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The History of Rock | 
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| Artist: Kid Rock
Label: Lava
Category: Music
Buy New: $13.99
New (53) Used (36) Collectible (1) from $2.25
Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 2572
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 83314
UPC: 075678331428
EAN: 0075678331428
ASIN: B00004TCPN
Release Date: May 30, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | American Bad Ass | | • | Prodigal Son | | • | Paid | | • | Early Mornin' Pimp - (featuring Joe C./Tino) | | • | Dark & Grey | | • | 3 Sheets To The Wind (What's My Name) | | • | Abortion | | • | I Wanna Go Back | | • | Ya' Keep On | | • | F**k That | | • | F**k You Blind | | • | Born 2 Be A Hick | | • | My Oedipus Complex - (featuring Twisted Brown Trucker) |
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The History of Rock arrives as the sort of superstardom-celebrating release that can buy a hot-selling artist time. (Think, say, G N' R Lies.) After 8 million (and counting) sales of 1998's Devil Without a Cause, the trailer-rockin' rapper is out to remind the world that it hardly started there. Mostly drawn, and often retooled, from his out-of-print Polyfuze Method and Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp, these tracks display a "funky country hick" already on point with his knowing, hardheaded combo of old-school beats and classic-rock guitars. An "American Bad Ass" for sure, but also an artist who could come only from America, Kid Rock brings the noise--not to mention the bread and the circus. --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews: Read 143 more reviews...
 funky, country, rock soul singin mc January 11, 2008
this has the attitude and lyrics that are just plain hillarious. if you don't like kid rock don't listen.
 Who's up for some cartoons? November 20, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Pathetic Horrible Disgusting Disgraceful trash September 4, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The loser can't write a song and stole a riff from one of the sickest metallica songs. I wrote this in hope it will lower the rating even lower. I could never stress how much i hate that loser. For this CD...he will burn.
Classic Kid Rock April 1, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This CD is all of kid's best songs from his 1993 Polyfuze Method and the 1996 release E.M.S.P. Here's my review of all the songs:
1. N/A
2. American Bad Ass- probaly the best song on this CD. This is a mix of hard rock and some hip-hop 11/10
3. Prodigal Son- This song is alright. It contains alot of rock/soft rock. 9/10
4. Paid- This song is really good. It's alot of bounce style rap. 9.5/10
5. Early Mornin Stoned Pimp- A classic Kid Rock song. It's slow funk rap. Probaly the 2nd best song. 10/10
6. Dark & Grey- This song is all hard rock. It's alright, not my favorite though. 8.5/10
7. 3 sheets 2 the wind- A old-school rap song. Kid goes along with the flow real well in this song. 10/10
8. Abortion- This song isn't really what the title sounds like. It's a slow rock type song. 8/10
9. I Wanna Go Back- Alot of people don't like this song. I think it's great. It's all rap. 9/10
10. Ya' Keep On- Similar to "I Wanna Go Back". Once again a classic Kid song. Very nice beat. 10/10
11. F*#k That- Great rap/rock song. 3rd best on the CD. 9.5/10
12. F!!k U Blind- Very explicit lyrics. Nice beat though. 9/10
13. Born 2 Be A Hick- Hilarious rap song but a little banjo type theme 2 it. 8.5/10
14. My Oedipus Complex- This song doesn't relate to the title really. A good song that is slow rap but contains a rock type chorus. 10/10
There you have it. Hopefully you'll find my review helpful and get this Kid Rock CD.
 Buy the PA Explicit Edition! October 21, 2005
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
The reasons I got this CD edited are as follows:
1) My mom hates PA CD's and would REALLY hate the Kid.
2) The editing on Kid's CD "Cocky" was very impressive.
OK, quite frankly, the editing on this CD sucks. I still say that "Cocky" is actually better edited, but this CD IS NOT! Most of the songs are KILLED.
For example, "EMSP" is something like:
"I'm the mufinerkthin gijklvfu ergjeeg hoge Early Morning Stoned... Pimp."
"EMSP" and "American Bad A**" got the worst of it. I heard the uncut "American" first, and loved it. It felt strange to have almost all of it slaughtered. This CD would get a four, IF IT WERE UN-EDITED! But, half of the time, it sounds like Kid's just speaking gibberish. I don't know if I should be appalled or honored by how much the editors wanted to remain true to the album. They'd obviously rather screw up the ENTIRE CD just so fragments of crude phrases are in there.
For example, in the original "American", Kid says "And you can suck my ****", but in this one, a girl replaces him, saying "Radio Edit". The edit of "Cowboy" made the phrase sound good; it sounded like a mockery of how his songs are butchered before making it to the radio, but in this case, it just sounds stupid.
Also, if you use an iPod Shuffle, heh, keep this album off of it. Normally, you could fit about 100 3:50 songs on it, but some of these songs are worth two or three songs ("Prodigal Son" is about 6.5 minutes, "EMSP" is about 7.5 minutes, and "My Oedipus Complex" is 8.5 minutes!).
Speaking of "Oedipus", don't be turned off by the title. It is not a dirty song about marrying is mom or some crap like that. It's about his grudge against his dad for being an awful father. Then, at the end, he sings his father's side of it ("I always loved you! I always cared for you! Just never wanted you to go through what I've been through! I tried to raise my ****ing family just the best I know, and now I'm hated like the devil and for why I don't know!")
I thought, buying this CD, that "American" would be the only really good song. I bought the CD because the song's titles sounded punk (which was the mood I was in), and I already loved "American", but I was pleasantly surprised: "Dark and Grey", "American", "My Oedipus Complex", and "F**k That" (Which was killed in editing; the word "f**k" is replaced by a strange sound effect that makes it sound stupid) are, 'ow you say... AWESOME!!!!!! "Oedipus" is VERY addicting!
In summary, buy the PA version of this CD; it's worth 4+ stars! This one is three because of the sucky editing. Also, everyone says this is Kid's worst CD, so, if it is, I CAN'T WAIT to hear his best!
P.S. During "Ya' Keep On", Kid says "I'm like Moses, but the mike's my staff! Laying down them 10 commandments: 'Thou shall not dis the Rock... D@mn it!" For some reason... this always makes me laugh out loud, or become so filled with punk rock energy that I LOL, but, either way, the line is golden.
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