Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp

Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp was Kid Rock's third full length album, It was distributed by his own label, Top Dog Records. There are two pressings of this CD, the first, the 1996 original pressing, has the Top Dog logo on the actual CD while the 1999 reissue it just a basic labeled disc. Kid Rock used the money he made from his 1994/1995 monthly Bootleg Series cassettes as well as becoming the janitor at The White Room Studios to purchase recording time. "Intro" has been used by the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons at their games. This album is not backed musically by the Twisted Brown Trucker Band as many report. He did not start arranging the group into a full-fledged backing band until he began pushing for major label attention in 1997.

There are three different alternative covers for the cassette release. The first is commonly known as the "blurry" version. There is also a "Joe C" version and a very rare "CD cover" cassette as well. Kid Rock sold a green label pressing of the album in concert in 1999. The songs "Where U At Rock" and "Black Chick, White Guy" were remade for his Devil Without A Cause release. While "Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp", "Paid", "I Wanna Go Back", and "Ya Keep On" were completely rerecorded for the The History of Rock album with additional samples, piano parts, and guitar parts. The Prodigal Son Returns was the intro to Prodigal Son, but it was left off the final version from The Polyfuze Method. "Shotgun Blast" was renamed Blast in 1999 and was used on the soundtrack to WCW Mayhem: The Music.

Track listing

1. "Intro" 0:50
2. "Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp" (feat. Tino) 7:18
3. "Paid" 5:15
4. "I Wanna Go Back" 5:14
5. "Live" (feat. Esham) 2:34
6. "Detroit Thang" (feat. The Howling Diablos) 6:22
7. "Ya Keep On" 3:55
8. "Shotgun Blast" 2:18
9. "Freestyle Rhyme" 3:57
10. "Classic Rock" 2:42
11. "My Name Is Rock" 4:30
12. "Where U At Rock" 5:08
13. "Krack Rocks" (feat. Uncle Kracker) 4:09
14. "The Prodigal Son Returns" 3:16
15. "Black Chick, White Guy" 7:10
16. "Outro" 0:38

Demos

1. "Abortion" - 4:29 - released on The History Of Rock
2. "Black Bob" - 5:31 - released on Kid Rock
3. "Cool Daddy Cool" - 3:18 - released on the Osmosis Jones Soundtrack
4. "Dark And Grey" - 6:08 - released on The History Of Rock without Intro
5. "Jackson,Mississippi - "4:25 - released on Kid Rock
6. "Lonely Road Of Faith - "5:28 - released on Cocky
7. "Mom And Dad I Use Drugs (Remix)" - 6:16
8. "Roving Gangster (Rollin) #1" - 3:52
9. "Roving Gangster (Rollin) #2" - 3:44
10. "Roving Gangster (Rollin) #3" - 5:28 - released on Devil Without A Cause parts of all three demos are used on final version
11. "Slacker" - 3:48 - "Classic Rock" uses the songs gutair riff
12. "Turn The Page" - 5:52 - has been played on radio on Detroit Rockline in 2000
13. "Warm Winter" - 4:05 - released on Crow Salvation Soundtrack

Guest Performers

• Esham
• The Howling Diablos
• Uncle Kracker

Samples

1. Early Mornin Stoned Pimp - "Boogie Drama" by John Lee Hooker
2. Ya Keep On - "Express" by BT Express
3. Classic Rock - N/A by The Supremes
4. Freestyle Rhyme - "Summer Madness" by Kool and The Gang
5. Krack Rocks - "Those Shoes" by The Eagles
6. The Prodigal Son Returns - "When The Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin
7. Black Chick, White Guy - "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers