The Kid Rock Rapping Days are they gone forever

I really enjoyed reading that Dana nice to know there's others who feel the same

The thing that cuts deep about that Midnight train to memphis quote you mentioned is the fact that it's a brilliant song and that song it's brings out so many emotions. It basically starts off sad and paints a picture of someone who is missing something in their life and can't cope then at the end it explodes and basically says FUCK THIS I'M KID ROCK and becomes so positive! Everytime i listened to that song i felt alive and it is everything about that song which works well together.

The David Spade interlude says "what is this K snooze?". I think even kid rock knew the song needed spicing up in the middle at the time otherwise why do it? Songs can't stay the same all the way through or they go flat and he was the best for keepin' it real and being original! Rock and Roll jesus took me a while to get into but in the end i loved it, it was out there, completely different and real.I like this new album but i don't ''love it'', there's a difference and in my opinion all the tracks blend into one.

The thing is i think it's a bit disrespectful to us as fans because we loved and lived by those songs and now with his new album and quotes like that, it's like he's regretting who he was. I think you're deffo right about the rick rubin thing. Kid has been quoted so many times as saying "Rick has told me that there's no need for me to keep telling the world i'm kid rock because they already know!"
Rap is a very personal genre of music and i don't think eminem would be where he is today without letting the world know about eminem!

I also heard he went into country from hip hop because he heard it was going too pop. What i can't understand is that the guy is one of the best musical innovators there's ever been, so why should that put him off, i regarded him as a musical pioneer and if you and millions of fans have faith in you it shouldn't deter you!

I'm from Liverpool England so no never saw it but i'll go and find it now, sounds like Bobby jnr could be the shining light to show his dad the way again. I'm pretty sure the music industry could more than sustain another album like DWAC......Rick Rubins got inside his head too much!

If Kid Rock made that statement about rap rock being dead then i think it's rubbish. Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock not to mention Rage and Run DMC were so popular in the late 90's early 00's it was unbelievable. Rage seperated, Limp went absolutely dreadful after chocolate starfish and Run DMC i don't believe have released a rock rap album since crown royal in like 2000 or about that time! It was also at this time when kid rock started to go more country....... all around 2001!

Rap Rock at this time had never been bigger! all the big players stopped producing it so there was gap in the market and that still stands today, the only reason why it's not back is because no1 has ever been good enough to fill the shoes of the bands i have just mentioned!

If limp bizkit were capable of releasing albums like they used to and if rage pull themselves together again rap rock would be back with a bang!

Like i said i respect Kid Rock for everything he's done and i would defend him and his music until i had no breath left in my body but this fact remains.

When Kid Rock did Rap Rock and mixed this with other genres he was one of the best...if not the best, he stood head and shoulders above the rest. With what Kid Rock has decided to do now he doesn't reach that peak.....not even close, he just blends in and does not stand out as much. Rock and Roll jesus stood out as he had the attitude he has shown throughout his career.

This is just me venting the dissapointment of what i have stated early. I still like his music i have both born free and racing father time....all his other albums (original polyfuze, emsp and even star profile). I Just feel that he's trying to escape his past with this new album by creating a whole new image and i can't bond with it like the others!

Well since the 2003 release of his self titled album i think it was blatantly obvious to all die hard fans that the tide was changing and rap was being phased out. But the extreme attitude and raw feeling that has been present in his songs was always there until now. This album is a complete chnage in the opposite direction. I'm not saying it's bad in any way but it all strengthens my thoughts that i've just said.

Not only that, i've lived and breathed the guy for so many years and he always said that his music wasn't meant to be deep and was just for fun and feel good, yet this album he clearly states the underlying morals and themes about the economy etc behind his songs. Obviously he's older now but there's been a definate change within the last few years (the Rick Rubin influence for on)e and although you have mentioned this rap album with Run i would be extremely surprised if it went ahead!