Devil Without a Cause

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Devil Without a Cause
Studio album by Kid Rock
Released	August 18, 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Rap metal Country Rap Heavy metal Hard rock Southern rock
Length	71:10
Label	Lava/Atlantic/Top Dog
Producer	John Travis
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (1.3/10) link
Kid Rock chronology
Early Morning Stoned Pimp (1996) Devil Without a Cause (1998) History of Rock (2001)

Devil Without a Cause is Kid Rock's breakthrough album. It was released in 1998 by Atlantic Records and produced by John Travis. The album was certified 11 times Platinum by the RIAA by April 2003.^{[citation needed]} In 2007, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named Devil Without A Cause the 68th best album of all time.

The album sold just 5000 copies in its first week. The first single "Welcome 2 The Party" with its low budget video failed to make a big impression. A chance meeting at a New York night club with Carson Daly, at the time a VJ for MTV and host of Total Request Live (TRL), got Kid Rock a DJ gig on MTV during their summer break special on TRL. He was eventually booked to perform in December of 1998 on MTV Fashionably Loud which got him noticed by the college crowd and MTV released "I Am The Bullgod" video on their programming. The song was originally released on 1994's Fire It Up EP, and it became a moderate hit.

The subsequent single, "Bawitdaba", built off of an old school rap chant and AC/DC style guitars, helped him break into the rock top 10 and ultimately become a household name. He had even greater success with the third single, landing his first pop top 40 hit with "Cowboy", an oddball mix of rap, southern rock, country and folk. Kid Rock released the ballad "Only God Knows Why", which was praised as the 1990s version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird". The final single was the southern rocker "Wasting Time". The rest of the album saw an eclectic mix of rock, rap and country. The rap metal song "Fuck Off" featured a then-unknown rapper called Eminem.

Devil Without a Cause is currently one of the two records with a parental advisory label to be certified Diamond, the other being Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

Contents 1 Singles 2 Track listing 3 Musicians 4 Notes 5 See also 6 Reviews

[edit] Singles

• "Welcome 2 the Party"
• "I Am the Bullgod"
• "Bawitdaba"
• "Cowboy"
• "Only God Knows Why"
• "Wasting Time"

[edit] Track listing

1. "Bawitdaba" – 4:27
2. "Cowboy" – 4:17
3. "Devil Without a Cause" (featuring Joe C) – 5:32
4. "I Am the Bullgod" – 4:50
5. "Roving Gangster (Rollin')" – 4:24
6. "Wasting Time" (featuring Thornetta Davis) – 4:02
7. "Welcome 2 the Party" – 5:14
8. "I Got One for Ya'" (featuring Robert Bradley) – 3:43
9. "Somebody's Gotta Feel This" – 3:08
10. "Fist of Rage" – 3:23
11. "Only God Knows Why" – 5:27
12. "Fuck Off" (featuring Eminem) – 6:13
    • After "Fuck Off" ends, there are a series of messages from Kid Rock's answering machine that introduce the next track.
13. "Where U at Rock" – 4:24
14. "Black Chick, White Guy" – 12:01

Notes: There is a clean version of the album, which removes most of the profanity and innuendo, as well as the songs "Fuck Off", and "Black Chick, White Guy". Both versions feature a techno rock remix of "I Am the Bullgod" as a hidden track. However, on the album's explicit version there is still profanity and innuendo censored out on "Cowboy", the first part of "Welcome 2 the Party", and "I Got One For Ya'". Also, in "Fuck Off", the words "Cancer" and "Homo" were censored out in the second verse.

• On the edited copy of the CD, the cover of the CD itself is all black with the name "Kid Rock" at the top. The original, un-edited cover of the CD which is photo of a big middle finger. On the vinyl version there is a small demon performing fellatio.

[edit] Musicians

• Kid Rock- Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer
• Jimmy Bones - Keyboard, Organ, Piano, Harp, Synth Bass
• Joe C. - Raps
• Stefanie Eulinberg - Drums, Percussion
• Shirley Hayden - Background vocals
• Jason Krause - Metal Guitar, Electric guitar
• Misty Love - Background vocals
• Kenny Olson -Lead Guitar
• Uncle Kracker - Turntables, background vocals
• Eminem - Vocals on Fuck Off
• Kenny Tudrick- Gutair,Drums
• Robert Bradley-Vocals on "I Got One For Ya"
• Thornetta Davis-Vocals on "Wasting Time"

[edit] Notes

• "Cowboy" was featured in the films Shanghai Noon and Ready to Rumble, both released in 2000. A remix of the song was used by wrestler Jeff Jarrett during his career on World Championship Wrestling's final days.
• "Bawitdaba" was featured in the 2006 film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
• The song was also used in the series premiere of the FX Networks show The Shield.
• the Japanese Import includes live versions of Welcome 2 the Party/I Am The Bullgod/Bawitdaba from 3/21/99 Rochester,NY
• Blender named "Bawitdaba" the 313 th best song in the Past 25 years in 2005.
• Blender named "Devil Without A Cause" the 96th best album of all time in 2002.
• Spin named "Devil Without A Cause" the 37th best metal album of all time in 2002.
• VH-1 Named "Only God Knows Why" the 19th best power ballad of all time in 2003.
• The name "Devil Without A Cause" is a parody of the 1955 movie Rebel Without a Cause.

[edit] See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

[edit] Reviews

1. Rolling Stone Magazine (from their Book Of Reviews) -4 Stars
2. All Music Guide- 4.5 Stars
3. Detroit News- 4 Stars
4. Detroit Free Press- 4 Stars
5. Metal Sludge- 5 Stars
6. Blender- 5 Stars
7. Roughedge.com- 4 Stars
8. Metro Times Detroit-4 Stars
9. Village Voice- 4.5 Stars (A-)
10. Muze-4 Stars

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