It’s truly amazing that after turning Cleveland blue-collar beginnings into global recognition, selling 20 million records and building a sizable career in Hollywood, as it stands, Machine Gun Kelly’s biggest claim to fame is beefing with Eminem.
Wait, what?
Following the surprise swipe within the bigger surprise that was Eminem’s Kamikaze album drop, Machine Gun Kelly aptly defended himself with a formidable diss record in “Rap Devil” that pointed out plenty of valid Slim Shady fallacies. In response, Eminem’s “Killshot” rebuttal broke a YouTube record. So, at the very least, MGK can walk away from his latest rap rift knowing he made history.
With plenty of time left before he’s as “washed” as he says his elder competition is, MGK wisely seized the moment and released his BINGE EP with the “Rap Devil” slander neatly tucked in tow. Despite the well-timed project arriving over a year from his last album (his current magnum opus, bloom), there’s little evidence that suggests this extended player wasn’t compiled of songs that were laying around when it came time to package up “Rap Devil.”
MGK’s biggest hindrance as an artist has always been championing his own sound. As an incredibly versatile MC, he’s able always to adopt the current trendy flow of the moment and bar out with the best of them without getting proper credit. He’s never been shy about being white and rockin’ out, albeit never becoming a face for the movement. And his BINGE has admirable traits; most notably, the abandoned recklessness that day one fans have come to demand on the energy side. Stilted ragers in “LIVEFASTDIEYOUNG” and “GTS (Going Through Shit)” could be perceived as extremely negligent anthems in the wake of Mac Miller’s death but they also reflect MGK’s wildness to a tee.
Things are ironed out within BINGE‘s midsection on “LATELY,” the EP’s second-best record. Across a melodic accompaniment delivered by Ronny J and others, Kellz traces his broken home roots and tackles depression through a fairly catchy flow — not an easy feat.
The rest of BINGE impacts and fizzles just as fast as opens up — just like a fart. There’s the noisy “LOCO,” which merely serves as festival performance fodder with its mechanical 808s and catcalling chorus. And the 24hrs-assisted “SIGNS” covers nearly every 2018 rap song blueprint thanks to an Auto-Tuned hook, trap backwash beat, delayed delivery and stream of consciousness nonsense like “bad bitch, shotgun, toes up” to round out the dud.
It should go without saying that it’s easier to hone in on one particular target for a diss record compared to diversifying topics for a full-length project — and making them equally as enjoyable. And given the raw talent that’s always on display, should MGK one day unlock the secrets to making classic music, let’s just say the rap devil won’t have to settle for purgatory props any longer.
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How you gave this a 3.2 and Eminem’s album a 3.9 I’ll never know. Eminem’s is a 4.0 atleast and this is at best a 2.5…come on son
As if anyone should be surprised
Eminem’s one track the ringer has more words than mgk’s entire BINGE EP
The Ringer: 1,407 words.
Binge: 1,146 words.
If this is true thats hilarious.
FUCK YOU
I got for 1.5, mumble flow with almost all the tracks filled with autotune except the Eminem diss. MGK being MGK after all this commercially benefiting drama comes back to his original self by raping about drugs and all. This EP has the potential of ending MGK’s career.
Cringe EP
Horrible
On what fucking planet did this douche sell 20 million records? Not even with streams is this remotely close
Thank me later
https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Machine+gun+kelly#search_section
Not counting rap devil, which is for sure multi
He sold 7.5 to exuding Rap Devil. You really think rap devil has sold or will sell 12.5 mil?? GTFO with that shit. One of Em’s singles has outsold all of Kelly’s total work to date.
20mil?? Dre hasn’t even sold 20mil…
Binge is pure rubbish.
This is by far his worst album. Look at his others and you’ll understand.
fire
Lol trash
NO
Lace up ??
Trash..
No one’s actually going to binge this garbage.
Straight trash
Sad cause this was worse then Em’s Revival. All that talk and a decent diss track, then drop this trash.
Syringe……No Skills Confirmed…. Obviously Man Bun Kelly injected Wackness into his veins.
20 million???
Prove it. Just reporting bullshit this dude says.
Don’t let this ‘album’ distract you from the fact that DJ Khaled has been working out for two years and still hasn’t lost any weight.
Drogas waves.
Ignoring the Rap Devil track of the album, the rest is kind of disapointing. He probably just put that on there to increase the total streams of the album. I honestly think he just put this together as quick as possible to ride the wave.
3.2 is generous. Rap devil was actually not bad but I’m beginning to think maybe mgk didn’t actually write that cuz Binge was a steaming pile of ?
Go on the wikipedia page, it was co-written with his producer ronnie j, should prlly let him help out more often…this dude’s garbage
This is it , as big as youre gonna get, so enjoy it.
1/5
Rap Devil had a tight beat, everything else is trash.
This was a terrible way to capitalize on beefing with the goat, this album is trash. BTW the RIAA page says MGK has sold 7.5 million records not 20 million
If he would follow the guidelines of rap devil like great beat, thought out bars, and clever word play this would be a great EP. However, he didn’t rap devil is the only track worth something on this and the rest is trash. Says he isn’t like any of these other rappers yet i couldn’t tell them apart.
Guidelines of rap devil? Still would of been fuckin trash
Straight Up trash. This dude is on tour opening up for Fall Out Boy lmao Hes opening up for a emo pop rock boy band from like 2004 LOL
What happened?! This is the first release that was pure disappointment from MGK. I really wanted to like it.
Dear, MGK Rap Devil thanks for that for a second I thought yay a little beef non violent just with the pen it make music better when one challenges another Should of made you wake up an give a fuck least fucking try too make better music for your fans &give Eminem the !!!! I!!!Goat!!!! an apology for dropping this Ep while his name an yours is said in the same sentence an the people that bought you Fuck boy Ep waste my electricity I’m in NC just got it turned back on bitch fucking Hurricane then this disaster wtf TRY next time if you are blessed enough to get one you ain’t as hungry as you said you were lier Eat up Em
EP of the year for me
? you must be trolling. This ep was trash 2 maybe 3 ok songs out of the whole thing.
I love MGK but this EP is really bad.. it’s really hard to defend it: Rap Devil and Loco are really good, but the rest is crap.
you’re trolling right with EP of the year
He didn’t put out. Plain and simple. I really expected more from the album, he’s losing touch
Puffy signed this? A black eye in Hip Hop. IF you can call it Hip Hop.
Certified hot garbage
Its a garbage!
After his “his beard weird” punchline I don’t even want to check this shit.
MGK got some sick tracks like until I die, Bad things, and Wild Boy. But this Binge EP is by far his worst work. Too much auto tune, barely any good bars, and there’s mumble rap in some of the songs. Rap Devil is fire but the rest of the EP is trash.
This is complete trash.. MGK should be fined for dropping this kind of hot garbage.
Are you f****** kidding me who wrote this MGK himself binge was trash straight auto-tune rubbish. Where did you get that number dumbass all you got to do is look up on Google he did not sell 20 million records what did you take that at facts when he said it on The Breakfast Club. Whoever wrote this MGK dick riding article should get donkey of the Day
Lol 20 million records my ass. I don’t think Drake has even sold 20 million albums yet in his 5 album career. This site is turning into straight trash with all the dick riding and false numbers.
They’re trying to boost his album sales with this washed out blog. Cuz this isn’t a news article, it’s a blog. That way mgk can get fans he doesn’t deserve. Dick riding is correct!
Best song was the diss track like we expected, album has no replay to me.
I tried giving him a chance, but I couldn’t handle this trash.. as much as I wanted to lie to myself
Here to Offset the Stans..No Migos
5/5? Then what’s trash to you?! Sorry but neither you or this clown belong on a hip hop website…
To the blogger of this blog: Stop cock riding MGK’s pussy.
This blogger gave many legendary rapper a much lower score… D riding is a trend now!
Haha bang on there yo
Hot Fucking Garbage 0/5
Omg that shit was the worst album of the year. I want my fucking money back. This album is the reason why people torrent music. I should have been paid to listen to that garbage
I honestly tried to give him a chance, but this is honestly pure fucking trash.
This blog entry is BS. DUDE DID NOT SELL 20 MILLION. CHECK THOSE FACTS, BRUH. FAKE A** JOURNALISM. SMDH. BLOGS DON’T CHECK FACTS APPARENTLY. IF YOU THOUGHT THIS GARBAGE WAS GOOD THEN THATS YOUR OPINION. BUT, BUT, BUT….check facts before you publish bullshid. Tired of these fake wannabe journalists.
And this album is garbage. Auto-tuned out. Eminem gave him life and Nerf Boi Kelly helped destroy his own bludgeoning career. Rap Devil will always be his only claim to fame because its about Marshall and that gets interest. Tired of fake hiphop lovers acting like these lamers are wordsmiths and have bars. BREAKING NEWS!!! THEY DON’T!!!!
Well said but unfortunately they don’t know, 20 million records when? Maybe streams! But records sold? GTFOH! There are legendary rappers that didn’t make it to 20 mills while only a few did… let him and his fans fantasie, it’s cool and fun to see and hear….
SO right on — they watched his interview and that was their “fact checking”. The 20 mil comes directly from his mumbling mouf. Get the c0ck up out it mgk.
Also: auto tune literally sounds to me like nails on a chalkboard — sorry — raised on classic rock from 80s childhood digging into parents’ vinyl in the basement, then a certain black CD with a large green ganja leaf dropped and my horizons were broadened.
This project fails to provide any interesting material besides RAP DEVIL. Machine Gun Kelly has retrogressed into the mumble rapper he says he is not and it provides less than awful results.
Sorry to say but the EP was straight trash. I use to like MGK but now he’s doing way too much drugs and bad songs.
Tee is my mama’s name so I just wanted to express my appreciation and concur with your statement. No offense at all if you are male.
bad
Hi Stan
So you like this album and call yourself Truth? GTFOH and let people say their opinions!
Album is trash, not a Stan as you’d all say because of my rating but I’ve actually given him a chance and listened to this album after His beef with the legend, but come on this shit is horrible, I’d rather listen to Travis auto tunes and the Migos mumble all day than listen to this garbage, at least the mentioned rappers got some hype beats. RIP Rap…. All I can do now is bump that Kamikaze album.
Ya don’t have to be a stan to appreciate double, triple, quadruple entendres and insanely talented lyricism! As brutal as he can be (esp as a woman listening), he is a master of linguistics. Any wordsmith would be lying if they said otherwise. I forgive his past grievous sins (unrelated to current beef) to be tongue-in-cheek; he has, as a single father, raised a woman who comes off as pretty darned confident and “together”.
He had the opportunity to go huge with this EP in combo with the Shady controversy. BUTTTT this album is a dumpster fire at best.
“I wont respond to Em cuz he called me a mumble rapper”….
releases mumble rap album……
MGK is officially a joke and a chump.
1. Ja Rule
2. Benzino
3. Everlast
4. *new addition* MGK.
Thank you! FACTS! It was his chance to shine with this album as many including myself decided to give him a chance after that diss and no one would’ve lied if it was fire… pure garbage… this album is the killshot…
Well Said, but you forgot about Canibus, Limp Bizkit and Insane Clowne Posse.
Hello fellow Hip Hoppers,
A official Stan here…
But man I gotta tell you “Rap Devil” was pretty good. Also MGK old work is pretty good in my oppinion.
To be honsest, fucking with Em is straight suicide. But the MGK breakfast club Interview and Rap Devil were giving me hope for a change is Rap/HipHop…until this shit dropped.
MGK coulda blown up big, if this EP wasn´t wake. More people would have bought it if he recorded himself masterbating in the recording studio…
Now MGK please go to sleep b..ch.
What to say man? It’s just trash and he actually killed himself by just releasing it… you’re talking about change so I wouldn’t listen to him is I want that, I’d listen to Cole or Joyner…
Alright, might sound awkward but I’ve always been a hip hop fan but never a fan of certain rapper… I F with a good track or album… now the question is, this clown is saying that he won’t respond to killshot because it was trash… but ain’t this a good reason to respond in a rap battle? Usually a trash response gives the opponent more material and makes his life easier to respond? I’m a 30 year old rap fan but maybe I’m too old to figure out how those youngsters think and how they interpret rap battles…
Age 40 here – let’s use our collective amassed wisdom that senior citizenship brings to deduce that he is not capable and already has made an a$$$ of himself BIG TIME (adolescence /s). He’s moved on to d!ck boasting ?
Great album……………………….
Really enjoyed it….
5/5
Sure thing Abhik, or should I say ……. “Machine Gun Kelly” ???
Lol ,this has to be MGK !! This is a super fucking terd as if it came from Superman himself!!
lmaooooo best comment ever
3.2 for this sh*t? And you gave Eminem 3.9 for Kamikaze?! The you give Nicki Minaj’s “Queen” 3.4, who the hell do you guys come up with those numbers, are you saying that “Queen” is just slightly better than “BINGE”? Like fo real, Queen is not a masterpiece but compared to that MGK EP trash that Nicki Minaj’s album is a frikkin twice at least as good. You guys really need to sort your rating out.
How the f**k is your rating working? 90% of BINGE is puuuuure trash, trash trash. Do you guys even listen to the lyrics or is that too difficult for you? Wow…
Man I said the same thing
LOL….I said thing 3.2?????????
Rap Devil isn’t a very good song, and it’s the best this EP has to offer
This sucks! The beats are good on some of the tracks but his heavy auto tuned vocals, his basic maybe middle school level rhymes with a distorted pronunciation & pointless subject matter (just glorifying not storytelling or lesson learned) go directly to the criticism he tried to deny that he is an auto tune mumble rapper now.
Please let him be placed on a suicide watch 24/7. With d backlash he has received and is still receiving for his effort I hope he doesn’t contemplate doin anything stupid. Real talk
That’s actually a good point and valid af after listening to Breakfast Club interview. I got a daughter same age cut the shite mgk.
If my shit had a soundtrack it would sound better then This album it’s god awful. This shits a half a star at best. Some of these artist need to get rid of there yes men and get some real input. Because music as a whole sucks rightnow can’t even listen to the damn radio no more
Oh but per the Breakfast Club interview — “I ain’t got no yes men around me” I’m SO REAL bruh mm hmmm deez n-u-teez
Binge has to be the most expensive EP ever! $8.99 for one so so song and 8 silent tracks….
Shady has just made music critics’ opinion irrelevant
This album sucks .1 good song
Was the .1 of a good song an intentional punctuation diss?
Hot Garbage!!!
Been waiting on a posthumous album drop. Too bad it isn’t ground breaking in anyway, guess the dead will be forgotten in time. RIP MGK
I would rather listen to a flaming pile of dog shit learning to rap then listen to binge again…let’s talk about it..
Trash music.
Trash Can Kelly
trash
not good
Wow! I’m extremely disappointed. This ep was just horrible!
Trash
Absolutely garbage
all the fuzz or this and he makes excuses its and EP well it sure sucks ass Bruh!
Weak album this can’t be hip hop . And Eminem album was better than this even revival.
Rap Devil was obviously written by someone else. It’s the only thing different from the rest of the trashy 8 songs….
Mumble rapper ? bye ??
There is no evidence to prove that MGK didn’t write Rap Devil. You Stans need to stop.
Well, the quality of Rap Devil is a lot higher than whatever the fuck the rest of this EP is supposed to be. Hell, even Revival is better than this!
MGK did get help writing Rap Devil. Look it up. That song is WAY different than all of his other songs, especially when it comes to the bars and the flow.
This album is horrible. Rap devil had to be written by someone else. Em was right, my biggest flops are your greatest hits!
Some tracks are really fire like Lately
You must get your weed from a crack dealer
Trash ass autotune infested (E)ar (P)lague. Talked all that shit, called Killshot a leg shot, and his shit exploded on the runway the moment the ignition was pushed.
Trash
Terrible. Not a 1 coz Rap Devil is fire
Hop in – Hop in his ride
Roll up – Roll up to the girl’s house
Bad Bitch – She’s hot
Shotgun – She rolling shotgun
Toes up – With her feet up on the dash
and you’re reviewing hip hop albums?
Rap devil the only above average song on here p trash. a weak 1.5
3.2 OUT OF 5?!?!?! WTF? Who is reviewing this album? A 12 year old MGK fan boy? WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW. This album is a SOLID 1/5 PERIOD.
3.2 out of 5… GTFO..
This is exactly why critics are garbage and so fucking unnecessary. Fart jokes, for real?? And people are supposed to take you seriously?? ?♂️?♂️?♂️ P.s. Rap Devil was great the rest of the album is painful.
The only even remotely listenable song on this EP is ‘Rap Devil’. This sounds like it was rushed to the maximum. Lacks focus, lyricism. Production is okay in my opinion, but how the fuck can he claim he’s not a mumble rapper, and then he drops this bullshit? I give this EP 1/5.
Straight garbage, how it’s rated 3.2 I’ll never understand…
this is shit
Garbage revival was better.?
this is garbage
sad I was an mgk fan, WAS.
3.2?? How? Someone mentioned this site, as being legit and serious. Overly short album with almost no substance, filler and pointless chores, including relentless auto tune and even recycled song parts?!
wow…after a so so reply from Not Alike where he got scorched on…he drops this and expects his fans to be impressed, even after the small momentum he gained by getting new listeners from all thats went down so far. You’ve got to be kidding me.
G A R B A G E
You gave Kamikaze a 3.9 and this a 3.2, like there isn’t a huge difference between the albums in terms of production and lyricism. Trent, i’m seriously trying to figure out if you’re actually a hip hop head or someone that gets paid to put out random numbers.
1/5, I never heard of him before. Checked out some songs after Rap Devil. Thought this EP would be great—I couldn’t make it through a single song. poor guy.
Will never return to this site!! 3.2 how mother fucken??! This is straight filler garbage! An insult to hip hop! Put together quickly to capitalize! It’s total bullshit
Wished there was a -1/5 rating option for this rubbish.
Talk about having the stage with people wanting you to deliver and just………nothing……… This is straight poo poo
i aint fucked with a eminem project since Relapse really so that has nothing to do with this but MGK is just fucking garbage just one word sums him up CORNY
Garbage.
no u
Just for the record I don’t think this failed because of the beef, I think it failed because the EP is straight TRASH.
Lately is a mediocre but OK song. No one wants to hear a song about how depressed you are immediately after a diss record.
He obviously needed to drop some lyrical fire after Killshot landed and we got hot garbage instead. He could have put out a mediocre album and I think he would have sold a lot. I’m guessing that the Fall Out Boy tour didn’t give him a chance to record and he just emptied his garbage bin off his laptop.
JJ Rickey that reply was to you, not rap damien
I enjoyed one and only 1 thing mgk has done. Fire in the Booth with Charlie Sloth; not necessarily for the bars but the chemistry was fun to watch and both those dudes were at their least annoying IMO.
nope, trash
i really like this ep it helped me out through some dark moments in my life