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Genre: Sadboy

Genre: Sadboy (stylized genre : sadboy) is a collaborative extended play by American rappers MGK and Trippie Redd. It was released on March 29, 2024.

Genre: Sadboy
Two young men stand against a light background – MGK, at left, dressed in all black and Trippie Redd wearing a big funny hat.
EP by
MGK and Trippie Redd
ReleasedMarch 29, 2024
Genre
Length27:16
Label
Producer
MGK chronology
Mainstream Sellout
(2022) 		Genre: Sadboy
(2024)
Trippie Redd chronology
Saint Michael V2
(2023) 		Genre: Sadboy
(2024)
Singles from Genre: Sadboy
  1. "Lost Boys"
    Released: March 26, 2024
  2. "Beauty"
    Released: April 2, 2024

Background

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MGK and Trippie Redd are both Ohio natives and collaborated on several tracks prior to the release of Genre: Sadboy.[1] They first collaborated in 2019, when Redd was featured on the track "Candy" on MGK's fourth studio album, Hotel Diablo.[3] Redd was featured again on "All I Know", a track off of MGK's 2020 album, Tickets to My Downfall.[3] A majority of the album was recorded at Record Plant Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California.[3]

Release

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The duo announced the album in a March 23, 2024, Instagram post featuring a snippet of the song "Lost Boys".[1][3] On March 25, 2024, in response to a post about the album's release, a producer named Kaixan wrote on X, "the way I just learned I have a beat placement in this this morning and I know it's bout to be the worst song I've ever heard."[4] Following his tweet, Trippie Redd responded and said he was removing Kaixan from the album.[4] On March 26, 2024, they released their first track, "Lost Boys", as a single with an accompanying music video.[5] Genre: Sadboy was released on March 29, 2024.[6] A mini-documentary, directed by Sam Cahill, was released alongside the album, giving fans a look at the rappers' creative process in the studio, as well as behind-the-scenes music video footage.[7]

To promote the album, the duo announced two free concerts, scheduled for April 2, 2024, at Irving Plaza in New York City, and April 4 at the Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio.[6][8]

Critical reception

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Upon release, Genre: Sadboy received generally negative reviews from critics.[citation needed] According to HotNewHipHop, Genre: Sadboy "didn't get the best reviews".[9] Fred Thomas of AllMusic felt that "none of it feels authentic" and concluded that the album "wallows painfully somewhere between unfinished and unlistenable".[10] Sheldon Pearce of NPR felt that "While the surface-level signifiers of emo rap are all here, so are its worst impulses — the genre's meagerness, its latent callowness and underlying futility — and it can never quite blend its two markers into anything transformative." He also argued that what he perceived as a poor blend of rap and pop-punk in the album "highlights what made [the genre collision] so effective in the first place".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [10]
theneedledrop0/10[11]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Colson Baker and Michael Lamar White IV with others noted.

Genre: Sadboy track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Lost Boys"
  • Charlie Handsome
  • SlimXx
  • Hoskins
  • BazeXx
2:41
2."Beauty"
  • Charlie Handsome
  • SlimXx
  • BazeXx
3:16
3."Time Travel"
  • Gianluca Berluti
  • Igor "LiveTouch" Mamet
  • Igor
  • 80 Root
3:01
4."Struggles"
  • Hunter Roberts
  • Mamet
  • Lewin Riddell
  • Mamet
  • Bloom.
  • Roberts
3:17
5."Suddenly"
  • Charlie Handsome
  • SlimXx
  • BazeXx
  • Bhasker[c]
1:47
6."Half Dead"
  • Allen
  • SlimXx
2:57
7."Hiding in the Hills"
  • Ronny J
  • SlimXx
  • BazeXx
2:31
8."No More"
  • CXDY
  • Mamet
  • Josh David Goldenberg
  • Mamet
  • Cxdy
  • Fizzle
2:25
9."Who Do I Call"
  • Alexander Walter Bak
  • Allen
  • Charlie Handsome
  • Destin Route
  • Robert Richardson
  • Basil
  • Charlie Handsome
  • SlimXx
  • BazeXx
  • Bak Beats[c]
  • Bobby Raps[c]
2:54
10."Summer's Gone"
  • Allen
  • Charlie Handsome
  • Roberts
  • Mamet
  • Mark J Lombardo
  • Basil
  • Roberts
  • Igor
  • Rrarebear
  • BazeXx[c]
  • SlimXx[c]
2:24
Total length:27:16

Note

  • ^[c] signifies a co-producer.

Personnel

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  • Colin Leonard – mastering
  • Fabian Marasciullo – mixing
  • Matthew Testa – mixing
  • Shaan Singh – engineering
  • Conner Harris McFarland – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 8)
  • Sam Zelaya – background vocals (track 3)

Charts

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Chart performance for Genre: Sadboy
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)[12] 31
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 100
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 98
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[16] 167
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 70
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[18] 14
US Billboard 200[19] 30
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[20] 9

References

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  1. ^ a b c Saponara, Michael (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly & Trippie Redd Bring the Emo-Raps for Genre : Sadboy Project: Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Pearce, Sheldon (April 4, 2024). "Emo rap at its limits". NPR. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Brow, Jason (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly's All "Alone in a Vamp Castle" on His New Genre: Sadboy Project". Us Weekly. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Armstrong, Megan (March 27, 2024). "A Producer Insulted Trippie Redd and Machine Gun Kelly's Genre:Sadboy, and Things Got Ugly Quick". UPROXX. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Martin, Annie (March 27, 2024). "Listen: Machine Gun Kelly, Trippie Redd release 'Lost Boys' single, music video". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Smith, Dylan (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly and Trippie Redd Announce Two Free Concerts to Promote Surprise Release — With Additional Shows Possible". Digital Music News. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  7. ^ Mendez, Marisa (March 23, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly & Trippie Red Drop Mini-Doc For 'Genre: Sadboy'". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  8. ^ Haidet, Ryan (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly, Trippie Redd hosting free concert in Columbus on April 4: How to get tickets". WKYC Studios. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  9. ^ Cole, Alexander (April 25, 2024). "Trippie Redd & Machine Gun Kelly Clown Producer Who Got Kicked Off Their New EP". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Thomas, Fred. "genre : sadboy – Machine Gun Kelly, mgk, Trippie Redd". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  11. ^ theneedledrop (April 3, 2024). MGK & Trippie Redd - genre : sadboy EP REVIEW. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Hip Hop/R&B Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  13. ^ "Austriancharts.at – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  15. ^ "Trippie Redd Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  16. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  18. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  19. ^ "Trippie Redd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  20. ^ "Trippie Redd Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
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