Devil Without A Cause

I would put a couple of these songs in a time capsule that encompasses the 90’s/00’s rap/rock alongside limp bizkit. For its time it was huge. It does not hold up very well 20 years later however. A lot of the filler songs are just awful. Teenage me loved this shit, but adult me doesn’t have any interest in listening to it. Plus his persona is fake and his political views are shit.

A bit over the top for me.

This was better than I thought it would be. Don’t like rap/hip hop but when it is delivered in a heavy rocking style i can just about get along with it. Was going to give it a 3 but then read other reviews, who I assume the majority are better qualified and know their hip hop and who all seem to disparage the record and Kid Rock. Reading further about Kid Rock I learnt that he is a bit of a divisive character in the US so maybe that accounts for the bad reviews. I’m a white male in his 70’s from the north of England so this music is miles away from my comfort zone. I therefore amend my rating as advised indirectly by my American cousin's and hope tomorrow I get an album that I can review with a bit more authority, which has this process goes on seems to get rarer. 2/5 25/5/25

Didn’t quite have the visceral hatred that everyone else seemed to have for this, didn’t seem any worse than any other rap-metal that I’ve heard. Almost popped it a three, but that would just be been to annoy you all. Simpsons: Yes

Well you can't say he doesn't belive in himself. It's just unfortunate that this belief can't be converted to talent

I truly can't believe the number of Kid Rock songs that I know. It doesn't make them any better, but it tells me a lot about my youth...

The autotune in the beginning of Only God Knows Why was really awful. However, by the end, the song was fine. For me this album had some mid highs and some deep lows - there were times where it was kind of an interesting hybrid of Metallica and Florida Georgia Line and Notorious B.I.G., but other times the songs (“songs”) were just abrasive and hard to listen to. Like wtf was Fuck Off. ?? I enjoyed about 30% of the album so 3/10

3/10 - I am officially signing the petition for Lucas to go back to rating out of 10. The intro of the first song is so funny to me. The ragtime bit of Cowboy came out of nowhere. This album is probably better than Dub housing yet I want to listen to it less because at least that one was kind of interesting and funny to listen to because of how bad it was. What is with rap being so vulgar about having sex, maybe some people like kid Rock explaining how he aggressively has sex. But I am not that guy. Only God knows why was decent. I am confused as to why where u at rock does not have the part of the album where his mom is calling him asking where he is. Black Chick, White Guy had a story which made it a little better.

So you're trying not to let personal bias? Come in to play here as I saw kid Rock and his band perform in 1998 touring for this album at a place called the truck a Darrow in Philadelphia. Now let me tell you.This was one of the most fun shows i've ever seen and I was at about twenty before and a hundred or more cents and it remains one of my greatest live concert experiences. The musician ship on display was actually top.Notch and kid rock himself played every instrument multiple times during the show and it was just a lot of fun. Also I have no real issues with kid rocks, political views.Say what you want, feel what you want.Support whom and what you want. Only problem is that this is incredibly immature.Record with lyrics that not only in their scope but also in their style are about ten years late

Not sure kid rock does rap well

Just a note that I marked the last album as I didn’t listen, but I did and I was trying to give it a 2 star. My gut says either of those paths will be the same for this album here too. Damn...I didn't realize how much this Now-Trump-Supporting, corn rowed, white trash (his words) trailer boy asshole trying to be a rapper impacted me back in the day. What's crazy, too, is that is based strictly on the radio. Growing up in Texas I constantly heard Bawitdaba, Cowboy (which I think is a Tim and Eric thing? Stevie may have to correct me on "I wanna be a cowboy babyyyy) and Only God Knows Why. Having it be heard on the radio, Kid Rock doesn't sound at all like who he is. At moments he actually sounds a bit like the lead singer for Rage Against the Machine. Poor Kid Rock now is only known for being one of the few artists who publicly show up in Mar-A-Lago constantly, either to perform or just enjoy the company. I wonder if we will get his next album because there's another classic on there with Picture. All in all I am giving this a two star to replace the last album.

The album that no one was waiting for.

At first I liked it more than expected, but quickly got sick of it. A lot of poor attempts at sounding like other artists (RATM, Beastie Boys, etc)

some of this is still pretty damn infectious, but it all sort of generally sounds like a lot more like shit than i remembered. just wildly under and/or poorly produced.

The worst part about listening to this album was that I was actually enjoying the sound of it. If only his lyrics were better or he was a better person. I feel like I can’t give 1 star bc I didn’t really hate it, but I refuse to go higher than 2.

Recuerdo tener este disco y escucharlo algo, pero pasado el momento lo olvidé. Siempre que salía algo solo recordaba que luego se casó con Pamela Anderson. Musicalmente se quiso apuntar a demasiadas cosas: grunge, rap, rock, country, autotune, ... olvidable.

Kid rock feels kind of like limp bizkit for classic rock leaning people. There’s some interesting stories lifted up here but overall there’s too much violence and misogyny

A worse sounding country limp bizkit

Hear me out, I think this album needs to be on this list. The rap-rock genre was absolutely massive at the time, and this album encapsulates all the bad parts of the genre - over-produced, by a guy who was completely fake, terrible lyrics that a teenager would be proud of, an appearence from the flavour of the day (Eminem here). The genre died as quickly as it came about, so this acts as almost a time capsule into why it was a flash in the pan. 1.5* for the music, rounding up to 2 as perversely I think it needs to be on this list even though it's absolute dogwank.

Na ja, manchmal ganz lustig. Vorläufer für spätere Bands.

This was not something I usually listen to. I appreciate the passion and attitude the singer has in his delivery but I don't know if I enjoyed the album as a whole. The only song I really vibes to was "I got one for ya".

Based on the reviews I was expecting much worse. Sounds similar to Rage Against the Machine.

Idk Jack White on parempi. Ihan kova meno, mutta tuntuu, että on vähän enemmän imagonkohottelua kuin sydänverellä tehtyä rockmusiikkia? Ja tässä se vähän häiritsee. Onko tässä vitsiä? En saa selvää - sekin häiritsee. Muita tunteita ei herää.

Yllättäjä: jos levy olisi puolet lyhyempi, voisin realistisesti antaa kolmosen. Sanailu on vaivotonta ja huvittavaa, biiseissä on riittävästi ripoteltuja joskin hieman geneerisiä koukkuosuuksia, ja avaushitti on purkissa. 2+

Alright, I am going to take this seriously. "Devil Without a Cause" is the fourth studio album by American musician Kid Rock. This album marked the finalization of his stage persona as a "redneck pimp," for better or worse. Rap rock, rap metal, nu metal and hard rock are the classified genres. And, one song falls into the country rap genre. This album had massive success selling over 14 million copies and critical acclaim for its genre-mixing sound. This party starts with "Bawitdaba. I remember this video and had no idea what to think. A synth opening with the screaming vocal line "My name is Kid..." Heavy metal riffs with Rock rapping. He's setting his persona as the hard partying-bad ass pimp. That describes 90% of this album. "Cowboy" is a little different with its fusion of country and rap. Using a harp, harmonica, piano solo and slide guitar. If this song wasn't still so overplayed, I might actually like or at deal with it. "I am the Bullgod" adds some funk. Otherwise see the comments for the first song. "Wasting Time" is another song a little different with its slower pace. Melodic, more country rock and sounds more like today's Kid Rock. It took getting to song #11 "Only God Knows Why" before Rock decides to sing. It's a ballad and he's not feeling any better even with the fame. If only he had some more of these songs. On the positive side, every song tries some sort of fusion whether it's incorporating heavy metal, rap, country, funk and soul. The problem is that 90% of these end relying on a heavy metal riff which gets old and firmly plants itself in the nu metal category which I, for the most part, hate. The lyrics of the redneck badass pimp gets old especially when the album is 71 minutes long. There are some pretty good slower songs (mentioned) which he should have mixed with less nu metal and I might have liked this. But, what do I know, he's sold 14 million albums. So, party on Robert James Ritchie.

1998 Kid Rock made some good dude rap rock.

First of all fuck this guy Second the first two songs are not bad. Mostly because I’ve heard them so much on the radio. But seriously get him off this list.

music is good but lyrics are oudated, sexist

Sweet baby Jesus on a pogo stick. You couldn't get away from this back when it was released. Did MTv have an *ultra-double-plus-heavy" rotation? If so, this was definitely on it. Cynical production that's a fantastic example of style over substance. I can see it now: Some music execs were sitting around one day brainstorming some ideas. One of them says to the group, "You remember all those songs in the 80s that has a screaming guitar solo or a rap break?" The guy to his left perks up a little, "Yeah...?" "Those were awesome. Everybody loved those songs." "Where are you going with this?" Another guy at the table is sitting up now. Their collective interest is piqued. "What if we made an entire album that was just that? Screaming guitar and rap breaks?" "That would sound amazing! But you have to make sure the rap is performed by a white guy." "Well, obviously it has to play well with white kids in suburbia...." Naw. I couldn't get away from it back then, but I certainly can now.

ah, late 90’s era kid rock… when the only thing shitty about him was his music. honestly, some of the songs are ok, i guess. he has some entertaining lines, but overall still a pretty cringe listen.

2,5

Liked when he said “drink like a Mick”, “I don’t fuck with fairies”, and he got that child to rap about his ten inch dick. A true time capsule.

I’m not down with the ba-wit-da-ba like everyone else, I just can’t stand this guy.

A time capsule of white boy rage.

Trash (white)

Couple of genuine bangers on here, and the mix of genres is def unique but most of his rap flow sounds like summertime girls by LFO. The unironic fuck boy lyrics get very old after a few tracks. Also automatic -2 for rap rock.

The album is not good, there’s nothing special about the music and the lyrics are laughable. But there’s something to Bawitdaba and cowboy. They aren’t great songs but they are catchy so I have to give this album some credit

This album has definitely some parts I could enjoy, but -1 for kid rocks overall contribution and -1 for using auto tune this obvious in "only God knows why".

Didn’t listen but I know and don’t like kid rock

"his dick was metal, her pussy was a magnet" is one of the worst lyrics I've ever heard. 2/5 is generous.

There are 2-3 songs that I like, but on the whole the album gives me the creeps.

Honnêtement moins terrible que je m'attendais, mais ça reste très médiocre. J'imagine que c'est la raison de la nécessité de sa présence ici : démontrer des albums terribles qui ont tout de même eu un impact. Les instrumentations sont souvents bonnes, mais Kid Rock ne sait faire qu'une seule chose comme style de "rap" et ça devient très vite redondant. Plusieurs chansons paraissent plus longues qu'elles ne le sont tellement il a toujours le même flow. Et la balade à la fin est inexcusable. 3/10

Didn't expect much. Wasn't disappointed yet was at the same time.

I'm trying to separate the art from the artist. Some of the more country songs with background singers in them aren't horrible but half of these songs sound like you asked someone who sucks to make a Rage Against the Machine song.

Har aldrig bevidst hørt noget med Kid Rock, fordi jeg altid har tænkt på ham som country-type; så det var en glædelig overraskelse at første nummer var så hårdt. Pølsemandens (trailerparkens?) RATM.. Der er en del sange som er "hårde", men det virker bare aldrig som om at han virkelig er sur... De stille sange er virkelig tamme - Ville meget hellere have haft at den her plade var kortere.. 71 minutter....? Guitarerne har en hård lyd, men alle riffs er forglemmelige. Goddamn country auto-tune på "Only God Knows Why", wtf.. 👎 Hvis jeg savnede den her stil, ville jeg langt hellere sætte RATM / Beastie Boys på #EminemStyrerPåFuckOff lol jk, det passede sgu ikke rigtigt ind heller..

Rock!!!

This is a real art vs. artist scenario. Do I want to stan Bawitdaba and Cowboy, like my 11 y/o self might demand, or do I realize that this guy is an asshole who makes some stupid songs? Sort of in-between on this one. A lot of this sucks, but I do enjoy a fair number of the songs. Wasting Time is an early example of stealing other music to make a slightly catchier, but somehow slightly worse, version of a song that already exists. Kid Rock sucks, but this album is enjoyably stupid.

The lyrics leave a lot to be desired. Occasionally, there's a decent rhythm. Otherwise, really not good.

If your drunk on light beer, high on weed from a gas station and you spend all your money in strippers then this is 5 star music. I'll admit one or to songs are ok but yeah overall pretty bad.

Much ado with little content.

Make it stop

It’s easy to see why this is so hated. For starters he’s just an irritating guy (and that’s based on this album alone, ignoring the fact he’s now a MAGA nutjob). Yeah I know being bratty and offensive is kind of the schtick, but others manage to do it while retaining some likeability. The lyrical content is tediously superficial, the rapping is sub-par, the rock elements are derivative and it’s completely devoid of the charm that good country music has. AND YET… Did I enjoy some of the riffs? Did some of the choruses get stuck in my head? Did my irritation even start to transform into amusement after a while? Guilty, your honour… 1.5 / 2

Enjoyed the musical elements however was not a fan of the vocals one bit

Rating: 4/10

Trashy lyrics. One or 2 decent songs.

It's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Sure the lyrics are corny, there's no uniform style and the rapping doesn't sound all too great. Some songs are okayish

Passabler Rap Rock.

started off really well but then bro was trying too hard to be somebody

I wasn't looking forward to listening to this, and it was exactly as bad as I expected it to be. It's not as bad as the alt-right drivel he's putting out today, but still not something I would ever choose to listen to again.

Never listened to this back in the day, and I was better off for it. Just drivel, through and through. The singles have some decent riffs at times though. 1.5/5

I vetoed Taylor, but I should have saved that for Kid Rock… credit where it’s due, this has its charms, I think he works better as a white guy trying his hand at Black music, the rock stuff clearly isn’t his wheelhouse at all. More often than not though, it’s a tedious listen. D

Not the most imaginative album.

If rap went nowhere since 79 except adding redneck guitar

Mamita. 6.5/10

No thanks lol

A lot going on here.

Ugh

So much misogyny. No wonder we are where we are.

Kid Rock is a garbage human being. That said, there was a time I enjoyed some of this record. Not so much these days....

At the time of writing this (Oct ‘23), this sits at the fifth lowest rated album on this website. There are definitely things holding this album back, like Mr. Rock’s weak bars, flow, rhythm, etc, but the production is actually decent. Also, it’s strange, but he, for some reason, is able to write really good hooks and choruses while everything else falls apart. Rap is not his forte, but I think he would really shine in other genres. That would be true if not for the lyrics on the verses. A lot of them are very problematic and downright disrespectful to the point where listening to the song makes me feel like I’m a bad person. On top of that there’s weird choices made with the arrangement of the album, like the decision to make it over an hour instead of cutting the weaker tracks and focusing on his stronger songs, or the additional 4 minutes to the closer, which should not have been the finale (or even on the album), which is basically an entire song which we all heard earlier in the listing. I could go on, but I’ll close with my opinion that Kid Rock had a lot of potential here and very effectively squandered it. Shame. 2/5

This is a lot less horrible than I wanted it to be. Yes the lyrics are comically bad. Yes Kid Rock’s persona is laughable now. But there are aspects of this that oddly work. For example, the sound of the raps/vocals over the solid backing band is surprisingly crisp. Despite the god awful genre it spawned, Cowboy is actually not the worst song. The album also makes an early use of auto-tune. I’m conflicted because usually being a pioneer is a positive thing, but then again you don’t see people praising the inventor of the selfie stick. So just like we can muster the courage to ask a stranger to take our picture, we can also bravely reject the need for country rap rock and auto-tune.

A lot can be said about his political views, but that's not why I'm here. I tried to listen to this album without having who he is as a person influence my judgement. How to create this album: 1. Take a Rage against the machine album. 2. Remove the 'rage' part. 3. Replace the lyrics with lyrics about how cool Kid Rock is, how real he is, what he's doing to your mom, ... (Spend some time on Voicechat in any of the competitive multiplayergames that are popular with 13y olds if you need inspiration) 4. Profit The result is a slogfest of an album that made me physically cringe at times. The only reasons this gets 2 stars instead of 1 are 'Somebody's gotta feel this' and 'Fist of rage'.

Alr let’s go down the list for this record Production? Terrible Lyrics? Corny and basic asf Features? Bro got Eminem to drop a weak verse in his prime Flow? The exact same one every track The hooks? I can’t recall a single one This is a painful listen 70 minutes is excruciatingly long the only saving grace is ig if you don’t take it seriously it’s semi bearable? Still was disappointed when I got this record and even more disappointed after listening to it, light 3

Nope. Bawitaba over and over, rapping with loud guitars, I am the bull God? I don't even know where to start, his rapping is mediocre at best. He wasn't the first to do rap rock, Rage Against the Machine at least had something to say in their music. The only track that is slightly redeemable is cowboy.

it wasnt bad but incredibly boring

Never really listened to Kid Rock, now I know why. God only knows was the only track that wasn't awful. Lacks the melodic quality of Eminem.

Horrible album.

redneck bangers but nothing i got in my rotation tho

Als je Pamela Anderson van Tommy Lee af kunt pakken, dan moet je toch wel een stoere vent zijn. Dat hoor ik echter niet terug in deze ontzettend suffe bende die hij op dit album heeft gescheten.

He truly is giving a voice to all of those horribly offensive rednecks on Facebook who dream of consolidating power amongst the whites. Don’t believe me? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFnLqJx-uU

C Bawitdaba - 3 Cowboy - 2 Devil Without a Cause - 2 I Am the Bullgod - 2 Roving Gangster (Rollin’) - 2 Wasting Time - 3 Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 to the Old School) - 2 I Got One for Ya - 2 Somebody’s Gotta Feel This - 2 Fist of Rage - 2 Only God Knows Why - 3 F*** Off - 3 Where U at Rock - 2 Black Chick, White Guy - 3 This was honestly way better than I expected, but the expectations bar was at the floor.

4/10. I mean, I grew up in a household where this album was quoted like a holy text. And with that nostalgia in mind, the front half or so of this album was pretty enjoyable. The songs I wasn't so familiar with were definitely a slog though, and at the end of the day, I wouldn't want to listen through this album again. I guess I've just gotten too old to kid, and too soft to rock.

kinda tacky

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Not as bad as Radiohead. Almost as bad as Kanye. Would be laughably bad if he just wasn't overselling the trailer park aspect. As it is, it's just bad.

This has no reason for existing. I don’t get it. There is no purpose. I can’t believe this is on the list and also that it sold 15 million copies and went diamond. Kid rock now plays at county fairs and cancels shows for poor turnout (but blames covid policy to drum up the perfect demographic). I feel like he is just going for shock value mostly. He doesn’t have much to say other than “drink my beer and smoke my smoke”. His legacy is waging wars on marketing campaigns. His rapping is not very creative and kind of weak. I will admit that I felt a tingle when I heard the record scratching in bawitaba. Is that… nu metal? Eminem’s verse in Fuck Off was cool. Instrumentals were okay and there is a range/blend of genres in this album. I am being charitable, would have rather listened to a lot of other stuff today. My friend told me that Kid Rock was a character in the animated film Osmosis Jones. I looked it up and it is true…"Cool, Daddy Cool" features both Kid Rock and his late hype man and rapper Joe C., and the song appears during a scene where Osmosis Jones goes to what appears to be a club with exotic dancers. Rock is actually portrayed as a performer during the scene, and there's a sign on the wall of the club that says "Kidney Rock," which is obviously a play on the musician's name. But Rock's parts of the song are, er, a bit inappropriate for a kids movie. "Young ladies, young ladies / I like 'em underage, see / Some say that's statutory," Rock says [via Genius (https://genius.com/Kid-rock-cool-daddy-cool-lyrics)], before Joe C. chimes in with "But I say it's mandatory." 

First and foremost, fuck Kid Rock. I don't really understand how this guy got big - I guess people really wanted a redneck hero. He is decent at rapping - but he can't sing for shit and musically this is fairly weak - though you hear the occasional harmonica or keys that are nice. Bawitadaba is a classic and the Eminem verse on Fuck Off is solid. Otherwise.....MEH

boff, c'est pas aussi pire que ce qu ele monde le note, mais c'est assez bas de game. 2.5

Not a terrible album considering he is a giant asshole. 2 stars.

I'm really not a big fan of Kid Rock... either musically or personally.

This honestly would have been almost decent if it weren't for Kid Rock. His rap sounds like texting autocomplete.

Woof, Bawitdaba is basically the only reason I would ever listen to Kid Rock.

A versão mais adolescente e obviamente pior do nu-metal.

C'è qualcosa di buono, ma anche molto di suprematismo bianco

C'mon! It's not too bad as it looks by looking at the worst albums on the 1001 list. It is over-egocentric and It lacks originality, lyricism, and production, but it still is important for some music genres(I don't know which genres, since Kid Rock doesn't either. Maybe Nu metal? Rap-Rock? We'll never know)

Literalmente tiene sentido. Lo muscial es básico pero digamos que cumple. Las letras parecen de una parodia de rap, parece joda enserio. Un disco que si no entendes la letra podes agitar la cabeza pero es que por el resto es un desastre y lo más probable es qeu canse porque dura UNA HORA Y 11 MINUTOS 3/10.

When I first started this I thought for a few minutes that this might be better than I feared. But in the 13 songs that followed, I kept wondering if I had accidentally repeated the previous tracks. The songs felt repetitive and most pretty much blurred together. On top of that the lyrics didn’t seem to have much to say. The instrumentation and mixing had talent, but I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that this was all cheesier than intended and ultimately wasted. Halfway through every song that started had me wishing for some variety. *YAWN* Wwith the opening notes of Only God Knows Why I thought maybe the switch to a more traditional country song might improve things - but the autotune really put off and the whole thing felt disingenuous and gross. Why am I listening to this? I went into this expecting to be annoyed, offended or irritated. Instead I ended up wondering how the hell all this commotion could be so boring?

I feel dirtier for having listened to this. I tried to keep an open mind, but too much braggadocio and too many cliches. Kid Rock is definitely a carefully created and maintained image and a success of modern marketing, but the music is trash even if there are a few catchy riffs.

Don't think country rap is for me. Unfortunately the album soured further for knowing anything about the artist

some bangers on here that’s for sure- mouth was on the floor for most lyrics though, wouldn’t throw this on for casual listening but to liven up a party, sign me up 2.5

I think it gets a slightly biased negative review based on recent behavior of Kid Rock. But regardless, not much at all to like about this album. The nu-metal rap is somewhat inventive. I didn't find any of the tracks catchy and all the lyrics were moronic.

Really funny if you look at this as an ironically funny album. If I didn't know who Kid Rock was I would think this is just some wannabe rapper who grew up in a upper middle class neighborhood. I love some of the radio edit censorship in this album. Welcome 2 the Party is a lyrical masterpiece

yikes.

Eh wasn’t exciting. I was over it at some points. In other points I’d be like it that wasn't awful. Some songs are catchy and some are just corny. One song reminded me of “loser” by beck and it was the only thing I was thinking about. Therefore I rewarded myself with the song after words. In some kind words the album was MID

It was fine for what it was but I sort of feel like any Kid Rock album is a bit of a parody of itself.

Ok

Seriously dated

Bawitdaba is so bad it's a straight banger, but otherwise this is a shit album

I used to blast this in the shower while getting ready for high school. Ahhh, youth.

I get this is fun and in the summer for a barbecue it might be good. But it's long and pretty smaey. And while I don't want to be a prude some of the lyrics are jarring.

I cannot imagine a worse experience during this list than getting two bottom ranked 70+ minute albums. Unfortunately, I actually enjoyed the first 4 or 5 tracks in a guilty pleasure sort of way. It’s embarrassing to even admit given how cringe the lyrics are but I guess I can take solace in the fact that the rest of the album fucking sucks and I don’t have to give it more than a 2. It’s all downhill after the party one, gets worse with the auto tune song then unbearable once you get to the racist final track. Also fuck kid rock as a person

Het is heel slecht maar wel origineel. Een soort country rap met metal geluiden erdoorheen. Hoe dacht hij dat zoiets ooit zou gaan werken. 2 sterren voor de effort

Wat een album. Ik merk aan de de reviews op deze site dat het bij Amerikanen bijzonder gevoelig ligt. Een guy uit de suburbs van Detroit die muziek maakt over Alabama met een zuid accent. Is Kid Rock de Amerikaanse Joost “Josylvio” uit Naarden?

Country rap? Nahhh

Hmmm... On the one hand this really isn't that bad. I think most of the exuberant 1-star reviews are really over-reacting. On the other hand, it's also not very good. And the whole sexist racist neofascist antiscience thing makes me not feel like defending it at all. Like, this isn't a hill I'm going to die on.

nicht so bad wie erwartet, aber started out way stronger als es dann tatsächlich war.

definitely bad, but not as bad as i thought it would be.

Not good. One star extra for surprise Slim Shady

For some reason I thought I was special and would enjoy this. It is pretty shit. Like 71 minutes of WWE entrance music. I do like some of the bass though.

I'll admit to knowing absolutely nothing - zero, nada, zip - about Kid Rock. When putting this album on, I thought to myself that it was a harder-edge, rappier pastiche of a Beck album. Odelay for aggressive ex-High School American Footballists who, no longer bound by sportsism, are now free to snort coke from the tits of girls who are anything but ex highschoolers. It does not bear continued listening. The point was made in the first couple of tracks and as it progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that Kid Rock is not a good performer. I tire of it. Won't be finishing.

Some good tunes and backing tracks, but the braggadocio and slackness of Kid Rock are pretty tiresome

It’s like if Trump was a musician instead of whatever he is.

6/29/2022 - ALBUM #153 https://open.spotify.com/album/7nFlAxnXMrQRpM1R80pKQm?si=zxgztEEiTS6K97Nb_3-3tQ Today's Album: "Devil Without A Cause" by Kid Rock - This was one that I was expecting to dislike going in, and although there were a few decent moments, I just couldn't get out of my mind the entire time how much I dislike the entire aesthetic of this artist. Essentially, it's a white guy rapping about how cool he is and occasionally like how he's better than black rappers, while simultaneously directly ripping off the style of black rappers that were doing this style and better at the beginning of the decade. By the time this came out in 1998, Dr. Dre's The Chronic had been out for 6 years and that album at least had production that didn't sound like hicky garbage. I think the opening track is kind of fun cause I've always heard the main chorus in memes, but the metal instrumental gets so grating by the end of it. The track Cowboy is half saved by it's decent beat, but it's sort of the only decent one for the entire track list and there are so many lines on this track that make me upset it only barely squeaks into a 7.5. The ballad track Only God Knows Why has probably the #1 worst autotuned effect on the vocals I have ever heard. It is so bad that it makes me angry this song has almost 50 million plays on Spotify. The rest of the tracks I haven't mentioned yet are all pretty much carbon copies of each other, with a really shitty and aggressive beat that's poorly mixed being poorly rapped over by the whitest trailer trash you can probably imagine. Overall, there may be one or two ideas on here that might have inspired someone great to do something better because it truly is a unique work, but it is so insufferable as an album that I earnestly had to take a break from these reviews after giving this one a full listen for fear of having to give it a follow up review. Give this one a listen if you're a trashy person bc you'll probably dig it, or if not then just give the first two tracks a listen and leave the rest because it's really not worth it. Highlights: Cowboy Score: 3.5/10 Terrible white rock-rap

Some of this actually Bangs, but you need to be on the same wavelength as KR. And Im not

I am getting wafts of Rage Against The Machine, I am getting very mild background notes of NWA, I am getting a strong scent of Insane Clown Posse, I am getting a lot of toothless Southern rock loving trailer park hick oder and I am getting an overwhelming stench of cheese and horseshit. The last couple of years of the '90s really were a wasteland for popular culture.

It's tough to balance the nostalgia I have for this album with the general disdain I have for present-day Kid Rock. But - objectively - this album did not age well. When the biggest boast on your rap album is that you now have that "fuckin' Matchbox 20 money" - you may not be as bad ass as you thought you were. Most of the album is still "fun" to listen to, but not as much as it used to be. It's full of old (bad) hip-hop cliches and tropes. He reuses rhymes. Each song is the same 2-bar guitar riff repeated for five minutes.

Country and cringe rap fusion. Not my cup of tea.

A very generous 2 star rating. That was ass

Gets a 2 for Bawitdaba bringing me back to old wrestling promos. The rest....nah.

Weird and not very good.

I used to like a few Kid Rock songs as a kid, I couldn't finish this though.

I was tempted to not even listen to this, but it actually wasn't terrible. Some Rage Against The Machine Vibes on a couple of the songs. Glad I listened to it, but that's enough Kid Rock for me. Not sure why it's deemed worthy on being on this list.

A little surprised. Better than I thought. But won´t go over 2 stars. You had to treat Pam better ;)

A combination of some of the worst elements of rock and rap. Most of the lyrics are pretty cringe. On the plus side production value was pretty good. Some good guitar tones too.

Wel prima maar de vibe is iets wat cringe

Absolute trash. The only saving grace is the organ every so often. Most of the tracks I couldn't even get through. This is a few hours after the listen: This album pisses me off. Its whiny. Its boring. The cadence in the lyrics isnt even interesting. I take back what I said about the organ. Its a bummer this record has suck a funky instrument

This album would be 100 times better if it wasn't for the arsehole singing

Besides nostalgia purposes, this album doesn’t belong on this list.

No estuvo mal

Who let the rednecks out? Second question, why is this here? Frat boy rock at its worst. Don’t give this guy credit for nu metal/rap rock. That goes to Beasties, FNM RATM

I went to a kid rock concert in Brixton once. It was a good show. During one song, he rotated around all the instruments taking turns to play them himself. And he had Rockettes in cages dancing. Belongs in a previous era when we mistakenly believed his blend of country rap and metal was a good thing

Not as bad rap, but still

Guð minn góður, þetta er 71 mínúta að lengd. Skellti í private session á Spotify af þessu tilefni. Hrikalegur maður á allan hátt, en ekki eins mikill hávaði og ég reiknaði með. Ef við tökum gerpið og textana hans úr jöfnunni sleppur þetta sem late 90s eitthvað. Ekki minn tebolli, en ekki eins slæmt og ég átti von á.

Still a terrible human. Well mixed I guess.

Knew this album when it came out. It hasn't aged well, but is still enjoyable. Half the songs are good, the other half are pretty bad.

The background music is alright - rap-rock is always good for a head nod - but the lyrics are trash. I get it. You are a redneck pimp. That doesn't need 70 minutes of exposition.

At first I sort of got along with the music, but eventually all the profanities and the demeaning language put me off

the music part is a lot more interesting than a lot of rap music, but still... why?

Nu metal? Or just Rap with rock backdrop? Eitehr way, a few fun tracks, but it got tired pretty quickly. And Only God Knows Why is awful auto tuned drivel

Meh, generic and tiresome

This was a tough and long listen, not gonna lie. But I gotta give the man credit he had a couple classics I totally forgot about. BowDiddyWowDeBangDeBangDiggyDiggy!

Je ne suis pas un grand fan des mélanges de genres comme celui que Kid Rock propose. Mais ce dont je suis encore moins fan, ce sont les photos que m'envoyait Ludvig pendant que j'écoutais cet album.

First two songs were good, the rest were pretty shit

Devil without a cause Roving Gangster Bonne surprise

2 star because I enjoyed the riffs. Lyrics on this are terrible.

I thought this would be worse, some parts were enjoyable. First track is in the simpsons. The lyrics are like what my mum thinks all hip hop lyrics sound like

not a big fan, just a weird mix of heavy metal guitar and a vague attempt at rapping as there is no melody at all. not a pain to listen to but close

I was ready to listen to something kinda wild, but this was difficult to listen to. Some good parts, and it is interesting as a genre-mixing album, but he brought in all the parts I'm not fond of from each genre it seems

Some nostalgia exists here but no.

Kid Rock is on the same level as Fred Durst for me. The bravado borders more on pathetic, not cool. Fuck kid rock. Still, bullgod alone is worth 1 star, only god and the rest of the album gets one more star.

🤠

Meaningless rap music.

One of the better rap albums I've heard. Although there were some songs I've heard before which were OK, it's not for me.

only listened to a bit. very listenable to

Not entirely sure what's going on here with this album. It's like this rock / rap fusion that's I'm not sure about. I can see how this might speak to some people. Oh man, I forgot about JOE-C, what a guy, what a voice. I feel like this is music targeted towards Midwestern people who wanted to listen to rap, but didn't like Eminem (even though he's on a track??).

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.

Just shit.

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

Why the fuck is this on here. Just no.

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

Bobbins

Bawitdabullshit

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.)

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.

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

0.5

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.

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

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

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 :( :(

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

No thanks

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.

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

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

Dogshit

Awful

turned it off

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.

👎👎👎👎👎

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

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 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...

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.

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.

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.

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 feels against my morals to listen to this

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.

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.

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

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.

Fuck no

Not. A. Fucking. Chance.

una mierda

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.

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

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

actual penis music

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.

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

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]

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

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

lmao

LOL

35

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

No.

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.

Get this fucking bootlicking racist chud off of this list

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.

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

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

Miserable

Fuck this guy

Dear God no. Skipping this one with no regrets.

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.

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?