One of Kid Rock's talents is that he can befriend anyone in the music industry. All Summer Long is a related song to his son's mother and the summer they spent together. Kid Rock's is not known as the founder of metal music, metal country and southern hip hop because he cares about what people think...if people like it they buy it. If you like country music this is the best summer song you will get for a long time, but if you are still wondering how fast your car will go, then grab a hold of sweet home alabama...cos thats the only song that will do it.
As for the pioneer of the guy who first put guitars in rap/hip hop music and the first guy to ever rap in a cowboy hat...this is a major break of a career turn for the best friend of Hank Williams Jr and Lynyrd Skynyrd. People need to realise that Kid Rock does not rip of songs, he writes with the original artists. So if your not familiar with Kid Rock then don't discuss his music...