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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Lava
Salesrank: 478
Released: August 18, 1998 |
| Our Price: $8.90 |
| Used Price: $1.86 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Devil Without a Cause Track Listing:
1. Bawitdaba
2. Cowboy
3. Devil Without A Cause
4. I Am The Bullgod
5. Roving Gangster (Rollin')
6. Wasting Time
7. Welcome 2 The Party (Ode 2 The Old School)
8. I Got One For Ya
9. Somebody's Gotta Feel This
10. Fist Of Rage
11. Only God Knows Why
12. F-ck Off
13. Where U At Rock
14. Black Chick, White Guy
Editorial Review:
It's fitting that the Kid Rock revival got started when the Beastie Boys featured him in their Grand Royal magazine--and not because the kid from Detroit shares their skin tone. Rock has often been compared with the early Beasties--the boys of "Fight for Your Right to Party" and "Brass Monkey," the boys no one ever thought would grow up. With lines like "I ain't straight outta Compton, I'm straight out the trailer" and "I started an escort service--for all the right reasons," it's obvious that Kid Rock doesn't aim to follow suit. But that's no hindrance to Devil--backed by the funky metal band Twisted Brown Trucker and special guests like blues vets Robert Bradley and Thronetta Davis, Rock is hosting one hell of an interesting party. Ultimately, Rock's party is great, schlocky fun, equal parts old Beasties and Sebastian Bach--making Devil a guilty pleasure, the Starship Troopers of hip-hop. --Randy Silver
Devil Without a Cause Reviews:
classic rap rock 
2008-01-12 - this is so good for this genre of music it's no wonder why this guy is so arrogant. if you don't like this kind of music don't review it.
Classic Kid!
2008-01-05 - This is my favorite Kid CD. I prefer the rock and Cracker rap to the meaningful ballads, and these tunes are great live, too.
Definitely unique and clever 
2007-12-08 - First of all, let me say...great album. I bought this and I didn't know what to expect. All I knew was that this was one of the greatest selling albums of all time (look it up, it's on there) and so I figured people must like it. And for the most part, I do also. The album kicks off with one of the best openers I've ever heard, "Bawitdaba", which is jam-packed with incredible energy that makes one say "wow!" The song sets the tone for the entire album, which is essentially Kid Rock rapping over huge rock guitars and catchy choruses. The only song that really tends to break away from this formula is "Only God Knows Why" which is a contemplative southern-rock song about the hard life on the road and a nice step away from the hard party anthems. Overall, this is a great album principally because of its unique style.
A few qualms? Yes. For one thing, it's far too vulgar. I laughed at the sheer absurdity of some of his lyrics; it's almost as if he didn't know what else to rap about so he just cussed and swore until he thought of something else to say. While being a partier and having a fun time is part of his repertoire, I thought that the female-offensive references weren't needed. I also thought that his backing band, instead of playing recycled rhythms, could have come up with some more creative ideas; I think that the musicians could have stepped up and been a more prominent part of the art.
This is a great album. It's certainly not perfect and I thought it lacked in a few areas, but I had a blast listening to the beats and the rhymes and you will as well. Buy it because it won't sound like anything else you own, and you will be amazed by the cleverness of the overall sound.
Love some of it. 
2007-11-24 - I do like some of this cd but, I don't alway like Kid Rock's rap music.
I love cartoons.
2007-11-19 - Anyone writing a review of Kid Rock should understand his art at a basic level. To compare him to most other artists is to completely miss the point of his music. It's like comparing Evil Dead to Night of the Living Dead, or worse, Gone with the Wind. To start with, you must accept the Kid on his own terms. Try to understand first of all, that he's trying to create a cartoonish world, playing off of the cliches of hypermasculinity, the windblown life on the road, and the joys of drugs and loose women. Further, he creates a persona of jaw-droppingly egotistical and maniacally self-involved proportions. The results are very funny....not because they are bad necessarily....not like "Full House" funny....but rather because they take the cliches and revel shamelessly in them, glory unrepentantly in poor taste, amplifying it until it becomes an artform in and of itself. Cartoonish, and who doesn't like cartoons? Cartoons make us feel good, entertain us, and make us laugh. They are well crafted and, sometimes, even become classics. That, ladies and gentlemen, is Kid Rock in a nutshell. A well-crafted, unselfconscious, uniquely American cartoon.
