Genre: Sadboy

Genre: Sadboy (stylized genre : sadboy) is a collaborative extended play by American rappers MGK and Trippie Redd. It was released on March 29, 2024.

Genre: Sadboy
EP by MGK and Trippie Redd
Released	March 29, 2024
Genre	Emo rap[1] pop-punk[2]
Length	27:16
Label	EST 19XX 10K Interscope
Producer	SlimXx Charlie Handsome BazeXx Igor "LiveTouch" Mamet Hunter Roberts Bloom. Jeff Bhasker Hoskins 80 Root Ronny J Cxdy Fizzle RRAREBEAR
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Trippie Redd chronology
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Singles from Genre: Sadboy
"Lost Boys" Released: March 26, 2024 "Beauty" Released: April 2, 2024

Background

MGK and Trippie Redd are both Ohio natives and collaborated on several tracks prior to the release of Genre: Sadboy.^[1] They first collaborated in 2019, when Redd was featured on the track "Candy" on MGK's fourth studio album, Hotel Diablo.^[3] Redd was featured again on "All I Know", a track off of MGK's 2020 album, Tickets to My Downfall.^[3] A majority of the album was recorded at Record Plant Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California.^[3]

Release

The duo announced the album in a March 23, 2024, Instagram post featuring a snippet of the song "Lost Boys".^[1][3] On March 25, 2024, in response to a post about the album's release, a producer named Kaixan wrote on X, "the way I just learned I have a beat placement in this this morning and I know it's bout to be the worst song I've ever heard."^[4] Following his tweet, Trippie Redd responded and said he was removing Kaixan from the album.^[4] On March 26, 2024, they released their first track, "Lost Boys", as a single with an accompanying music video.^[5] Genre: Sadboy was released on March 29, 2024.^[6] A mini-documentary, directed by Sam Cahill, was released alongside the album, giving fans a look at the rappers' creative process in the studio, as well as behind-the-scenes music video footage.^[7]

To promote the album, the duo announced two free concerts, scheduled for April 2, 2024, at Irving Plaza in New York City, and April 4 at the Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio.^[6][8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]

Upon release, Genre: Sadboy received generally negative reviews from critics. According to HotNewHipHop, Genre: Sadboy "didn't get the best reviews".^[10] Fred Thomas of AllMusic felt that "none of it feels authentic" and concluded that the album "wallows painfully somewhere between unfinished and unlistenable".^[9] Sheldon Pearce of NPR felt that "While the surface-level signifiers of emo rap are all here, so are its worst impulses — the genre's meagerness, its latent callowness and underlying futility — and it can never quite blend its two markers into anything transformative." He also argued that what he perceived as a poor blend of rap and pop-punk in the album "highlights what made [the genre collision] so effective in the first place".^[2]

Track listing

Genre: Sadboy track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost Boys"	Brandon Allen Charlie Handsome Jonathan Joseph Hoskins Stephen Basil	Charlie Handsome SlimXx Hoskins BazeXx	2:41
2.	"Beauty"	Allen Charlie Handsome Lil Aaron Basil	Charlie Handsome SlimXx BazeXx	3:16
3.	"Time Travel"	Gianluca Berluti Igor "LiveTouch" Mamet	Igor 80 Root	3:01
4.	"Struggles"	Hunter Roberts Mamet Lewin Riddell	Mamet Bloom. Roberts	3:17
5.	"Suddenly"	Allen Charlie Handsome Jeff Bhasker Basil	Charlie Handsome SlimXx BazeXx Bhasker[c]	1:47
6.	"Half Dead"	Allen	SlimXx	2:57
7.	"Hiding in the Hills"	Allen Lil Aaron Ronny J Basil	Ronny J SlimXx BazeXx	2:31
8.	"No More"	CXDY Mamet Josh David Goldenberg	Mamet Cxdy Fizzle	2:25
9.	"Who Do I Call"	Alexander Walter Bak Allen Charlie Handsome Destin Route Robert Richardson Basil	Charlie Handsome SlimXx BazeXx Bak Beats[c] Bobby Raps[c]	2:54
10.	"Summer's Gone"	Allen Charlie Handsome Roberts Mamet Mark J Lombardo Basil	Roberts Igor Rrarebear BazeXx[c] SlimXx[c]	2:24
Total length:				27:16

All tracks are written by Colson Baker and Michael Lamar White IV with others noted.

Note

• ^{^[c]} signifies a co-producer.

Personnel

• Colin Leonard – mastering
• Fabian Marasciullo – mixing
• Matthew Testa – mixing
• Shaan Singh – engineering
• Conner Harris McFarland – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 8)
• Sam Zelaya – background vocals (track 3)

Charts

Chart performance for Genre: Sadboy

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)[11]	31
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12]	42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	100
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14]	98
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[15]	167
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	70
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[17]	14
US Billboard 200[18]	30
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19]	9

References

1. Saponara, Michael (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly & Trippie Redd Bring the Emo-Raps for Genre : Sadboy Project: Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
2. Pearce, Sheldon (April 4, 2024). "Emo rap at its limits". NPR. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
3. Brow, Jason (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly's All "Alone in a Vamp Castle" on His New Genre: Sadboy Project". Us Weekly. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
4. Armstrong, Megan (March 27, 2024). "A Producer Insulted Trippie Redd and Machine Gun Kelly's Genre:Sadboy, and Things Got Ugly Quick". UPROXX. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
5. Martin, Annie (March 27, 2024). "Listen: Machine Gun Kelly, Trippie Redd release 'Lost Boys' single, music video". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
6. Smith, Dylan (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly and Trippie Redd Announce Two Free Concerts to Promote Surprise Release — With Additional Shows Possible". Digital Music News. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
7. Mendez, Marisa (March 23, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly & Trippie Red Drop Mini-Doc For 'Genre: Sadboy'". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
8. Haidet, Ryan (March 29, 2024). "Machine Gun Kelly, Trippie Redd hosting free concert in Columbus on April 4: How to get tickets". WKYC Studios. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
9. Thomas, Fred. "genre : sadboy – Machine Gun Kelly, mgk, Trippie Redd". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
10. Cole, Alexander (April 25, 2024). "Trippie Redd & Machine Gun Kelly Clown Producer Who Got Kicked Off Their New EP". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
11. "ARIA Top 40 Hip Hop/R&B Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
12. "Austriancharts.at – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
13. "Ultratop.be – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
14. "Trippie Redd Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
15. "Portuguesecharts.com – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
16. "Swisscharts.com – MGK & Trippie Redd – Genre: Sadboy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
17. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
18. "Trippie Redd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
19. "Trippie Redd Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2024.