General Admission [Deluxe Edition] [2 LP]

by mgk

Overview

It's a clever joke naming your autobiographical album General Admission, and thank the stars that Cleveland MC mgk is that clever. Life on the bad streets of his hometown sounds depressing and dour according to the stories here, so framing it all as a cruel joke is necessary, and breaking these downers up with a Kid Rock anthem couldn't hurt. Not when that Detroit-meets-Cleveland rap-rock cut is the worthy "Bad Mother F*cker," a simple yet aptly titled baller where mgk gives up "I'm the type to drop a hit of acid on the beach/And then fly to Baltimore and scream 'F*ck the police!'" as if that would help matters. General Admission sometimes seems dipped in this acid and stoned on shrooms as the haunting "Alpha Omega" free associates spiritual stuff like it was a Bizzy Bone cut, while the great Cleveland booster "Til I Die" and the nearly as good "World Series" are trap anthems that could be melting as they slowly trudge out of the speakers. Add to this the relationship apocalypse called "Story of the Stairs," and the doomed number dubbed "Eddie Cane" ("...only Five Heartbeats left"), and the album is a no-fun effort with little hope, with a bit of Kid Rock-driven debauchery to keep listeners off the ledge. That doesn't mean mgk holds back on the mischief, the jokes, or the wry rhymes, and when he holds Kurt Cobain up as an inspiration during "A Little More," it makes sense. General Admission can be corrosive and coarse like Nirvana's In Utero, but while it lacks that album's artistic weight, it's proud to be unattractive which, oddly enough, becomes this druggy downer's allure. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	01/08/2016
Label:	Interscope
UPC:	0602547449566
Rank:	24524

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Spotlight
2. Alpha Omega
3. Till I Die
4. Eddie Cane
5. Bad Mother F*cker
6. World Series
7. Oz.
8. Everyday

Disc 2

9. Gone
10. Story of the Stairs
11. Merry Go Round
12. A Little More
13. All Night Long
14. Make It Happen
15. Round Here
16. Therapy

Album Credits

Performance Credits

mgk   Primary Artist
Kid Rock   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Leroy Sanchez   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Victoria Monet   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Lzzy Hale   Primary Artist
Brandon Allen   Vocals,Keyboards
Peter Lee Johnson   Violin
Joseph Valbrun   Cello
FNZ   Keyboards
Tyler Carter   Guitar
Michael Burman   Guitar
Alexander Jyus   Guitar
Eric Allen   Vocals
Ray Jr.   Vocals
Tim Glover   Vocals
Alfonso "Ceven" Lugo   Scratching
Stephen Basil   Organ,Guitar,Keyboards,Guitar (Bass)
J.P. Floyd   Trombone
Joseph "Jo Jo" Shields   Vocals
John Munds   Guitar
Izzy Hale   Featured Artist
Jim Jonsin   Vocals,Keyboards
Sonyae Elise   Vocals
Paper Chase   Vocals
Alex Delicata   Guitar
Kevin Marcus Sylvester   Violin
Colson Baker   Vocals

Technical Credits

De'Andre Langford   Composer
Brandon Allen   Engineer
Victoria Monet   Composer
Isaac de Boni   Composer
Slim Gudz   Additional Production
Tommy Brown   Composer,Engineer,Producer
FNZ   Producer,Programming
Jack Bartlett   Assistant
Erik Reyes-Ortiz   Composer
Michael Burman   Composer
Michael Mule   Composer
Ryan Montgomery   Composer
Mike Rachlin   Assistant
Juan "Saucy" Pena   Assistant
Jim Jonsin   Programming,Producer
Warren Zevon   Composer
Fabian Marasciullo   Mixing
James Scheffer   Composer
Steven McDowell   Assistant
Andrew Papaleo   Composer
Michael Crawford   Composer
Marcel Primous   Composer
Earl Deramus Johnson   Composer
Nate Fox   Composer,Producer
Justin Meldal-Johnsen   Composer
Ben Schigel   Additional Production
George Clinton   Composer
Robert Marks   Mixing
Steve "Rock Star" Dickey   Mixing,Engineer
Niko Marzouca   Composer,Engineer
Daniel Watson   Engineer
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League   Producer
Narcotics   Producer
mgk   Composer
Thomas Lumpkins   Composer
Nathan Burgess   Assistant
Kevin Crowe   Composer
Leroy Sanchez   Composer
Ned Cameron   Composer,Producer
Colson Baker   Composer
Kenneth Bartolomei   Composer
Grace Cook Hazel   Composer
Dana Richard   Assistant