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| Artist: Kid Rock
Label: Lava
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  196 reviews
Sales Rank: 1424
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 83482
UPC: 075678348228
EAN: 0075678348228
Release Date: November 20, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Trucker Anthem | | • | Forever | | • | Lay It On Me | | • | Cocky | | • | What I Learned Out On The Road | | • | I'm Wrong, But You Ain't Right | | • | Lonely Road of Faith | | • | You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me | | • | Picture (w/Sheryl Crow) | | • | I'm a Dog | | • | Midnight Train to Memphis | | • | Baby Come Home | | • | Drunk In the Morning | | • | WCSR (w/Snoop Dogg) (Bonus Track) |
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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 musicians Sheryl Crow and Snoop Dogg, Cocky covers a mlange of styles, from rap to country, utilizing organ, pedal steel, and harp as well as metallic guitar solos. Ultimately, though, the 14 songs are schizophrenic and not always successful: on "Lonely Road of Faith," Kid Rock turns in a anthemic ballad nearly worthy of Lynyrd Skynrd, whose "Freebird" he samples in the laid-back R&B-flavored "You Never Met a Motherf**ker Quite Like Me," while Crow's vocals on the gentle, country tune "Picture" and the plodding "Midnight Train to Memphis" contrast with the metallic riffs of "I'm a Dog," the nasty "sex rhymes" of "WCSR," and the rapped boasts of the narcissistic title track. Cocky? Indeed. Commendable? Dubious. --Katherine Turman
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| Customer Reviews: Read 191 more reviews...
 THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING RETRO October 28, 2002
37 out of 40 found this review helpful
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.
A Perfect Album For The Ages December 17, 2001
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
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!
The Kid Proves How Talented He Is December 9, 2001
26 out of 31 found this review helpful
Finally Kid Rock is back and showing how talented he is. This cd "Cocky" has old kinds of music like rock, heavy metal, rap, country, slow stuff,blues, and many more. "Cocky" features a song with Sheryl Crow,a song with Uncle Kracker, and a song with Snoop Dogg. Here are the songs on the cd and what I think about them:
1.)Trucker Anthem-a rap/rock song featuring Uncle Kracker, GREAT INTRO TO THE CD!
2.)Forever-rap/rock song which is good, but I think he should have chose a different song for his first single.
3.)Lay It On Me-rap/rock/bluesy song, pretty good song.
4.)Cocky-rap/rock song that kinda reminds me of Devil With Out A Cause
5.)What I Learned Out On The Road-a good rock song that shows Kid Rocks great singing talent and kinda sounds like a Lynard Skynard song.
6.)I'm Wrong But U Ain't Right-one of the heavier songs I have ever heard from Kid, starts out slow then bangs your (...)head off(my favorite song on the cd)
7.)Lonely Road of Faith-a slow rock song that shows you again Kid's singing talent
8.)You Never Met A Mother F*cker Quite Like Me-rock song that tells u how good Kid Rock is, has some guitar from Freebird.
9.)Picture f/Sheryl Crow-kind of a country song, great singing from Kid Rock and Sheryl.
10.)I'm A Dog-kind of a southern rock song that I like a lot.
11.)Midnight Train To Memphis-slow/rock song, GREAT SONG, starts slow then comes some rap/rock, then comes some great rock.
12.)Baby Come Home-kind of a blues song, which is one of the only blues song i like
13.)Drunk In The Morning-starts out slow then turns into a GREAT rock song that kinda sounds like 80's rock (my other favorite song on the cd)
14.) WCSR f/Snoop Dogg-rap song with funny sex lyrics
Kid still Rocks! March 2, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This could still be Kid's best work to date. I am one of Bobby's fans who loves his stuff because of the mix of different genres and time periods in his music as well as the tribute he pays to the great southern rock, country, hip hop, and metal artists of the past and present. The kid successfully combines all of those genres on this album in a retro way that is unlike anything that's ever been done in music before. Combine all of his musical influences with his raspy, bluesy voice that gets better every album and you've got a classic album like "Cocky". Keep on progressing with your music Kid, Grits Sandwiches for breakfast was a long time ago. It was good for it's time, but it does not compare to the fusion of musical styles and talents that he displays today, and there's no way he's going back to it. Kid Rock is one of the most overlooked artists in music today. I am a real fan of every different genre of music in some respect or another, and nobody combines them the way Bobby does. If you like southern rock, country, blues, hip hop, or metal, and you appreciate great music including awesome guitar riffs, kicka$$ baselines and one incredible voice, then you should definitely pick up a copy of Cocky, you won't regret it.
"That white kid can Rock!!!!"
Kid Rock; Talent; YES! Cocky;Balzy; YES! August 14, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've never been a huge Kid Rock fan, but you might have caught me listening to a few tracks off his two previous CD's now and again. I've always respected him. Now, Kid Rock is not simply a rap-rock come-and-go thing, he's a talented, ARTIST. This CD goes back to his much loved classic rock infulence, Lynard Skynard being the most obvious. The electric and acoustic guitar in all the tracks are amazing. There is so much musical talent it's hard for me to put it into words. I read quite a few of these reviews, and there are many 'old' Kid Rock fans, that are disapointed with his new found talent. They claim he's going to 'go broke' unless he starts appealing to his core audience again. Well, he's gaining a new audience. A much more muscial appreciative audience. There are only a few tracks to please the old audience, but if you're a music fan of any kind you'll love this. Don't dis the man for having the balls to make a change, expirimination is the best form of expression there is. Keep it up Kid, you've got some major support coming from one music fan.
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