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Devil Without a Cause is the fourth studio album by Kid Rock. Released on August 18, 1998, the album saw Kid Rock continuing to develop his sound by incorporating rap metal and hard rock into his style.

The album was a major commercial success. Spurred by the popularity of the hit single "Bawitdaba", the album sold 14 million copies, and was certified platinum 11 times. The album also received critical acclaim for its genre mixing sound, and is considered to be one of the best rock albums of the 1990s, receiving numerous accolades over the years.

Background

In 1997, Jason Flom, head of Lava Records, attented one of Kid Rock's performances, and met with Kid Rock, who later gave him a demo containing the songs "Somebody's Gotta Feel This" and "I Got One for Ya", which led to Kid Rock signing with Atlantic Records. As part of his recording deal, Kid Rock received $150,000 from the label.

By this time, Kid Rock had fully developed his stage persona and musical style and wanted to make a "redneck, shit-kicking rock 'n' roll rap" album, resulting in his fourth studio album, Devil Without a Cause.

Production

The album was recorded at the White Room in Detroit and mixed at the Mix Room in Los Angeles; Uncle Kracker helped Kid Rock write some of the songs, and Eminem performed a guest verse on the song "Fuck Off".

Artistry

The music on Devil Without a Cause is noted for its eclectic sound, which draws from genres such as hip hop and heavy metal.

The sound of Devil Without a Cause has been categorized by critics and journalists as rap metal, hard rock and hip hop.

Kid Rock's music has been described by Pitchfork as a cross between Run-DMC, Lynyrd Skynyrd and AC/DC. MTV compared Kid Rock's songs "I Am the Bullgod" and "Roving Gangster (Rollin')" to a cross between Alice in Chains and Public Enemy.

Acvording to Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "The key to its sucesss is that it's never trying to be a hip-hop record. It's simply a monster rock album."

Erlewine credits Kid Rock's backing band, Twisted Brown Trucker, for crafting a sound defined by "thunderous, funky noise -- and that's funky not just in the classic sense, but also in a Southern-fried, white trash sense, as he gives this as much foundation in country as he does hip-hop."

Erlewine believes the album's sound owed influence to Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Van Halen." Erlewine also believed the album was "firmly in the tradition of classic hard rock".

The song "Wasting Tine" contains an interpolation of Fleetwood Mac's "Second Hand News".

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork	(1.3/10)
Robert Christgau	A−
Rolling Stone Album Guide

Critical reviews

The album received critical acclaim upon release. Robert Christgau gave the album an A-, writing, "Belatedly fulfilling the rap-metal promise of Licensed To Ill, makes the competition sound clownish, limp, and corny, respectively, and the Eminem cameo is a draw is, and I quote, all of that and a bag of chips."

The Rolling Stone Album Guide gave the album four out of five stars, its byline hailing it as "a trailer trash triumph of metal guitars, hip-hop beats, and I'm-an-American-band egomania. " Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a retrospective review for Allmusic, gave the album four and a half out of five stars, writing, " came up with the great hard rock album of the late '90s -- a fearlessly funny, bone-crunching record that manages to sustain its strength, not just until the end of its long running time, but through repeated plays."

In a rare negative review, however, Pitchfork gave the album 1.3 out of 10, writing, "The hook is that Devil Without A Cause combines rap with metal, but this combination's already been done a million times, and in each case, the result was better than this. Do you really need predictable pimping rhymes over wack-ass metal beats with third- tier, grunge- derived choruses among your records? I ask you: is this what you're missing from your life?"

Commercial performance

Through extensive promoting, including appearances on HBO, MTV (including a performance alongside Aerosmith and Run-DMC) and performing at Woodstock 1999, Devil Without a Cause sold 14 million copies, the album's success spurred by Kid Rock's breakthrough hit single "Bawitdaba".

By April 1999, the album was certified gold, and the following month it was certified platinum, a certification the album received 11 times.

In 2000, Kid Rock was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist, despite having been active in the music industry for over 10 years.

Accolades

Loudwire named Devil Without a Cause one of the 10 best hard rock albums of 1998. It was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. AllMusic labeled the album as a "rap-rock masterpiece".

Track listing

Personnel

• Kid Rock – lead vocals, guitar, banjo, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, bass
• Jimmie Bones - keyboard, organ, piano, synth bass
• Joe C. – vocals
• Stefanie Eulinberg – drums, percussion
• Shirley "P-Funk" Hayden – background vocals
• Jason Krause – metal guitar
• Misty Love – background vocals
• Kenny Olson – guitar
• Uncle Kracker – turntables, background vocals
• Eminem – vocals on "Fuck Off"
• Bobby East- slide and rhythm guitar
• Kenny Tudrick – guitar, drums on Bawitdaba and Cowboy
• Matt O'Brien – Bass guitar
• Robert Bradley on "I Got One for Ya"
• Thornetta Davis – vocals on "Wasting Time"
• Chris Peters-Guitar on I Am The Bullgod
• Andrew Nerha-Guitar on I Am The Bullgod and Roving Gangster
• Mike Nerha- Bass on I Am The Bullgod and Roving Gangster
• Bob Ebuling-drums on I Am The Bullgod,Roving Gangster

Charts

Album

Year-end charts

Certifications

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

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