Editing Devil Without a Cause (section)

==Legacy==
The album continued to be popular long after its release, and in 2012, Kid Rock said that he wanted to re-record the album in its entirety, partly to celebrate the album's 15th anniversary, and partly because he would own the master recordings.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kid-rock-plans-to-re-record-devil-without-a-cause-20121123|title=Kid Rock Plans to Re-Record 'Devil Without a Cause'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 23, 2012|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474042/kid-rock-re-recording-devil-without-a-cause-eyeing-rebel-soul-follow-up|title=Kid Rock Re-Recording 'Devil Without a Cause,' Eyeing 'Rebel Soul' Follow-Up|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://loudwire.com/kid-rock-re-record-devil-without-a-cause-album-premieres-lets-ride-video/|title=Kid Rock to Re-Record 'Devil Without a Cause' Album, Premieres 'Let's Ride' Video|website=Loudwire}}</ref>

The album's critical appraisal has continued long after the album's release, with Allmusic labeling ''Devil Without a Cause'' a "rap-rock masterpiece".<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/rap-rock-ma0000011992|title=Rap-Rock Music Genre Overview - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The song "Cowboy" is considered by [[AXS (company)|AXS]] to be the first in the country rap genre; ''[[Cowboys & Indians (magazine)|Cowboys & Indians]]'' claims that Kid Rock's song had a major impact on the country music scene and that artists [[Jason Aldean]] and [[Big & Rich]], among others, were influenced by the song.<ref name=cowboysindians/><ref name=AXS/>

Fifteen years after the album's release, ''[[The Village Voice]]'' writer Chaz Kangas praised Kid Rock's artistry, writing, "in the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] era when your most viable [[pop music|pop]] stars were pristine [[teen-pop]] sensations, raucous nu-metal antagonists or alternative-to-alternative-to-[[alternative rock]] weirdos, Rock stood alone."<ref name=VillageVoice2/> Praising the song "Cowboy", Kangas called it "one track from this era that's timeless without even trying to be."<ref name=VillageVoice2>{{cite news|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/06/27/in-defense-of-kid-rock-try-hating-these-classics/|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|first1=Chaz|last1=Kangas|date=June 27, 2013|access-date=February 1, 2018|title=In Defense of Kid Rock: Try Hating These Classics}}</ref>

[[Loudwire]] named ''Devil Without a Cause'' one of the 10 best hard rock albums of 1998.<ref name=Loudwire>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/10-best-hard-rock-albums-of-1998/|title=10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1998|website=Loudwire|date=January 25, 2018 }}</ref> ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' magazine named ''Devil Without a Cause'' one of 10 essential rap metal albums.<ref name=TeamRock>{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-26/the-10-essential-rap-metal-albums|title=The 10 Essential Rap Metal Albums|date=October 26, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' named ''Devil Without a Cause'' one of the 100 greatest American albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blender.com/articles/issue5/100_greatest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602181215/http://blender.com/articles/issue5/100_greatest.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2002|title=[BLENDER: Articles]|date=June 2, 2002}}</ref> The album was also listed as one of the ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=March 23, 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref>