serious about being taken seriously to get unintentionally silly, and the album is a bore because of it. It's also a bore because he's a bore, writing endlessly about the same three topics: his alleged superstardom, his hatred of the media, his love of parties and dope." Jimmy Newlin of Slant Magazine said that none of the album's producers have credibility or are innovative, which resulted in "half-hearted beats, annoying musical tics, and enough bass to make your speakers beg for mercy." Newlin further added, "Federline can only rap about weed, his bank account, his wife, fighting anyone who looks at him sideways, and partying 'til three days from now —- roughly in that order... An oh-so-tiny sliver of myself kind of wanted Playing With Fire to be less aggressively shitty than it is, if only so the restless, rapacious media would ease off this tattered target of its ire—unfortunately, this disc is just as disposable and dumb as you'd expect." In a positive review, Ron Harris of Associated Press stated that Playing with Fire "is a credible, entertaining debut", praising tracks such as "Privilege", "Kept on Talkin'" and "Crazy". Chart performance Playing with Fire sold 6,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 151 on the Billboard 200. As of January 22, 2007, the album has sold over 16,000 units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Track listing Charts References Bibliography 2006 debut albums Albums produced by Disco D Albums produced by J. R. Rotem Kevin Federline albums Self-released albums Albums produced by Andrew Roettger