“American Bad Ass” by Kid Rock

"American Bad Ass" was the single Kid Rock pulled from The History of Rock, his 2000 compilation on Atlantic, and it's built on a sample of Metallica's "Sad but True", which is why James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich share the writing credit. Over that heavy-footed lurch Kid Rock struts like a man who's just been handed the keys to the arena, rap metal with the chest puffed all the way out.

He produced and co-mixed it himself, with Michael Bradford engineering and adding production. The video aired on MTV2 and topped Canada's MuchMusic Countdown, threw in a cameo from Ron Jeremy, and was the last one to feature Joe C. before his death.

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