10 Rock Albums That Haven't Aged Well At All
4. Devil Without a Cause - Kid Rock
There's a good chance that nearly every single Kid Rock album had the potential to make a list like this. From his hip hop beginnings to his turn as a country star in the '00s, most of Mr. Robert Ritchie's music isn't nearly the greatest music that he thinks it is, riding in on great songs that he sampled from somewhere else. If we're talking about the biggest example of dated Kid Rock albums, we have to go back to the one that stands as his claim to fame.
Though there are at least some interesting ideas on Devil Without A Cause, they never really come together into full songs, almost standing more as a stream of consciousness rather than actual thought out pieces of work. When Kid Rock does try to express some charisma behind the mic though, it makes for either the most insufferable or most hilarious moments on the project depending on what song you're listening to, from using outdated vernacular in almost every song to speaking literal baby gibberish on the chorus of Bawitdaba.
Then again, you might be grateful to not know what some of these lyrics actually are, because should you decide to take the deep dive, all that's left is a guy talking about wanting to be a cowboy pimp, injecting heroin into his veins, and in some of the most sleazy cases talking about underage girls. Not everything in the '90s was unsalvageable, but everything that came out of an album like this really needs to go the way of Crystal Pepsi.