Editing Devil Without a Cause (section)

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''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote that while ''Devil Without a Cause'' is "not [[nu metal|nü-metal]], [it] extended the lineage of [[rap-rock]] that [[Run-DMC]] and [[Aerosmith]] had first established."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/in-1998-rap-rock-and-nu-metal-really-did-seem-like-the-1828367971 |title=In 1998, rap-rock and nü-metal really did seem like the future |last=Anthony |first=David |date=August 22, 2018  |publisher=The A.V. Club |access-date=2023-05-04}}</ref> Nevertheless, the album has been described as a notable nu metal release,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hé |first=Kristen S. |date=2018-05-30 |title=August 18, 1998: Korn, Kid Rock, Orgy & The Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/biggest-day-nu-metal-history-1998-korn-kid-rock-8458565/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> that helped "create the rap-rock/nu-metal phenomenon".<ref name=JackWhite>{{cite book |title=Jack White: How He Built an Empire From the Blues: Enhanced Edition |last=Hasted |first=Nick |year=2016 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781783238842 |quote="Kid Rock, who helped create the rap-rock/nu-metal phenomenon with ''Devil Without A Cause'' (1998), wilfully fled to the ghetto from Detroit's furthest, quaintest, very white village, Romeo."}}</ref><ref name=NuMetalMeltdown>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index3.jhtml |title=Nu Metal Meltdown |publisher=[[MTV]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201100950/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index3.jhtml |archive-date=February 1, 2003 }} (Retrieved on September 21, 2015)</ref> [[AllMusic]] said that the album best demonstrated the "organic, integrated sound" of rap rock that differed sharply from that of [[rap metal]], which in contrast sounded "as if the riffs were merely overdubbed over scratching and beat box beats", whereas rap rock, as ''Devil Without a Cause'' demonstrated, was defined as "rock song[s] where the vocalist rapped instead of sang".<ref name="allmusic"/> According to [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]], "The key to [the album's] success is that it's never trying to be a [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] record. It's simply a monster rock album."<ref name=Allmusic/> Erlewine credits Kid Rock's backing band, [[Twisted Brown Trucker]], for crafting a sound defined by "thunderous, funky noise -- and that's funky not just in the classic sense, but also in a Southern-fried, white trash sense, as he gives this as much foundation in country as he does hip-hop."<ref name=Allmusic/> Erlewine believes the album's sound owed influence to [[Bob Seger]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] and [[Van Halen (band)|Van Halen]]." Erlewine also believed the album was "firmly in the tradition of classic [[hard rock]]".<ref name=Allmusic/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' wrote, "it’s not a stretch to call ''Devil Without a Cause'', Rock’s breakthrough fourth record, the ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]'' or ''[[The Chronic]]'' of rap-rock."<ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1998-week/8458565/biggest-day-nu-metal-history-1998-korn-kid-rock|title=August 18, 1998: Korn, Kid Rock, Orgy & The Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History|magazine=Billboard|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref>