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From the moment Devil Without a Cause began fouling up the airwaves in 1998, Kid Rock has been a nightmare wrapped in a mystery and a pimp's fur coat. Like it or not (and at least 8 million of you did) Devil was a megahit, a rap/rock collision that, by hawking other people's beats, styles, and emotions, legitimized his claims to pimphood. What better time then to release a compilation of his older, overlooked material?

Enter The History of Rock, a pompously titled archive of mostly old Kid Rock material culled from '93's The Polyfuze Method and '96's Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp. The first song, "American Bad Ass," [Hear It in RealAudio] is a new creation that rips the licks of Metallica's "Sad But True" and heaps dull, pornographic rhymes on top. At least you can't go downhill from ground zero. Or can you? The sick couplets of "F*** You Blind" are hardly the way to a gal's heart, and the shameless, endless "Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp" is a torture that Inquisitors would have winced at. The previously unreleased "Abortion" [Hear It in RealAudio] offers a glimpse of the artist he might have become: just as expressive, only more convincing. No such luck. If you want the real deal, go back to Kid Rock's roots: Run-D.M.C., Skynyrd, Black Sabbath. Kid Rock took their thunder and built his name with in-your-face guitar riffs, hip-hop grooves, and explicit lyrics. He's still in your face, only now he's rubbing your nose in his stacks of cash and platinum records. Hold your breath.

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