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Robert James Ritchie was born on January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan
USA. After barely graduating from high school, Kid Rock moved to Detroit
for the next ten years, sleeping on friends' couches in the Colchester
projects; he worked at a car wash, slung crack and earned extra scratch
through his DJ gigs, immersed himself in Hip-Hop culture.
He learned to breakdance, grew in a high-top fade and began performing
as Rap-Rock act in a style similar to the Beastie
Boys' "License To Ill". A series of demo recordings led
to a recording contract with Jive Records. The label released his debut
album, "Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast", in 1990; the following
year he was arrested on alcohol charges.
Kid Rock split from Jive and moved to New York City, signed on with indie
label Continuum and in the spring of 1993 released his second full-length
disc, "The Polyfuze Method". While it isn't much better than
its predecessor, the album doesn't swipe as shamelessly from established
Hip-Hop acts and represents a significant leap forward not only in the
development of Kid Rock's unlikely mixture of Classic-Rock, Hip-Hop and
Country influences, but his own trailer-park pimp-daddy persona.
He then moved back to Detroit; to growing acclaim, but no big payoffs,
this time Rock put togheter a Rap-Metal band that included backing vocalists,
two gutarists, a complete rhythm section with his long-time friend turntablist
Uncle Kracker and in mid-1996 "Early
Mornin' Stoned Pimp" was released under Kid Rock's own label, Top
Dog Records.
"Devil Without A Cause" was initially issued in 1998 on Top
Dog, but when the record was released by Lava / Atlantic Records, the
first single off the CD, "Bawitdaba", peaked at #11 on The Mainstream
Rock chart and subsequently rose to #10 on The Modern Rock Tracks; "Cowboy"
had nudged higher to #5 and was followed by "Only God Knows Why"
which he wrote in jail after a bar fight, on the same day he signed to
Atlantic; the track peaked at #19 and #5 on The Billboard Hot 100 and
on The Modern Rock charts, respectively and helped push the album to #4
on The Billboard Top 200 chart; the record eventually went on to sell
over 12 million copies.
The collection of revamped early material entitled, "The History
Of Rock", was issued in May of 2000, the set reached the #2 position
on The Billboard Top 200 Albums list and spawned the previously unreleased
song "American Bad Ass", which hit the top 20 of The Modern
Rock chart.
After Uncle Kracker left the crew
and launched his solo career, Kid Rock started recording the next album,
2001's "Cocky", which remained in the U.S. Top 200 for nearly
two years and crashed into the top 3 when he ties the knot with actress
Pamela Anderson; the album generated two Active Rock top 20 hits: "Forever"
and "Lonely Road Of Faith"; it also contained "Picture",
a duet with Sheryl Crow, which peaked
at #4 on The Billboard Hot 100.
In November 2003, Kid Rock, returned with a self-titled full-length disc
which shot to #8 on The Billboard 200 chart; the first single, the cover
of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin'
Love", reached #33 on The Mainstream Rock chart and was followed
by the Active Rock top 20 hit "Jackson, Mississippi" and "I
Am", a further top 30 entrant.
After 22 million records sold in the U.S. and a three year hiatus, the
Michigan artist is back with the brand new album, "Rock N Roll Jesus",
this marks his first #1 debut on The Billboard 200 chart. The set includes
the Hot Mainstream Rock smash "So Hott".
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