Kid Rock

Following up the mega success of Devil Without A Cause, Cocky is aptly named, with Rock coming on like he thinks he's the only white dude who's ever heard Kurtis Blow. Rapping about Southern rock and verbally abusing practically every celebrity in the world, Kid manages to make his strutting braggadocio work, especially when he takes the Beastie Boys' License To Ill out behind the trailer -- not so much for a beating, more like to drink corn liquor with. It doesn't get much better than "Forever," and it doesn't really need to.

Kid Rock proves the power of perseverance, eventual excellent timing and a truckload of
dumb luck. In these days of hypermarketed instant success, Rock's belated, massive
victory with a banging, multiplatinum fourth album after three lousy flops goes against
every music-biz trend, and for that alone he deserves props. But it didn't bode well that
The History of Rock, the sequel to 1998's Devil Without a Cause, featured songs r... More >