Playing With Fire
by Kevin Federline
User Score
2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 398 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 398
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 398
  3. Negative: 311 out of 398

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  1. ChrisW
    Nov 12, 2006
    0
    Terrible... as bad as Diddy's new album. All right maybe that's not fair to K-Fed... as bad as Flavor Flav's is more like it.
  2. HoraceS
    Nov 12, 2006
    10
    Probably the most illuminating album of 2006. Kevin Federline is an iconoclast and arguably the most incisive wordsmith of his generation.
  3. RogerB
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    Y'all just hating on KFed! If anyone actually listened to this album, theyd know he CAN rap, and that he's not goin anywhere! Critics just hate on him cuz they wish they could marry Britney!
  4. DanB
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    just kidding.
  5. JohnD
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Should stand as an achievement alongside OK Computer, Kid A, Dark Side of the Moon, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To...ah, fuck it.
  6. Joe
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Well, you know what they say...when you play with fire, you're bound to get burned. In other words, if you listen to this album, your soul will suffer third-degree burns. Congratulations, KFed. You've made the worst album these ears have ever heard. Compared to this guy, Fred Durst is Tupac and Vanilla Ice is Biggie Smalls.
  7. RaoulV
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    Kevin Federline is a madman on a tear, beautifying and demolishing the world; when he
  8. MattD.
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    What Eminem did for white rappers, Federline sets them back just as much.
  9. ToddJ
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    like all other masterpieces of the 21st century 'Playing with Fire' is both exhilarating and breathtaking. No one will admit the beauty of this album, merely because he got famous. Do not fall into the same trap. reminiscent of 'Stankonia', 'The Black Album' and 'Late Registration'. 10/10
  10. KevinFederline
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    Yo Yo Y'all be hatin and perpetratin while in the caddy with 20 inch rimmmms keepin frezno on LOCK
  11. K.Young
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Simply Awful.
  12. NathanS
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Fed-ex (as he is now appropriately being called), is a waste of everyone's time. Please people, make him flop, stop talking about him, and perhaps, just maybe, he'll go away. This isn't even intriguingly bad; it's not even laughable. I think the worst part of an album like this is how he casually utters blasphemy in the lines of "Like Jesus in every way/I'm Fed-ex (as he is now appropriately being called), is a waste of everyone's time. Please people, make him flop, stop talking about him, and perhaps, just maybe, he'll go away. This isn't even intriguingly bad; it's not even laughable. I think the worst part of an album like this is how he casually utters blasphemy in the lines of "Like Jesus in every way/I'm crucified every day" in a way that he seems so oblivious to the importance of Jesus as anything more than simply being crucified at some point. Horrible, I wish I could put it into the negative.… Expand
  13. KevinF.
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    Best album of the year.
  14. JeffS
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    This has to be the worst album of the decade. KFed needs another occupation because he cannot cut it in the music industry.
  15. Dr.F.A.Chuck
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    This is what happens when a random, white, American dumbass gets lucky. Kfed, you had your big chance, a one in a million chance, to create art and have it available to the masses. And this is what you produce? Sure, no one (and deep down inside you know this too) was surprised by how terrible a musician you are. What is tragic is that Britney could have married one of millions and This is what happens when a random, white, American dumbass gets lucky. Kfed, you had your big chance, a one in a million chance, to create art and have it available to the masses. And this is what you produce? Sure, no one (and deep down inside you know this too) was surprised by how terrible a musician you are. What is tragic is that Britney could have married one of millions and millions of talented yet poor musicians all over American. But she married you, o mighty juggernaught of suck, o grand prince of lame. It's just not fair. At the very least, you have reminded us all of that sad fact. Life is just not fair.… Expand
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Metascore
15

Overwhelming dislike - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 7 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    20
    The worst thing about Playing with Fire is that it's too stale and inept to inspire laughter: it can only elicit weary groans.
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  2. Billboard
    30
    In general, Federline enunciates well. [11 Nov 2006]
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    0
    Other rappers might hesitate to brag about marrying into bling, but Federline isn't self-conscious about it.
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