History Music / KidRock

* TheAlcoholic: RL example: He showed up drunk to record his guest appearance on Music/InsaneClownPosse's ''Carnival of Carnage'', "Is That You?" He then rerecorded his vocals and scratching the next day when he was sober.

** Furthermore, Rock is an ordained minister.
* AutoTune: Very blatantly on "Only God Knows Why".
* AudienceParticipationSong: All of Joe C's lines, since his death.

** After Al-Qaeda bombed the USS ''Cole'' in Aden, the sailors played "American Badass" over the ship's loudspeakers as they left the port.

* {{Cowboy}}: He wants to be one, after all.
* {{Determinator}}: He strongly disliked iTunes and fought to keep his music off of it, despite it costing him a hit with "All Summer Long" (and making hits out of karaoke versions of the song). But times change.

* ManlyMenCanHunt: Is an avid hunter, and friends with Music/TedNugent.

* OdeToYouth: "All Summer Long"
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: In TheNineties, he was most definitely this trope, especially in his early years, which saw him labeled as a Music/BeastieBoys knockoff artist by many record companies and dismissed him as another wannabe white guy rapper doomed to have his career fail in the same way as Music/VanillaIce. It was not until ''Devil Without A Cause'' that he finally broke through and developed his own unique sound. Post-2000, he has somewhat toned down his act and became more of a country musician.

* ShoutOut: "American Bad Ass" has Kid Rock name-drop bands he listened to or toured with, mentioning Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/ZZTop, Music/BeastieBoys, Music/LynyrdSkynyrd, Music/LimpBizkit, Music/{{Korn}}, Music/HankWilliamsJr, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, Music/RunDMC, Music/DavidAllanCoe, Music/BobSeger and Music/GeorgeJones. Many of these artists were influential on his sound, however he only mentioned Korn and Limp Bizkit due to having shared some stages with them. He later criticized Limp Bizkit, saying that [[https://www.theprp.com/2015/03/20/news/kid-rock-says-nu-metal-didnt-stand-the-test-of-time-limp-bizkit-were-horrible-to-roadies/ they were abusive towards their roadies]] when he toured with them, and the NuMetal genre as a whole, saying that it aged poorly and he didn't enjoy listening to it because it wasn't melodic enough for him.

* TheTropeKid
* TrashyTrailerHome: Kid's image during the Rap Rock era was a redneck straight out of the trailer park. In actuality, Robert Richie grew up thinking his family was rich because his parents were pretty well off, but later came to find that most people would consider his family middle class as he began to meet much wealthier people than his family ever was, but he's never denied that he grew up comfortably.
* {{Understatement}}: The fifth episode of Creator/{{VH1}}'s 2004 {{Documentary}} mini-series ''And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop'' was "My Name Is" and focused on rap from places other than New York and Los Angeles. Kid Rock said that the first time he met Music/{{Eminem}}, Em was doing a really fast battle rap. Kid Rock's response falls under this trope.
-->"I told him, 'I don't know what you just said there, man, but if you could slow that down a little you might have something there.'"
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Kid and The Beast Crew, as said in "I Wanna Go Back"
-->I ain't sayin' that I'm wrong, but I still got love for you/Cause I remember how it used to be, "Make way, motherfuckers, Beast Crew's in the party"
** With Music/InsaneClownPosse as well. He rapped on "Is That You?" from the first Joker's Card ''Carnival of Carnage.'' They had a falling out, leading to the lyric mentioned under Take That above.

Kid Rock formed the rap group The Beast Crew with local rapper Champtown, but it broke up when he signed to Creator/JiveRecords. He released his debut album ''Grit Sandwiches for Breakfast'' soon afterwards in 1990, but it was perceived as a Music/BeastieBoys ripoff, and he was dropped from the record label due to the backlash towards Music/VanillaIce (who claimed Kid Rock took his record deal) leading Jive to decide they didn't want a white rapper on their label. However, the album was popular enough for Kid Rock to be considered the biggest rapper in Detroit at the time (at least, until the rise of [[Music/{{Eminem}} a certain other white man]]); Music/InsaneClownPosse even tapped him for an appearance on their debut, ''Carnival of Carnage'', despite the fact that Violent J thought that Kid Rock's rapping was weak, although a lyric in Kid's "Ya Keep On" suggests that the feeling is mutual.

* GenreMashup: His ''Devil Without a Cause'' fused HipHop, SouthernRock and Country.

* ShoutOut: "American Bad Ass" has Kid Rock name-drop his [[Main/GenreRoulette eclectic set of musical influences]], mentioning Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/ZZTop, Music/BeastieBoys, Music/LynyrdSkynyrd, Music/LimpBizkit, Music/{{Korn}}, Music/HankWilliamsJr, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, Music/RunDMC, Music/DavidAllanCoe, Music/BobSeger and Music/GeorgeJones.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His debut album ''Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast'' is traditional HipHop, as opposed to the Rap Rock of his later albums. It's also the only album of his to contain no influences from CountryMusic.

* RapRock: Prominently from ''The Polyfuze Method'' to ''Cocky''. Sporadically thereafter, with ''Born Free'', ''Rebel Soul'' and ''First Kiss'' containing no rap rock whatsoever.

* TrashyTrailerHome: Kid's image during the rap rock era was a redneck straight out of the trailer park. In actuality, Robert Richie's parents were pretty well off, and he grew up in a huge house in Detroit.

* WolverinePublicity: In Southeast Michigan, at least. His music has constant airplay on the local rock and country stations there (especially the area's flagship rock station, 101 WRIF), and he is frequently featured in the local media.

Kid's next two albums, ''Music/ThePolyfuzeMethod'' and ''Music/EarlyMorninStonedPimp'', were released independently and changed up his sound. ''Polyfuze'' displayed PsychedelicHipHop tendencies à la ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' (with heavy use of experimental sampling and some live instrumentation, including guitars and a flute solo), and ''EMSP'' featured a mix of different styles including RapRock, {{Soul}}, {{Funk}} and CountryRap, solidifying the GenreRoulette approach he'd take on subsequent albums. To help with the recording, Kid Rock recruited a band of musicians known as the "Twisted Brown Trucker Band", who provided the instrumental backing for his rhymes.

* CountryRap: Some of his songs qualify as this, usually fused with RapRock. Some examples include "Cowboy," "Wasting Time," "Lay It on Me" and "Hillbilly Stomp"

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His debut album ''Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast'' is closer to traditional hip hop as opposed to the rap rock of his later albums. It's also the only album of his to contain no influences from country music.

* GenreMashup: His ''Devil Without a Cause'' fused HipHop, HeavyMetal, {{Funk}}, {{Blues}}, Southern Rock, Soul, [[CountryMusic Country]] and Folk music.

* NewSoundAlbum: Happened twice; once with ''Devil Without A Cause'' which saw a change from [[HardcoreHipHop hardcore rhyming]] over sampled riffs, to a southern fried RapRock sound. The second time was ''Kid Rock'', which saw him making Southern Rock and almost completely ditching HipHop. And yet again with ''Born Free'', which -- outside of an appearance by T.I. -- is entirely Heartland rock.

After years of independent records, he and his band got signed to Creator/AtlanticRecords, where they released the breakthrough album ''Music/DevilWithoutACause'' in 1998. This successful fusion of Southern-fried RapRock inspired Kid Rock to re-work his previous songs in ''History of Rock'', but his love for CountryMusic and SouthernRock caused him to change his sound on his [[Music/KidRock2003 2003 self-titled album]], and he continues to work in this style today. His #1 single "All Summer Long" borrowed from both the Music/LynyrdSkynyrd hit "Sweet Home Alabama" and Music/WarrenZevon's "Werewolves of London", and had extensive radio play across the Rock and Country charts.

Robert James Ritchie, a.k.a. Kid Rock (born January 17, 1971), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter from Michigan. He grew famous for performing a GenreRoulette which includes HipHop, RapRock and Country Rock, although most of his output since 2003 has leaned more into the Country Rock side of his musical equation.

Robert James Ritchie, a.k.a. Kid Rock (born January 17, 1971), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter from Michigan. He grew famous for combining HipHop with Country Rock, although most of his output since 2003 has leaned more into the Country Rock side of his musical equation.

He is close friends and a frequent collaborator of Music/UncleKracker, who is also a country, rap, and rock-influenced musician from Detroit that used to play for Kid Rock during his biggest era.

Robert James Ritchie, a.k.a. Kid Rock (born January 17, 1971), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter from Michigan. He grew famous for combining HipHop with [[SouthernRock Country Rock]], although most of his output since 2003 has leaned more into the [[CountryMusic Country Rock]] side of his musical equation.

After years of independent records, he and his band got signed to Creator/AtlanticRecords, where they released the breakthrough album ''Music/DevilWithoutACause'' in 1998. This successful fusion of Southern-fried RapRock inspired Kid Rock to re-work his previous songs in ''History of Rock'', but his love for Southern rock caused him to change his sound on his [[Music/KidRock2003 2003 self-titled album]], and he continues to work in this style today. His #1 single "All Summer Long" borrowed from both the Music/LynyrdSkynyrd hit "Sweet Home Alabama" and Music/WarrenZevon's "Werewolves of London", and had extensive radio play across the Rock and Country charts.

Kid Rock formed the rap group The Beast Crew with local rapper Music/{{Champtown}}, but it broke up when he signed to Creator/JiveRecords. He released his debut album ''Grit Sandwiches for Breakfast'' soon afterwards in 1990, but it was perceived as a Music/BeastieBoys ripoff, and he was dropped from the record label due to the backlash towards Music/VanillaIce (who claimed Kid Rock took his record deal) leading Jive to decide they didn't want a white rapper on their label. However, the album was popular enough for Kid Rock to be considered the biggest rapper in Detroit at the time (at least, until the rise of [[Music/{{Eminem}} a certain other white man]]); Music/InsaneClownPosse even tapped him for an appearance on their debut, ''Carnival of Carnage'', despite the fact that Violent J thought that Kid Rock's rapping was weak, although a lyric in Kid's "Ya Keep On" suggests that the feeling is mutual.

Robert James Ritchie, a.k.a. Kid Rock (born January 17, 1971), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter from Michigan. He grew famous for combining rap with {{hard rock}} and {{country|Music}}, although most of his output since his rise to mainstream fame has been in a country rock style.