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The song received generally positive reviews from music critics. In a review of Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone praises the song for its production, saying "The plush production of tracks like the Neptunes-produced centerpiece 'good kid' hearkens back to Seventies blaxploitation soundtracks and Nineties gangsta-rap blaxploitation revivals, and good kid warrants a place in ...
In 1990, Kid Rock signed with Jive Records and released his debut album, Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast.Despite the album's success, Kid Rock was dropped by Jive. In 1992, Kid Rock signed with Detroit independent record label Continuum; the following year, he recorded his second studio album, The Polyfuze Method with producer Mike E. Clark.
The song was released as a single in 1999 and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, [3] eventually ranking at number 67 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 for 2000. [4] VH1 named it the 19th greatest power ballad in 2002. [5] Outlaw country singer David Allan Coe released a live cover version of his release Live at Billy Bob's in 2003.
The song "Redneck Paradise" was written by The Young Brothers in 2007 and was sent to Kid Rock's representatives in the hopes that he would use it. [4] The album was described as a mixture of Southern rock, soul, blues, gospel and the Motown Sound. [5] As of February 2015, it had sold 592,000 copies in the US. [6]
[4] [5] The lyrics of the song are dedicated to "the shots of Jack", "chicks with beepers", as well as "all the crackheads, the critics, the cynics / And all my heroes in the methadone clinic." [6] On the demo recording of the song, Kid Rock shouts, "Now get in the pit and try to kill someone!" [6] For the album version, he replaced "kill" with ...
The album was at first announced in late 2019 and was originally scheduled for release in 2021. [12] On January 17, 2021, he held a birthday live stream event and originally announced the name of his album to be Kid Motherfuckin' Rock and announced a total of 50 songs including 10 hip hop songs, 10 rock songs, 10 country songs and 20 previously unreleased songs. [13]
Good Kid's first song, "Nomu", was released on October 13, 2015. It introduced the band's mascot, Nomu Kid, who was named after the song. In the following years, the band released more singles: "Atlas" on May 13, 2016, "Witches" on June 6, 2017, and "Tell Me You Know" on June 4, 2018. Their first EP, titled Good Kid, released on June 15, 2018.
The song is about how he is anti-Hollywood and that he's not a fake. It was co-written by Arthur Penhallow Jr, C. Wojcik, and a local artist from Detroit, Michigan, Huck Johns. Current lead guitarist Marlon Young appeared on the song. He would become Kid Rock's full-time replacement for Kenny Olson on lead guitar in 2008.