Reviews (page 5 of 8)
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??).
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
Two party bangers from the 90s. Fuck this guy.
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.
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?
Ew
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.
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.
Been so long since I had a one star! Here we are!
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.
🤷🏿♀️ 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.
The soundtrack of drinking Bud Light, Monster Energy drinks, and beating your wife. The music is bad, the lyrics are worse.
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.
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.
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.
Omg what a giant pile of shit
haha yeah right
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.
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.
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.
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
Not a f@cking chance...
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!
get outta here with this!
Nope.
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.
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.
Utterly pathetic. There is no redeeming qualities.
bad
Straight garbage and that's before the music. I wish I could vote 0
more like shit without a cause that last 12 minute song is pretty fucking rough 😭😭
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.
Unrelenting MAGA dogshit
How in the hell did Kid Rock make this list??
Literally unlistenable. Gave up after 12 minutes and it felt 2 hours
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.
Irony is having the lyrics “I’m self-made” and “I see through you” on the same album when coming from Kid Rock’s background. Objectively, this just doesn’t age well, even the autotune sounds terrible. Were Bawitdaba and Cowboy popular in the late 90s? Sure. But so was a lot of other weird shit. Other than those two songs, I can’t see a reason this made the list. Picture is the only other Kid Rock song I care to hear in my life, but he’s going straight to Do Not Play on Spotify. Kid Rock is a terrible human being.
Picture it: Fairview, North Carolina in the year 2000. I'm 7 years old and my best friend lives in a trailer park walking distance from where I live. His dad wasn't around very often, but anytime he was he was showing us something that he probably shouldn't have. This was usually excessively violent movies or some sort of drug paraphernalia. I'll never forget the day that he showed us the Kid Rock - Cowboy / Trigun AMV. I was 7 years old looking at big titty anime ladies trying to figure out what "Ima head out west with all of the women equipped with fake breasts" ment. It's a core memory that still sticks with me....... My friends dad died of a heroin overdose 1 year later. Seams on brand for a Kid Rock fan.
I can’t
Music for r*tards
Surprised I could understand a single word he said, with his head so far up Trump's bum.
Do we really need country rap ?
no. not even once.
no. fuck him -5
never been more afraid whether my headphones are connected while listening at work or not. How is this album an hour and 11 minutes long
The author of this list is a moron
Music for idiots
no!
How did this happen? I don't mean how did this get on the list, but how is this even a thing in the first place, why does it exist? I would prefer a world where this never happened at all.
wow. top tier shit
this may genuinely be the worst album i have ever listened to and i don't have a single good thing to say about it. cowboy was the only song i didn't absolutely despise and i still did not like it
"i don't steal from the rich and give to the poor / i take from my bitches and give it to my whores" thank you kid rock, real american patriot poet right here. i can't even be mad about how terrible this really is because it's hilarious.
Better than I was expecting!
Flicked through just to confirm it was a no with every fibre of my being
Fuck that shite
Why do we have to listen to this before we die? I honestly think this is the worst thing I've listened to. Absolute unadulterated horse cum
Fuck this fucking fuck
im from tel aviv and this is my favorite ablum
I was wondering why this has such a bad ratio since the first couple of tracks are listenable: the guitar riffs are good and while the vocals aren't as good as The Beastie Boys or Rage Against The Machine they still kept me interested. And then I looked him up and oh god is he an instant 1. Kid Rock is nothing but an ass kisser and fakest man alive. Most recently, he's been sucking Trump's cock by playing at that Turning Point USA and meeting with cabinet members, clearly in support of them. He denounces democrats but then, years back, was seen supporting Obama, Bush, and Clinton? And then there's that whole Bud Light controversy where he shot at cans of Bud Light after they aired a commerical with a transgender influencer, saying "Fuck Dylan Mulvaney" before supporting a brand partnered with Caitlyn Jenner?? And then being spotted only a couple months later he was spotted drinking Bud Light???? Mf can't even commit to being a fucking dumbass bigot let alone commit to his music. -5/5
Ugh
This sure isn’t a much liked album on here. Not an American but aware of his politics which presumably has something to do with it. But then heard the music which is based on that said persona, and to be fair to the detractors he appears to just be a fake act in that he was not street or country but rather from a fairly affluent background. Not really aware of his music, guess from hearing this it’s rap rock with a toe in country and not very subtle in its methodology to get there. From the wiki, appears was more rap but added the then popular nu- metal, he wasn’t the first and it was definitely done better, maybe for him it was natural development or cynical cash grab, as his background was fake guessing at the latter but who knows, it worked anyway. He just seems to be one in a long line of singularly brand driven showmanship, living up to an image, which I am fine with but I’m not the target for his brand so it does nothing for me. It’s very teenage in its demographic, all empty swagger n such, confrontational just for the sake of being so. All the usual bravado, American exceptionalism, hubris, arrogance, swearing and trite vocabulary because that’s what we do, etc etc. with the rock being identikit 90s metal and the country 90s stadia ballads, empty and dumb. If I have memories of hearing this as a teen it might have a touch point, but I don’t- so it just a dumb rapping rock record, with little subtlety, limited nuance. That it has its place in the wider picture fair enough but I can’t say I enjoyed. Don’t like his shtick and what he’s selling. So musically, dumb, vacuous empty calories, cynical; rap(tick) metal (tick) country ballad (tick) - but there is worst, and worst on here 2 Star, though when got to the song fuck off, exactly I will, really Eminem, lean into that shit persona, that is cheap shit - actually any positives I had like the man says can fuck off, puerile, cheap crap, this is actual garbage - 1 Star
lol wut
Kid Pebble making the suckiest of music
It was shit in 1998 and it's even worse now. Country Vanilla Ice meets Limb Bizkit.
Why
Not very good at all - often just seems to be chanting syllables. Not rock, not rap, not good.
To quote E-40, “nope!”
Can't believe I bobbed my head to the first 15 seconds of this. Kind of wanted to make it through the whole things because it's impressively bad. Could not and would not. Probably the worst album on this list so far. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Confusing. I liked the music but the lyrics are dumb and offensive and junior school level. Also the man is a massive bellend.
I couldn't endure this. 1.5/5
What a terrible album. I can see how some people may enjoy the first track on the album, it's definitely got that nu-metal feel, but the rest of the album hardly matches its energy. The worst track was probably "Welcome 2 the Party" which sounded like a parody of 80s rap. The highlight of the album was Eminem's verse. Also lyrically? Ew. I would rate it 2 for just the music, but since the cowboy pimp act wears thin, especially considering he's a rich yankee. I'm going to give it a 1. Fuck Kid Rock.
I think this is the one album that met my expectations on how much I would hate it. Judged it as soon as I saw “Kid Rock”. I want my 70 minutes back.
Just plain bad could not finish the whole thing but heard enough to rank
I’m doing something I haven’t ever done, and will try to never do again, with this list - rate an album without listening to it. I refuse to give this idiot a second of my life. I have no idea why this is on the list. I would put it on a list of 1001 albums to make sure you avoid for your entire life, but that’s just my opinion. I wish I could rate something 0 or a half a star.
I like Kid Rock notwithstanding the fact that he shields for the orange menace; that said, this album sucks
Listenable, maybe a plausible plastic ripoff in 1998, but almost 30 years later it's just the sound of fash. Junk. Fuck nazis.
so bad it made me reevaluate the way I rate albums like THIS is a true 1, maybe I've been too rough on all those other records I gave 1's to
Almost alright in it's time. Hasn't aged well.
Yuck. I’m a huge proponent of separating the art from the artist, but recent activity and politics aside, I can’t shake the feeling that kid rock is doing a dorky Eminem cosplay. Also I’m normally impressed by albums ahead of their time, but this has got to be one of the first county rap fusion albums and that is an unholy marriage that should never have escaped the abyss.
So much edge, I almost came in my pants. In all seriousness, this sucked. It's so fake and gratuitous, even Pamela Anderson's tits blushed (sorry for the stray Pam, you're so much better than this). I was actually angry that I was upping Kid Rock's listens count. Knowing this was popular helps me understand why we elected Trump a 2nd time. In a non-cursed universe, the record exec tazes Kid Rock and his producer rather than putting this into production. I fucking hate it here
Best Track - "Devil Without A Cause"
⭐ Dålig rap, töntiga texter, Nu-metal. Detta är skräp! Vad gör detta album på en lista över 1001 album du måste lyssna på??? Tar emot att spela albumet i Spotify och därmed ge streams till denna artist. Hade aldrig lyssnat på detta album om det inte vore för att jag vill fullfölja listan. Nu har jag lyssnat på och kommer aldrig göra det igen, det blir en 1a.
Nope, not at all. Quite literally some of the lamest shit out there.
Well, that was awful.
It's not that I didn't want to play it (I mean, in fairness, it is partly that), it's more that I simply can't. I brought it up in Apple Music, went to press play, and my finger just... stopped. I tried pulling the phone towards my finger, but again, like opposing magnets, I just couldn't make contact. Then, when I brought it up in YouTube, I just fell to the floor shaking, vomiting and crying, and I found myself overwhelmed by an all encompassing despair for the future of the human species. My instincts in these matters are generally pretty reliable, so I decided it was probably best to just move on and hope that tomorrow's record isn't a horrible dollop of shit by some vile, witless, dick.
Haemorrhoids are more entertaining than this.
Surprisingly listenable. I wonder if to some people this is what rage against the machine sound like. Still terrible (for me)
Fuck all the way off with this rape ass MAGA Nazi bullshit.
The reviews seem to be split between people giving it one because they don't like it, people giving it one in part because they don't like him and 5s because they think it is ok but like him. Firstly, I'm British and my only experience of Kid Rock is "All Summer Long" which is a sampled song and is ok. This album at best is cringey. The lyrics are horrendous and like teenager would do in their bedroom. He seems to try and replicate lots of different artists but does it really badly. There are also loads of samples from lots of better songs. I went in with an open mind, but it was hard work and thoroughly dislikeable, I suppose in some respect, like him.
Best Song: Only God Knows Why I listened to this enough in college because my roommate was really into it. It sucked then as much as it sucks now. Kid Rock is a silver spooner cosplaying as white trash to take the money from the hillbillies. I didn't even want to give him the pennies of streaming this. I remember enough of this terrible album to not need to relisten. It's an easy 1/5 for me.
Didn’t like an had to skip a lot, only God Knows Why was ok if wasn’t so auto-tuned. Black Chick White Guy was ok.
The actual music was okay I suppose maybe a 2/3 but kid rock can piss off
I didn’t have much enthusiasm going into listening to a country rap album. All they needed to do was throw in some disco to hit the trifecta of my favorites. At any rate it did suck just like I thought it would.
1 star for trailer park Bob
Holy fuck is this worse than I remember. This was the first burned CD I ever had. When I was in high school, this one rich kid was the first to have a CD burner, and he was trying to sell a copy of that album for $5 to show his parents it was like a business. Nobody would buy it. I finally gave him a dollar to shut the fuck up and stop crying. It was the best and worst dollar I ever spent. I vastly overpaid, but it was worth it to make him quit whining. This album is just so stupid. Music for slobbering mouth breathers. The absolute worst lyrics in this entire project. F- and 0 stars.
Makes me feel like I have meningitis.
Sorry. I can't overlook his ultimate doucheiness. He sucks.
De Hund isch so en goof. Ha e Stund glitte. Hät d Streams nöd verdient. Wird vermuetlich mis erste und letzte 1 si, will niemert topt de Dünnschiss
Hahahahaha. Hans nd emal durchs album gschafft
This one takes me back. I was a rock/rap/nu metal fan back in the day (still am) and this was a fun album. That said, he's a giant piece of shit and there are some instances where I can't separate the art from the artist. Fuck this guy.
no es mi tipo = mierdaa 1/5
Skippin this one lol
I’m with Joe!
lol what's this loser doing here?
Nah, I’m not giving this idiot money.
Fuck MAGA, listened to Bad Bunny instead -47/45
Einfach nur Mist!
Horrible
Bawitdaba will always be a banger, and I’ve always liked Only God Knows Why.. that said, I wish this fucking idiot would disappear into his own asshole. The world would be better
This album is just Beck for people who haven't found out about Beck... Even if I rated without knowing what's up with Kid Rock these days, I would still just say go and check out Limp Bizkit, or Beck, or Eminem. Also, just a very bad taste was left in my mouth from the last song, where he just straight up says the N-word, and just makes a racist ass anecdote. Abstaining from saying a favorite track cuz yikes...
Politics aside (I am not an american), that sounds just boring, like a bad version of Limp Bizkit or whatever
Ongeïnspireerd samenraapsel van gepikte muziek ideeën. Slechte plaat
Ik luister ni nr maga retards
a 40ish minute album might have been enough for me to sorta appreciate that kid rock just messily mashing up all his favorite music does result in something that feels fairly authentic and idiosyncratic (tho for a supposed hip hop head he sure raps like rakim doesn't even exist yet) but 70+ minutes rly dilutes that feeling for an album that is bad for literally every reason you would guess it's bad before listening to it. the existence of this thing on the list at all is an increasingly infamous quirk of the 1001 book (its notoriety increasing as the very website im using has gotten more people to give the whole project a shot), and it is really funny to have this between all the sissy britpop. nothing at all to chew on musically tho unfortunately...im not a fan, but limp bizkit made this stuff seem easier than it clearly was
I hate this. He's a piece of shit. And if he was gonna make bad music he should have only ruined one genre instead of 17. Thank you and goodnight.
What a crock
A travesty of confused heterosexuality.
One good song
0 stars.
1001 albums to make you feel dead inside.
Day 78 and the second album I could get to the end of. Complete pish
Rap
A tragedy
Absolutely no rizz
I hate this, I hate everything about this, I feel dumber for listening to it, I wish I could rate it 0 stars and may god have mercy on our souls.
I am really happy I listened to this, so I can say that while I obviously disagree with Kid Rock politically, his music also sucks. This is Limp Bizkit, but somehow worse. His lyrics are disgusting, his country rap style sucks, and this is just garbage. On a side note, Ill give it a half star because the backing band is pretty good, but Kid Rock ruins it everytime he opens his mouth. Liked Songs: I don't think I liked any songs, but the instrumentals I liked were "Bawitdaba" , "I Am the Bullgod" , "Wasting Time" , "Fist of Rage"
Couldn’t get through more than 20 seconds I wish there was a 0 star option
Jedinica iz principa. // Ja otprilike mrzim ameriku kao jedan monolit, u smislu da ne mrzim ovog lika puno više nego bilo kojeg drugog genocidaša s ove liste. Tako da slušam relativno bez predrasuda. U prvoj pjesmi sam se malo prepala da ću imati nešto pozitivno da kažem, nije dugo potrajalo. Očaj teški kojeg je 99% plagijarizam i imitacija u kombinaciji s degutantnim tekstovima. Jedva čekam kolaps njega i njegovog cijelog društva.
I'm sorry...no Deftones on the list, but we have to endure this absolute disaster of a human being
For the record; i hated this guy before it became fashion. I remember seeing him on mtv and i wondered what he had on the record company.
the beginning is there, the rest is a tumor and it makes shit shit, honestly I don't know how it ended up on this list now I'm going to de-infect my ears
This is music for the type of person who thinks WWE is real.
I'm not even going to listen to this trash AND I'm still going to give it a 1. Because fuck no.
-5
I went into Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock fully expecting to hate it and, if I’m honest, it didn’t take long to confirm that feeling. I tried to give it a fair chance and listen with an open mind, but it really does feel like over an hour of brash, wrestling-style rock. The album sounds incredibly dated, rooted firmly in that late-90s rap-rock crossover that hasn’t aged well. The lyrics are a real sticking point what might have been intended as humour comes across as crude, misogynistic, and ultimately pretty empty. Musically, there’s energy, but not much depth, and it quickly becomes repetitive. If this is considered a defining moment for rap-rock, it’s not exactly a glowing endorsement of the genre. There are fleeting moments where it almost clicks, but they’re few and far between. Favourite tracks: Wasting Time (just about) Least favourite tracks: Most of the album, to be honest Album artwork: Feels very on-brand, loud, brash, and not exactly subtle
facilmente a pior coisa que eu já escutei na vida deus sabe que eu daria tudo por uma máquina do tempo pra voltar 1h (!!!!!! 1 HORA NESSE LIXO DO CACETE) no tempo e nunca ter escutado essa porra, intuitivamente dando 1 estrela pq a figura kid rock me causa repulsa essa porra é tudo que eu detesto musicalmente!!!!! rap rock com riff de metal, country sem criatividade e o iniciozinho do nu metal (que na minha opinião nunca deveria ter existido) vai se fuder esse aqui me deu vontade de largar esse site
parece que o nu metal e o rap rock estão muito ligados. o que faz sentido, porque eu odeio bastante os dois. DE BRINDE uma pegada de country, que também não curto. esse aqui eh uma das pior coisa do mundo memo puta merda. 70 minutos dessa merda com esse fudido do kid rock se achando o maioral. música pra adolescente (com mal gosto) que queria quebrar tudo dentro do quarto mas não tem mta coragem. enfim. paia. entrou pro top 3 piores do site, pra mim. muito triste de ter passado por isso. se eu encontrar o robert dimery na rua eu dou porrada nele, que curadoria PÍFIA!!!!!!!!
The music is bad. The lyrics are worse. Why is this on this list?
Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause (1998) On Day 84, I approached this album with low expectations, and while the production initially caught my attention, a closer look at the lyrics significantly changed my perspective. Despite the strong influence from acts like Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and NWA, the lyrical content often feels shallow, crass, and lacking in substance, which undermines the album's potential impact. Tracks like "Bawitdaba" and "Only God Knows Why" have their moments, but the juvenile and at times offensive nature of the writing makes it hard to take the music seriously. Even the high-energy production and genre-blending can't fully compensate for the lack of depth in the lyrics. What could have been a bold, unapologetic statement instead feels more like a missed opportunity. Ultimately, while the album has its moments of raw energy, the poor lyrical quality drags it down considerably. A disappointing 1/5.
Fuck Kid Rock!
Absolutely horrible
If donald trump was an album
Sigh... I'm ashamed to say that I'm from the same state as Mr. Ritchie. Listen, I get it: Kid Rock fused hip-hop with rock and country. It didn't NEED to be done, but it was done nonetheless and thus I can see how this album would be considered "influential" in some regards given the similar acts that rose to fame in this little (but loud) sector of music at the time. I was exposed to this music growing up, but didn't really pay much mind to it as it was just there. However to this day, I know the kinds of people who STILL unironically listen to this type of music. To each their own I guess. I think almost everyone knows Kid Rock is a poser at this point, he's not fooling anyone with the character he raps as vs. his actual upbringing. But his attempts to be tender completely miss the mark in a track such as "Only God Knows Why", it's almost laughable. Put almost anyone else on vocals there and it's probably half-decent, but that doesn't excuse the songwriting. That track being sandwiched between "Fist of Rage" and "Fuck Off" is a funny juxtaposition too. It all just hasn't aged well. I'll hate all I want.
As I go through the to do list that is my 1001 list I have been strongly advised by Tim that Kid Rock is not cool
Rubbish
i just dont care. listened to half of this on youtube cus i dont want to give this dude streams on spotify lol. a messy album. i was vibing with the first song, beats are fun. but he's just a gross man. no thanks, i'll pass. 1/10
I'm not giving a single penny for streaming to this asshole. I've heard some of this album before and I don't need to revisit it. Pulling out "Not Gonna Listen" #3. Congrats, you're on a level with Kendrick and Kanye.
Did not listen. WTF is this doing on the list? Does this feature the song about having sex with underage girls?
One has to separate the art from the artist and I have been very rigorous in applying that rule, as my ratings for Morrissey and Miles Davis attest. But I have a limit. Quite aside from Rock's increasingly loathsome outlook on life, two words that should never be in the same room, let alone right next to each other, are 'country' and 'rap' - which fittingly portmanteau as 'Crap' (portmanteauing being the same reason why you never find RAP + Early Reggae together). 'Fuck Off' has to be one of the worst songs I have ever had the displeasure to have heard, ending with fake bullshit answer machine messages to try and sound like a hip-hop album. And the messages are his family quite reasonably asking why he's acting like such a dickhead - yet Kock revels in his obnoxiousness and thinks that makes him look cool. It may all have an ironic charm if we didn't know that Kock is being deadly serious about his pimpin credentials as attested by the album cover where he looks like the prototype for Andrew Tate. It's all vaguely upsetting.
I wish I could give it a zero
There was potential here for a quirky, fun album and then Kid Rock opened his mouth
I listened to enough of this garbage. Rap is bad enough without this asshat throwing his trucker hat into the ring. Wannabe cowboy rapper should’ve stayed home and lived off his parents’ wealth rather than leaving his brown stain on music. 0/5
Weeping sad soundtrack.
So I came into this biased, which I tried to avoid, but in the case of an artist like this, that's hard to do (God I'm going to seem like such a hypocrite when I get a Kanye album). Unfortunately, my attempts to be open-minded were defeated by how much I hated almost every part of this album. The pseudo-rebelliousness that Kid tries to portray in every song just comes off toothless and vague. Whenever he does get close to actually taking me aback or being crass, I find myself wishing that I was listening to classic Eminem or nu-metal. The main theme of the album seems to be how desperately Kid wants to have a hit album and get the respect he deserves, which is probably the reason why every song feels like sanitized rebelliousness. There's really nothing here to get excited about or be offended by. Favorite Songs: "Bawitdaba", "Fuck Off" (without that outro) Least Favorite Songs: "Cowboy", "Only God Knows Why", "Black Chick, White Guy" Mid 1.
Hard pass
Loud and boring. Considered whether it might be a 2 but the dude sounds like a dick.
Stop pushing the MAGA agenda on me!!! Also, what are these lyrics?
I refuse to listen to this piece of trash
2/10
There is some "music" in this album that is actually not that bad. Some is very bad. Most is mediocre. But, all of the lyrics and vocals are very bad, and it's just embarrassing and trashy.
We'll have the death, thanks.
No one needs to hear this before they die
Tried to spoof the form request that's made on these rating actions in order to override the 1-5 rating and give this album a zero, alas, they protect against that type of behavior so this album gets a 1.
How did this sell 14 million copies? I feel stupider for having listened to it. Made the Red Hot Chili Peppers look like poetic wordsmiths on the level of Stephen Merritt. Hated this even more than the two (dear God, why were there TWO?!) Slipknot albums we were subjected to. Not the first time I've wished we could award zero points.
Oozes an aura of insincerity. Not particularly heavy or groovy, lyrics are incredibly uncreative and offensive in the least tasteful way possible. It seems like he thinks people don’t like him for his profanity, but in reality it’s just because his music is pathetically garbage. 1 star for the king of chuds.
Bro wants to be the beastie boys but he’s a hick and makes bad music. A few songs were catchy at the absolute best
I genuinely believe that this guy should kill himself
pretty close to the end. giving this a 5 unless he says the n word
Ik heb een heel betoog geschreven over hoe je de persoon moet scheiden van de muziek bij Kanye West, maar Kid Rock heeft niet My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy gemaakt. Wat hij wel heeft gemaakt? Een soort supergefrustreerd boos, witte mannen 'hiphop' countryrock album. Je ruikt bijna de Monster energy drink, dit is muziek voor knulletjes die in een truck rijden en hun vrouw/vriendin/moeder slaan. Blijkbaar is dit de start geweest voor het Country Rap genre. OK? Was dat een hoogtepunt in de muziekgeschiedenis? Niets op dit album doet mij echt beseffen dat het goed is dat het bestaat, en het is al helemaal niet nodig dat dit album een belachelijke 72 minuten duurt... Nee, ik heb dit echt geprobeerd een kans te geven, zelfs al vind ik de persoon Kid Rock een van de domste personen ooit. Maar een dom persoon kan nog steeds prachtige muziek maken, denk ik althans. Dit daarentegen? Nee dit is rap op het niveau kindergarten, de beats zijn vooral hele harde scheurende gitaren en ook niet echt onderscheidend. Dit voelt als de blauwdruk van Nu-metal, en dat is een van mijn meest gehate genres. God, wat een lang klote album is dit zeg... Oh mijn god en dan komt Only God Knows Why... een ballad, EEN FUCKING BALLAD. Nee, dit album verdient de 1 die het gaat krijgen, ik heb het een kans gegeven maar dit is gewoon troep. en dan moet ik nog 4 nummers met een laatste nummer dat 12(!!!!!!!!) minuten duurt. FAVO:
Full transparency, I'm having trouble separating the art from the artist on this one. I was familiar with the singles. They were heavy on radio rotation for a time. Fun but dumb songs. That was what I always assumed a Kid Rock album would be, but I never felt the desire to listen on my own. Honestly, the music itself isn't terrible. Some good samples blended with decent beats and serviceable guitar work. The lyrics and content though are so sophomoric. Kid Rock wants to present himself as a trashy asshole and he is succeeding. Yet, he constantly contradicts this self-image: he only has eyes for one woman, and all his hoes; he's the pimp with all the riches, and only gets paid nickels; the ultimate poor country redneck that struggled and made his own way when his real life background includes being raised on a property with it's own apple orchard and horses. The imagery is repetitive, misogynistic, and generally what a middle school bully would spout while trying to sound hard. Bawitdaba Cowboy
I don’t really want to talk about this
Garbage
Aged like milk.
Muito ruim.
I’ve listened to every song on every album so far including tubular bells and bjork but I just can’t for this one. Listened to half. Its just garbage.
I would rather listen to bjork cover yoko ono while putting my dick in the garbage disposal than listen to the trash
Mr. Ritchie: Zero point zero
gross
Uh, no
No
As a 911 dispatcher, I once had a lady put the phone on speaker and proceed to have the most violent diarrhea imaginable without any warning. I would rather listen to that.
There's a few things that instantly make an album a 1 for me. This album makes me uncomfortable. I don't care about the politics in this review. I'm just rating the music. This is awful. Might be the worst album I've ever heard. I don't hate everything about it. I actually like Bawitdaba. It's not bad, if only a little cringe. Cowboy is fun, but the lyrics deprecating women is not my style. I just don't vibe with that lifestyle. (Kid Rock definitely isn't the worst one when it comes to that either. It's way too prominent in rock and rap). Also, so many lyrics about drinking and smoking. It gets annoying. I like listening to music that is relatable or universal. If it isn't relatable, I should be able to put myself in the shoes of the narrator and not feel like a creep. I really don't mind this being a Kid Rock album. He has some good music, but this is just terrible. I gave Korn a 1 for very similar reasons. This genre is very polarizing for me. You can have a fun, sexual, weird, and good album. Early Red Hot Chili Peppers is a great example of that, although this album is more metal than that. This just doesn't make me want to continue to listen any more.
WTF is this? Would give zero stars if I could. Pure garbage. Quick Google search and Kid Rock has written some very questionable content. Don't waste your time
Whichever reviewer said “I would rather be deaf than listen to this” was really on to something…
Not good, couldn't finish
Fuck Kid Rock
This album sucks. Kid Rock is a douche and he’s only gotten worse. I would rather listen to The Black Album.
Man this was rough to get through. This is the music that the rich kid who went to your high school makes to seem tough, but they're too dumb to realize everyone is laughing at them.
Fuck this guy
Pretty difficult to get into an album celebrating statutory rape and racial slurs. I see it’s unique in the sense of it’s genre as cowboy nu metal / trash-hop. Very depicting of an era of influence over of American pie loving Gen X men. It’s not a guilty pleasure- it’s just guilty and ears want to press charges.