Kid Rock has always been one of those artists that I just don't get.  I don't get how he's sold so many records, I don't get his appeal, and I don't get how a dude supposedly so talented seems to write every other song about how great he is and yet can't write a decent song about anything else.

Oh, sure, he tries on his newest album, Rock 'N' Roll Jesus.  He wants you to believe there are two sides to Kid Rock: the brash, confident, overhyped superstar, and the down home country boy who just wants the simple things in life.  Nevermind that one contradicts the other; if you're listening to Kid...