I can’t tell you how much I looked forward to this album. I’m a big fan of Kid Rock and I think he’s gotten better and better for each album since day one, with the possible exception of the last album. Perhaps I should’ve been alarmed when I couldn’t tell if the previous album was better than the one before it. Has Kid Rock peaked?

I think the trend has been quite clear. Kid Rock is leaving rap behind in favor for country, ballads and rock. It was noticeable on ‘Cocky’ where Kid perhaps did his finest blend of rap and rock to date. Nu-metal dudes, don’t bother this is so much better and so much more unique. With ‘Kid Rock’ there was only one or two songs that he even rapped on at all. Fine, songs were still pretty good, but today I’m not really as excited about it as I was when it was released. ‘Rock n roll Jesus’ takes it one step further. The rap is pretty much gone and the rock stands with one foot in the coffin.

The worst part is that the album is filled with gospel crap. ‘Amen’ is perhaps the worst song Kid ever done. It’s always a bad sign when rockers start getting religious. ‘All summer long’ with the incorporated ‘Sweet home Alabama’ is good for one chorus, by the second I’m tired of it. Two slightly Cocky-smelling tracks - ‘Sugar’ and ‘So hott’ - tries to save the day, but there’s too much gospel, smooch and sweets to save it by then. If Kid Rock is Jesus then I must be the Devil. He’s too old to Kid and Rock.