Playing With Fire (Clean) [Clean]

Kevin Federline | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Clean
• Label: Reincarnate Music
• ASIN: B000IU3YM8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #668,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The World Is Mine

2. America's Most Hated

3. Snap

4. Lose Control

5. Dance with a Pimp

6. Privilege

7. Crazy (You Drive Me)

8. A League of My Own

9. Playing with Fire

10. Caught Up

11. Kept on Talkin'

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars America's Biggest Embarrassment!, November 4, 2006

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CrazyWhacko_88 "Music Addict" (Not Telling You :P) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Playing With Fire (Clean) (Audio CD)

Although I've been aware for the last few days about the fact that K-Fed's debut album, "Playing With Fire", has been released, it took me a while to convince myself to listen to it. Then again, can you really blame me? This is Kevin Federline we're talking about - "Playing With Fire" is the display of an untalented, coattail-riding, gangsta-wannabe poser doing his best to ruin real Hip-Hop with more misogynistic, radio-friendly trash. Hell, you can even go as far as saying that he's the hyper-uglified male Paris Hilton of BOTH Hip-Hop and Pop culture.

Ok, so I give him (if not his money-loaded *insert offensive insult here* of a wife) credit for employing producers with enough skill to distract listeners away from K-Fed's ridiculously stupid rhymes. Lead single "Lose Control" has a nice Hip-Hop/Pop/Rock feel to it with its piano loops, guitar riffs and rhythmic finger-snapping effects; "The World Of Mine" uses synthesizer-heavy production to conjure an eerily dark vibe; and the Middle-Eastern production is a nice touch to an otherwise horrific collaboration with Ya Boy (uh, who?) on "Dance With A Pimp".

Then again, hot beats come a dime a dozen nowadays (and the production here isn't even that ground-breaking or brilliant)! To make things worse, the fact is that no beat - NO MATTER how hot or cold it is, NO MATTER how fast or slow, NO MATTER how eclectic or bland - can hide the fact that K-Fed is a terrible individual ("rapper" is, in this case, too strong a word) who has nothing new or truly important to say. Although I knew I wasn't going to get something substantial from this effort, I was at least hoping I'd get something. And for a moment, I thought I was with "America's Most Hated", the title track and "Crazy" (feat. wifey Britney Spears breathily whisper-singing on the hook). Unfortunately, all three of the aforementioned tracks swiftly degenerate from potentially decent offerings into some of many moments of egocentric self-indulgence K-Fed shamelessly puts on display on this album.

Speaking of the track "Crazy", we hear Britney Spears saying "And they say I'm Crazy / For loving you, for feeling you". Once again, can you blame us? When you throw away a multi-million-dollar career (which, while mostly discreditable, was at least financially beneficial) for a backup dancer/multi-timing sleaze-bag and a reputation as a notorious tabloid target/Pop *insert offensive insult here*, of course people are going to call you crazy! What would be crazier for the rest of you, however, would be for you to spend hard-earned cash on an album that shamelessly promotes misogyny, intellectual degeneration/stupidity, materialism and everything else that's wrong with Hip-Hop, Pop and Pop-Rap!

YES, Kevin Federline disgraces all three of the aforementioned areas! While other critically and/or lyrically disdained artists like Chingy, 50 Cent, etc. at the VERY least had rapping skills, K-Fed clearly has NOTHING -and I do mean NOTHING- to offer! SKIP THIS! 1 star for production (and that's being sympathetic)!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars At least, the reviews ARE hilarious, November 11, 2006

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open ears (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Playing With Fire (Clean) (Audio CD)

There are over 150 comments under the "Uncensored" version here on Amazon.

Some of the funniest stuff I've ever read.

One of them calls this Federline CD "Music for Guantanamo".

At least, I must thank Kevin for causing hilarious critiques to be written.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Ex, November 7, 2006

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Ron (Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playing With Fire (Clean) (Audio CD)

Hey Britney just filed for divorce. I guess she finally listened to his album. Total garbage.