Devil Without a Cause

In 1997, Jason Flom, head of Lava Records, attended one of Kid Rock's performances, and met with Kid Rock, who later gave him a demo containing the songs "Somebody's Gotta Feel This" and "I Got One for Ya", which led to Kid Rock signing with Atlantic Records.{{cite web|title=Interview Andy Karp Vice President of A&R at Lava/Atlantic in New York |publisher=AtlanticRecordsContact.com |url=http://www.atlanticrecordscontact.com/ |access-date=July 22, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705133859/http://www.atlanticrecordscontact.com/ |archive-date=July 5, 2008 }} As part of his recording deal, Kid Rock received $150,000 from the label.{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboysindians.com/2015/07/kid-rock/|title=Kid Rock - C&I Magazine|date=July 1, 2015}} By this time, Kid Rock had fully developed his pimp redneck stage persona and rap rock musical style and wanted to make a "redneck, shit-kicking rock 'n' roll rap" album.{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2015/08/26/kid-rock-early-years-detroit/31193049/|title=Kid Rock before the fame: The definitive Detroit oral history}}

The album was recorded at the White Room in Detroit and mixed at the Mix Room in Los Angeles. Kid Rock spent two months in the studio with "a hot tub, some girls and some illegal substances".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/500525/kid-rock-raps-with-the-devil/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202414/http://www.mtv.com/news/500525/kid-rock-raps-with-the-devil/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2018|title=Kid Rock Raps With The Devil|website=MTV}} In addition to the newly written songs, the band also re-recorded some of Kid Rock's older songs, including "I Am the Bullgod" from the album The Polyfuze Method, and "Black Chick, White Guy" from the album Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kid-rocks-cure-for-heartbreak-20071018|title=Kid Rock's Cure for Heartbreak|magazine=Rolling Stone|first1=Austin|last1=Scaggs|date=October 18, 2007|access-date=February 2, 2018}}

During the recording sessions, Eminem was mixing The Slim Shady LP at the same studio, and, being friends with Kid Rock, asked him to record scratching for the song "Just Don't Give A Fuck." In return, Eminem delivered a guest rap verse on Kid's song "Fuck Off." In a 1999 interview with Spin Magazine, Eminem told the interviewer that he used cocaine for the first and last time ever while writing and recording his verse with Kid. According to Eminem, Kid was in "full party mode with tons of different drugs just laid out near the studio mixing board. There were Playboy playmates just passed out naked with coke on their nose. It was overwhelming. I never touched that shit again."

The A.V. Club wrote that while Devil Without a Cause is "not nü-metal, [it] extended the lineage of rap-rock that Run-DMC and Aerosmith had first established."{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/in-1998-rap-rock-and-nu-metal-really-did-seem-like-the-1828367971 |title=In 1998, rap-rock and nü-metal really did seem like the future |last=Anthony |first=David |date=August 22, 2018 |publisher=The A.V. Club |access-date=2023-05-04}} Nevertheless, the album has been described as a notable nu metal release,{{Cite magazine |last=Hé |first=Kristen S. |date=2018-05-30 |title=August 18, 1998: Korn, Kid Rock, Orgy & The Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/biggest-day-nu-metal-history-1998-korn-kid-rock-8458565/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |magazine=Billboard}} that helped "create the rap-rock/nu-metal phenomenon".{{cite book |title=Jack White: How He Built an Empire From the Blues: Enhanced Edition |last=Hasted |first=Nick |year=2016 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781783238842 |quote="Kid Rock, who helped create the rap-rock/nu-metal phenomenon with Devil Without A Cause (1998), wilfully fled to the ghetto from Detroit's furthest, quaintest, very white village, Romeo."}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index3.jhtml |title=Nu Metal Meltdown |publisher=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201100950/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index3.jhtml |archive-date=February 1, 2003 }} (Retrieved on September 21, 2015) AllMusic said that the album best demonstrated the "organic, integrated sound" of rap rock that differed sharply from that of rap metal, which in contrast sounded "as if the riffs were merely overdubbed over scratching and beat box beats", whereas rap rock, as Devil Without a Cause demonstrated, was defined as "rock song[s] where the vocalist rapped instead of sang". According to Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "The key to [the album's] success is that it's never trying to be a hip-hop record. It's simply a monster rock album." Erlewine credits Kid Rock's backing band, Twisted Brown Trucker, for crafting a sound defined by "thunderous, funky noise -- and that's funky not just in the classic sense, but also in a Southern-fried, white trash sense, as he gives this as much foundation in country as he does hip-hop." Erlewine believes the album's sound owed influence to Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Van Halen." Erlewine also believed the album was "firmly in the tradition of classic hard rock". Billboard wrote, "it’s not a stretch to call Devil Without a Cause, Rock’s breakthrough fourth record, the Appetite for Destruction or The Chronic of rap-rock."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1998-week/8458565/biggest-day-nu-metal-history-1998-korn-kid-rock|title=August 18, 1998: Korn, Kid Rock, Orgy & The Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History|magazine=Billboard|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018}}

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"Bawitdaba" has been described as having a nu metal sound.{{cite magazine |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal |title=They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal |magazine=Decibel|access-date=February 2, 2018|date=August 13, 2015}} (August 13, 2005). Retrieved on September 15, 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/10-nu-metal-songs-that-actually-dont-suck-7339562|title=10 Nu-Metal Songs That Actually Don't Suck|author=Josh Chesler|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=August 11, 2015}} To create the chorus, Kid Rock combined the choruses of Busy Bee's "Making Cash Money", the Marcels' recording of "Blue Moon" and the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" into a "neo-gregorian drone".{{cite web|url=http://coldfrontmag.com/song-of-the-week-bawitdaba-by-kid-rock/|title="Bawitdaba" by Kid Rock|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624093303/http://coldfrontmag.com/song-of-the-week-bawitdaba-by-kid-rock/|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kid-rock/albumguide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126073430/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kid-rock/albumguide |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |title=Kid Rock: Album Guide |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 23, 2012}} The lyrics of the song are dedicated to "chicks with beepers" and the I.R.S., as well as "all the crackheads, the critics, the cynics / And all my heroes in the methadone clinic."{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/song-of-the-summer-bawitdaba-by-kid-rock|title=Song of the Summer: "Bawitdaba," by Kid Rock|first=Jia|last=Tolentino|author-link=Jia Tolentino|date=August 18, 2016|website=Newyorker.com}} In the demo recording of the song, Kid Rock shouts, "Now get in the pit and try to kill someone!" On the album version, Kid Rock changed the lyrics, replacing the word "kill" with "love". Regarding the change, Kid Rock told the Baltimore Sun that he was glad he changed the lyrics, explaining that mosh pits are about coexistence.

The country rap{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-kid-rock-songs-29870|title=The 10 best Kid Rock songs|publisher=AXS (company)|first1=Shawn S.|last1=Lealos|date=November 25, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2018}} song "Cowboy" was newly written for the album. It is a fusion of hip hop, country music, Southern rock and heavy metal. Billboard, as well as Kid Rock himself, described the song as a cross between Run DMC and Lynyrd Skynyrd.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/kid-rock-songs-best-hits-list-7889963/|title=Kid Rock's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=August 4, 2017|first1=Chuck|last1=Dauphin|access-date=February 2, 2018}} The instrumentation includes Jew's harp, blues harmonica and a piano solo.{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/21/best-kid-rock-singles-bawitdaba-first-kiss/32117495/|title=15 Best Kid Rock singles, from 'Bawitdaba' to 'First Kiss'|website=Amp.azcentral.com}} The lyrics feature Kid Rock rapping about moving to California to become a pimp, and start an escort service "for all the right reasons", located at the top of the Four Seasons hotel, as well as getting thrown out of bars and buying a yacht.

"I Am the Bullgod", according to AXS, was a tribute to the band Monster Magnet. azcentral described the song's style as Southern rock, with elements of funk, while Billboard categorized the song as stoner rock. The lyrics refer to drinking Jim Beam bourbon whiskey;{{cite news|url=https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSTRE79P67U20111026|title=Kid Rock eyes new album mixing musical styles|newspaper=Reuters|date=October 26, 2011}} Kid Rock declares that "I am free and I feed on all that is forsaken"{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/02/09/straight-out-the-trailer/|title=Straight out the Trailer|first1=Michael|last1=Freedburg|date=February 9, 1999|access-date=February 1, 2018|work=The Village Voice}} and that "I never was cool with James Dean", a reference to the actor who starred in the film that inspired this album's title, Rebel Without a Cause.

The song "Wasting Time" contains an interpolation of Fleetwood Mac's "Second Hand News". "Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 the Old School)" refers to Orson Welles' Paul Masson adverts with the lyric "I will serve no rhymes before their time".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/kid-rock-politics-musical-evolution-senate-run-7872906/|title=Guns, Unions and Globalism: The Evolution of Kid Rock's Musical Populism|magazine=Billboard|first1=Chuck|last1=Eddy|access-date=February 2, 2018|date=July 18, 2017}} "Where U At Rock?" references philosopher Ayn Rand.

"Only God Knows Why" is a country ballad, noted for its prominent use of Auto-Tune.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGsGRLGxAgoC&q=kid+rock+only+god+knows+why+autotune&pg=PA107|title=Secrets of Recording: Professional Tips, Tools & Techniques|first=Lorne|last=Bregitzer|date=February 2, 2018|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780240811277|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/really-now-whats-so-bad-about-auto-tune-pop/|title=Really Now, What's So Bad About Auto-Tune Pop?|first=Alex|last=Pappademas|date=August 11, 2011}} The lyrics of "Black Chick, White Guy" deal with Kid Rock's ten-year off-and-on relationship with a classmate named Kelley South Russell, with whom he fathered one child and raised another child from a previous relationship, but broke up with her after finding out that a third child he was raising wasn't his, after which he gained custody of his son, Robert James Ritchie Jr.; these events became the inspiration for this song, which discusses them directly, although Russell denies some of the allegations made against her in the lyrics.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2011/04/25/kid-rock-son-junior/|title=Kid Rock Takes Role of Fatherhood Seriously|website=The Boot}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/devil-without-a-cause-mw0000599460 |title=Devil Without a Cause – Kid Rock |website=AllMusic |date=August 18, 1998 |access-date=May 29, 2014}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2score = 8/10{{Cite web |last=Marsh |first=Mark |date=1998-08-13 |title=Album Review: Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4754/reviews/2110- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008075927/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4754/reviews/2110- |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Drowned in Sound |language=en }}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|author-link1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 1.3/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/k/kid-rock/devil-without-a-cause.shtml |title=Kid Rock: Devil Without A Cause: Pitchfork Review |date=December 23, 2001 |access-date=December 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011223054017/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/k/kid-rock/devil-without-a-cause.shtml |archive-date=December 23, 2001}}

| rev5 = Rock Hard

| rev5score = 8/10{{Cite web |date=September 29, 1998 |title=Devil Without A Cause |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/kid-rock-devil-without-a-cause |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Rock Hard |language=de-DE |type=Vol. 137}}

| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=Kid Rock|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/450 450]}}

| rev7 = Tom Hull – on the Web

| rev7score = B+{{cite web|url=https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=kid+rock|title=Grade List: Kid Rock|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|last=Hull|first=Tom|date=11 March 2025|access-date=21 March 2025}}

| rev8 = The Village Voice

| rev8score = A−{{Cite magazine |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=May 18, 1999 |title=Consumer Guide |url=http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv599-99.php |magazine=The Village Voice}}

| rev9 = Wall of Sound

| rev9score = 84/100{{Cite web |last=Graff |first=Gary |date= |title=Wall of Sound Review: Devil Without a Cause |url=http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/kidrock_devilwithoutacauseIndex.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010208120648/http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/kidrock_devilwithoutacauseIndex.html |archive-date=2001-02-08 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Wall of Sound}}

}}

The album received critical acclaim upon release. Robert Christgau gave the album an A−, writing, "Belatedly fulfilling the rap-metal promise of Licensed to Ill, [Kid Rock] makes the competition sound clownish, limp, and corny, respectively, and the Eminem cameo is a draw [...] [Kid Rock] is, and I quote, all of that and a bag of chips."

The Rolling Stone Album Guide gave the album four out of five stars, its byline hailing it as "a trailer trash triumph of metal guitars, hip-hop beats, and I'm-an-American-band egomania." Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four and a half out of five stars, writing, "[Kid Rock] came up with the great hard rock album of the late '90s -- a fearlessly funny, bone-crunching record that manages to sustain its strength, not just until the end of its long running time, but through repeated plays."

In a negative review, Pitchfork gave the album 1.3 out of 10, writing, "The hook is that Devil Without A Cause combines rap with metal, but this combination's already been done a million times, and in each case, the result was better than this. Do you really need predictable pimping rhymes over wack-ass metal beats with third-tier, grunge-derived choruses among your records? I ask you: is this what you're missing from your life?"

Starting in 1998, Kid Rock disembarked on his Devil Without a Cause Tour. In the spring of 1999, Kid Rock joined Limp Bizkit and Staind on the Limptropolis tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/6dmipb/limp-bizkit-kid-rock-announce-joint-us-tour-dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525061804/https://www.mtv.com/news/6dmipb/limp-bizkit-kid-rock-announce-joint-us-tour-dates|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2023|title=Limp Bizkit & Kid Rock announce joint US Tour Dates|website=MTV }}{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/zhqigx/limp-bizkit-taps-kid-rock-for-summer-tour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525061935/https://www.mtv.com/news/zhqigx/limp-bizkit-taps-kid-rock-for-summer-tour|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2023|title=Limp Bizkit Taps Kid Rock For Summer Tour|website=MTV }} Through extensive promoting, including appearances on HBO, MTV (including a performance alongside Aerosmith and Run-DMC) and performing at Woodstock 1999, Devil Without a Cause sold over 14 million copies, the album's success spurred by Kid Rock's breakthrough hit single "Bawitdaba".{{cite web|title=Top 40 Most Iconic MTV Spring Break Performances|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/top-most-iconic-spring-break-performances|website=BuzzFeed|date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=January 6, 2017}}{{cite journal|title=Spin|date=October 1, 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygXnnzAlaNQC&q=kid+rock+say+what+karaoke&pg=PA96|access-date=January 6, 2017 |language=en}}{{cite web|title=HBO Show To Feature Kid Rock, Sugar Ray, Alanis|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/515946/hbo-show-to-feature-kid-rock-sugar-ray-alanis/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106174007/http://www.mtv.com/news/515946/hbo-show-to-feature-kid-rock-sugar-ray-alanis/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 6, 2017|website=MTV News|access-date=January 6, 2017|date=July 15, 1999}}

By April 1999, the album was certified gold, and the following month it was certified platinum, a certification the album received 11 times.{{cite web | title=RIAA Certifications for albums by Kid Rock: Gold and Platinum | publisher=Recording Industry Association of America | work=RIAA.com | url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Kid%20Rock%20&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 | access-date=July 22, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915063800/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Kid%20Rock%20&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 | archive-date=September 15, 2013 | df=mdy-all }} The album has since been certified diamond.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/diamond-certified-album-riaa-ranked-7526410/|title=All 92 Diamond-Certified Albums Ranked From Worst to Best: Critic's Take|magazine=Billboard|date=September 29, 2016|first1=Andrew|last1=Unterberger|access-date=February 2, 2018}} The album had sold 8.9 million copies per Nielsen SoundScan as of 2007.{{Cite magazine|title=No Kiddin' -- Kid Rock Gets First No. 1 Album|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1317988/no-kiddin-kid-rock-gets-first-no-1-album|date=October 17, 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 7, 2020|last1=Jessen|first1=Wade}}

In 2000, Kid Rock was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist, despite having been active in the music industry for over 10 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/kid-rock-251986|title=Kid Rock|website=Biography.com|date=December 5, 2019 }}

The album continued to be popular long after its release, and in 2012, Kid Rock said that he wanted to re-record the album in its entirety, partly to celebrate the album's 15th anniversary, and partly because he would own the master recordings.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kid-rock-plans-to-re-record-devil-without-a-cause-20121123|title=Kid Rock Plans to Re-Record 'Devil Without a Cause'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 23, 2012|access-date=February 2, 2018}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474042/kid-rock-re-recording-devil-without-a-cause-eyeing-rebel-soul-follow-up|title=Kid Rock Re-Recording 'Devil Without a Cause,' Eyeing 'Rebel Soul' Follow-Up|magazine=Billboard|date=November 22, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://loudwire.com/kid-rock-re-record-devil-without-a-cause-album-premieres-lets-ride-video/|title=Kid Rock to Re-Record 'Devil Without a Cause' Album, Premieres 'Let's Ride' Video|website=Loudwire}}

The album's critical appraisal has continued long after the album's release, with Allmusic labeling Devil Without a Cause a "rap-rock masterpiece".{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/rap-rock-ma0000011992|title=Rap-Rock Music Genre Overview - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}} The song "Cowboy" is considered by AXS to be the first in the country rap genre; Cowboys & Indians claims that Kid Rock's song had a major impact on the country music scene and that artists Jason Aldean and Big & Rich, among others, were influenced by the song.

Fifteen years after the album's release, The Village Voice writer Chaz Kangas praised Kid Rock's artistry, writing, "in the Clinton era when your most viable pop stars were pristine teen-pop sensations, raucous nu-metal antagonists or alternative-to-alternative-to-alternative rock weirdos, Rock stood alone." Praising the song "Cowboy", Kangas called it "one track from this era that's timeless without even trying to be."{{cite news|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/06/27/in-defense-of-kid-rock-try-hating-these-classics/|newspaper=The Village Voice|first1=Chaz|last1=Kangas|date=June 27, 2013|access-date=February 1, 2018|title=In Defense of Kid Rock: Try Hating These Classics}}

Loudwire named Devil Without a Cause one of the 10 best hard rock albums of 1998.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/10-best-hard-rock-albums-of-1998/|title=10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1998|website=Loudwire|date=January 25, 2018 }} Classic Rock magazine named Devil Without a Cause one of 10 essential rap metal albums.{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-26/the-10-essential-rap-metal-albums|title=The 10 Essential Rap Metal Albums|date=October 26, 2016}} Blender named Devil Without a Cause one of the 100 greatest American albums.{{cite web|url=http://blender.com/articles/issue5/100_greatest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602181215/http://blender.com/articles/issue5/100_greatest.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2002|title=[BLENDER: Articles]|date=June 2, 2002}} The album was also listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=March 23, 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}

{{Track listing

| headline =

| total_length = 71:12

| title1 = Bawitdaba

| writer1 = {{hlist|Kid Rock|Matthew Shafer|Jason Krause|David Parker|Sylvia Robinson}}

| length1 = 4:27

| title2 = Cowboy

| writer2 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|John Travis|James Trombly}}

| length2 = 4:17

| title3 = Devil Without a Cause

| note3 = featuring Joe C.

| writer3 = {{hlist|Kenny Olson|Rock|Shafer|Too $hort|Larry Smith|Jalil "Whodini" Hutchins}}

| length3 = 5:32

| title4 = I Am the Bullgod

| writer4 = Rock

| length4 = 4:50

| title5 = Roving Gangster (Rollin')

| writer5 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|Mark Morales|Darren Robinson|Andy Nehra|Damon Wimbley}}

| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = Wasting Time

| writer6 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|Lindsey Buckingham}}

| length6 = 4:02

| title7 = Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 the Old School)

| writer7 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|Lamont Dozier|Eddie Holland|Brian Holland}}

| length7 = 5:14

| title8 = I Got One for Ya{{'-}}

| note8 = featuring Robert Bradley

| writer8 = {{hlist|Olson|Rock|Shafer|John Travis|Jerry Williams}}

| length8 = 3:43

| title9 = Somebody's Gotta Feel This

| writer9 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|Olson|Travis}}

| length9 = 3:09

| title10 = Fist of Rage

| writer10 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|Travis}}

| length10 = 3:23

| title11 = Only God Knows Why

| writer11 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|Travis}}

| length11 = 5:27

| title12 = Fuck Off

| note12 = featuring Eminem, does not appear on clean version

| writer12 = {{hlist|Rock|Shafer|Marshall Mathers|Krause}}

| length12 = 6:13

| title13 = Where U at Rock

| writer13 = Rock

| length13 = 4:24

| title14 = Black Chick, White Guy

• "I Am the Bullgod (Remix)

| writer14 = Rock

| note14 =

| length14 = 12:01

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks

| total_length = 80:00

| title15 = Welcome 2 the Party/I Am the Bullgod

| note15 = Live

| length15 = 5:22

| title16 = Bawitdaba

| note16 = Live

| length16 = 3:26

}}

• The song "Black Chick, White Guy" ends at 7:07 and the remix begins at 7:10; the remix is presented as a hidden track on the compact disc, but is credited on digital services. The remix is omitted from the Japanese version of the album. "Black Chick, White Guy" does not appear on the clean version.

• Kid Rock – lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, bass, banjo, synthesizer

• Joe C. – co-vocals
• Misty Love – background vocals
• Jason Krause – guitar
• Kenny Olson – guitar
• Uncle Kracker – turntables, background vocals
• Jimmie Bones – keyboard, organ, piano, synth bass
• Stefanie Eulinberg – drums, percussion

• Bobby East – slide and rhythm guitar
• Matt O'Brien – bass guitar
• Shirley "P-Funk" Hayden – background vocals

• Al Sutton – engineering
• Derek Matuja – assistant engineer

• Andrew Nerha – guitar
• Mike Nerha – bass
• Bob Ebeling – drums
• DJ Swamp – turntables

• Eminem – on "Fuck Off"
• Robert Bradley – on "I Got One for Ya"
• Thornetta Davis – on "Wasting Time"

• Chris Peters – guitar on "I Am The Bullgod"

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Kid Rock|title=Devil Without a Cause|award=Silver|relyear=1998|id=1781-2055-2|access-date=January 19, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Kid Rock|title=Devil Without a Cause|award=Platinum|number=11|certyear=2003|relyear=1998|access-date=January 19, 2022}}

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