COCKY: an exclusive review

**cindylouwho** · November 30th, 2001, 12:17 PM

Three years after the release of his major label debut, Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock is feeling Cocky - and with good reason: the album and its follow-up, The History of Rock, sold a combined total of 13 million copies. On top of that, Rock produced Uncle Kracker's platinum debut disc, performed with Aerosmith at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and it's rumored that he and silicone-injected starlet Pamela Anderson are engaged. Talk about hitting the motherload.

It's no wonder then that Cocky is a boorish barrage of self-aggrandizement and cartoon-ish boasts. With his Twisted Brown Trucker band providing a cross-pollinated backdrop of beefy metallic riffs and body-movin' boogie beats, Rock brags about everything from having "more money than matchbox twenty" to getting "more ass than Mark McGrath" ("Cocky"). On the southern-flavored "You Never Met a Motherf**cker Quite Like Me," the trailer-trash rapper crows about being on the cover of Rolling Stone and meeting the president (Clinton) when he was half-stoned. On "Lonely Road of Faith" and the Eagles-like "Picture" (which features a guest appearance by Sheryl Crow), he refrains from trumpet-blowing and strolls into surprisingly softer, guitar-jangled territory. But don't let the placid strum fool you: the self-proclaimed American Bad Ass quickly returns with the X-rated filth of "WCSR," featuring guest star Snoop Dogg.

Rock's chicken-fried mix of hip-hop illness and hard rock shrillness may be an acquired taste, but like Colonel Sanders, he's turned his special recipe into big business. Unfortunately, like KFC, Rock also has a limited menu: a few new dishes aside, he continues to serve up bland and processed rap metal swill. Seconds, anyone?

- Michael Moses
November 28, 2001
http://www.virginmega.com/default.asp?aid=772

**Santa's 3rd Ho'** · November 30th, 2001, 12:48 PM

Hmmm, that kinda sucks. But I do agree with him on one thing, KR is an aquired taste.

~~~feelin all snooty all of a sudden~~~~

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Hee Haw Motherfuckers Lets Rock!

**cindylouwho** · November 30th, 2001, 12:49 PM

i like how they mentioned kfc, me being kRc and all.

krc, we do kid rock right...

**SantaDee** · November 30th, 2001, 12:52 PM

I'll take seconds, thirds and on to infinity!!!!

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~Santa is gonna come in a pick up truck!!!~

**cindylouwho** · November 30th, 2001, 12:54 PM

~lickin fingers~

yesh me too please.

**Yoddleinapeartree** · November 30th, 2001, 12:57 PM

I don't like those honey wings just in case anybody cares at all.

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Tag thier toes, check them off my list
Hoes get fucked they don't get kissed...RJR

**SantaDee** · November 30th, 2001, 01:00 PM

I dont like the honey wings either.

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~Santa is gonna come in a pick up truck!!!~

**Yoddleinapeartree** · November 30th, 2001, 01:02 PM

I knew you'd care....LOL

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Tag thier toes, check them off my list
Hoes get fucked they don't get kissed...RJR

**cindylouwho** · November 30th, 2001, 01:15 PM

oh i do like them. and i don't even like honey.

now the burning question is...
original recipe or extra crispy?

[This message has been edited by cindylouwho (edited November 30, 2001).]