Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "MGK - LOST AMERICANA"

Episode Date: August 8, 2025

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Now, of course, on this podcast, we've gotten into Machine Gun Kelly multiple times to the point where watching his music video was the first time I said to myself, man, is that Timothy Shalman rapping? Because, of course, when it comes to that, I was thinking to myself, ain't no way this man went from wherever he was acting from to the landscape of rock or pop or whatever MGK is making. Because ultimately, this album seems like more of a blend. of experimental genres, right? Because I think with this album, Los Americano, and of course, the previous projects that M.G.K. had in the past, this is probably one of the other outings where he showcases that he is not scared or hesitant to take it through as far as completely experimenting.

Because this album follows. the other album Hotel Diablo that came out July 5th of 2024 so as far as albums you have lost americana hotel diablo low-fi chill vibes mainstream sellout now ultimately you can come to realize that you listen to all those albums you'll realize that mjk is probably one of the few artists in the game that completely switches his sound and is it to his audience liking that is to be decided because the verdict is still out on this album but ultimately Ultimately, when you look at it, I do believe this album being narrated by Bob Dylan, them describing it as a personal excavation of the American dream, a sonic map of forgotten places,

and a tribute to the spirit of reinvention. So with that being said, I believe when it comes to this experimental lane, MGK puts forth enough effort especially attached in the different music videos especially the way that he's overall having more of an interesting take on this album I can't really quantify

the actual genre I really don't even know how to label this album but if you don't know with this album there's a bunch of tracks on here just 13 to be specific is 45 minutes at length And of course when it comes to this, one of the main things I've realized is this man is technically under Sean Diddy Combs.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, M.G.K. And his music is put under EST19X LLC, which if you don't know, is a music label associated to Machine Gun Kelly and operates under the exclusive license to bad boy slash N. Interscope records. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? And the more you know, because at the end of the day, when it comes to having this album put under Endoscopes slash Bad Boy, it's a very interesting time, especially in the landscape

of Bad Boy to where Diddy even gave back a lot of the shares to the other artists as far as making it public. Like, he publicly showcased that he was returning a lot of the publishing rights to many Bad Boy artists to play devil's advocate the bad boy artist came out and it was basically like did he ran all the quality to the ground and then gave us the publishing rights so when it if m gk is one of the top artists from that label it's going to be very interesting to see if he is one of the few bad boy artists that had their uh publishing return to them but the reason why i went on that tangent is to essentially let you know that when it comes to this album i don't know what you're

it is like I was listening to it I'm not gonna lie I actually like it but I can't quantify what genre is it actually let me figure it out right now what genre is this so as far as this album is it says it's genre blending work okay yeah that's obvious so country folk classic heartland rock and alternative rock ladies and gentlemen what in the world does that mean but then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip-hop like what's going Because at the end of the day, I came into learning about MGK through rap, the way that he perverse together. So all of these alternative rock country type tracks is really not for me. But listening to the album, you can definitely tell he put a lot of effort in so.

I'm definitely not going to say it's bad. It just may not be for me. And other people may like it who are more inclined into that certain genre. So ultimately, he's back again with a full-length project. I believe with the Bob Dylan. collaboration with the Tonight Show performance that he had August 4th, where he performed Outlaw, Overture, and Vampire Diaries. He showcased that he's unequivocally working hard to put more eyes on this project.

And then when you go on the Tonight Show, you already know what type of PR team you have behind you to put you on these certain marketing rollouts so your first week's looks respectable. So we'll see how his fans take to this latest project. whether that's quality, whether that's sales, and ultimately, hopefully his experimental run as far as his projects keep having the hot street like he's been having. So that being said, click my link, tree, my bio, let me know in one of my social medias. What do you think about MGK's the latest album title Lost Americana? If you've listened to it, what is your favorite track off of the album? And in general, what is your favorite genre of music when it comes to MGK's disqual?

discography.