Machine Gun Kelly mentioned the criticism fueling his return to Hip-Hop is just making him hungrier to ship the most effective rap album of his profession.

Machine Gun Kelly is gearing up for a rap revival and says the noise round his style swap is just pushing him to ship the most effective album of his profession.

The 35-year-old artist mentioned he’s absolutely tuned in to the skepticism that trails his return to Hip-Hop after years of pop-punk experimentation. But as a substitute of backing down, he’s doubling down.

“I’m aware of how loud that conversation will be when I drop it, which makes me hyper aware of how great it has to be,” he mentioned. “If they choose to be loud about it, know that it makes me better. That makes me hungrier. And a hungry MGK is a dangerous MGK.”

MGK’s final rap-focused album, Bloom, dropped in 2017. Since then, he’s leaned closely into rock, releasing Tickets to My Downfall in 2020, Mainstream Sellout in 2022 and most not too long ago Lost Americana, which arrived earlier this month.

Despite the shift in sound, he insists he by no means deserted Hip-Hop.

“I’ve been so present during this entire time of these three albums that people can choose to acknowledge it or look away from it,” he mentioned. “Undeniably, in the fine print on the internet, my freestyles, my features, my constant glorification of Hip-Hop have always been there.”

MGK emphasised that the criticism surrounding his musical pivots solely sharpens his focus.

“All that’s going to do is make my bars meaner and make the production colder. I’m refusing anything less than my greatest rap album with this next one.”

Fresh off the discharge of Lost Americana, which he described as his most refined venture so far, MGK mentioned he’s creatively locked in. “I can’t be messed with right now. I’m too tapped in and I’m too hungry.”

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