Playing With Fire
by Kevin Federline
User Score
2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 398 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 398
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 398
  3. Negative: 311 out of 398

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  1. DylanP
    Aug 11, 2007
    0
    K Fed has too much time and money on his hands.
  2. BrendanO.
    Aug 20, 2007
    0
    Hahahaha what a joke.
  3. Justin
    May 8, 2008
    0
    Who would listen to this crap beside Brittany Spears.
  4. randyy
    May 10, 2009
    0
    Now i know that k-fed is hot, for god sakes i fantasize about him every night!! But this album is trash. its a blip in his otherwise perfect carrer. But i still LOVE K-fed. Id give him a blowjob!
  5. GuilhermeM
    Aug 6, 2009
    0
    My ears are bleeding.
  6. JeffS
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    This has to be the worst album of the decade. KFed needs another occupation because he cannot cut it in the music industry.
  7. MattD.
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    What Eminem did for white rappers, Federline sets them back just as much.
  8. Dr.F.A.Chuck
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    This is what happens when a random, white, American dumbass gets lucky. Kfed, you had your big chance, a one in a million chance, to create art and have it available to the masses. And this is what you produce? Sure, no one (and deep down inside you know this too) was surprised by how terrible a musician you are. What is tragic is that Britney could have married one of millions and This is what happens when a random, white, American dumbass gets lucky. Kfed, you had your big chance, a one in a million chance, to create art and have it available to the masses. And this is what you produce? Sure, no one (and deep down inside you know this too) was surprised by how terrible a musician you are. What is tragic is that Britney could have married one of millions and millions of talented yet poor musicians all over American. But she married you, o mighty juggernaught of suck, o grand prince of lame. It's just not fair. At the very least, you have reminded us all of that sad fact. Life is just not fair.… Expand
  9. grega
    Nov 16, 2006
    0
    Such a letdown sadly.
  10. David
    Nov 18, 2006
    0
    Like anyone other than a mental midget would give it a higher rating
  11. BruceR
    Nov 20, 2006
    0
    Fed Ex over and out.
  12. Nick
    Nov 20, 2006
    0
    if i were britney i would kill myself or him or at least never EVER go out in public again.. like is he even serious? how couldnt he even know that he sucks soooooo bad?.. does he just think ppl will think hes cool and buy the album bc hes married brittney?
  13. ColinB
    Nov 20, 2006
    0
    On what day did God create Kevin Federline, and couldn't he have rested on that day too?
  14. JoeBlow
    Nov 25, 2006
    0
    Worst. Album. Ever.
  15. emmanuel
    Nov 26, 2006
    0
    a disaster...music like this should be illegal
  16. BiddyfromDonegal
    Nov 27, 2006
    0
    K-Fed made me so wet I slipped on the new tiles and put out my hip
  17. John
    Nov 20, 2006
    0
    It's just so stupid. Period. So very stupid. Embarassing for him, I'm sure.
  18. Stan
    Nov 29, 2006
    0
    move aside John Edward - this guy is now the biggest douche in the universe, with mister B (see his review here) as a close second.
  19. RobertB
    Dec 11, 2006
    0
    For the love of anything sane, don't even bother listening to any of this trash...
  20. JermaineS
    Dec 10, 2006
    0
    I can't believe I wasted 16 dollars on this disc! The only reason I bought this was for the song "Popo Zao" and it's not even on here. Luckily my neighborhood record store accepts refunds so I turned this in and bought a chicken dinner instead.
  21. StuP
    Dec 18, 2006
    0
    k-fed is neither "dope" nor "whack" and his rhymes are definitly the oppposite of "tight"
  22. DaGreatWhatItDo
    Dec 2, 2006
    0
    WACK. Hey Kevvy - Pull your d1ck out of Brittney and work a little more on your rhymes before you press them in plastic...
  23. ZiftK.
    Dec 27, 2006
    0
    Parker, you said it for me man... Well said, well said..
  24. BritneySpears
    Dec 29, 2006
    0
    Is this some kind of joke?
  25. Tapes&CDs
    Dec 30, 2006
    0
    It sucks!!! Pure garbage! Sounds like a baby being hit with a cat!!!
  26. FlavaFlav
    Dec 3, 2006
    0
    No booooyyeeee!!
  27. AnnH
    Dec 6, 2006
    0
    "Borat" . . . I laughed out loud at that comment. Rap is seldom quality music, making this album the lowest of the low.
  28. JudyH
    Dec 6, 2006
    0
    without comments
  29. SofaKingStoopad
    Dec 7, 2006
    0
    Terrible abum, full of nonsensical lyrics and terrible beats.
  30. GeorgeBush
    Jan 1, 2007
    0
    this was a tewrible album
  31. BB
    Jan 13, 2007
    0
    When I was 14 my friends and I made a rap album in our basement using a casio keyboard and a $10 mic. We made up the lyrics as we went along. It was better than this.
  32. Cap'mCrunch
    Jan 26, 2007
    0
    Never again.
  33. AlexSIsAFool
    Jan 27, 2007
    0
    No hes not makin a living, hes making a painful racket. And I hope he knows that we all hate him
  34. jennyh
    Jan 29, 2007
    0
    I don't understand why anyone would give this album a 10, it breaks new ground for terrible.
  35. michaelk
    Feb 11, 2007
    0
    ya k- fed is a complete joke. and i really think that anyone who gave this more then a 2 is jus jokin around and bein an idiot
  36. saijack
    Feb 4, 2007
    0
    Why can't this guy just go away.
  37. TerraS.
    Apr 11, 2007
    0
    Let me start by saying that listening to a cat getting its tail chopped off would sound better then this. Seriously, the guy has as much beat as a dial tone. And his lyrics? Don't even get me started. I could bitch and moan about his lyrics for weeks strait. As if his music, if you can even call it that, wasn't bad enough, K-Fed himself has a few issues to deal with. Wait, Let me start by saying that listening to a cat getting its tail chopped off would sound better then this. Seriously, the guy has as much beat as a dial tone. And his lyrics? Don't even get me started. I could bitch and moan about his lyrics for weeks strait. As if his music, if you can even call it that, wasn't bad enough, K-Fed himself has a few issues to deal with. Wait, scratch that, not 'a few'. The guy's whole life is one big issue. How many times must I remind him that he's NOT an African-American rapper from the ghetto whose had to work hard to gain money? In reality, he's just a stereotypical white-boy strait out from the trailer park who somehow managed to knock-up one of the worlds most well known celebrities. I've personally never been a fan of Britney, but her carer is officially gone thanks to this douchbag. Thank you, K-Fed.… Expand
  38. LenaK.
    Jul 7, 2007
    0
    It really is THAT awful.
  39. KyleMMacdougall
    Dec 17, 2008
    0
    I laughed my head off when i listened to some off his (whatever you could call it). I just could not believe it!
  40. CarlosR.
    Mar 19, 2008
    0
    Total crap! no good tunes, lame lyrics, unoriginal and disposable!! how good can it be listening to 11 tracks about money, drugs and parties?... If what gay-fed was trying to pull with this was his singing career, let me tell you he ended it before even starting it!
  41. AllanS.
    May 5, 2008
    0
    Wow this piece of crap is so bad it makes elevator music sound composed by Beethoven. I think i now know what the devil makes while wanking and it's this.
  42. AaronW
    Jun 8, 2008
    0
    A pure piece of drival.
  43. JoeS.
    Jul 4, 2008
    0
    The feeling and theme of this album can be summed up in two words: WANNABE, and POSER.
  44. ChrissieJ
    Sep 8, 2008
    0
    After reading massive bad reviews on this CD , I sampled it at Amazon, and it only took me 10 seconds of listening to close the window and try to stop the bleeding from my ears.... I mean, this is just the worst album ever released. It makes Hannah Montana a Grammy winner! As I read before, there are millions of talented but unsigned musicians out there, but as soon as a moron who After reading massive bad reviews on this CD , I sampled it at Amazon, and it only took me 10 seconds of listening to close the window and try to stop the bleeding from my ears.... I mean, this is just the worst album ever released. It makes Hannah Montana a Grammy winner! As I read before, there are millions of talented but unsigned musicians out there, but as soon as a moron who didn't finish high-school like you marries a famous and gorgeous singer as Britney, you got the chance. You got the chance to prove that you had a teensy bit of talent...but it turns out there is no talent to prove! Bad lyrics, God awful voice and just an awful album. Shame on the people who spent money on this piece of crap!… Expand
  45. MichaelB
    Jan 3, 2009
    0
    Fake. Lame. Rapping about how cool you are has never been entertaining, but hearing it come from Kevin Federline is laughable.
  46. IsaiahG
    Jul 22, 2009
    0
    This album is a complete mess from the first track. The lyrics really don't make sense, it seems like he's trying to impress the hip-hop world, and the way he puts his rhyme together does not work out.
  47. JohnD
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Should stand as an achievement alongside OK Computer, Kid A, Dark Side of the Moon, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To...ah, fuck it.
  48. AlexB
    Nov 12, 2006
    0
    If it wasn't for Britney's money, would we even be rating this album? Even when her talentless career is in hiatus, she still finds a way to ensure that America is subjected to awful "music". Pitiful.
  49. CedricJ
    Nov 12, 2006
    0
    The best album from a KFC assistant manager turned back-up dancer turned husband to white trash turned rapper turned WWF star you'll hear this year!
  50. FargoH
    Nov 12, 2006
    0
    Wow. This was craptacular.
  51. [Anonymous]
    Nov 13, 2006
    0
    Congratualtions Limp Bizkit you no longer have the worst album of this decade.
  52. ToddW
    Nov 13, 2006
    0
    I guess I'll add my score to the Legions of Zeroes. This guy is the human representation of everything that is wrong with our popular culture. A total no-talent, and I'm being kind, the only reason he got in the door of a recording studio was because of his ex-wife, another staggering waste of oxygen. Our airwaves are no longer priveleged for the talented and deserving. I guess I'll add my score to the Legions of Zeroes. This guy is the human representation of everything that is wrong with our popular culture. A total no-talent, and I'm being kind, the only reason he got in the door of a recording studio was because of his ex-wife, another staggering waste of oxygen. Our airwaves are no longer priveleged for the talented and deserving. They've become the sanctuary of the sheep who exalt the refuse of American Idol Nation, and this guy doesn't even qualify on that account. To even define what he does as "music" is to truly play with fire. Maybe some clueless music industry executive will wake up long enough from reading the stock page to smell just how bad the Sewerstream stinks and pull this slug's recording contract. Then he or she might focus on doing to Brittany what she did to this Warholian nightmare. Like lawyers at the bottom of the ocean, it would be a good start.… Expand
  53. kfed
    Nov 14, 2006
    0
    yo this is a sick album.
  54. JamesT.Kirk
    Nov 16, 2006
    0
    Captain's log, stardate 9522.6: I've never trusted white boy rappers, and I never will. I could never forgive them for the death of my culture. It seems to me our mission to listen to halfway decent rap while escorting the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council to a peace summit is problematic at best. Spock says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe Captain's log, stardate 9522.6: I've never trusted white boy rappers, and I never will. I could never forgive them for the death of my culture. It seems to me our mission to listen to halfway decent rap while escorting the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council to a peace summit is problematic at best. Spock says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe him, but how on Earth can a redneck this awful at everything he does release an album and get to Brittany before me?… Expand
  55. B.Bauls
    Nov 17, 2006
    0
    This is the first time an album has actually made me laugh so hard I woke up sore the next day. Doctors should prescribe this album to people suffering from clinical depression. Then again, it just might make you want to kill yourself.
  56. josema
    Nov 18, 2006
    0
    i can't believe this guy got a record deal. This is a true example about how music has hit rock bottom nowadays. i hope mr. federline reconsiders about trying to become a ''rapper''. give us a break!
  57. honestpolicy
    Nov 20, 2006
    0
    so bad that no one should ever have to suffer through this garbage. if you are EVEN considering it- death will be more fun... and cooler.
  58. NickY
    Nov 23, 2006
    0
    Those positive user reviews sound so sincere and heartfelt...not. It's sad that anyone would even bother paying people to astroturf for this pathetic record.
  59. SteveL
    Nov 24, 2006
    0
    I didn't listen to this.
  60. Ian
    Nov 27, 2006
    0
    Well, after having the bravery to listen to one track while occupied, the other two I could not get through. The beats sounded like garbage and his lyrical flow was like mixing molasses and oil with water. He should be banned from trying to rap.....PERMANENTLY!
  61. danderson
    Nov 29, 2006
    0
    this guy shouldve shot himself for even considerin releasin dat damn album
  62. yourmother
    Dec 14, 2006
    0
    i think the people who gave this CD good reviews were just kidding... or at least i hope they were.
  63. Parker
    Dec 20, 2006
    0
    "Playing With Fire" is truly horrible. However, it's name is not truly apt. Fire implies creation, creation implies intelligence, and K Fed, the man who signed a pre-nuptial agreement, is obviously not intelligent. Fire also implies impact. If you took the combined IQ of everyone who liked this album and thought "DAMN! This guy has fly-ass beats!," you would not have the intelligence "Playing With Fire" is truly horrible. However, it's name is not truly apt. Fire implies creation, creation implies intelligence, and K Fed, the man who signed a pre-nuptial agreement, is obviously not intelligent. Fire also implies impact. If you took the combined IQ of everyone who liked this album and thought "DAMN! This guy has fly-ass beats!," you would not have the intelligence to light a match (let alone play with it). In fact, they should be rewarded for the mere fact that they were capable of pushing the "play" button. No, nevermind. They should be charged with noise pollution, distubing the peace, terrorism, truency, jaywalking, and whatever else we can charge them with to lock them up for good. I give it 0 out of 10. Deal with it.… Expand
  64. Skullhead
    Dec 2, 2006
    0
    I haven't listened to this cuz i know this album sucks big time and k-fed is a big loser
  65. DTMike
    Dec 24, 2006
    0
    WTF
  66. BrittanySpears
    Dec 26, 2006
    0
    WHAT A BUM. This record isn't just the worst record of all time, it's made by the worst singer and rapper of all time. Don't get me wrong, I already think rap is the dumbest style of music, it's just that Federline makes it so much worse. He should do a reverse-Jackson and dye himself black because he ain't going nowhere white. The ABSOLUTE WORST cd ever put
  67. Mike
    Dec 8, 2006
    0
    I mean this is trash, Vanilla Ice sounds like a god compared to this bullcrap
  68. DeeM
    Dec 9, 2006
    0
    Shit Sandwich
  69. JS.
    Nov 25, 2007
    0
    What an incredible load of crap. Male golddiggers do exist, and sometimes, they make bank with dumbass country girls. You know he had that idiot wife of his snowed for her to pay for this crap. This album is a prime example of the horrors that ensue when one person has too much money and no common sense. This isn't K-Fed's fault, he just wanted to be known for something other What an incredible load of crap. Male golddiggers do exist, and sometimes, they make bank with dumbass country girls. You know he had that idiot wife of his snowed for her to pay for this crap. This album is a prime example of the horrors that ensue when one person has too much money and no common sense. This isn't K-Fed's fault, he just wanted to be known for something other than impregnating women and then living off THEIR money. Unfortunately, boy hasn't learned it's the only thing he's good at. Maybe this will clue him in.… Expand
  70. GabeC.
    Nov 28, 2007
    0
    wow i don't think anyone who posted anything positive about this garbage was listening to the same CD...snooze-fest
  71. JordanK
    Jan 14, 2007
    0
    k-fed is the most garbage artist 2 eva touch a mic is this really wut BIG and Pac died 4!?
  72. RazB
    Jan 17, 2007
    0
    Wow...an absolutely horrid album
  73. BaileyA.
    Oct 19, 2007
    0
    See, this is what happens when stupid people get rich. They produce complete and total crap like this album.
  74. JohnathanE
    Jan 22, 2007
    0
    This man is an absolute joke...A complete waste of time and space!
  75. KenL
    Jan 22, 2007
    0
    you mean i can't give a score below zero??
  76. SpyderMan
    Jan 27, 2007
    0
    ummm, yea
  77. bettys
    Feb 12, 2007
    0
    dump it and fast.....he needs to get a job at mcdonalds.....
  78. ValVil
    Feb 15, 2007
    0
    bad.
  79. AaronN
    Mar 31, 2007
    0
    i am still puking, but the bad taste just wont leave my mouth
  80. WillimS
    Apr 29, 2007
    0
    This album exemplifies the belief that it white people can't rap.
  81. RF
    May 27, 2007
    0
    This guy suprisingly has good beats and he still manages to fuck up the album with lame ass lyrics and a voice that sounds like he's mentally disabled. I hope he actually does play with fire so that this dumbass would get third-degree burns and hopefully die.
  82. JohnnyL.
    May 28, 2007
    0
    awful, just awful
  83. ElliottB.
    Jun 21, 2007
    0
    no thank you. i watched almost every WWE show k-fed was on just to see his butt get kicked, and his opening theme almost made me want to leave before it happened. and if music can pry me away from a television airing a beat down on a sissy like federline it must be monumentally good or insanely bad and the latter is what i heard. so to put it quite frankly, Cher putting the sounds made by no thank you. i watched almost every WWE show k-fed was on just to see his butt get kicked, and his opening theme almost made me want to leave before it happened. and if music can pry me away from a television airing a beat down on a sissy like federline it must be monumentally good or insanely bad and the latter is what i heard. so to put it quite frankly, Cher putting the sounds made by dragonforce's guitars into a vocalized sound while getting beaten by Gwar would be more appealing than this.… Expand
  84. GordonB.
    Jun 22, 2007
    0
    I have never listened to this or heard of him but I reckon if I did hear it I would hate it!
  85. MariahK.
    Mar 18, 2008
    0
    Absolutely TERRIBLE.
  86. FatTony
    Apr 24, 2008
    0
    The sound of me taking a shit after eating a rancid, maggot infested pile of week-old burritos would sound better than this f*cktard's album. Metacritic should be ashamed for not having the option to give minus infinity points for garbage like this.
  87. ShaneV.
    May 13, 2008
    0
    The absolute worst piece of garbage.
  88. D.S.
    Sep 19, 2009
    0
    I would rather carve my entrails out with a rusty spoon and then slit my throat, than listen to this guy. Has anyone noticed how even MC dissed him in the summary? --- Kevin, please kill yourself if youre so damn upset about that slu-- *ahem*, don't insult us with these abominations.
  89. NathanS
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Fed-ex (as he is now appropriately being called), is a waste of everyone's time. Please people, make him flop, stop talking about him, and perhaps, just maybe, he'll go away. This isn't even intriguingly bad; it's not even laughable. I think the worst part of an album like this is how he casually utters blasphemy in the lines of "Like Jesus in every way/I'm Fed-ex (as he is now appropriately being called), is a waste of everyone's time. Please people, make him flop, stop talking about him, and perhaps, just maybe, he'll go away. This isn't even intriguingly bad; it's not even laughable. I think the worst part of an album like this is how he casually utters blasphemy in the lines of "Like Jesus in every way/I'm crucified every day" in a way that he seems so oblivious to the importance of Jesus as anything more than simply being crucified at some point. Horrible, I wish I could put it into the negative.… Expand
  90. K.Young
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Simply Awful.
  91. Joe
    Nov 11, 2006
    0
    Well, you know what they say...when you play with fire, you're bound to get burned. In other words, if you listen to this album, your soul will suffer third-degree burns. Congratulations, KFed. You've made the worst album these ears have ever heard. Compared to this guy, Fred Durst is Tupac and Vanilla Ice is Biggie Smalls.
  92. ChrisW
    Nov 12, 2006
    0
    Terrible... as bad as Diddy's new album. All right maybe that's not fair to K-Fed... as bad as Flavor Flav's is more like it.
  93. W0nder
    Nov 13, 2006
    0
    Please Democrats, let your first action in power be the prohibition of this CD...
  94. TruthBeTold
    Nov 15, 2006
    0
    Garbage, pure and simple. This is a mockery of everyone in the music business.
  95. MadelineH
    Nov 18, 2006
    0
    K-Fed??? HaHa. I coulndt believe it when i saw lose control debut on The Teen Choice Awards. I still can't.
  96. RuiS
    Nov 22, 2006
    0
    what happens when you play with fire? horrible.
  97. AdrianR
    Nov 25, 2006
    0
    The fact that this CD can get ratings greater than 5/10 from more than just fluke and drunkenness is statistical proof that one can never trust what any human critic says ever again.
  98. RudyL
    Nov 26, 2006
    0
    Here's my one word review: CRAP.
  99. KurtC
    Nov 26, 2006
    0
    MY EARS! MY EARS! AAAAAH!
  100. CameronC
    Nov 27, 2006
    0
    Worst rap cd i've ever heard. quite an accomplishment
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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
15

Overwhelming dislike - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 7 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    20
    The worst thing about Playing with Fire is that it's too stale and inept to inspire laughter: it can only elicit weary groans.
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  2. Billboard
    30
    In general, Federline enunciates well. [11 Nov 2006]
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    0
    Other rappers might hesitate to brag about marrying into bling, but Federline isn't self-conscious about it.
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