The hopeless rapper-cum-country-rock hero kicks off this remarkably hot live collection, Live Trucker, shouting out Hank Williams and Run-DMC over brick-hard rock with a ZZ Top/Lynyrd Skynyrd twist. Sure, the funk is stiff, and you may wanna hate on a guy who trawls for applause by crooning ''F--- Clay Aiken and Radiohead!'' (I certainly do.) But as Big Dumb Kid Rock goes, it's infectious and pretty dang fun.

