Uncle Kracker Double Wide
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Uncle Kracker Double Wide
Double Wide is the debut album by Uncle Kracker. It was released on Lava Records. The CRIA certified it platinum in August 2001. Regarding the album's success, Kracker stated in 2001 "It gives you that kind of 'I told you so' feeling, because I always knew the record was good."-Wikipedia
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AV Club Music
June 27, 2000. Double Wide opens with a skit in which Kid Rock anoints Uncle Kracker as the next chapter in the Kid Rock saga, but if the ensuing album is any indication, he's far likelier to end up a footnote in his more gifted mentor's ongoing story.
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Drowned In Sound
May 30, 2001. The record is full of so many great lines and visions it's hard to pinpoint one or two for this review, so my advice is buy this album and find them yourself!
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AllMusic
Maybe there is something in his native waters of Detroit, but Uncle Kracker definitely takes full advantage of the opportunity and delivers an amusing, party-ready debut CD of country, rockabilly, and hip-hop-infused rock & roll that is guaranteed to please.
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Rock This!
December 4, 2004. So maybe I'm a bit partial to Kracker, but he's earned my respect with this album. The blending of country licks, southern rock, hardcore rap, and white-trash sensibilities has made him one of my favorite MC's.
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Transverse
September 5, 2015. June 30th of the year 2000 marked the world’s first impression of Uncle Kracker with the instant classic, Double Wide. With a lineup consisting of no one that matters other than Kid Rock and our avuncular caucasian hero himself, they slowly rapped/rocked their way into our ears, and straight through to our hearts.
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Entertainment
June 30, 2000. We know — what could be more nonessential than an album by the DJ sidekick of Kid Rock? But Uncle Kracker’s Rock-produced debut, Double Wide, is an unexpected pleasure: a multi-textured melding of water-sprinkler pop, amiable rapping, free-flowing hip-hop, and blues-rock brawn that speaks more to Kid’s similar-minded fusion than does The History of Rock.
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Rolling Stone
May 10, 2001. The disc is a mellow mix of rock, rap and country – if Kid Rock is Run-D.M.C. meets Kiss, Uncle Kracker is James Taylor introducing EPMD to Hank Williams Jr.
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Plugged In
This one-man Kid Rock protégé (born Matt Shafer) follows in the obscene footsteps of his middle finger-flipping mentor. No teen should own Double Wide. It’s just another angry, profane disc spread thick with streetwise bluster and pretension. A stale Kracker.
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Planet Guitar
Here "someone" has gone to work with real fun in making music. Uncle Kracker's solo debut is fresh, informal, honest and full of musicality. The big advantage of the album is the fact that the cool Kracker succeeds in captivating younger listeners and showing them how versatile music can actually be.
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