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It's a clever joke naming your autobiographical album General Admission, and thank the stars that Cleveland MC Machine Gun Kelly is that clever. Life on the bad streets of his hometown sounds depressing and dour according to the stories here, so framing it all as a cruel joke is necessary, and breaking these downers up with a Kid Rock anthem couldn't hurt. Not when that Detroit-meets-Cleveland rap-rock cut is the worthy "Bad Mother F*cker," a simple yet aptly titled baller where Kelly gives up "I'm the type to drop a hit of acid on the beach/And then fly to Baltimore and scream 'F*ck the police!'" as if that would help matters. General Admission sometimes seems dipped in this acid and stoned on shrooms as the haunting "Alpha Omega" free associates spiritual stuff like it was a Bizzy Bone cut, while the great Cleveland booster "Til I Die" and the nearly as good "World Series" are trap anthems that could be melting as they slowly trudge out of the speakers. Add to this the relationship apocalypse called "Story of the Stairs," and the doomed number dubbed "Eddie Cane" ("...only Five Heartbeats left"), and the album is a no-fun effort with little hope, with a bit of Kid Rock-driven debauchery to keep listeners off the ledge. That doesn't mean Kelly holds back on the mischief, the jokes, or the wry rhymes, and when he holds Kurt Cobain up as an inspiration during "A Little More," it makes sense. General Admission can be corrosive and coarse like Nirvana's In Utero, but while it lacks that album's artistic weight, it's proud to be unattractive which, oddly enough, becomes this druggy downer's allure.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Lzzy Hale, FeaturedArtist - James Scheffer, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Michael Mule, ComposerLyricist - Isaac De Boni, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - FNZ, Producer - Michael Burman, ComposerLyricist - Jim Jonsin For Rebel Rock, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
B. Allen, ComposerLyricist - B. Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - B. White, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - De'Andre Langford, ComposerLyricist - Robert M. Crawford, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - The Narcotics, Producer - Earl Johnson, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Producer - Kenneth Bartolomei, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - M. Primous, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Dean Crowe, ComposerLyricist - Erik Reyes Ortiz, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
E. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - B. Allen, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - JPdidthis1, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Robert Ritchie, ComposerLyricist - Kid Rock, FeaturedArtist - MGK, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - JPdidthis1, Producer - Earl Johnson, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
B. Allen, ComposerLyricist - MGK, Producer, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - JPdidthis1, Producer - Slim Gudz, Producer - Earl Johnson, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - James Scheffer, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - FNZ, Producer - M. Mule, ComposerLyricist - N. Marzouca, ComposerLyricist - A. G. Cook, ComposerLyricist - I. De Boni, ComposerLyricist - Jim Jonsin For Rebel Rock, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
MGK, MainArtist - Nathan Fox, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
James Scheffer, ComposerLyricist - Leroy Sanchez, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Nikolas Marzouca, ComposerLyricist - Michael Mule, ComposerLyricist - Isaac De Boni, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - FNZ, Producer - Jim Jonsin For Rebel Rock, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
MGK, MainArtist - Ned Cameron, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - A. Loucas, ComposerLyricist - Grizz Lee, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Frank Romano, ComposerLyricist - James Scheffer, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Jennifer Decilveo, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Mule, ComposerLyricist - Isaac De Boni, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - FNZ, Producer - Jetta John-Hartley, ComposerLyricist - Jim Jonsin For Rebel Rock, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Thomas Brown, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Brown, Producer - Tommy Lumpkins, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Victoria Monet, FeaturedArtist - Victoria McCants, ComposerLyricist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
W. Zevon, ComposerLyricist - Pops, Producer - MGK, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Papaleo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Justin Meldal-Johnsen, ComposerLyricist - E. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - B. Allen, ComposerLyricist - A. Gonzalez, ComposerLyricist - Y. González, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - JPdidthis1, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
B. Allen, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist - Slim Gudz, Producer
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Tommy Brown, Producer, ComposerLyricist - MGK, MainArtist - Colson Baker, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Album review
It's a clever joke naming your autobiographical album General Admission, and thank the stars that Cleveland MC Machine Gun Kelly is that clever. Life on the bad streets of his hometown sounds depressing and dour according to the stories here, so framing it all as a cruel joke is necessary, and breaking these downers up with a Kid Rock anthem couldn't hurt. Not when that Detroit-meets-Cleveland rap-rock cut is the worthy "Bad Mother F*cker," a simple yet aptly titled baller where Kelly gives up "I'm the type to drop a hit of acid on the beach/And then fly to Baltimore and scream 'F*ck the police!'" as if that would help matters. General Admission sometimes seems dipped in this acid and stoned on shrooms as the haunting "Alpha Omega" free associates spiritual stuff like it was a Bizzy Bone cut, while the great Cleveland booster "Til I Die" and the nearly as good "World Series" are trap anthems that could be melting as they slowly trudge out of the speakers. Add to this the relationship apocalypse called "Story of the Stairs," and the doomed number dubbed "Eddie Cane" ("...only Five Heartbeats left"), and the album is a no-fun effort with little hope, with a bit of Kid Rock-driven debauchery to keep listeners off the ledge. That doesn't mean Kelly holds back on the mischief, the jokes, or the wry rhymes, and when he holds Kurt Cobain up as an inspiration during "A Little More," it makes sense. General Admission can be corrosive and coarse like Nirvana's In Utero, but while it lacks that album's artistic weight, it's proud to be unattractive which, oddly enough, becomes this druggy downer's allure.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:24
- Main artists: Machine Gun Kelly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Bad Boy - Interscope
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2016 Bad Boy/Interscope Records ℗ 2016 Bad Boy/Interscope Records
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