Cocky (Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Trucker Anthem ~ Kid Rock

2. Forever ~ Kid Rock

3. Lay It On Me ~ Kid Rock

4. Cocky ~ Kid Rock

5. What I Learned Out On The Road ~ Kid Rock

6. I'm Wrong, But You Ain't Right ~ Kid Rock

7. Lonely Road Of Faith ~ Kid Rock

8. You Never Met A Motherf**ker Quite Like Me ~ Kid Rock

9. Picture - (featuring Sheryl Crow) ~ Kid Rock

10. I'm A Dog ~ Kid Rock

11. Midnight Train To Memphis ~ Kid Rock

12. Baby Come Home ~ Kid Rock

13. Drunk In The Morning ~ Kid Rock

14. WCSR - (bonus track, featuring Snoop Dogg) ~ Kid Rock

"My name is Kid...!" Kid Rock is back loud and proud with Cocky. He does what he does best, mixing many musical styles to create his own unique brand of rock 'n' roll. Included are larger than life arena anthems such as "Forever", "What I Learned Out On The Road" and "Lonely Road".

"...it takes a sort of odd genius to flaunt boorish behavior with such good-natured panache... if that ain't rock & roll, I'll kiss your a**. Rob Brunner, Entertainment Weekly
"...you can't help but yowl along. David Sprague, Rolling Stone

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: Kid Rock (vocals, guitar, bass); Sheryl Crow (vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass); Jimmie Bones (vocals, harmoncia, organ, keyboards); Snoop Dogg, Uncle Kracker, Misty Love, Shirley Hayden, (vocals); Jason Krause, Kenny Olson (guitar); Matt O'Brien (bass); Stefanie Eulinberg (drums).
	Recorded at Clarkston Chophouse Studios, Detroit, Michigan.
	Personnel: Kid Rock (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, synthesizer, scratches, background vocals); Sheryl Crow (vocals, 12-string guitar); Jimmie Bones (vocals, harp, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Stefanie Eulinberg (vocals, drums, background vocals); Misty Love, Shirley Hayden, Uncle Kracker (vocals, background vocals); Snoop Dogg (vocals); Kenny Olson (guitar); Jason Krause (electric guitar); SP 1200 Productions (drums); Paradime, Twisted Brown Trucker (background vocals).
	Audio Mixers: Kid Rock; Al Sutton.
	Recording information: Clarkston Chophouse.
	Photographer: Clay McBride.
	Unknown Contributor Roles: David Spade; Jeff Grand; Al Sutton.
	Kid Rock's unique blend of Midwestern rock & roll, rap, and R&B gets another airing with COCKY, which features a plethora of road tunes, who's-the-baddest cuts, and straight-ahead drinking songs. The slow, greasy grooves of "You Never Met a Motherf**cker Quite Like Me" contrast violently with the Detroit Rock City raunch of "I'm a Dog," which itself stands in stark contrast to the first half of "Midnight Train to Memphis," an atypical, steel guitar-accompanied ballad.
	You don't come to Kid Rock for subtlety (the last cut, WCSR, featuring Snoop Dogg, is proof of that). He's a Midwestern rapper who wishes he was in Lynyrd Skynrd--and who could probably make a pretty good job of it. The straight-ahead rock tunes swing mightily courtesy of drummer Stefanie Eulinberg, and Rock has his bad-ass rap act down cold here, though how much longer he can keep it up is another question for another time.
Producer: Kid Rock
Engineer: Al Sutton
Musical Guests
	Sheryl Crow
	Snoop Dogg

Artist Overview

Self-proclaimed "King of White Trash" (and proud of it), Kid Rock took his rap-meets-rock-meets-country hybrid to the top of the charts. After opening as a bratty hip-hop artist in the Beastie Boys mode in the early-'90s, Kid came back with a vengeance, diminutive rapper Joe C by his side, on the 1998 smash DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE. With a pimp/stud schtick worked to the hilt, he's an outspoken rock & roll spotlight-grabber the likes of which hasn't been seen since the glory days of David Lee Roth. He even betrayed his mellower side on the trail ballad and 2002 hit duet with Sheryl Crow, "Picture."

Compilation Appearances

	Carnival Of Carnage (Explicit Version)
	Very Best Of Sheryl Crow
	Last Man Standing
	Face The Promise
	Double Up
	Double Up(Explicit Version)
	Atlantic Records: Time Capsule (Limited Edition)
	Pass the Jar - Zac Brown Band and Friends Live from the Fabulous Fox in Atlanta
	Music Of Run Dmc
	Featuring Freshness(Explicit Version)
	Best Of Rock Roll Hall Of Fame Plus
	Essential Run Dmc
	Villain(Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

On, Pickin'

Technical Info

	Release Date : 11/20/2001
	Original Release Date : 2001
	Catalog ID : 7567834822
	Label : Atlantic (Label)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00075678348228

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (1/17/02, p.48)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...A massive banging victory....Rock self-conciously builds on his badass-hick-with-a-heart-of-gold image..."

Entertainment Weekly (11/23/01, p.82)
- "...A similar blend of low-rider hip-hop and strip-mall heavy metal, flavoring its Camaro-ready jams with the occasional turntable wika-wika, Steven Tyler yowl or tasty guitar lick...you have to at least admire the breadth of his vision..." - Rating: B

Q (1/02, p.102)
- 3 out of 5 stars - "...songs take rock and rop ethics and enthusiastically smash them together..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(2/02, p.102)
- "...An enjoyably bad-ass record..."