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The video was directed by Casey McPerry and MGK himself, filmed in Cleveland, Ohio and premiered on MGK's YouTube channel on January 6, 2015. The video depicts MGK rapping to his hometown and Cleveland rapper Billard, as well as MGK's daughter, made cameo appearances in the video. The music video has over 133 million views as of September 2023
The song features vocals from Kellin Quinn of the rock band Sleeping with Sirens. [7] The song was the third collaboration between Kelly and Quinn, the prior being a remix of Rise Against's single "Swing Life Away". [5] Kelly noted that he improvised his lyrics for the song and had his parts done in five minutes.
Allmusic gave a mixed opinion on the song, criticizing its "Jackass-inspired dumbness", but commending Kelly's "underdog rhymes, hard-time tales, and heaps of Cleveland love". [2] HipHopDX commented the track saying "MGK is joined by Waka Flocka Flame for a rowdy offering that is entertaining on the surface but lacks creative value". [3]
Colson Baker (born April 22, 1990), known professionally as Machine Gun Kelly (also known by the acronym MGK; stylized in all lowercase), is an American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. MGK released four mixtapes between 2007 and 2010 before signing with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records, an imprint of Interscope Records the
The discography of American musician MGK (formerly Machine Gun Kelly) consists of six studio albums, four extended plays (EPs), eight mixtapes, 32 singles (including eight as a featured artist) and 75 music video. [1]
MGK announced the mixtape on January 28, 2013. [5] On February 18, 2013, Kelly revealed the mixtape's title to be "Black Flag", along with the cover art. Black Flag was released on June 23, 2013, with "Mind of a Stoner" enlisted as the fifth track on the project. [6] The song was officially recognized as the fifth single on February 10, 2014. [7]
The Cleveland Cavaliers have used the song in their introduction to home games. [2] The song is played over a music video introducing their players featuring MGK in a Cavs jersey with "XX" on it (A part of one of MGK's tattoos) instead of numbers. The song also featured in the HTC Rezound commercial. [3]
The music video was released alongside the single. It sees Machine Gun Kelly playing the piano [1] [3] [9] and performing the song in various places, [1] such as under a bridge, [9] in front of the skyline of downtown Cleveland (his hometown), [2] [3] in the dark woods [3] and the rain.