The man known around the world as Kid
Rock has always defied easy labeling, and now, with
the eagerly awaited follow-up to his 2001 smash, "COCKY,"
Detroit's Favorite Son has taken his genre-blurring
musical mash to an all-new plane with his self-titled
new album.
"KID ROCK" is Rock's most emotionally naked
collection to date, with songs like "Cold and Empty"
and the album-opening "Rock n' Roll Pain Train"
finding him looking at his life thus far and
acknowledging that even an American Bad Ass needs to
stop and smell the roses: