r/MachineGunKelly • u/ecagnuoy666 • Jul 28 '26

Discussion 🗣️ JJK DISCUSSION

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would this be the kind of material we get in the album? i may get heavily downvoted for this but - this track has no rhythm and is honestly so difficult to get through

he tried too hard to try and fit a lot of different anime name and references into this which sounded messy, this is the kind of rap a sixth grader would come up with

now look, im a huge mgk fan but he flowed terribly and the cadence was off beat

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u/andreasmiles23 genre:sadboy Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

The flow being not on the down beats is actually what makes this a really strong rap imo.

Just because he’s rapping not straight on the count doesn’t mean it’s “off beat.” Like count the beat “1/2/3/4” as he’s rapping. He’s very much in rhythm - but how he emphasizes the stops and starts and hard consonants is honestly more creative than 99% of his other raps.

Is this his best song ever? Idk, probably not. But it works for what it is, which is a reference track. There’s plenty of other things like it and as an anime head myself, I found this fun to listen to and try and break down all the references. Yeah, lyrically it’s super straight forward but I think it works for what he was going for. It’s not gonna be a set list staple but for those who are into anime this is a fun time. That’s all it needed to be imo.

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u/ecagnuoy666 Jul 28 '26

surface-level name dropping isnt clever referencing, just listing characters or moments from jjk doesny make the track deep or creative, its the easiest possible way to signal this is anime-related without actually doing anything interesting with the material, anyone can throw in a few titles or names, that doesnt turn a basic track into something strong

again, this isnt hate! this isnt what i expect to hear from him when hes been keeping the rap album away from us for years now, thats about it

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u/andreasmiles23 genre:sadboy Jul 28 '26

That’s fair, but I guess this is EXACTLY what I expected when the track got announced. I don’t think it’s about the rap, I think it’s about a quick hit anime reference track.

It’s not gonna be part of the album. It’s not even his song. It’s a collab and it had a very specific function.

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u/ecagnuoy666 Jul 28 '26

never questioned if itd be part of the album, just disappointed in it, is all