Kid Rock To Release New Album This Year

Kid Rock is getting stuck into his new album, which he hopes will be finished before the Summer and released in late 2009.

The rap-rocker is working in his Detroit studio laying down material for the follow-up to his 2007 record 'Rock N Roll Jesus' - his first number one album to date.

"I really feel like I've kind of got this figured out," he told Billboard. "I think I can make an equally good record, if not better than the last one - which is once again putting quite a weight on your shoulders. But I do like the pressure."

"Obviously I had a great year in 2008," Rock says, "maybe even better considering the times we're in. We're at a point where you do something and then it's forgotten, and I'll have to prove myself again, and that's just incredible."

"People need to be reminded sometimes, and sometimes being humble doesn't do that so well."