería a escuchar? sí

No thanks

Incredibly bad on any level, but somehow a little fun to listen to. Couldn't stand to listen all the way through though.

Este es seguramente el peor álbum que escuché hasta el momento, es soso, mediocre, aburrido, sin sustancia y además lleno de letras tontas, sin sentido y con mentiras de a montón sobre la procedencia de Kid Rock y su falsa humildad. Este es un gran ejemplo de que con plata uno hace lo que quiere, ni siquiera los riffs están bien pensados, parecen tocados sin ganas y el rap de Kid Rock es de las cosas más cringe que escuché, hasta la aparición de Eminem es una cagada, esto es el equivalente a un pollo hervido con arroz pero servido con una meada de Kid Rock haciendo fuck you sobre la mesa.

A few tracks hit hard with nostalgia, but a solid half is pretty dang cringey. Weirdly progressive at times for how he turned out.

Goddammit... I just can't with this guy.

I loved this album when I was in high school. Have I ever mentioned that I was a stupid child?

This guy STINKS

It was actually more fun to listen than I thought it would be. I liked some of the rhythms and riffs. But why those ugly autotuned vocals, why?

RATM meets Limp Bizkit. Need I say more fam! Cowboy is his most popular song for a reason.

La méga clim après le premier son de fou Morceau préféré : 1 : Bawitdaba Morceaux kiffés : 10 : Fist of rage

Hoo boy. Lots to talk about here. 1. Kid Rock's flow and lyrics are TERRIBLE. It is not 1985 at this point; "My name is Kid and I'm here to say!" isn't going to cut it in 1998. And his lyrics are a truly unfortunate mashup of hip hop posturing, hood cliches, rock star hubris, and trailer park pride. There is one exception to this which I'll save for last. 2. The riffs are actually fun sometimes, but they are beaten into the ground, and don't go anywhere interesting. By the third or fourth song, they all sound the same. The beats face the same problem. There is a very strict formula Kid is working with here, I'm assuming because he lacks any basic knowledge of how music works. Introduce a riff, a hip hop beat, the rapping begins, then break on the fourth measure. Rinse and repeat. It's so predictable. 3. The production covers a number of sins. It is professional and slick, and I don't mean that in a pejorative way. Working with fairly weak material and arrangements - the production stands out as trying its best to bail out this sinking ship. 4. While 99% of the lyrics on this album are about women, being a badass, not giving a fuck, and other topics vital to the 13 year old boys in the audience, the lone exception to this is the closing track (sort of!) of "Black Girl, White Guy," which seems to be an autobiographical account of Kid's unfortunate relationship with a cheating romantic partner. While the rhymes are terrible and the lyrics extremely basic, it's the only time on the album that Kid Rock feels like a vulnerable, authentic human being, and not a cartoon "redneck pimp." Also, curiously, on this song Kid drops his incredibly repetitive flow for his best attempt at a Snoop Dogg impersonation, and the change is most welcome, as derivative as it is. This not a good record. It sucks. Is it worth listening to? Only if you're curious as to what was going on musically at the end of the millennium. If you don't care, and you only want to listen to good music, please find another record. ONE STAR

Thank fuck I don't need to listen to that again!

Dogshit

Kid Rock: the lord and savior of rednecks and white-trash-identifying people everywhere. I didn't like Kid Rock when *Devil Without a Cause* exploded in 1998. I knew the singles, obviously, because you couldn't escape them, but I never actually listened to the album. So here we are, 28 years later, finally giving this cultural artifact a proper spin. Pretty sure waiting nearly three decades to hear it for the first time isn't going to do this album any favors. What seems particularly strange to me is that, in 1998, *Devil Without a Cause* was apparently culturally significant enough for a group of UK music critics to decide that this was one of the albums I absolutely needed to hear before I died. Apparently, they believed that being an important piece of pop culture and being something worth listening to were the same thing. They were very, very wrong. Politics aside, this is still hot-shit garbage. Whatever cultural moment Kid Rock was occupying in 1998, I have no interest in revisiting it through this album. If there were ever a record that deserved something lower than a single star, *Devil Without a Cause* might be it. Twenty-eight years later, I finally listened to the whole thing. I probably could have died first.

I distinctly remember working at the Yellow Tag sorting CDs and looking through the promo CD box when I came across this one. I slapped it into the CD player nearby and was subjected to something I was really unable to label correctly. Rap, rock, metal, country? It wasn't long before this attacked the airwaves and really became Nu-Metal adjacent. I can recognize its draw for a lot of people at the time who may have been dissatisfied with the saccharine pop and nu-metal that had taken over the mainstream. This isn't great music to begin with and it really shows it age through the false bravado and misogyny. I don't hate this, but I don't particularly enjoy it either. Bob sets a low bar here and has a hard time reaching it.

good

Æ tror hovedgrunnen til at æ ikke synes det her va så frastøtanes som æ kanskje hadde venta på forhånd e at æ e i akkurat riktig (eller 'riktig') alder for at det her va nokka æ vokste opp med, sjøl om æ ikke tror æ noensinne hørte på Kid Rock med vilje. Og det her e nok eneste gangen noensinne æ høre på Kid Rock med vilje, for ikke e det særlig interessant og ikke synes æ fyren virke som nokka særlig. Det e liksom ikke helt håpløst, men det e ganske unødvendig likevel.

Awful

turned it off

Fails to create a believable narrative and spends far too long attempting to it. Beyond that it has nothing to say.

I jammed so hard to this when it came out. Even though I can’t stand him today, I won’t deny the fun I had listening to this album again. Repeated it for a great leg day workout. Admittedly it’s a trash album and i am also reminded of the drugs i abused in this era

Better than expected, but barely. Terrible lyrics, mediocre music.

No.

okay. i'm a weirdo. i'm a little freak. when i got Laibach, The Residents, and Dagmar Krause, i celebrated! most of the stuff this website scoffs at, i relish. not this one, though. my eyes widened liked a gazelle being stared down by a hungry lion when i saw this. much can be said about Kid Rock's right-wing grifter era, and i don't really have anything to add. it's all very embarrassing and further proves this guy to be a hack. his 2000s hits like All Summer Long and Picture suck ass too. this album isn't much better. Bawitdaba is probably the worst nu metal hit of its time (though that's not that cutting as an insult. i generally like nu metal). i had to listen to Only God Knows Why half a dozen times before i knew if i liked it or not. i think there's something compelling in the backstory and horribly-applied autotune (one of the first songs to use it!), but like. it's bad storytelling. there are bars on this album about how his earlier albums didn't sell, and bars about how they're still selling. which is it? and the less said about Black Chick, White Guy the better. deserves to be one of the 1001? i'm gonna say no on this one deserves to be one of the bottom 20? yehhhh

Never listened. Expectations: Low - Verdict: Unlistenable - I think I recognise the opener from somewhere. It's a lot more electronic than I expected, I thought Kid Rock leaned more into southern rock vibes than the hip hop stylings I find here. Cowboy sounds like a low effort Beck rip off. The first couple tracks were not great but listenable but the title track is just awful. That is a low point but the rest doesn't get much better. Some of the grooves are OK, if a bit bland but he has a voice that does nothing for me and the lyrics are terrible. There is a lot of Beastie Boys influence here as well but again it's just nowhere near as clever or well executed. Fist Of Rage is a complete RATM rip off. The closer is a bit different as he tries to actually tell a story. It doesn't come off that well but I think the album could have benefitted from more attempts at this type of track. Pretty dire throughout.

👎👎👎👎👎

I came for the comments, but I actually got a few chuckles from the album.

This will be the first album I do not listen to in full. I could barely stand 15 minutes of this piece of shit, let alone over an hour. It made me want to retroactively re-rate all my current 1 start albums to at least 2 stars. But I understand why this is on the list. Sometimes, you must experience the darkest night to appreciate the beauty of day. As for separating art from the artist. Generally, I agree up to a point. And was his "hey guys, I am a pedo" song lyric constantly at the back of my mind? Yes. But, I think that is fair. When someone tells you up front, "hey guys, I am a pedo" it is pretty hard for that not to be constantly at the back of your mind. And plus, kid rocks's 'art' is being a pedo so can't really separate that from the artist now can ya?

I’m rating this a little higher just because of all the one star ratings. It’s not nearly as bad as that. There are some good songs here. I enjoyed a lot of this album.

I promised to myself I’ll listen to anything to the end. I just can’t … pure horror

RIP Joe C.

Seeing the average rating and reading some other people's reviews, I think this is over-hated because Kid Rock is now a big Trump supporter. That's such a boring way to rate music of the past, in my humble opinion. Having said that, it's wayyyyy too long and one-dimensional. He doesn't have enough to say for this to be 71 minutes long and some of the softer songs are awful. If I could boil this down to 30 minutes of the best riffs and dickhead raps, I would give this a higher score.

Is this Rop (Rap&Rock)?

The music in and of its self isn't bad at all. The real star here is Kid's Twisted Brown Trucker band to include Unkle Kracker and Joe C. The hits we're hits and certified bangers until America realized what an inauthentic asshole Kid Rock is.

I ain’t letting this shit infect my Spotify algorithm

Fuck this, so damn lamn

If you listen to the words, this thing is wretched and massively dated. If you don't list to the words and just listen to the musicality of it, it's mediocre at best. An extremely easy to give one-star.

The songs are stupid, lyrics are dumb, dudes a terrible person, this shit goes for over an hour, and it made me cry

I'm not dignifying this album with a listen. I know it's shit. It's hot, fat, stinking shit. I know it, you know it, and the shit knows it.

this actually made me embarrassed for him 0 stars

Putting aside his MAGA stance, this is still a piss poor album that was piss poor at the time and hasn’t got any better.

Did not listen, boycotting this album. I refuse to give one cent of royalty $ to this MAGA ass clown.

I respect not listening to this at all out of principle. Still, curiosity got the better of me and there was part of me wondering how bad it could be. Lasted three songs. I try to listen to every single album on here but no one, I mean no one, should be subjected to this shit. Theres an eleven minute song here called black chick, white guy, with lyrics like 'his dick was metal, her pussy was a magnet.' Just horrendous music from a talentless rapper and a real piece of shit to boot

so i listened to some of the album on youtube and i can easily say that this is not my taste in music. and i mean... look, he's got a certain reputation and as much as i'm all for being open minded when taking in art and music regardless of the artist's personal circumstances... i'm still not here for this. so that's a no on his music and a no on supporting the guy, and i'm sorry this is not an unbiased review based on a complete listening experience... but none of us are unbiased in the first place so i don't actually care.

There have been a few albums in this challenge that I've refused to listen to on apple music because I don't want them to negatively affect my algorithm. This is at the top of the list. ETA after listening: "straight out of Compton? i'm straight out the trailer" NO YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE A NEPO BABY FROM AN AFFLUENT FAMILY Fleetwood Mac should sue this man for the atrocity that is the sample in 'wasting time' Even despite the (honestly impressive) volume of casual and outright misogyny on this album, I would have probably given this a 2 because, i must admit, Bawitdaba is a jam, but the hard r drop of the n-word in the last track immediately nullifies any nostalgic feelings I might have had for that one track.

I didn't listen to all the songs. Only God knows was good. Some I found offensive so only listened to the first few lines.

I tried my best. I went in 100% objective, removing the art from the artist fully. And Bawitdaba made me think ‘ah ok this will be dumb but fun’. Dear reader, this was an ordeal. Half the songs are like Rage Against the Machine if they sucked. The other half is like old school hip hop if it sucked. There’s occasionally tiny moments I like (a good baseline here, a cool riff there, Eminem popping in for 30 seconds). But these moments are ruined by, I’m not kidding, some of the worst lyrics I have ever heard. Not just dumb, but aggravatingly brainless. It means there’s not a moment on this album I’m actively enjoying. All bar maybe 3 of the songs are completely forgettable. Mr Rock does try to change it up with a power ballad, which is dreadful. Then a story song to end, which is dreadful AND deeply misogynistic and pretty racist. I’m sorry Mr Rock, I really went in with an open mind. Unfortunately, you filled my open mind with this.

There isn't much to say here. I really didn't like this record. I was initially tending towards a two star review on the premise that there is some technical competence towards something I don't really like, but god is this record tedious. It has some obvious debt to both the Beastie Boys and Rage Against the Machine at times as well as the Slim Shady persona, but all of those projects are so much more interesting. I was just irritated and bored by the end of the record. Probably the worst thing I have listened to.

"Metal, Rock" who are we kidding???? This is rap plus a little bit of country. The best part of this album are the background singers. Oh the irony...

It’s not hard to understand why this album is rated so low. The persona he’s built for himself is so weird, full of bravado and ego, but just aggressively juvenile. The lyrics, genuinely, are utterly terrible. He has absolutely no talent at all in that department. But you know, it’s also kind of funny in a way (intentional or not) and when he gets going the grooves can be pretty good. You can get into the energy of it if you switch off some of your other critical thinking skills. 2.5 rounded up.

This was difficult to complete. Reminded me of TRL hype days. I can’t believe so many of these songs were so massive at the time.

Eminem's love of mushrooms is paramount, even makes it into the guest verse

The intro to bawditibaba is epic. Like desert heist movie. Thats the only good thing I have to say about country rap rock.

"With a bottle of scotch an' watch lots of crotch Buy yacht with a flag sayin' 'Chillin' the most' Then rock that bitch up an' down the coast" -W.B. Yeats

Un poco me parecio un loco que fui pasando por mil generos, rock un poco mas pesado c country y rap

More listenable than I thought it would be, but his raps are just so unbelievably cringe

God awful. I'd like to take this opportunity to say fuck you to everyone who made this album possible, including: Aaron Lepley, Al Sutton, Andrew Nehra, Damon Wimbley, Dave Robinson, David Bottrill, Derek Matuja, J. Williams, Jalil Hutchins, Jason Krause, Jennifer Barbato, Jimmy Bones, Joe C., John Travis, Joseph Cultice, Kenny Olson, L. Michael Smith, Lindsey Buckingham, M. Morales, Mark Schafer, Marshall Mathers, Misty Love, Randy G., Shirley Hayden, Stefanie Eulinberg, The Twisted Brown Trucker Band, Todd Shaw, Tony Dawsey, Tweeds Kracker, and Holland/Dozier/Holland.

my roots are white trash and thus I grew up listening to many of these songs so I am giving it a 2 based simply on nostalgia. most of the songs actually suck, and to add, kid rock is a terrible person. I cannot separate him from his music but neither are good

Yes, he's asshole. But this is pretty good redneck nu metal especially first few tracks

Day945 - the winner of the biggest dumbest dipshit award

I know WE ALL hate Kid Rock as a person, but how does his music fair; do we have to separate the art from the artist? FUCK NO! THIS SHIT WAS SO FUCKING ASS! Someone here said "Rage for the Machine" and that's the best way to describe it. Just plain terrible rap-rock, with terrible lyrics padded with swears like it's a Vivziepop show. A real slog to get through; one of, if not, the worst album I've EVER heard. Fav Songs NONE This was so bad I don't even want to call any my favorite. Is it Top 1001 Worthy (is it essential)? Not in a million years. It's actual ear torture. I don't know what this could possibly be influencing, but whatever it did is probably trash anyways. If I could rate it 0 I would, 1 is far too high for this abysmal dogshit. I'd rather kill myself than listen to this again.

-why is this on here. no one must hear this album before they die. fuck Kid Rock man -probably the worst album i’ve heard on here so far, but i guess i’ll give it credit for the iota of creativity that is “country rock”. but holy shit it is incredibly difficult to listen to. all apologies to Scum by Napalm Death, the only other album i’ve given one star to, i super mega take it back -Favorites: Bawitdaba, Cowboy

trash

Nearly didn't listen because of the obvious however the point of this is to go in without any thoughts and purely rate the music. That out of the way, this has got to be one of the worst albums on here, and that is coming from someone who enjoys the genre. I just cannot believe there isn't another album more deserving to be on this list. Only God knows why is maybe the worst song on the album and maybe the list.

Gave it a chance, got half way through. Utter trash. Would be zero if possible.

shite

Music wise, I've got no problems with this really. There's a pretty neat blend of country, funk and rock on the backing tracks, a good use of samples and Kid Rock is a decent rapper. Despite this, too many of the songs are too aggressive, too misogynistic, too 'I've fucked so many women from so many cities, with bitches and 'ho's and pussies and titties'. You can see why Donald Trump's a fan. And if you throw in the talk about high school girls as well, you're getting into the nonce-like territory that has followed Kid Rock round a little bit. Again, you can see why Donald Trump's a fan. On the opening track, I wanted to start singing 'Who put the bob in the bob-showod-showod...' I suppose that would have made it more entertaining for me than what followed. And the calls of 'You don't know me...' and 'You dont understand...' are a bit pathetic when you're so open at rapping about the seedier parts of your life. Too much of the wrong type of 'Alpha' maleness for me. 1 star.

I want to give it credit for the instrumentation not being terrible for the most part, but this album is also way too long. I'm tired of it. Kid Rock's vocals are embarrassing.

на любителя. 2 более-менее норм песни.

The first track was amazing and then it all went downhill 😖 I'm sure combining rock, country, and hip-hop looked cool on paper. I do like the genres separately, and I tried to enjoy this. I really did! It's just horrible. This could have been something amazing if he just picked one genre. 🥹

It’s hard to listen to this album with out thinking about what modern kid rock is and everything connected to it. If you listen to the album separate from the artist, by 30 years, you can hear a lot of talent and a fun party rock album. Modern kid rock would have a lot of negative things to say about this album. I think Joe Cs death is where kid rock stopped being fun and he started to turn into the monster he is today, at least publicly. I’m sure he’s always been a piece of garbage. But this is a pretty good album. Credit where it’s due. I regret my listening to the album will lead to him receiving royalties for it.

it feels against my morals to listen to this

Politics aside I found the album groovy and filled with jams after jams. Another case of a seperate the art from the artist I guess. A guilty pleasure of mine. The album rocks (pun intended).

Man, this album is just upsetting. 'Fuck off', as he so eloquently put it. Eminem pre-fame was the only glimpse of something saveable from this.

I knew this album was on the list, and I've been dreading it since I became aware. I suppose I'm thankful I'm only at #406, getting it out of the way sooner rather than later. I am also thankful that I wasn't a tween when this came out, as I can't even image how horrible it would have been to have everyone loving this shit when I was in school. I'm certain I would not have liked it, but still I'd have been around it. My plan throughout this project has been to focus on the art and not the artist. Along with Kanye, this has been my hardest ask. I didn't want to listen. I detest this man and all he stands for. But my plan... I mostly detested listening today. This was not a genre I liked anyway, and I can't stand songs that are mostly bragging about how much drugs and alcohol a person does as well as the misogynistic lyrics. Hell, a song that uses a Fleetwood Mac riff and he's talking about ho's. WTF?? Some of the songs were catchy for sure, but those awful lyrics just ruined everything.

I want to hate this so much more than I did. His flow is shit, his musicality is shit, his lyrics are shit, his ham-handed play at pop country is shit. But there are some fun beats in there if you can listen through all of that. He’s at his best when he’s a G-love knock off, which isn’t saying much.

He brings an interesting blend of rap and rock to his music which only sometimes works for me. So this was an interesting listen but not one I'd play again (although I might replay some of the tracks).

Еталонний кал. Я слухав купу різної відверто посередньої музики в школі, але навіть тоді не опускався до цього несмаку.

Ох, ну це удар ничже пояса. Коли в школі я слухав всяку мазафаку, то навіть тоді ми з друзями вважали кідрока не тру і в цілому гамном. Хоча пам'ятаю що трек гет нейкед був в когось на сд-р збірках, але все одно мені реально тоді казалось що він якийсь воннабі дурачок. Послухав я цей альбом МАЙЖЕ повністю (одну балладу все ж скіпнув, бо це прям неможливо слухати) - так і є, жахливі тексти, жахливий оцей кантрі-реп-рок стиль, поганий кач ніби в РАТМ забрали все що гарне що в них є і залишили тільки картонну обкладинку. Але не можу не відмітити все ж що Cowboy це хіток. Тому за нього накину півбала до одинички на рум.

Nope

Will not listen to this lying, racist, homophobic piece of shit. Awful human and doesn't even deserve the 10 seconds I'm giving him for this review.

Very bad indeed.

Have tried to assess these albums without being influenced by the personality of the artists, but can't sustain it in this case. 2 becomes 1.

I have to say this album surprised me. Previously my only exposure to Kid Rock was his rather overplayed All Summer Long which, in my opinion, leaned rather heavily on Lynard Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama to pique interest in a rather basic ‘summer feel good’ tune. The sound on this album was, at times, reminiscent of Limp Bizkit and not wholly as corny as I was fearing. Finally I was astonished to hear a cameo from Eminem during Fuck Off. Could probably listen again…just about, at a stretch.

Rap crap. I listened to a few notes but as usual. . .

Верно, рэп это просто не моё. Нейтральные три звезды. Пусть хвалят и хаят те, кто в этом жанре собаку съел.

Beats almost had me bopping along till the misogyny kicked in

Está bueno, es de la época de Limp Bizkit, tienen cierto parecido pero en otro estilo. Esta bueno el disco

The tragedy at the heart of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the monster can never have what he truly craves because whilst he has the pretence of life it can never be truly authentic because he was put together by a creator who gave no thought to how the monster was created only that it should be. As a result, the monster lacks life and soul. Whereas Kid Rock thinks Frankenstein is an instruction manual for this unholy trifle of rock, rap and country Counterpoint: Are you familiar with the British 90’s boy band 5ive? They had a song where one of their members sang “represent like John Gotti” and it felt so inauthentic that I cringed myself inside out. This album is like that for 71 minutes

This is #day718 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… this is my first time listening to Kid Rock, even though I've heard the name before. The fact that this record is on the list while, say, Deftones' White Pony isn't is beyond me. A wannabe hip-hop/nu metal isn't essential to hear before you die. Eminem's cameo didn't save the day. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day719.

me gusto mucho

this record is the ultimate proof that Americans aren't just aware of every awful stereotype about them: they’re genuinely proud of them.

Fuck no

The kindest thing Kid Rock did was make his music stink as much as he does as a person, which makes it unnecessary to separate the art from the artist.

Ok, I guess, better that I expected but still forgettable

Good

It's interesting to me that this occupies the bottom 3 average ratings on this site, when a lot of the albums with low ratings are not enjoyed because they're experimental, don't conform to norms, etc. This one is not like the others. It was critically acclaimed because it fused rock and rap? I don't know if that was particularly ground breaking as it just sounds like a bad Rage Against The Machine rip-off, with none of the sincerity or punk attitude. Some of the lyrics are just cringe. The chorus of Bawitdaba is obvious... another lowlight is a child saying he is "Three foot nine with a ten foot dick". I mean it's embarrassing, really. "I'm a razor blade slashing through a wrist of hate". WTF? I'm only a few tracks in so I better stop noting bad lines because I could be here a while I thought this was slightly better than 1*. At least I was able to listen to it without feeling like I was in pain. It's just a bit silly really

Man its hard to ignore his politics. Can't lie that I loved the first few songs....once upon a time. Fuck him.

Not. A. Fucking. Chance.

una mierda

I grew up in Oxford, Michigan which is nowhere near Detroit, but very near Romeo, Michigan. There is a trailer park in Romeo that Kid Rock loves to boast about growing up in. It's across the street from the massive horse farm that Bob Richie, Jr. ("Kid Rock") actually grew up on. It's owned by his dad, Bob Richie, who owns several car dealerships. Kid Rock is, was, and near as can be seen always will be a complete posser prick. As for the album, calling it basic white-boy wannabe rap is an insult to dudes named Brad. Kid Rock should be known for having a great marketing team. He's no musician, and this album should be avoided until you die. I understand it plays on repeat in hell.

I hate that I don’t hate this one enough I do think that mixture of hard rock and rap works really well in this context. There’s some fun guitar parts and a ton of energy when necessary. I really think his voice is exactly what this mashup needs, don’t think it’s special by any means but I could see a lot of better vocalists bombing on this one. First two tracks on here are probably the best, both classics for the genre. Also it was pretty cool to see some featured artists on this one, had no idea Eminem used to sound like that To say I’m not a fan of the lyrics and content is putting it lightly; there are some really weird, sexist, and borderline racist lyrics in this one, which is always hard to defend when lyricism is huge part of the draw. Some songs on this one also just suck, the last song in particular but also Only God Knows Why; it’s so close to being a good song but the random autotune actively harms my ears. I really don’t like this guy outside of music, and while it was a bit hard to separate the art from the artist I think I did a pretty good job. This one being the 3rd lowest rated album on the entire list very obviously has nothing to do with the quality of the music and everything to do with the politics behind the guy himself. From a logical standpoint it’s dumb this is below absolutely awful music like Pere Ubu and Captain Beefheart. Pretty sure I’ll never listen to this guy again but it was at least kinda “fun”

I think on a fundamental level its cringe. Like no, kid rock does not get bitches and he shouldn't act like he does

There are lots of things I didn’t like about this album, but to start with a positive: the music itself isn’t actually terrible sometimes. There were a few times during the album where a vocal hook in a chorus caught my attention. However, Kid Rock would then start rapping and it would be all downhill from there. As well as the blatant misogyny throughout, the lyrics are just awful. Sometimes it sounds so simple it could be a nursery rhyme, and then leans into angsty 11 year old who swears for no reason, and then into dumb teenager who wants to convince his friends that he’s loved by women, when truly nobody cares. If I was to condense this album into one word, it would be “stupid”.

I'm not sure if there are reviews translated here, so I decided to write my first and last review in English. As a young person who has lived my whole life in Russia, I have absolutely no idea who Kid Rock is or what he's ever done. The album is okay, by the way. It's not my genre, but it was interesting to listen to. A solid 4 stars in my opinion.

What is a bullgod?? Stared as a 3 and went down to a 2

Did not listen, will not listen. I'm not going to do anything that generates revenue for him and helps perpetuate his culture war bullshit.

It took almost 200 albums, but I finally found one to give a single point. And man, is this well-earned. It's not just that Kid Rock is a tacky MAGA loser who cosplays as a working class southerner; it's that his imagination is limited to womanizing and partying and wiping his ass with other people. There's one song about a relationship gone awry that kinda has some juice, but it mostly sounds like self-pitying swill. I get that this has some value as a piece of pop culture history, but at what cost? Just 71 minutes of loser shit for bozos and date rapists.

I currently have an ear infection and therefor only had one earbud in for this album. I hoped hearing only half the audio would make this album only half as bad. No such luck

was considering giving this a 2 because the production has its good moments (when it's not crawling so morgan wallen could spin out in the mud), but frankly has too many reprehensible moments for me to consider anything else

Album #222 Kid Rock: Devil Without a Cause This album being on the list is sort of like when a fighting game has a troll character; everyone knows it’s dog shit, but it’s funny to watch the uninitiated click on it expecting it to be good. Kid Rock may be the worst lyricist of all-time, but thankfully you only have to listen to his rambling for 70 minutes; there isn’t a single prolonged instrumental to grip to as this retard never shuts up. One thing that I find funny about Kid Rock is how honest he is for some reason, it’s like he’s Jim Carrey in Liar Liar and just has to admit on multiple tracks that he’s a pedohpile; of course there is the famous “some call it statutory, I call it mandatory line” from the fucking Osmosis Jones soundtrack, but also on this album he has a line about being locked up because his girl is really young. Then of course there is his 12-minute epic “Black Chick, White Guy,” which I think was just an excuse for him to say the N-word and rap about getting 8th grade pussy. And of course there’s the Suno AI-sounding country ballad “Only God Knows Why” where Kid Rock poses himself as a hopeless romantic who just can’t stop fucking random women, but will never find love. Perhaps the funniest song, though, is “Fist of Rage” in which he depicts himself as the ‘razor cutting through the wrist of hate’, which has aged exceptionally poorly. I don’t know who was gassing this guy up so hard in the 90s to feel confident enough to write some of these songs about being the coolest guy in the room and having so much sex, but they really need to take a long look at themselves. I can not fathom how anyone remotely interested in music as an art form felt this was a necessary listen, but alas, here we are. I guess the best song is “Bawitdaba” because it is the only time when Kid Rock is his authentic self, singing; he just spews gibberish like a set 8 kid, but practically every song here is god-awful. Best Song: Bawitdaba Worst Song: All of them Score out of 10: 1

Kid Rock... Meh

Bawitdaba and Cowboy are trashy kino, the rest of the album is too long and too unmemorable.

actual penis music

honestly, this fucked wayyyyyy harder than it should have. can't believe grandpa dropped the n word so casually. -2 for bigot tax on this one.

I just can’t do it. A few of the songs aren’t too bad, but there is a limit to separating the art from the artist. Really took me back to the good ole days of growing up in Glasgow (at one point the Meth capital of Kentucky).

I just really know that on my deathbed I’ll look back and say “thank goodness on July 22nd 2026 I listened to that Kid Rock album.”

SEVENTY ONE MINUTES SIR WHAT I mean like, I don’t hate Bawitdaba. I’m not made of stone. I’d not seek it out but if I’m drunk and it’s playing I’m probably having a good time. That would raise it to a 2 but then the album decides to be 71 minutes long. That one Vine with the girl singing “Cowboy”— 6 seconds long and it gets the point across. It didn’t need 71 minutes. Here’s a fun fact about CDs— they originally had a maximum length of 74 minutes, with the stated reason being to allow the entirety of Beethoven’s 9th to fit on a single disc. Kid Rock made almost the most album that he could make with the technology of the day and presumably didn’t have a scrap song that clocked in under 2:48 to fit. RIP Joe C. When I was little I thought you died because Edge and Christian put you in that trash can. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1IPiazQUSaw&ra=m

Absolutely not. I am not listening to this dogshit and I will still rate it 1 star.

I thought we had another 1 star review incoming, but honestly this wasn't that bad. It was slightly less offensive than his personality. There are catchy songs, so I can at least see how this would appeal to a certain demographic. It definitely doesn't deserve a spot on the list though, that much is an insult to many fine musicians. 1.5/5

At best, this is just a Rage Against The Machine knockoff. At worst, this is some of the least authentic bullshit I’ve heard in my life. That last song was so unbelievably racist and sexist

When judging an album like this, I think it's worth separating the artist's personal views or politics from the music itself. If we evaluated every musician based solely on their personality or beliefs, we'd end up dismissing a lot of influential records across every genre. To me, this record was the best of three worlds, blending country, rap, and rock and Kid Rock helped lay the foundation for country rap. Great album! Only reason I am giving it 4 stars is because the album was a little too long.

ashamed to admit how much I enjoyed this album. Some (most) of these lyrics don't age well at all, but it's still fun. Pretty mindless stuff. Black chick, white guy definitely lost me and I have zero intention of listening to it again. But then, the back half also just re-plays I am the Bullgod for a second time as a hidden track? Just kinda weird decision making

I mean, fuck this guy. But also, I don’t completely hate it/have some general nostalgia for it? Kind of fun/goes hard but legit this guy sucks. Watch the opening of the show silicon valley and that basically sums up this guys reputation.

Conservative grifter and foghorn. Occasionally came on kerrang as a teen, but he wasn't anywhere near as big in the UK as he was in the states. Didn't like him then, but I still dabble in nu metal in 2026. ------ Ahhhh shiiit. I'm white trash I guess. Bawidaba slaps. The band/rock aspects are occasionally neat, with some catchy riffs. Frequently dipping into funk, blues and metal give the album a nice variety of sounds. The tracks where the band feature are definitely the stronger tracks of the album. The more sincere country tracks really don't appeal. Kid Rock's lyrics sound pretty juvenile from what I can make out. But his voice as an instrument fits the music style. The album is over-long however and some tracks (welcome 2 the party) are absolute trash. The country element doesn't appeal either. Overall it's quite disjointed and awkward but has a couple of catchy elements that begrudgingly I enjoy. I'm never going to put it on. (Well maybe track 1 when I'm driving alone)

Never again

Contrary to what I expected prior to listening to this record, it was definitely not the worst entry of the list. It has some gimmicks that make it an easygoing listen but it does not contain anything to write home about. 5/10 [DROP]

Good album, not necessarily my style. Appreciate the instrumental/guitar. Noticed quite few rifs that are sampled in songs today, like the first one.

Two party bangers from the 90s. Fuck this guy.

Zero if I could. Worthless pathetic excuse for a human being.

lmao

LOL

- “I wanna be a cowboy baby” - uh- nu metal ain’t for me I don’t think - I feel like I should be walking away from an exploding car in slow motion…. - If a kazoo made music

35

Kid Rock tries quite hard to rock but ultimately fails to rock. Not actually terrible though

Not as bad as I thought it would be. Very different from Kid Rock now.

This was not as much of a punish as I expected. The production is good, it gives you exactly what you expect, which is to say that nu metal meets redneck rap with country thrown in is interesting enough to warrant this album on the list. But I just didn’t like enough to ever listen again.

I was determined to listen to this with an open mind. And I hated it.

The guy who started this list should at a minimum have his tires slashed.

No.

An odious moron, but he has an ear for a hit and a kind of idiot savant charisma that really works on the pissed off sons of suburban car dealers. Music for people whose favorite rap song is the Run DMC/Aerosmith crossover. At best it's like an artless Beck, the beastie boys if they got hit on the head with rocks, or an even stupider Limp Bizkit. The metal elements are awful, the country ones are even worse, and he is a terrible rapper. Even if bullgod and bawitdaba are certified dumbass banger, the rest is so egregious and there's so much of it that it's unredeemable. Unbelievable that he's still a public figure in 2026, the avatar of rich dickhead fake populism.

i think if they removed the singer this would be at least palatable but as a whole this is really bad like I would rather listen to nothing than this

No. Just no. This album sucks. The lyrics are bad, the instrumentals are lacking, and it is too long for a Kid Rock album. The best song to me is “Fuck Off” just because of the great performance from a young Eminem. The song “Black Chick, White Guy” isn’t too bad either.

Gross.

Las primeras dos canciones son TEMAZOS, y después creo que lo que salva el album es la innovación, la mezcla de géneros que les funciona super bien y hasta recuerda a RATM. Igual, algunos temas ya se me hicieron pesados y no te mantiene enganchado a lo largo del album. En base a las reviews creo que este album esta overhated, pero las letras no ayudan mucho tampoco. 6.5/10

Get this fucking bootlicking racist chud off of this list

I find it nearly impossible to "separate the art from the artist" here. Kid Rock's status as a far-right, MAGA-pilled, questionably pedo douchebag does not make me want to enjoy his work, not does it make me want to give his any streams (even if the amount only equates to ¢1). I will admit that the album wasn't as egregious as I was expecting. The country rap thing, while not my jam, was overall fine. I thought the auto tune on Only God Knows Why was an odd choice but different and experimental. Black Chick/White Guy was a personal story. But that's where the criticisms begin. Kid Rock sees the world through a "trailer trash" lens through which his platform propogates stereotypes and misinformation. This can be seen across the tracks weaved in, but a good example is in the last song where he implies that his partners behavior is expected of that group. Here's hoping that the era of Kid Rock, MAGA and turning point collapse in on themselves soon 🙏 1/5

I didn't want to listen to this racist, misogynistic MAGA asshole, so I listened to a more deserving album instead. Daft Punk's "Discovery" was at times a really fun dance album, and at others a bit flat and repetitive. It's not my genre, admittedly, but it still wasn't the most for me. I don't think I'll return to it, but I promise it was better than the album of the day. Kid Rock: 1/10 Daft Punk: 5/10

The intersection of Beastie Boys and the Allman Brothers. Only really really bad.

Could’ve been a decent EP

If you can separate who Kid Rock is today from this album... it's fine

High nostalgia with this one..still remembered the lyrics 20+ years later. Can't say it is good but it's not a 2.

I removed the part of my brain where critical thinking and taste come from (figured I'd try to take the artist's perspective going into this shit), and I still couldn't not hear the poseur bullshit spewed from this imbecile. I suppose one could perhaps argue that there are some interesting musical moments here and there, but then Kid opens his dumb maw and unabashedly spews his special brand of ignorance and you're pulled right back into the cesspool. To the younger (and older, I suppose) generations, I must apologize on behalf of my fellow Gen X'ers, who were THERE when this garbage was hitting the airwaves and had the chance to steer the younger generation to better pastures and ignore it into oblivion. The Millennials' desire to put their own stamp on society was a helluva drug, unfortunately, and our suggestions that there are better ways to mix genres fell upon deaf (obviously) ears. Alas, here we are, and an hour plus of the raping of my ear canals with this trash leaves me no less melancholy at what could have been had this piece of American trash been thrown in the landfill before he had a chance to bloom.

I couldn't get myself to listen to him.

There is some uncertainty regarding the cover photo with both Joseph Cultice amd Randy G credited in different versions of the release. Who could blame them for not claiming this shocker? Jennifer Barbato was the art director, she has produced some nice work elsewhere. Music is a horrific as the sleeve. Why is this crap in this list?

I'm not listening to this bro. I'm allowed one skip, I make the rules

- no -

Garbage. Why was this allowed to be recorded? A tragic crime against humanity has been committed.

This shit was dope... and no, I'm not a redneck, I'm not a racist... The lyrics were pretty basic, sure, but the guitars were extremely cool.

I'm not a fan of the man or his music but this was EVERYWHERE in 1998. But can you remember any song other than "Bawitdaba" or "Cowboy"? Nope. It's not Top 1001 worthy but the lead track is still on rock/alt radio. I bet I have heard it from start to finish since 1998 when I decided I only liked one song and that was just for my snowboarding mix. He was different at the time so this one got a lot of traction. No one is throwing this one on at the family BBQ 25 yrs later, it doesn't stand up super well today (ho's, shrooms, bitches, 9 mm's, bags o' weed, 40 ozs, etc) Every single song is a minute longer than it should be. The repetitiveness is obvious, every song is a variation of the one before it with the same rapping staccato. I know bravado is part of rap, but man he's neck deep in cliches and it's overwhelming at times. I was shocked to see "Only God Knows Why" has 93M listens, I've never heard that one on the radio but it sounds like his first foray into country. 2 stars. It didn't age well. Repetition, lack of longevity, one hit anyone has heard on the radio in the last 20 yrs, high school lyrics, the list goes on.

I haven't listened to this album for many years, largely because Kid Rock turned out to be such a jerk, but despite all his unfortunate baggage I have to say that this album still works nearly 30 years later. He managed to blend rock and rap much more effectively than the nu-metalheads, and for the most part his braggadocio isn't too annoying. My favorites were and remain the two opening tracks (and deserved singles) "Bawitdaba" and "Cowboy", "I am the bullgod", "Only God knows why" and (for some inexplicable reason) "Where U at Rock", but really there aren't many duds in the hour-plus playtime, which is impressive (the weakest tracks are probably "Roving gangsta" and "I got one for ya"). I'd forgotten that fellow Detroiter Eminem made an appearance ("F*** off"), probably much to both of their dismay as they went in very different directions in later years.

Wow, I actually really liked a lot of this. Rare to find such a blend of lyrical and musical goodness with such awful taste. Like a serious Tropic Thunder? I don't know, but I do know that I want to listen again and not totally ironically. Am I really rating this higher than I rated Marvin Gaye's What's Going On? Yes, yes I am. Lord forgive me.

Miserable

Fuck this guy

No es imprescindible, ni siquiera bueno.

Dear God no. Skipping this one with no regrets.

Pude no haberlo escuchado la verdad

7/10

Sorry couldn't finish this my ears were complaining

can i give zero

lol, how did this piece of shit make the cut here? I hated this dumb shit when it was originally released, and I can’t imagine that time has been this record’s friend in any way whatsoever. But, I’ve never actually listened to the record except for the songs that you couldn’t escape hearing in 1998, so we’ll see. Maybe I’ll be surprised? Nope, not surprised at all. This is actually worse than I anticipated. If dropping weak ass bars about meth and enlisting your disabled buddy to rap about his 10 foot dick is your idea of compelling and rich musical composition, this a great record. Holy shit, this sucks. I don’t even care about his political leanings. I find Kid Rock’s body of work so much more offensive. 2/10, and that extra point on the rating is only because there are actual instruments featured on this record. I think. But even those are pretty uninspired. Man, I wasn’t expecting to like this record, but I also wasn’t expecting to loathe it like this either.

I like Kid Rock for his political beliefs. Not too big on his music. The hits? Ya those work but everything else just doesn’t flow with me. This is an ok album, held afloat by the hits. Choice cut: Only God Knows Why

Too corny for me

Derivative and juvenile. The delivery sounds mimeographed from a small stanza of Rage Against the Machine. Repetitive & boring— not worth the effort to analyze it more. A 1.

Not the :35 second ominous ambient sound intro?! Ok that’s a pretty epic entrance to album, not gonna lie. “Match Box 20 money” - man this guy just couldn’t handle other people making it so he had to create a persona of a guy from “the streets” but also small southern towns? And then he has a full early 90s grunge thing on “I am the Bullgod.” Was not anticipating Eminem showing up, and displaying what actually originality looks like. And that oooof of a last song, I feel like I may be in a simulation because I truly don’t know how this album made it to this list. The first track is the only redeemable one, and I’m stretching.

Man, don't even really know where or how to begin. Let's start with - this was a shit album when it was released. This is not the first album I've massively disliked on the list, but it is the first that I've come across with absolutely, utterly, unequivocally zero reason to be on the list in the first place. It did not move anything forward in music, it did not pioneer anything of value for music, and arguably took away progress from multiple genres in bridging the differences in art. In fact, from my memory, the only thing it accomplished was separating the wheat from the chaff in friendships because of how polarizing it was at the time - you were either a decent person, or you liked Kid Rock. It's not aged very well considering how much of a shit this ass turned into. It's a shit combination of far better genres put out by a wannabe artist that was only embraced by the worst people you knew who went mask-off earlier than others because suddenly they could pretend it wasn't that they hated rap because of black people, it was that they hated rap because of the subject matter of gansta rap - while singing along with this wannabe about hooking up with little girls (which, it turns out, is the most important thing to them). This is worth a negative 1,000,000,000,000 stars, but I'll settle for giving it one.

I tried listening to this album at the gym, only to realize twenty minutes in that I had completely tuned it out. When I tried relistening to it a few weeks later, a dust devil appeared and turned the road I was driving on into a hellish, post-apocalyptic wasteland. I came into this album with some familiarity, having listened to my mom play a few of these songs when I was growing up, but listening to Kid Rock in 2026 comes with a lot of problematic baggage. Once I got past the first three songs, which were the three singles I grew up on, the trip I was in for really started to hit me. It's hard to even evaluate this album, because Kid Rock barely even exists as a real artist in my brain. Hearing this album for the first time after Kid Rock has revealed himself as a shameless MAGA-leaning grifter is a nigh insurmountable hurdle; when I'm able to fight my way through preconceived notions, I do genuinely find the production to be engaging most of the time, managing to pull off its country / rock / nu metal / rap blend more effectively than a lot of other acts do. However, none of that can balance out the fact that Kid Rock's persona just annoys the hell out of me. Simultaneously pretending to be a pimp while preaching peace and love is completely incompatible, and any potential humor or satire you could find in that concept is completely lost in Kid Rock's lack of self-awareness about his own ridiculousness. When such a key part of the persona revolves around being a pimp and practicing misogyny, and it shows up so consistently and so casually even outside of more obviously tongue-in-cheek lines, I don't buy that most of it is just a character. I actually start to enjoy the album a little more when it feels more like he's playing a fictional character, but most of Devil Without A Cause feels like a joke that Kid Rock is not in on. I also get irrationally annoyed at just how many of the lyrics throughout this album are just Kid Rock talking about how desperately he wants a hit record. It comes across less like earned braggadocio and more like sad entitlement. Even aside from the lyrical tone and content, the delivery of the lines just feels uninspired; hearing an Eminem feature late in the album exposes even more just how corny I think Kid Rock sounds in comparison. I am a believer that an artist's personal life doesn't always have to affect their music, but sometimes I just can't ignore it, especially when the music itself is so close to the public problematic persona. And if all of this wasn't enough, Black Chick, White Guy very well might be one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life. What an absolutely terrible personal story to tell about your own life: it feels excessively bitter, mean-spirited, and it makes you look like a dumbass... and it's the closer of your album... and then you also you say the n-word in the middle of it... and it's 12 minutes long... and the last five minutes are just I Am The Bullgod again. Genuinely how does this happen? This song alone pissed me off enough to bring the score down. Maybe this album isn't actually 1/5, I've certainly debated it back and forth with myself for the last few days and I do somewhat enjoy a small handful of songs. But damn, thinking about this album just pisses me off. If this isn't a 1 to me, I dread to find out what else could be. Highlights: Bawitdaba, Cowboy, I Got One for Ya', Fuck Off

Why?

It's ok

06/27 Not bad, but not really my kind of music

Wtf

Ew

two stars cos it gave me some (unintentional) laughs

++: Bawitdaba, Cowboy, Devil Without a Cause, Wasting Time, I Got One for Ya', Fist of Rage, Fuck Off +: I Am the Bullgod, Roving Gangster (Rollin'), Somebody's Gotta Feel This +-: Only God Knows Why, Where U at Rock -: Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 the Old School) --: Black Chick, White Guy/I Am the Bullgod (Remix) 5,5/10

если в начале первой песни я ещё думала почему ТАКОЕ количество единиц здесь, то на третьей песне я уже перестала удивляться, а на последней вообще поняла ВСЕ. Вау.

The singles bring back some teenage nostalgia of watching MTV but beyond that this album is obnoxious. Its about 7 songs too long and each song is so similar outside of the few singles. The lyrical content is that of an angsty 13 year old living out some kind of fantasy and saying fuck every other word in juvenile rebellion.

This feels like being stuck in a conversation with a white teenage boy who's trying way too hard to impress you with his "coolness."

Fuck Kid Rock. Zero stars.

Tried hard to put my feelings for Kid Rock aside and listen to it as an album. Musically, some of it was interesting and I was more impressed than I thought I would be. But extremely juvenile, pretentious, and crass and ultimately a terrible record. Would still listen to this over Imagine Dragons though.

Been so long since I had a one star! Here we are!

The absolute pinnacle of a terrible fucking person making terrible fucking music. Worst album on this list, negative infinity stars.

An interesting guy who makes music I just don't care for. I run into that a lot here, so how do you rate it? I can only go with my tastes. 2.0

Bawitdaba is a real insult; I'm surprised I ever got past this song. I'd never consciously listened to Kid Rock before and always thought he made something like heavy rock, but to me this sounds more like hip-hop rap garbage. Sure, there are probably enough people who like it, but sorry, not me. There are also country influences, for crying out loud! The fact that the guy's a right-wing redneck doesn't make it any better. Let him play for Trump, but he's not coming near my plate.

It’s almost catchy until you start listening to the lyrics

🤷🏿‍♀️ can’t get into it

had the mercy of starting with the only good track on the record so i could stop listening early

No.

It felt like a bunch of admittedly talented musicians and producers got together to produce a Kid Rock parody album. Somehow before Kid Rock actually existed. I almost wanted to give a bonus point because he rhymed ducat with fuck it, but the album deteriorates into such low quality, I couldn’t justify it

Absolute garbage. Some of the p oduction is not the worst thing ever. But the rest is.

There are a few pieces here and there that I appreciate for what it's done to music in general but overall it's not good and it's too long

The soundtrack of drinking Bud Light, Monster Energy drinks, and beating your wife. The music is bad, the lyrics are worse.

Useamman biisin kohdalla saa pään nyökkäämään joka indikoi, että ihan tykkään. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ihan jees kamaa, tämä sentään oli vaihtelevaa toisin kuin moni muu saman aikakauden räppilätty

I tried but it is difficult sometimes to separate the art from the artist. Not sure how this one made the list but it isn't something that I need to relive.

Fuck you Kid Rock, you piece of absolute human garbage.

It's hard to put aside the feelings for the horrible person he's become but parts of this album and the rock/rap combo still gets me moving. Then White Boy Black Girl at the end reminds me how bad he can really be. Heavily mixed feelings

i do not care for this man

I’m not a fan of kid rock or his music

The arrogance of this album is infuriating and makes it unlistenable. It is so inauthentic and annoying. Not to mention it is over an hour long.

Minus 5 stars. Hope I never hear this again

I get why so many people hate this album. It's very annoying and I couldn't wait for it to be over. But I don't think it should be the third lowest rated album of all 1089 albums on the list. I've had much worse ones already and I'd listen to this over The Beatles or The Beach Boys any day

Shit. I give it zero

Listens: 1 Standout Tracks: Nope I am happy to jump on the bandwagon and completely skewer this album. It's comically bad, despite the critical acclaim it garnered when it came out. He sounds like an ego maniac, mentioning his name on literally every single track on the album. It all feels so dated. Not to mention that I broadly dislike the Country music genre (and most nu-metal too) to begin with. The whole political thing with Kid Rock is especially weird, considering in the 90s he was absolutely a target of Republicans due perceived offensiveness of his music. And then 20+ years later, he's latched onto and is dangling from the proverbial Republican tit, and where that previously never would have flown, now half of the country seems totally okay with it. I would also be remiss if I didn't call out all of the rampant misogyny and sexism, but I would be a bit of a hypocrite there, not because I am in favor of those things or "traditional values", but because I am able to separate the art from the artist; That sort of thing is especially prominent in gangsta rap and the golden age of hip-hop, many of which musical acts I quite like. Biggie Smalls, NWA, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, etc. all have participated in this level of sexism towards women at one point or another in their careers. How many of these artists actually believe what they say can go both ways. If you can't separate the art from the artist, you either have to accept it all as offensive or none of it. If you can separate the art and the artist, you will find in some cases that some of these musicians are actually assholes, and in some cases, that's just the culture they're surrounded in and the audience they're trying to reach. You can of course make the argument that, because of the reach these artists have, saying sexist and misogynistic things is tantamount to them actually having those opinions, even if they do not actually believe it. The way I tend to think about this is in terms of comedians: Almost everything should be on the table when developing comedic material. Jokes about all races, sexes, creeds, religions, political parties, etc is on the board. Because if you start to chip away at what is and isn't "appropriate", you then have to define what "appropriate" is, and that's a shifting goalpost and means different things to different people. Who controls what is and isn't appropriate? The same thing should be said for the artistic expression of opinions/social commentary through music. Anyways, this album is bad, but not because of the misogyny in the lyrics or politics surrounding Kid Rock, but just because its its a mashup of two already bad genres and the lyrics are vapid, over-the-top, try-hard edgelord and simply corny.

Oh, Boy. I used to listen to this album back in the day. In my defence... I THOUGHT IT WAS SATIRE! I assumed he was a comedian clowning on 'Muricans™. Sure, some of the jokes didn't hit, but the first half slapped. Imagine my surprise when I found out the dude was ugh """serious"""" 😅😅😅

Omg what a giant pile of shit

haha yeah right

Taken one at a time these songs can be kitschy ironic fun (Cowboy and Wasting Time being standouts). Listening to them all in a row is extremely grating. It is a war crime that this album is 70 minutes long. Only God Knows Why in the running for the worst song ever written. The song where Eminem drops on for a verse hilariously demonstrates just how dogshit Kid Rock is at rapping.

This was never one of my albums. I was very much into hip hop, metal, and a mix of the two during the era when this was released, but it always felt a bit cheesy to me. Still, I owned a copy, and I thought I’d listened to the entire thing at least a few times, but the majority of this album is unfamiliar to me. I didn’t even remember there was an Eminem feature. This falls somewhere between 2 or 3 stars for me. There are moments where I can feel the appeal, but those moments are outweighed by how much I dislike the entire notion of Kid Rock himself. 2 stars.

This album puts my biases to the test. Juvenile lyricism and corny hooks, but if Beck had put out Cowboy I might have praised it. I think for an album to be on this list it says something to the effect it had on the industry, but not exactly an endorsement to its lastability or to the individual making the music. I'm trying to separate the art from the artist, corny and goofy but there's some fun stuff in there mixed in the shit. Favorite Track: Cowboy

The first song Bawtidaba is decent at best, the rest of the album is horrible. Cringey, poorly written vocals over clichéd metal & rock riffs that leaves little to be excited about. The mesh of rap and rock doesn't work when not curated carefully, and here it certainly isn't. Also, and probably the biggest criticism I can make, is that the whole thing makes me 99% certain that this guy is an utter arsehole.

Oh hell no I'm not listening to this he thinks he's better than Bad Bunny nahhh

Fuck Kid Rock. Would have rated 0 stars if possible.

I only gave Rage Against the Machine three stars, so I was never going to be won over by their non-union MAGA equivalent.

This felt like a prank.

Trash

DNF. I was prepared for it to be bad, but it was honestly so much worse than I imagined. I'll admit that the hits from the albums have some punch to them both musically and lyrically. And I think that it makes sense as a snapshot of things that were going on in America in 1998. People were figuring out new ways to combine rap, rock, country, and metal -- but by now we have so many more effective examples than this. The filler tracks truly feel like a high school student doing a "rap" skit for a class project. In the long term, I think the only real significance of this album is that it was a preview of the kind of white male resentment that became MAGA. And maybe the couple of fun moments on the album show that resentment could have become something less nasty. I wish I heard more of that. But I hate to say that even setting aside the kind of interesting political and cultural aspects... it's just dreadful. Couldn't make it to the end.

It’s a very fun record. The blend of country, in metal and hip hop works a lot better than it should on paper. Marks lost for the auto tune on Only God Knows Why.

Terrible

Kid Rock has become quite the controversial figure, being somewhat of a beacon for MAGA “artistry”, which obviously makes him someone I’m don’t willingly listen to, but I did my best to put that to the side and evaluate this for the music. Jesus Christ this was a hard listen. Kid Rock’s whole persona is a ridiculous misogynistic fantasy about pimping and being very much a badass. As a start, that’s pretty bad, but the lyrics make it exponentially worse. Kid Rock’s writing is so lacking, so overly simplistic and fantastical in the worst possible sense. How many times do we have to listen to Rock’s violent fantasies of beating people up, and pimping out girls? It’s ridiculously repetitive and poorly written, so limited and so unbelievable. I can’t believe “Over there with a bad attitude ‘cause I just don’t care” is an actual lyric. Kid Rock is a one-trick pony, and that only trick is fantasizing about being a badass over rock-rap tracks. And this trick is repeated for an excruciating 1 hour and 11 minutes. There’s slight variations, most of them for the worse. The worst offender by far is Only God Knows Why, an autotune-filled criminally bad song where nothing really works. There’s also a song called “Black Chick, White Guy”, which is so on the nose I thought it was a joke, especially because it’s 12 minutes long. For moments, I’d say there’s some good guitar riffs, the tones are harsh and heavy, but it’s all ruined with generic and bland attempts at Hip Hop beats. If anything, it’s another downside that Kid Rock and co. decided to waste good guitar lines on this crap instead of writing some proper music.

Boo

Tosi hyvää räppiä ja menevää musiikkia. Sopii menevään tekemiseen.

SÓ TEM, praticamente, EXPLÍCITAS!! Cara, é bizarro. Vou ouvir a versão clean Nunca tinha ouvido falar dele, mas gostei do nome do álbum The chorus is nice on Badwitdaba. The whole song is basically the chorus. 7.8 de 10 Cowboy is nice, but have a lot of bad things written in the song. I liked the end minutes. 3 de 10 Nossa, UMA GIGANTESTA QUANTIDADE DE CENSURA. A devil without a cause is 0 out of 10. I can´t rate something that i can´t look the lyrics Bulgod is sinner, pure sinner. 5 de 10 The only one that is not explict, is explict.(i got one for ya) 2 out of 10 I would love this album if it didn´t curse that much or had the themes portrait

8/10

Not a f@cking chance...

yeah i cannot listen to that

It is… so obvious that this is awful. The mistake Kid Rock made when making this album is allowing his lyrics to be so audible. You gotta be like the Chilis and scat your way out of public dissatisfaction!

Not bad actually. Not something I usually listen to, it’s giving a certain someone I know lol… but very cool instrumentals and quite different. Its rock, country and rap all in one. Very long album tho… they need to limit it to like 10 songs max.

get outta here with this!

Nope.

Bawitdaba is great. Cowboy is kind of great. Every other Kid Rock song seems to be a variation of those two, when it's not just regular white boy 90s dumb rap. I can separate the art from the artist, but also F Kid Rock.

Nope

Meh.

I didn't go into this album with high hopes, but during the opening track I thought that maybe I had underestimated Kid Rock. Then "Cowboy" started and wiped out any goodwill earned by that first song. This album isn't great. Musically a lot of tracks are fine, some truly obnoxious autotune notwithstanding. Most of the title track is even pretty good, but the lyrical content of this album is pretty abysmal. While there were a few moments that surprised me, I cannot say that I enjoyed this album or that I would ever listen again - and I absolutely cannot say that this album is essential listening.

Not the auto tune on the serious song

Hihiiks huonoa ja Rokiksi liian new metallia. Vihaan tällasta juntti hiphopia joka näin 20 vuotta myöhemmin on todistautunut juuri sellaiseksi mitä silloinkin ajattelin kun nämä levyt tulivat.

As someone who grew up in the Detroit Suburbs, I unfortunately know much of this album. That unfortunately means I also think the first two songs in this album are kinda good. Bawitdaba is a pretty good anthem for society’s rejects. I also like how Cowboy has like random honky tonks into southern guitar solos. It’s fun! The rest of the album? BAD! Kid Rock is personally gross. But shit man. Those first two songs are FIIIIIINE

Utterly pathetic. There is no redeeming qualities.

bad

Straight garbage and that's before the music. I wish I could vote 0

Can't we remove this record from the generator?

more like shit without a cause that last 12 minute song is pretty fucking rough 😭😭

Man, when the chicks had the beepers this shit was my jam, and honestly it still kinda hit.I was surprised how many lyrics I still knew. Black Chick White Guy is the most underrated song on the album. I know people hate but I could put on about 3 or 4 songs from this album around a group of elder millennials and they'd still get down. 2 things can be true. This album can be good and Kid Rock can still suck as a person. Also besides this album and that song with Sheryl Crow, there is no acceptable Kid Rock. I absolutely hated everything after, but especially that trash ass abomination of the Werewolves of London intro into Sweet Home Alabama.

Morally and aesthetically bankrupt. Not in the way that a stuck-up contemporary reviewer describes rock in the 50s or rap in the 90s that makes that music somehow sound even cooler, no, there is no *cool* angle here because there is nothing cool here. I thought it couldn’t get any worse and then Eminem showed up. Then Kid Rock dropped the N word. Morally and aesthetically bankrupt.

En del ok instrumentals, annars röv

Varje sekund låter inte hopplös men längden gör de många plågorna desto större.

Lite skränigt, lite tjatigt. Och Kid Rock verkar inte vara någon toppenkille. Men detta hade samtidigt något.

nää

I am stunned and confused by how much I enjoyed this. It's nu-metal but also country rock and also cringe god edge lord simpleton hip hop. It's definitely objectively bad. But it's subjectively so-bad-it's-good. I laughed out loud at several moments. Kid Rock seems like an absolute chud and I'm so happy this album exists.

Unrelenting MAGA dogshit

I really think this one was put on here to troll everyone. Kid’s lyrics are crap and his “flow” is the same on everything. Normally I would rate this a solid 2, however I have so many great memories from this period of my life that I associate with a couple of the songs on this album that I’m going to have to have some grace and award Kid 3 stars.

White-boy rap-rock. It’s OK!

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Definitely some nostalgia bias for the rap-rock genre based on my age. I had never listened to the whole album and while some of it is cringe-worthy, some of it is also solid. Not something I’ll revisit a lot, but a decent surprise. 2.5

the only thing worse than a talented musician who talks about fucking underage girls is an untalented musician who talks about fucking underage girls

Trash. Fuck this MAGA asshole. Did not finish listening much beyond the title track.

I first became aware of Kid Rock in 91 or 92. He was briefly mentioned in the Source magazine in a section that was dedicated to non major label music that was popular in different areas. I first heard this album when it came out. Due to my age and demographics this was pretty unavoidable in 1999. When I listened to this today I could not believe how much of the album I had memorized despite never owning the album. Try as I might due to how cheesy Kid Rock was even then I can't rate this lower than a 2. Maybe I am mistaking familiarity with quality but there are 5 or 6 very catchy songs on this album and that is enough for me to rate this a middle of the road.

на удивление бодрячком, при всём моём презрении к киду року. но эти буквы ключевой песни я так и не запомнила

How in the hell did Kid Rock make this list??

I think this album’s rating suffers from being a less popular genre, and Kid Rock himself being a bad Tory gimp. Politics aside, it’s a decent listen, and very much of its time. Opening track is a banger.

Literally unlistenable. Gave up after 12 minutes and it felt 2 hours

Didn’t pay any attention to lyrics. Just a very random album.

wow... so many things going on with this album. first and foremost, fuck kid rock and his politics. dude is a douchebag, and also came from an estate in Michigan. his whole person is a lie... its a big fat lie and all you need to do is read his wikipedia page to discover that. he profited off of the mix of late 90's hiphop/metal culture, despite not bringing anything really to the table. that said, lets review the album lets start with the beginning track... the famous Bawidaba i mean, on its surface, its catchy. i don't think it really needs to be more than it is. its nonsensical, but i think it touches on just enough different genres in this one song to keep it fun. the lyrics are lame, but lets be honest... if you're listening to a kid rock song for the lyrics, i assume you stopped reading after 8th grade lets move onto Cowboy. shit is kinda a banger. again, it doesn't have much going for it, but the sound is unique enough to keep you involved with it. while the opening track hits more of the nu-metal/rap vibe, it kinda flips and goes more country. again, its a fun track. then, we hit devil without a cause... and from there, i think we really start to see this album fall off. kid rock goes between genres which on the surface keeps the album interesting, but it doesn't mature AT ALL as you go through it. the lyrics are basic and don't speak to anything in particular. its exactly what you would expect from the conversations that take place in a trailer park and with people that are going to be cooking meth out of their trailer until eventually they get picked up. there's absolutely no substance. its all just screaming about how awesome kid rock is, and this conflation of ego that just gets placed over multiple genres and song styles. i will say, i'll give him credit for mixing different styles and that he apparently played all of the instruments. thats talent, for sure. fast forward across this album that just kinda feels the same over and over again until we get to 'Fuck Off' which included an up and coming Eminem (un-credited, by the way). then, my oh my, we get to 'Black Chick, White Guy' - and oh my fucking god, what an absolutely deplorable track. this song is about how there is a black girl who has multiple children with different partners, while still trying to get with the white boy she used to have a relationship with in middle/high school . this absolutely racist and vile track details this woman's journey through clearly a 'white savior' lens, detailing that she went through the same cycle as her own mother... but with an attitude of "hey, thats just how it goes sometimes" . not to mention, we get a n-word with a hard r drop in this song. its white savior racism bullshit put into song form, leaving a really bad taste in your mouth after a tasteless album. in the end, fuck kid rock. album is trailer trash made by a guy who had everything handed to him. i normally don't let the artist get in the way of a review, but honestly kid rock could have just sailed off into the sunset with his crappy music and had his piece. instead, he decided to continue being a piece of shit who, much like his music, never decided to grow or learn.