Quick Spins: Kid Rock’s ‘Rebel Soul’

Who would have thought that out of the late ’90s freshman rap-rock class it would be Kid Rock who survived? Who thrived, even, without overdosing, fading into obscurity or morphing into Ted Nugent? “ Rebel Soul ,” Rock’s ninth album, completes his impressive transition from immature, pimped-out bullgod to slightly less immature pimped-out bullgod. It’s a Southern rock-flavored red-state party ...