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{{Infobox album
| name       = Half Naked & Almost Famous
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Machine Gun Kelly (rapper)|Machine Gun Kelly]]
| cover      = Half Naked & Almost Famous.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2012|03|20}}
| recorded   = 2011
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| length     = 17:01
| label      = [[Bad Boy Records|Bad Boy]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| producer   = [[Sean Combs|Sean "Diddy" Combs]] <small>([[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>, MGK <small>(also exec.)</small>, [[Harve Pierre]] <small>(co-exec.)</small>, James McMillan <small>(co-exec.)</small>, GB Hitz, [[J. R. Rotem]], Slim Gudz, Aliby, [[J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League]], Alex KickDrum, Southside, Michael "Lil Mike" Crawford
| prev_title = Rage Pack
| prev_year  = 2011
| next_title = [[Lace Up]]
| next_year  = 2012
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Half Naked & Almost Famous
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Wild Boy (song)|Wild Boy]]
| single1date = September 27, 2011
}}
}}
'''''Half Naked & Almost Famous''''' is the [[major record label]] debut [[extended play|EP]] by [[United States|American]] rapper [[Machine Gun Kelly (rapper)|Machine Gun Kelly]]. It was released on March 20, 2012, under [[Bad Boy Records|Bad Boy]] and [[Interscope Records]]. The album's title comes from the [[wikt:title track|title track]], which was featured on his fourth [[mixtape]], ''Rage Pack'' (2011).<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/machine-gun-kelly-rage-pack-hosted-by-dj-xplosive-and-dj-ev-mixtape.28531.html|title=Rage Pack (Hosted By DJ Xplosive & DJ EV)|work=|publisher=HotNewHipHop|date= October 14, 2011|accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>
==Reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/half-naked-almost-famous-mw0002337569|title=Half Naked & Almost Famous Review by David Jeffries|date=10 April 2012|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
==Commercial performance==
In the United States, the EP debuted at number 46 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with first-week sales of 8,500 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19168/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-3-25-2012|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/25/2012|work=HipHopDX|access-date=2012-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329214816/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19168/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-3-25-2012|archive-date=2012-03-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of August 2012, the EP has sold 36,500 copies in the United States.
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline        =
| extra_column    = Producer(s)
| total_length    = 17:01
| title1          = Warning Shot
| note1           = featuring [[Cassie Ventura|Cassie]]
| writer1         = [[MGK (rapper)|Richard Baker]], [[J. R. Rotem]], P. Ring, [[Jack Bevan]], Edwin Congreave, Walter Gervers, [[Yannis Philippakis]], Jimmy Smith
| extra1          = [[J. R. Rotem]], Aliby <small>(co.)</small>
| length1         = 3:20
| title2          = [[Wild Boy (song)|Wild Boy]]
| note2           = featuring [[Waka Flocka Flame]]
| writer2         = Baker, [[Waka Flocka Flame|Juaquin Malphurs]], Joshua Luellen, Jarrett Mines De'Andre Langford
| extra2          = GB Hitz, Southside
| length2         = 3:49
| title3            =  [[See My Tears (song)|See My Tears]]
| note3           =
| writer3         = Baker, [[J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League|Erik Ortiz, Kevin Crowe, Kenny Bartolomei]], Adrian Broekhuyse, [[Benno de Goeij]], Cathy Burton, Raz Nitzan
| extra3          = [[J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League]]
| length3         = 4:09
| title4          = Half Naked & Almost Famous
| extra4          = MGK, Slim Gudz, Alex KickDrum
| writer4         = Baker, Alex Fitts, Matt Penttila, [[The Naked and Famous|Thomas Powers]], [[Alisa Xayalith]], [[The Naked and Famous|Aaron Short]]
| length4         = 2:51
| title5          = EST 4 Life
| note5           = featuring  Dubo & [[DJ Xplosive]]
| writer5         = Baker, [[Stu Pflaum|Stuart Pflaum]], Michael Crawford
| extra5          = Slim Gudz, Michael "Lil Mike" Crawford
| length5         = 2:52
}}
;<u>Sample credits</u>
* "See My Tears" contains a [[Sampling (music)|sample]] of "[[Imagine (Armin van Buuren album)|Rain]]" as performed by  [[Armin van Buuren]] and Cathy Burton.
* "Half Naked & Almost Famous" contains a sample of "[[Young Blood (The Naked and Famous song)|Young Blood]]" as performed by [[The Naked and Famous]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/naked-and-famous-settle-machine-gun-kelly-sample-controversy-20120329|title=Naked And Famous Settle Machine Gun Kelly Sample Controversy - Noise11.com|website=www.noise11.com}}</ref>
*"Warning Shot" contains elements of "Electric Bloom", written by Jack Bevan, Edwin Congreave, Walter Gervers, [[Yannis Philippakis]] and Jimmy Smith, performed by [[Foals (band)|Foals]].
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2012)
!Peak<br>position
|-
| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
| style="text-align:center;"|46
|-
|US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|US [[Top Rap Albums|Rap Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|}
== References ==
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[[Category:2012 debut EPs]]
[[Category:Machine Gun Kelly (musician) albums]]
[[Category:Interscope Records EPs]]
[[Category:Bad Boy Records EPs]]
[[Category:Albums produced by J. R. Rotem]]
[[Category:Albums produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League]]