Detroit-bred rocker/rapper Kid Rock has reason to be “cocky,” as 1998’s multiplatinum Devil Without a Cause established the multifaceted artist with the Southern rock influences as a generally likable braggart able to back up his boasts musically. Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker backup band also spawned a successful solo career for DJ Uncle Kracker, who wrote songs for–but whose turntables aren’t on–Cocky. With a little help from fab friends, including actor David Spade, and musi [Read More...]
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It’s very hard to believe all of the bad reviews this CD has gotten. Fortunately, not a single one of them is deserved. Too many fans expect an artist to continue into eternity playing the same old stuff in the same old style. That’s why commercial FM is so hard to listen to anymore.
Well, Kid Rock isn’t afraid to try something different. This CD takes us back to Kid Rock’s roots, and they are steeped deep in southern rock of the 1970s as well as outright country music. If you hate country music or southern rock, then “Cocky” definately isn’t for you. Stick to listening to the radio instead…you’ll be happier all around.
However, if you want to see what a great artist can do with his music and listen to him reformulate some of it to leaning HARD on southern music and C&W, then this is the place to be.
This recording starts out with “Trucker Anthem” and “Forever”. Now the Kid has you lulled into a sense of music familiarity, but he then moves on to “Lay It On Me”, which gives just a hint of what’s to come.”Cocky” is typical Kid Rock at his best, so now you’ve become lulled again…but then the big turn begins. Watch out…there’s some exciting music ahead. The album moves along with a southern rock twinged hip hop style for a couple of songs, but then the masterpiece is here… “Picture” (sung with Sheryl Crow)is grade AAA pure country music at it’s best, befitting George Jones and Tammy Wynette in their prime(have I scared anyone away yet?), which is fabulous. This is what country music would sound like today if something hadn’t gone terribly amiss in Nashville long ago when the outlaw movement died down. This is the real stuff for real music lovers. The rest of the CD pretty much pays homage to the southern rock sound. There’s even a hip hop number with Snoop Dog to round out this eclectic mixture.
Thank goodness I’m older than 12 (WAY older)and love this CD. It’s different from his previous CD (but even on that one you can hear some of this style creeping through).Keep it coming Kid.
I don’t care what anyone says, Kid Rock is a bad (…)! I am a big classic rock fan (it’s my favorite music in the world), and I also like country and hip-hop music and with the styles of music I enjoy, this is the perfect album for me. The old Kid Rock is present in Trucker Anthem, Forever, and Cocky, but there are a lot of county/blues/southern rock tracks here too that are great. For all the real Kid Rock fans who have seen him live, know that he thrives on classic rock and country music as well as his hardcore edge, (I live in Tennessee and when I saw him Hank Williams Jr. was there to sing Country Boy Can Survive with him, and he also played a lot of old rock tunes like Jumping Jack Flash, and Rocky Mountain Way). No one is going to be entirely happy with this album if they’re not open to all types of music, but I am, and Kid Rock has proved to me to be one of the few real musicians and musically talented people on top of the rock world today. Kid Rock isn’t a country singer, he’s and he’s not a rapper. Kid Rock is simply Kid Rock, and no one else around these days can make or preform like KR. I can’t wait to hear the whole damn album live!