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COCKY
Kid Rock
(Atlantic / Warner)
"It ain't bragging, motherf--er, if you can back it up," notes the ever-humble Kid Rock on the aptly named title cut of his Pam-spanking new CD. And damned if he doesn't back up that boast throughout this skillful, funky and more mature followup to his '98 breakthrough Devil Without a Cause. After gaining fame as a heavy-metal wigga a la Eminem, Robert Ritchie has now evolved into a southern boogie-rock mack daddy. So while tunes like Forever and WCSR find Kid revisiting the familiar white-trash rap-metal formula, other tracks like Lay it On Me, What I Learned Out on the Road and Baby Come Home see him reining in the Beastie Boys-style yelling in favour of a winning fusion of Skynyrd-based guitar-rock and Detroit soul grooves, sizzlingly and expertly reeled off by his Twisted Brown Trucker band. In addition, country ballads like Lonely Road of Fame, Midnight Train to Memphis and Picture (with Sheryl Crow) show even a man like Kid has his soft side. To put it in Bawitdaba terms, Cocky has less bang-da-bang and more diggy-diggy. He has good reason to be cocky. (More on: Kid Rock).
Track Listing
1. Trucker Anthem
2. Forever
3. Lay It On Me
4. Cocky
5. What I Learned Out On The Road
6. I'm Wrong, But You Ain't Right
7. Lonely Road Of Faith
8. You Never Met A Motherf**ker Quite Like Me
9. Picture
10. I'm A Dog
11. Midnight Train To Memphis
12. Baby Come Home
13. Drunk In The Morning
14. Wcsr