Mind of a Stoner

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"Mind of a Stoner"
Single by Machine Gun Kelly featuring Wiz Khalifa
from the album Black Flag
ReleasedJune 23, 2013 (2013-06-23)
Recorded2012–2013
Genre Hip hop
Length2:49
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dre$ki
  • Brian Empire
Machine Gun Kelly singles chronology
"Black Tuxedos"
(2013)		"Mind of a Stoner"
(2013)		"No Miracles"
(2013)
Wiz Khalifa singles chronology
"See Me"
(2013)		"Mind of a Stoner"
(2013)		"I Bet"
(2013)

"Mind of a Stoner" is a song by American rapper Machine Gun Kelly. [1] [2] It was released on June 23, 2013, for digital download by Bad Boy and Interscope. [3] The song features guest vocals from fellow American rapper Wiz Khalifa. [4]

Contents

Background and release

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]

Music video

The music video was released February 11, 2014. [8] It was directed by Charlie Zwick, and features cameos from Kid Ink, and Danielle Fishel, whom he acknowledges as Topanga. [9] The video's concept shows Kelly speaking of his problems and personal troubles, walking up to a bus stop where Khalifa offers Kelly weed, and the rest of the video sees Kelly smoking his problems away. [10] as of 2024 the music video had attained over 190 million views, making it one of Baker's most popular.

Awards

YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2014Ohio Hip Hop AwardsBest National Music VideoWon [11]
Best National CollaborationWon

References

  1. ↑ "Listen to more of Machine Gun Kelly on Apple Music". Apple . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Listen to Black Flag by Machine Gun Kelly". SoundCloud . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Listen to Mind of a Stoner on Spotify". Spotify . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Explicit version of Mind of a Stoner now available". Amazon . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Stream Black Flag nu MGK now". Amazon . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Listen to Black Flag by Machine Gun Kelly". Spotify . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Stream Black Flag now on Spotify". Spotify . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ "The message behind the video of Mind of a Stoner". urbanislandz.com. 12 February 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Topanga and Kid Ink feature in MGK's Mind of a Stoner music video". imvdb.com. 11 February 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Watch the music video to Mind of a Stoner by MGK". YouTube . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Ohio Hip Hop Awards". ohiohiphopawards.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
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