Playing With Fire - Kevin Federline
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Overwhelming dislike - based on 7 Critics What's this?

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 300 Ratings

  • Summary: Now that Britney has dumped him, all he has is his music. Ouch.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 7 out of 7
  1. In general, Federline enunciates well. [11 Nov 2006]
  2. His flow is generic and instantly forgettable and his lyrics are trite, inconsequential and full of self-importance.
  3. The worst thing about Playing with Fire is that it's too stale and inept to inspire laughter: it can only elicit weary groans.
  4. This disc is just as disposable and dumb as you'd expect.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 198
  1. JoelS
    10
    The complex production stands up to Neptunes' pinnacle work. The tight rhyme schematic set forth by Eminem is combined with the intellectual lyrical depth of Sage Francis, This is an unforgettable achievement in white hip-hop. Expand
  2. FakeName
    8
    Truly a monument to just how completely masochistic our society has become, 2 tracks in I felt ecstatic merely thinking nothing in my life could ever be worse, and therefore i would be able to take any tragedy that befell me. 3 tracks later, I learned how horribly wrong i was. Now i'm semi-comatose and must do nothing but take virtual gallons of prozac hourly to prevent my inevitable suicide. All in all i give it a 7.8, but hell i'll round up this time. Expand
  3. Tom
    7
    Oh these bad reviews are just because people don't like him. The album isn't that bad and is kind of catchy! Take a listen and forget he is Ex-Mr.Spears Expand
  4. Alain
    3
    I think that even the critics had hard time remain objective to this album. It has couple of listenable songs and Federlines rap flow is no worse than Eminems for example. I dont know if the music is the most important thing when you listen to rap, but if thats the case I heard worse. Though K Feds lyrics are hidious he has salvaged some songs on this album with a decent production. Expand

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