Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout ALBUM REVIEW
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FAV TRACKS: THE CHORUS OF EMO GIRL
LEAST FAV TRACK: SID & NANCY
MACHINE GUN KELLY - MAINSTREAM SELLOUT / 2022 / BAD BOY / POP PUNK
1/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? 
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MGK writes music for people who have the age of consent laws in all 50 US states committed to memory
Oops
This is the best insult I've seen in a hot minute
@@GH23d7sL45 lower I feel like
This is scarily accurate
Good god this was too good
MGK went from a NOT GOOD to a 1. Talk about a comeback!
Lmao
comeback of the year
I think this is probably worse because he actually had to review it with the expectation that it wasn’t going to suck as much as it did and it was just flat out bad instead of not worth anyone’s time
The worst fantano ever gave Eminem was a 2
" My biggest flops are your greatest hits"
@@brandonayong5823 Em wasn't wrong and we knew that 👍
Everything I’ve learned about MGK has been shown to me involuntarily
Same
istg, and all of it is bad
Me too expect the basketball game
lol this is such a true comment.
Haha yes!
You know for years I've been saying "Pop Punks Not Dead" but I'm finally ready to load some shells and take it back behind the house.
It has to be done...
Sum 41 in my opinion was peak pop punk
Pop punk was never really alive to begin with. Such an integral part of OG punk is that it's not pop.
"It's my genre paw, I'll do it."
@@ZoeSimza the fact you can say this so confidently shows you didn't associate with anyone that listened to pop punk between 2004-20011
I like how he has to have a guitar on every album cover now just to make sure you know he’s a punk rocker and def not rapping
"How do you do fellow Rock n Rollers?"
Any poser can do that
@@mariacyr6494 this shit killed me
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I generally don't vibe with rock records where the artist is on the front and there holding and instrument unless it's ironic (for example that one indie project from cookie of kglw) But generally I vibe with records that have a cool piece of artwork or something and ideally at most have the name of the band on the front but not the name of the album, but super duper ideally no words at all, just a picture. I know it's a very bias general and elitist outlook but Imo the album is just more likely to just suck ass if the artwork is in the self centered portrait and instrument layout, the name of the band, and the album name, that's not to say there aren't albums I like that have all of that. Like bruh the picture is enough for me.
I'm glad MGK is fully endorsing his pop punk persona by being into teenage girls.
😂😂 💀💀
😳🤢🤮
For the hot makeup sex after gaslighting a teenage girl for 5-10 years. Toxicity is the shit!
the Kendall Jenner thing was like 8 years ago; this dude's always been a creep
💀
You have to respect an artist who’s cornered the market on the “worst mainstream music available” in two different genres. He’s the Bo Jackson of dookie pop.
Bo Jackson of dookie pop is crazy
I'm from the future, here to inform you that now Megan Fox has left him, he has somehow cornered the market of an even worse genre and received a zero.
MGK is to punk what PG13s are to slasher movies.
More like PG13s to snuff films
@@kernapod7724 pg-13 snuff films aren't that bad, they are a good way to introduce children into cults, as well as teaching Them ways to torture and kill somebody. I don't mind them all that much
@@imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553 Go to sleep, Todd.
@@Psychedelicgothicpink 💀💀💀
i saw a comment a few days ago that said "this album is for the people that bullied emo kids in high school and now want to be emo" and i feel like that's a pretty good summary.
Thats MGK summed up lmao
Holy shit I’m not alone lol MGK definitely shit on kids for being different and the album reeks of a desperate need to cosplay
@@Killopotamus mgk was not cool in highschool lmao. He made shit rap songs in his friends shitty basement lol. Mgk was probably the one that was getting made fun of
Not quite. MGK was the son of divorced Christian missionaries who primarily worked in Africa. When the divorce occurred and his mom abandoned the family, he and his father were forced to move into his aunts house in Cleveland. The abandonment issues apparently gave MGK a serious drug problem (which isn’t unsurprising, I’ve seen this firsthand) that put him in and out of jail throughout high school (and likely on the receiving end of bullies).
This isn’t difficult objective information to find. It’s all on Wikipedia. I’d advise looking up the backstory of a person before opening your mouth next time.
PS I’m not a MGK stan (his music is 5-7/10) but it’s annoying to see people talk out of their ass before doing any sort of research, especially when it pertains to actual people since it’s so easy to do a little research this days (you have a whole library in your damn pocket ffs). You should always get your facts straight before saying anything.
@@luke_cohen1 what does having a tragic backstory do with being emo? i think youre trying to connect two dots that arent connecting. just because he had a bad childhood doesnt mean he couldnt have bullied his classmates.
2020 - NOT GOOD
2022 - 1
At this rate, MGK will have a 10 by 2040
By then he'll have ran out of genres to coat tail
the bald dude is biased af the album was decent what was he expecting ? a new bohemian rhapsody?
Yea with a posthumous album
@@seif9923 a good album
@@seif9923 nah it was wack especially compared to his last
"adding another layer to the shit/toilet paper lasagna" is an all-time line by Melon. Decent to strong 6
😂😭
i come back to hear that line every day since it came out and i still laugh my ass off every single time
MGK fits perfectly in the "Brilliant Spotify ad genre"
"I fell in love with an emo girl. All I want is Emo girl." just doesn't get out of my head, just like "abcde fu" and "You turn me on like a....lightswitch"
Thank you Spotify for picking the height of human lyricism as your ads.
Imagine being turned on by... Electronics?
I blame tiktok
@@tealwave77 if it wasnt tik tok, it would just be another social media.
Its tiktok industry plants
I'm 23, so I don't have tiktok and don't know what's going on there.
Are you guys saying those pinnacles of human writing are popular songs on there? 💀
I loved this album, admittedly it was the first and only album I’ve ever heard but I’m super excited to get into this ‘music’ thing :)
stay away from music
@@_plug yes
Actually music be cool
i promise you that you will be far more impressed with other artists than what anything mgk has ever had, imo
Don’t even bother with the rest of music, it peaks here
I can't let go how Emo Girl has one of the laziest written choruses of all time. Not to mention six people co-wrote it.
I’m guessing u either saw this on Spotify or Apple….each writer will have category’s like
mgk+willow made der verses
Mgk/willow/travis= instruments
Producers creating it as a whole
why are the most poorly written songs written by more than 5 people
@@keishagovender3686 too many cooks syndrome
Thats exactly the problem with so much mainstream music.
EMO GUWURLLL
MGK is like the Jared Leto of music.
Jared Leto is the Jared Leto of music 😂🤣
@@leeki534 LOL Jared Leto is the Morbius of music.
On god bro
Jared Leto makes music tho. He is truly the Jared Leto of music
Is that bad or good?
MGK: this generation's Kid Rock
Pretty sure Kid Rock is still this generation's Kid Rock. No one can really do it like him
@@Luissv72 Kid Rock is irrelevant to MGK’s demographic
@@ryanlarson2692 I like both
@@ryanlarson2692 bet they all the sweet home Alabama song from every family gathering
@@ryanlarson2692 i hope .. but we shall see lol
On "Football Boy" by Anthony Fantano, I'm feeling a strong 9 to a light 10. One of the most ethereal, life altering anthems of our time. Ba-Bam.
Tran
Sition have you given this a listen did you love it did you hate it what would you rate it
@@al3ph35 You’re the best you’re the best. what should I review next? hit the like if you liked. please subscribe and please don’t cry. hit the bell as well. over here next to my head is another video you can check out. hit that up or the link to subscribe to the channel. Anthony fantano, football boy, forever!
I’m DONE! 😂😂
Lmao what tf is wrong with fantany's commentors? I love you guys
hit that upworthy link
Anthony, you can’t give it a 1 just because you liked the chorus of Emo Girl
Wait this one’s actually what happened in the video
@@d0ubl3d idk I didn’t watch it
emo girl was THE song i was expecting him to shit on and he actually liked it smh
@@jmbaesso4846 His reaction to it is on RUclips. The chorus is so bad it's good (not really) and he was telling chat to spam "1".
Hey what can we say… all Tony needs is emo girl
"not even a single rawr on this track"
thank you for making a review that has way more substance and entertainment than the album you're reviewing.
Hater alert
@@Kaden4429 yeah and
@@joelowry1323 you don’t know what you’re talking about
@@Kaden4429 🤓
@@Jeremiah1110 😐
The fact that Pop Punk dug itself out of its black and white checkered grave just to get no no touched by MGK makes me physically violent
No no touched 😂😂😂
Black and white checkered? Isn't that more of a second wave ska thing? Eventually being taken by third wave ska
@@BeersAndBeatsPDX Ska just seems like Emo with Red Bull and Trumpets
@@eicoo2 Depends which ska your talking about. We're on what, 4th wave by now with The Interrupters getting all the attention they are.
Keep away from my DANGER ZONE!
-Punk music
You understand how truly messed up this actually is when you see that the chorus of Emo girl is the FAVOURITE THING FROM THIS ALBUM.
It makes sense..the nuances and the palpable emotions of the chorus are quite exceptional:
"I fell in love with an emo girl / I’m in love with an emo girl
I fell in love with an emo girl / All I want is an emo girl"
ok I haven't watched the review yet, please don't say that Fantano actually thinks this lol. This makes me really disregard the value of his opinion
Fake love don’t last was solid even if it does come off as ‘generic’ or ‘disney music’ or whatever people call pop or punk music.
@@imohalo2004 not your homie. Famously
@@imohalo2004 Have you watched Jennifer’s body?? How is she an emo girl on that??? She’s just [SPOILER] an edgy monster
"you couldn't even make donda 2" is probably the hardest burn ever
New insult unlocked
Kelly gon need some STEM cells to repair the damage from that there burn
Honestly I’ve always thought every other artist is better than that guy. As a Clevelander. He should stick to getting Cooked by Eminem. Used to be a fan when he was hardcore. But now that I know he’d get washed in person by a 5”8 Eminem. That doesn’t matter anymore
@@derekgandlofini8058 Eminem is actually only 3"11.
Bros having puberty at 31
No way this man is 31
He s 33 now ☠️@@miguelpereira9859
Whoever wrote the chorus for emo girl should be ashamed of themselves
yes, i’m a big fan of mgk but even I admit emo girl is terrible, definitely should’ve been left off the album if he wanted to be taken seriously in the rock community
pls the laziest written chorus ive ever heard
@@diablo55 uuuh so im not 100% sure on this but im preeeety sure that song is supposed to be corny and kinda satire
@@buttchicken7 Nah it's just bad
@@diablo55 mgk would still not be taken in seriously in rock tho,not even in rap nowadays
So happy to see MGK graduate from a NOT GOOD to a 10/10! Thanks for a great insight into this artist melon. Unsubscribed
What the fuck ucd i never expected you to be here
Another unfunny joke 😃
You're so funny.
Just realized I got unsubbed from you somehow lol
haha melon funny haha
I am genuinely surprised this got a 1 and not the phattest goose egg that's ever graced this Earth's green grass
Why would it get a 0? It’s a 9 and tickets to my downfall is a 10
@@jacobwillis6586 💀
Honestly Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven is much better than this.
@@jacobwillis6586 gotta be a joke
@@jacobwillis6586 Some of the biggest cap I've seen in a Fantano comment section.
You see Machine Gun Kelly even on metal news these days. People must truly be desperate for a rock star, any rock star, no matter how lifeless.
You'd be hard pressed to find a metalhead that claims this guy as a rock star, let alone any kind of star
@@neonlights_12 For sure! He has not credibility whatsoever, but you still see him in metal news regardless.
It’s mostly people making fun of him
@@majormoolah5056 ye somehow he has a lot of succes and shit but he s mostly getting trolled lmao his biggest things in his career we re him getting bodied by em and having megan fox
As a man in his early/mid 20s, it's very sad to his his half assed pop punk music making huge waves in my age demographic. I believe this is due to the fact that we are just old enough to remember the pop punk wave and now it's nostalgia bait.
The only saving grace I can see from MGK is that he introduces younger listeners to the genre and serves as a gateway for them to get into the real stuff... here's hoping lol
Agreed I remember the escape the fate, a day to remember days lmao
Ah yes, I am hipper than thou
this is gen z's pop punk lmao
I’d say the last 6 years rappers have embraced punk more. Except those artist were a lot more genuine and effective in writing pop punk music for the younger generation.
Clearly MGK is just cashing in on a craze Juice Wrld popularized.
Can we talk about the album art being disgusting as hell? Like it just looks so bad from a graphic design and artistic perspective
Lowkey discount Danganronpa vibes if you know what that game is
pink fucking tomatoes
@@violetblossom7 i mean the vibes go about as deep as "red thing is actually pink???????"
i was just thinking that lol its so aesthetically gross
The pose and clothing are so terrible too. I mean, I get it, mid 2000s emo pop is back in fashion, but Kelly looks like one of those fake-edgy 16 year old Disney channel 'rock stars' circa 2006 and it's just embarrassing.
I think Willow really came into her own when she sang “I fell in love with an emo gwurl.” I really felt that.
commercially and artistically - Patrick Bateman
Careful, Will Smith might slap you
@@noseblind2088 “keep my daughter’s name out your fuckin mouth”
stop
Right! I still tear up about when I hear her sing “I whip ma haerr backen forth” 🥲
"Kanye on his worst mental health state and mgk with 10.000 hours of therapy and Kanye would still make the better a record and that's money guaranteed"- not even Eminem would ever violate Kelly this hard hahahahahahahahaha
he already did violate him to another genre and now megan fox is following em so your comment aged like milk,also em didn t even use full power on him hahahah
Still a bit of a weird comparison since many great albums were made when the artist(s) were in a really bad mental state.
MGK is every bad stereotype of punk, emo rock, and white boy rap blended together and then personified
i feel like the song 'pretty fly for a white guy' sums mgk up pretty well
LMAOOO so true
If he wasn't well off, he'd be the stereotypical "bro, can I bum a smoke?" dude.
I always thought that as well
This album sounds and tastes like the last Pepto Bismol remaining in a drug store cabinet
Pop punk originally felt like an attempt to make the punk ethos a more listenable and catchy. MGK's brand of pop punk feels like he's trying to make music for dejected 12- to 16-year-old teens who got their phone taken away for texting in class. WW4 is especially guilty of this, "Your teachers are full of shit, you don't need to go to school."
I agree with Anthony's take on the 'fake punk vs. real punk' shitpile, but it really feels like MGK has found a way to water down punk to it's most easily digestible format. A drop in a gallon.
I think Pop punk was always about appealing to that age demographic, just look at 2000s pop punk with bands like Green day or Blink 182, the majority of the listeners back then were between that age
This is why I always respected the lane Lil Peep was in. He could make pop records but he knew his core was hip hop and he did a great job blending the two together making an original sound for him. I like some of MGK songs but I see what people mean about it sound really teenagerish.
If he would have a more mature approach and talk about deeper topics i'm sure he wouldn't of gotten that label. But i agree it is a lil teeny bopperish
> music for dejected 12- to 16-year-old teens who got their phone taken away for texting
That's exactly what 2000s pop-punk was about though, which is obviously the nostalgia that MGK aims for.
"MGK's brand of pop punk feels like he's trying to make music for dejected 12- to 16-year-old teens who got their phone taken away for texting in class"
That's what pop punk has always sounded like
@Velvi the classic my generation better your generation bad
I feel like most albums where the cover is the artist holding an instrument are almost always corny. MGK has given us two great examples already.
The next album it'll be the guitar on the cover with blood dripping from it.
@@zombiematt2006 watching this with great interest
@@zombiematt2006 His next album is back to hip hop actually
the pink tomatoes are ugly as hell too lmao
@@zombiematt2006 Surrounded by flames in the shape of a grinning skull
Punk is about going against the grain and actually not giving a fuck, MGK's music has no substance and doesn't say anything. He (and most other pop-"punks") are not victims of gatekeeping, they get backlash for commercializing rebellion and appropriating the aesthetic without understanding what made it punk.
Punk music sucks, listen to Dimash. He is legend.
@@twohoes8141 You ever listened to Stick Men With Ray Guns, Fat White Family or even Pixies? I'm not saying punk's better than whatever the fuck you listen to, Im just saying that MGK's music can in no way shape or form be called punk.
👏🏾THANK👏🏾YOU👏🏾!
@@twohoes8141 That's so random lol
@@twohoes8141 LMAO
it’s so nice to know that even in such shaky time, you can still count on few things. fantano absolutely despising every new MGK project being one of them. ain’t that just nice?
This truly would’ve been the worst timeline if he liked MGK
MGK IS MJ THRILLER LEVEL AND YALL JUST JEALOUS. SO SAD. SO BAD.
Also, Fantano thinking Kanye is somehow not dogshit.
funny... i havent see him do any of your music?
@@againstthepods4316 calm down whitey
Emo girl proves every point bo burnham has ever made about mainstream artists
tbf i liked the album and mgk's latest songs but emo girls is just utter trash
wtf is ''i fell in love with an emo girl'' ????? this is literally 90% of the song and williow makes it worse
@@seif9923 bro
@@killyourself wat
Ew you like Bo burnam
@@jordannorris2406 ;v
Gonna be honest, that Football Player track was a fucking masterpiece compared to any song I’ve heard on this album. You can hear the passion in Melons voice.
All I want is a full-length version of "Football Player".
i rather listen to that than listen to *"GO D SAVE ME I M FUC KED UUPPPKPPPP"*
🎶 he's Football Player
I love his ball so much
he's Football Player
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 🎵 🤣
His lack of self awareness in mind blowing!? He’s always tried to be mainstream, and has insane corporate and mainstream powers behind any success he has!
Imo he actually either is a complete idiot (which i doubt). Or hes literally playing the character of a hypocrite who dosent know what hes doing wrong to grab negative attention amd money from people which is more likely
MGK is totally manufactured.
MGK is basically toxic masculinity Avril Lavigne
This album got 1 point higher than I expected. Glad to see that MGK is making better music than expected!
This deserves a 9 tickets to my downfall is a 10
@@jacobwillis6586 😂😂😂😂
@@jacobwillis6586 just no
😂😂😂
Exceeding the expectations lmao
Really didn’t expect this one to get the first 10/10 of the year, but I’m all for it Fantano
idk why i believed this
@@Charlie-pt1ksDon't you know the flannel rules?
@@brandonayong5823 no, unless you mean the trickery in every comment section of his videos?
@@Charlie-pt1ks lol troll.
Okay you got me on that one
Why’d he name the album ‘mainstream sellout’ if he’s always been mainstream… what?
I think it’s the 8 mile defense. Can’t call him a sellout if he owns it
I think your question answers your own question.
also how does one sell out by shifting from being a rapper (the most popular genre currently) to pop-punk rocker, which peaked as a genre about 20 years ago lol
I finally forced myself to finish listening to the album and holy shit melon light 1 is far too generous
“The chorus of Emo girl”
We’re in for a treat of a review
That actually saved the album from getting a 0/10
@@thehistoryvideogameandgame4730 still better than CLB in my books
@@zaidsafar fuckin hate clb lol
@@PatrickS9595 who doesn’t hate that trash
For what it's worth, the comment section is 10/10.
It warms my heart to see so many people feel the exact same way about MGK as I do.
Nah strong 7 to a light 8
This album is fire and 1000x better than donda
@@pelicancrayon2523 ray shee oh
Dude I feel ur comment 100%
A friend of mine is a mgk fan and he thinks, my toughts ans feelings about mgk are not so common and he can't understand why I feel like this about mgk LMAO
@@kilamah8099 his diss on em had 3 million likes, your friend is right
mgk is the type of person to like those sad bart simpson edits unironically
MGK is like Kidz Bop informing you it has criminal record.
if machine gun kelly has a million haters i am one of them. if machine gun kelly has ten haters i am one of them. if machine gun kelly has only one hater then that is me. if machine gun kelly has no haters, that means i am no longer on earth. if the world isn’t against machine gun kelly then i am against the world
Wow, that's some pretty serious devotion I must say.
10's of millions of people dig it. the view counts and stream numbers are insane and he might even go #1 on billboard
imagine hating on someone this hard?
@@ericburke25MGK fans try not to take offense on a popular copy pasta.
Bro he doesn’t care anything about you
Love hearing about how hard life is from overpaid talentless musicians
I take all my life advice from millionaire celebrities. I let them tell me how to live my life.
His music may not be amazing, but let’s not throw the word talentless around like it’s nothing.
@@JRNova11 Exactly, calling him talentless is giving him too much credit!
@@andrewgleason3323 Only the most superficial people think commercial success correlates in any way to quality
@@andrewgleason3323 Go check out your local music scene; you absolutely will find people who dwarf his talents and yet they can't sell out the local bars. Success in the entertainment industry has much more to do with connections and marketing than with talent.
12:36 Can't believe Drake gave Anthony's existence the same score as Mainstream Sellout
My question is how is this guy with no accolades, only known for taking L's, getting so many legit artist features on his tracks?
#1 on billboard is not an accolade? You don’t have to like him, musically or as a person. He is a popular artist, and if you think he’s not, you’re just lying to yourself.
@@seancoleman8183 He is definitely a popular artist, I think getting #1 on a billboard is a reflection of that. but is that really all it takes? his stuff is... u know what its actually starting to make sense I just thought some of the artist that collabed with him wouldve had more dignity or somthing.
@@jaggedsigns3O11 Money over dignity
@@jaggedsigns3O11 Being friends with Travis Barker and a whole bunch of other talented musicians has its perks apparently.
Money
we got an actual review this time, thanks melon
To be fair, the other video had an actual review near the end
how would u know, it was uploaded 40 seconds before u commented
"MGK couldn't make Donda 2" is the best response to that bar
Machine Gun Kelly is the best and most important artist of all time, he inspired every band that has ever existed. Most people don't know this, but he's actually a time traveler who traveled back to every decade of the 1900s and early 2000s to bless people with his brilliant music at secret undocumented shows. That man single handedly created every single rock, punk and metal artist that has ever existed, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Queen, Gorgoroth, The Beatles, Cannibal Corpse, Meshuggah, Black Flag, Blink 182, Killswitch Engage, Death, Metallica, Elvis etc. wouldn't even exist without MGK. So you need to put some respect on his name bro!!!
woah
As a lifetime fan of rock and rap, I can't take MGK serious as an artist in either genre. To me, his music has always been cringey, poser music.
Not to mention that he went from dissing one of the most respected rappers in the game to dissing one of the most respected metal bands in the game.
Both Em and Slipknot are not without sin themselves. Old-ass boomers trying to be edgy.
@@JoinMeInDeathBaby I mean… at least they put out some quality records and earned their places as legends of their genres before they had their moments of cringe.
In the past ! Y’all act like mgk is jus some new artist KNOWING damn well he’s been on the scene since 2012 . It truly infuriates me when people praise Mr . Nem so highly but yet that man has always been corny that’s why he was so successful that and he was white . Even em said in white america “let’s do the math if I was black I wouldn’t sold half “ That’s your god saying what everybody knows . The fact he “dominated “ for so long is beyond me . He has his hits but he didn’t jus put out good consecutive album after album like everybody says . As far as slipknot they knew when to quit . Certain things you can only do for so long Eminem himself needs to quit he’s jus tarnishing his legacy at this point . “ I’m about that capital like a proper noun “ “ I can make orange rhyme with Bannana “ like bro don’t nobody wanna hear that shit .
Eminem is completely corney bro
@@Thdarkonex3 I agree with what you're saying, I listen to a lot of hip hop and I just can't really stand Em, albeit he's the reason why I started listening to Hip Hop. People just dislike MGK more because he's kind of a douche and he suck at both punk rock and hip hop. I don't know anyone who actively listens to MGK, even my friends who listens to Russ don't.
"Shit-Toilet Paper Lasagna" is a fantastic description of MGK's music
😅😅😅
MGK is Olive Garden.
MGK is plastic
This is an upgrade from not good 😊 MGK should have a 10 in the next 9 years
I have a feeling the next album is gonna be a decent/strong 1, so make that 30 years.
@@sup3rsmash8 idk tbh, supposedly his next album is going to be another rap album. And say what you want about pop-punk MGK, but his rap isn’t half bad. Listen to Hotel Diablo all the way through and actually give it a chance and you’ll probably come to a similar conclusion- “hmm ight, not half bad.” If he releases a similar album to that and actually makes it even better than HD, I can see at the least a light to decent 5 from Fantano on it.
Just my opinion though. I absolutely loathe some of MGK’s music and actually find myself really enjoying some of it as well. MGK’s not ALL bad.
Ratio
@@ghostrecon3834 Ik u have good intentions and I’m trying to look out for u, u defending MGK is not convince a MGK hater to change their mind, whether it be about him himself or his music, I am not a MGK hater or supporter
@@kolinnitruc8692 true I liked hotel Diablo but nothing is going changed with a hater
That football player segment is better then the whole album
I feel so sad for people who are nostalgic for pop punk and are seeking that sound from MGK. There are so many artists cropping up all over the place who deserve the attention so much more. It's just that Kelly gets it all because he's successfully monopolized his own image and cultivated a niche
I listened to his last album before this and it sounded like pop punk produced by an AI. One of the most soulless things I've ever heard.
Soulless isn't the issue but more like it's following tropes of pop punk and when Mgk talks about some serious issues it comes across like he's trying to make it cool. Like how some women intentionally date terrible men because they want the roller-coaster relationships they see on soap operas.
@@wiseguy240Winston huh? since when did women NOT think that was cool?
@@aggmang that's what's makes it even more sad.😭
@@aggmang You gotta be either an incel or a teenager saying something like that. Vast majority of the women I know do not date terrible men. There are plenty of them out there.
pop punk produced by an AI. now that's accurate 🤣
MGK is so consistent, back to back to back, he refuses to make good music.
He makes great music, it’s shame so many people like you are just blind haters and refuse to even try to give it a chance🤷🏻♂️
This album is amazing and you Fantano fans are such followers
He has like two good singles, the one with Blackbear and One night. It feels like that those songs are the only ones that had ideas behind them.
@@darkhaven9119 The music is bland and unoriginal. Nothing about it is innovative, it has all been done 20 years ago. The lyrics are trying to be edgy but are really just corny and superficial. There's just nothing to find or dig into
@@DuSeun bro I highly disagree. A lot of the songs are very meaningful and personal because they have to do with his life and/or family. Songs like lonely he’s about his dad who passed away, in god save me he’s talking about his drug addiction and mental health and also mentions his dad etc, that’s just 2 examples. Calling them unoriginal is simply not true
It’s weird that he is so aware of gate keeping, but doesn’t realize lots of punk and emo culture was exclusive to rap/hip-hop (and later trap)
Or more directly … emo girls didn’t listen to trap my guy lmao
I had an emo phase and listened to rap. I didn't fuck with country tho
The emo girl listening to trap really got me off guard
What part of emo culture was exclusive to rap ever? Eyeliner? Jeff hardy sleeves? Knee high converse boots? Oh wait , was it the Swoopy hairstyle!?🤣 or maybe the double snake bit piercings and big holes where their earlobe should be?
@@oopsydaizi3s824 actually all of those things were done by lil wayne and lil b and others during the jerk wave in 09. It was never exclusive to rap but rappers did adopt the emo and scene culture during the skinny jeans phase
@@oopsydaizi3s824 dude I was in middle school at the peak of scene kids, they would blast sucide silence to bring me the horizon to lil wayne and Tyler the Creator haha
So, what Fantano is basically saying with this rating is: Look, if he had ONE shot or ONE opportunity to seize everything he ever wanted, in ONE moment, MGK would let it slip.
I think that first album worked as a gimmick, and it's so dependent less on MGK himself but on the production. But everything I've heard since has been either mediocre or out right bad. And a lot of that comes down to just how uncharismatic the man's voice is.
Right? Imagine having friends that are into this type of noise pollution? I'd be so embarrassed. Shame on him for believing he had any type of talent.
@Toxic video game player you're obviously involved in this man's disastrous music and career. I honestly stand for what I said.
@Toxic video game player found the MGK stan lol
@@olivierdube8110 despite not liking MGK, yeah it’s more than a little fucked up if you choose not to be friends with someone just because they like the guy.
Makes you seem like an asshole.
@Toxic video game player you mean like how you're trying to shame them based on their supposed age lol
Emo Girl is definitely an R Kelly moment, somebody give this man a reality check
Glad I'm not alone in feeling that. It makes me really uncomfortable
Hes having a mid life crisis
Maybe I ate too much or maybe I’m high but the lyrics made me feel vaguely ill
@@upthewolfs2347 get over it weirdo. Imagine a song making u feel in uncomfy Man U Fantano fans are emo af lol MGK the goat number 1 again + ratio + cope
@@jacobwillis6586 cringe
I have no problem judging a book by it's cover. Everything about this cover screams that it's more for image than the actual music or feeling of "punk."
Edgy title ✅
Cliche messy/stencil font ✅
ANARCHY!!!11 ✅
Sex Pistols reference ✅
Sure there's plenty of "real" punk bands who reek of try hardness (I'm looking at you Casualties) but if you're going to half assed jump in to any genre don't be shocked when there's push back. Especially a genre that's gatekept so much.
Mgk could have made a great punk or pop punk album of the image and message felt true and authentic. Everything he is presenting here is My first hot topic band starter kit.
Hi Anthony, loved the review. I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts on the new Kilo Kish and Nigo albums since you liked some of the singles. You’re the best, thanks.
"He's A Football Player" is a banger Anthony, keep up the good work.
If this was underground sellout Anthony would have given it a 10/10
@Kunal Kumar YB fans are so cringe
This album is 100x better than anything yb has made
@@pelicancrayon2523 if you think so
@@pelicancrayon2523 YB better
@@pelicancrayon2523 mgk fans generic
Never call this clown a punk-rocker. His album name speaks all the truth that you need about what MGK is.
I could think of so many people or groups who deserve the clout MGK is getting for the punk resurgence
Say sum then
@@EreckBalt nascar aloe & city morgue
@@reefrisntreal8675 no
@@kristoamadeus4441 city morgue most definitely, nascar aloe takes alot of inspiration from punk, jasiah, bvdlvd, spider gang, alot of newer underground more aggressive rappers
Citing "gun control" as your reasoning for giving Machine Gun Kelly another bad score is pretty unfair, Anthony.
MGK is the 31 year old’s idea of romanticizing his teenage years. (Hint- his juvenile taste (music or sexual preference) seems to hint at arrested development from high school)
@@GH23d7sL45 So the key here to avoid this situation is to have a shit childhood
Wow this is spot on.
I have to be honest, I don't like "Tickets to my downfall", but I was depressed and I was on Spotify when Papercuts was out and it was great so I went to see him live in LA and He really puts on a great show
I’m not listening to anything in this day and age that has the anarchy “A” symbol on it
no i'm sorry anthony. i actually listened to the record (not for any good reason of course, just because i feel like i have been spoiled with too much good music in my life), but while i was laughing the whole time, i got to emo girl and had to turn the album off. i gave up there. that is by far one of the worst songs i have ever heard. this is literally offensive to emo people. "knows all the words to the trap songs" and willow's godawful feature too... i just. i hate it. i hate this record. this is genuinely the most hate i have had for a record ever. it's not necessarily the worst, but it's close to it. i'm sorry but this album turns me into a mean person. mgk is the only artist, THE ONLY ARTIST, where i feel like you have to be stupid to some degree to enjoy his music, because pop punk is a MASSIVE genre, YOU CAN LITERALLY LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSE AND YOU WILL GET SOMETHING BETTER. i can't. this album just makes me depressed that this is how bad mainstream rock is. thank god i was too young for creed's rule of fame at least, mainstream rock's just been in a bad spot for a while i guess.
@Ichijou Miyamoto What was your perfect era/subgenre(s) of rock? As someone who genuinely thinks that hipster "crap" is one of the better sides of 2000s rock, I'm curious
I'm bagging the fuck up reading this, well said
Been in a bad spot since white ppl took rock frome black artists
@Ichijou Miyamoto oh my comment was replying to the original comment
@Ichijou Miyamoto The microphones
I feel like even the cover art symbolises him being too on the nose with this one. Compared to the last album cover which was forced to be changed at the last minute. Which is just him standing by his empty pool in his own backyard. I think symbolises the punk aesthetic and motto of DIY. Where as this one feels like he’s a little toddler taunting critics.
You know something is wrong with society if this album topped the charts
perfectly said
Really don't think this album improved anything over Tickets. None of the new tracks are particularly memorable at all, while tickets had at least a few tracks that dont leave your head for a while (at least mine).
Idk this album to me is nothing more than a step back from tickets
I would give 'he's a football player' a strong 9. A Cal feature could make it the perfect record
Agreed
Can't wait to see the hit single Football Boy come out. Personally- not sure it can beat Emo Girl, but I always love a good acoustic song. 😌
What are you talking about? Of course Football Boy will completely annihilate Emo Girl once the song drops.
Bro the fact that mr melon wrote a song about football players that sounds so much more cohesive as a song than emo girl just goes to show you how much effort was put into that song
Shouldn't MGK get the same treatment as limp bizkit? Come on they put in more effort then MGK yet he gets a real review
Have you seen the tickets to my downfall review?
no because they don’t do numbers like mgk does
MGK is just a less political, more insufferably self-pitying version of Tom MacDonald.
yur
It's actually a pretty accurate description
I don't think it's possible to be more self pitying than tonald macdonald
There has never been a musician that Ive so actively avoided and disliked in my life. All the bad pop and radio country that I thought I hated before pales in comparison to MGK. I generally dont think hating a person because their music sucks is justified but this guy has proven me wrong.
Exactly that's how I feel.
I honestly hate people that willingly listen to this shit much more than MGK, who's capitalizing on these knobheads
Well everything that makes the guy hateable as a person also bleeds into his horrible music so I'd say that hate is justified
Talk about a hater. There’s nothing you can see to make you hate this guy. His music is incredible and he’s an amazing person.
"Anything I've ever learned about Machine Gun Kelly has been without my consent"
Im just waiting for prog metal mgk
1:12 "I went into Mainstream Sellout hoping it would be a better listen"
Anthony, the album is called Mainstream Sellout. What did you expect
I mean let’s be real it’s much better than “born with horns”
But can y’all do better tho ? Honestly I don’t get the point of art honestly . An artist who is deemed to have a talent sells it then people who have no experience or whatever can go and say this is trash ! Dude the name ? Like are you serious ? Right because damn isn’t a bad name ? Or born ready to die is any better ? Or wait the classic Marshal matters Lp hell yeah jimmy that’s a great name ! It’s obvious that people who “hate” something doesn’t even give it a chance . I know . I used to hate lil uzi and Denzel curry all because of XO tour , and Ultimate and I said NOPE then as time went on they dropped more music and I was pissed because it I was over reacting . Point is y’all should feel dumb tryna “clown” someone when it’s jus not the music for you .
@@Thdarkonex3 bro, it all depends by the context:
MMLP refers to the SSLP and it could suggest a more personal side lf Marshall (or simply, he wanted to be himself, so he named the album after his name)
Ready to Die is bound with the overarching theme of the album (Like you can understand from the Intro and Suicidal Thoughts) and it was a theme he used in Life After Death and Born Again too(even tho the latter doesnt really count)
And then we have Mainstream Sellout: the title seems like he wanna clown who says he's a poser (theme carried on the title track) and
1) Fantano explained why having MGK whining about "real punks" whining about "fake punks" is bad
2) He doesnt even use this "concept" to prove wrong his haters
And no, i'm not bashing the album ONLY cause of the title, but because it was the final nail in the coffin for the hope someone (or simply me) could have for this project, After we had a taste of what this album could've been with the singles (papercuts and emo girl werent very promising)
It seems like a more pandering version of 6ix9ine's trolling back in 2020
P.S.: It was also a downgrade compared to the title of the previous LP: Tickets to my Downfall is a way more appealing title than Mainstream Sellout
@@cynicalip bro this album ain’t even all that bad . Stop listening to fantano he is literally for entertainment. He does make good points here and there but he contradicts himself a lot . Point is it’s crazy how you got the concept for those artists title names but wait mgk Mainstream sellout ? What could it possibly mean ? It’s him talking about how everyone is tryna say he “sold out” mainly to the Stan’s tryna say Eminem made him switch over to another genre when he’s been hinting at rock since general admission , and bloom . I can understand okay this album wasn’t for you that’s coo but make it known as to why it wasn’t for you . Not jus lead with “the title is literally mainstream sellout what else do you expect “
@@Thdarkonex3 seems like a 13 y/o is upset
that album cover look like a promotional picture for a Nickelodeon show like victorious or something
"football player" is a banger. Release that shit immediately.
😂😂😂
He should review the bonus tracks off the Life in Pink Deluxe Edition and the Target/HMV editions:
9 Lives
More Than Life (ft. Glaive)
Why Are You Here
Last November
Maybe (acoustic version) [ft. BMTH]
Love Race
I listened to MGK for the first time today, after watching this video. My question is what the hell is going on in the music industry these days? There is plenty of deserving talent for the major labels to spend their marketing budgets on, why this fool? What am I missing?
I would like yo know too
Making music over a decade and has a cult fanbase that like anything he does.. got signed because of the fanbase he started building prior to signing. Non stop work too, dropped free mixtapes mid-way threw his career because label weren't releasing his music to keep his fans invested and be able to play different music on tour
@@R.D.M.R That's great! My question was about Interscope records prioritizing MGK to be a 'Featured Artist' on mainstream media outlets. There are so very few of these spots available for all of the talent which exists in this world. It has never been easier to discover great talent.
It has taken him over a decade of non stop grinding to finally reach the point his at in his career today. Interscope/badboy did sweet fuck all for him the last 10 years until ttmd sold well. I get it theres plenty of underated talent at interscope now. But are they gonna drop 2 or 3 free mixtapes coz interscope arnt releasing their music? Are they just going to keep pushing or fall off? Badboy have never really done anything for him, EST19XX did everything. Mgk was a signed artist for 10 year before he won a vma like, gotta respect the hustle.
It's supposed to be "subversive".
you can really tell anthony is doing his absolute best to give out as much positivity as he can i love it
I was not expecting Emo Girl to be named as the greatest song of all time
I appreciate the still on the thumb transitioning to the video seamlessly
"Bro you could not have even made donda 2" new effective insult
A 1? Didn't expect it to be that high.
Honestly the best thing about MGK making a new album is getting to watch people absolutely trash it
Yeah meanwhile MGK is going number 1 again and banging Megan fox while Fantano Stan’s live at home at 25 and listen to donda 40 times a day
Btw this album is 1000x better than donda
@@pelicancrayon2523 cringe . Tickets to my dowfall was not bad but this is wack af
@@pelicancrayon2523 Yikes, I'm not sure what's cringier, MGK stans or this awful trash. Making that a close competition is not only very impressive, but utterly embarassing too!
@@pelicancrayon2523 not rlly
I love how MGK lost the rap battle with Eminem so hard he switched music genres
You don’t know what you’re talking about. He did rock long before he dissed em
@@Kaden4429 that’s just objectively not true
@@slick3996 that is true😂
@@slick3996 long long long lonnng way before
I love how you couldn't have an original thought to save your life.
I laughed so fucking loud alone in my car as soon as i saw light 1. I fr thought he’d give it a light 2 with the minimal compliments he gave but yeah i should have seen this coming