Kid Rock Tickets—The Kid Returns to the Road By Andrew Good At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Make no mistakes about it—Kid Rock is proud of his white trash background. Through his music and fashion sense, he’s celebrated the trailer park-pimp look, and is probably the first (and possibly the only) artist to ever pull it off.

And pull it off he has. Kid Rock has been a major chart success over the past decade. It actually took him a decade to jumpstart his career, beginning in 1990 with Grit Sandwiches For Breakfast, a rap album. White rappers have always been a novelty, from Vanilla Ice to Snow, and sadly, this probably only worked against Kid Rock—whose real name is Robert Ritchie—despite his talent. His first three records all received lukewarm reviews (at best), but that didn’t deter the Kid from trying to run with the big guys in the rap scene. Kid’s records reveled in the 2 Live Crew-style party raps of the early ‘90s. He was bad, bawdy and he didn’t mince words.

He also didn’t score any major hits. But that all changed in 1998 with the release of the record that made Kid Rock a star. Devil without a Cause revamped his image. He took on the persona of the high-rollin’, hard-rockin’ character that his fans grew to know through videos for songs like “Bawitdaba.” The creation was a perfect marriage of Kid’s white trash upbringing and the hip-hop loving, tough talking MC he had been tried to turn himself into in the early ‘90s. Perhaps it was this mix of both “white” and “black” cultures that made him more acceptable to audiences than one hit wonders like Vanilla Ice and Snow. Regardless of the reason why, “Bawitdaba” and “Cowboy” helped Rock establish himself, and turned his nationwide smash, Devil Without a Cause, into top selling record that turned platinum almost a dozen times.

He followed up in 2001 with the album Cocky—the perfect title for a guy like Kid Rock. It peaked at 3 on the Billboard 200. After that came a self-titled record, on which a change could be heard in the music of Kid Rock. He was bringing in more of a southern-fried country influence, though the music itself was still rooted in metal and rap rhymes. But the difference was noticeable, and made Kid Rock stand out to a bigger audience. He wasn’t just the voice of angry teens looking for some tough music—he had considerable talent and was looking to explore his range on record.

Though the album wasn’t as big a hit as some of his previous outings, it wasn’t the end by a long shot. In 2006 he put out his first live album, and followed it up in 2008 with the ostentatiously titled Rock ‘N’ Roll Jesus. Though critics were growing tired of Kid, fans still had their passion for him, and they showed it up by snapping up the album and driving sales up. The record became his first number one on the Billboard 200.

Now, Kid Rock is coming to a town near you and bringing his country-rock with him. Grab some Kid Rock tickets at http://www.stubhub.com/kid-rock-tickets and enjoy the show!

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