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| Released | February 7, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Experimental | |||
| Length | 30:56 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
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K+ is the debut mixtape of American vocalistKilo Kish. It was released as a digital download on February 7, 2013.
Production[edit]
Several demos were recorded for K+, both in the studio and at home.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Consequence of Sound | [2] |
| NME | 7/10[3] |
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Initially, K+ received a mixed to positive critical response. BBC Music's Mike Diver wrote K+ recalled 'both Lauryn Hill’s guard-down emotions, articulated brilliantly on The Miseducation of [Lauryn Hill], and the solid narrative structure that served Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city so well. Her promise is reaching fruition.'[4] Writing for The A&T Register, Jeffrey Lockhart felt the mixtape was 'very well polished, and professional,' and assumed that Kilo Kish had 'a future in the music industry.'[5]NME writer Siân Rowe, giving the album a 7 out of 10, said that Kish 'might not be entirely #wow just yet (unsurprising, considering she made songs for her debut ‘Homeschool’ EP as a “joke… kinda”) but she’s heading there.'[3] In a more varied review, Mike Madden of Consequence of Sound said the mixtape was 'a very of-the-moment project' due to its influences and elements of genres like neo-soul and trap music, but criticized it because 'it winds up so exemplary of some fads in music circa now – and gets so little out of them – that it’s all too easy to imagine it blending in with everything else that sounds similar and going obsolete within a year or two.'[2]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'K+ Intro' | Lakisha Robinson | 1:03 | |
| 2. | 'Goldmine' |
| Star Slinger | 3:54 |
| 3. | 'Ghost' (featuring Childish Gambino) |
| 2:37 | |
| 4. | 'Trappin' (featuring Vince Staples) |
| randomblackdude | 3:53 |
| 5. | 'IOU' | Matt Martians | 2:23 | |
| 6. | 'Turquoise' | Robinson | Prof. Calc | 2:58 |
| 7. | 'Scones' |
| Childish Gambino | 1:59 |
| 8. | 'Love2K' (featuring ASAP Ferg) | Very Rare | 2:40 | |
| 9. | 'Better' | Robinson | Patrice Raige | 3:03 |
| 10. | 'Creepwave' (featuring Flatbush Zombies) |
| Cronos | 3:44 |
| Total length: | 30:56 | |||
- Notes
- 'Trappin' features additional vocals by Earl Sweatshirt
- 'Scones' features additional vocals by Childish Gambino
Kilo Kish Across Ep Download
- Sample credits
- 'IOU' contains a sample of 'SexyBack' as written by Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley and Floyd Nathaniel Hills and performed by Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, from the album FutureSex/LoveSounds
Personnel[edit]
Source:[6]
- Kilo Kish – songwriter, vocalist, producer
- Childish Gambino – songwriter, vocalist, producer
- Vince Staples – songwriter, vocalist
- ASAP Ferg – songwriter, vocalist
- Kilo Pez - songwriter
- Earl Sweatshirt – vocalist, producer (as randomblackdude)
- Flatbush Zombies – vocalists
- Jesse Boykins III – vocalist
- Joe McCaffery – guitarist
- Star Slinger – producer
- Matt Martians – producer
- PROF CALC – producer
- Very Rare – producer
- Patrice Raige – producer
- CRONOS – producer
- Benjanim Julia – engineer
- Leon Kelly – engineer
- Joey Raia – mixer
- Joe LaPorta – mastering
- Phillip T. Annand – artwork
References[edit]
Kilo Kish Lyrics
- ^Kish, Kilo (February 7, 2013). 'K+ by Kilo Kish'. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ abMadden, Mike (March 20, 2013). 'Album Review: Kilo Kish – k+'. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ abRowe, Siân (February 27, 2013). 'Kilo Kish - 'K+''. NME. IPC Media. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^Diver, Mike. 'Kilo Kish K+ Review'. BBC Music. BBC Online. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^Lockhart, Jeffrey (February 28, 2013). 'Mixtape Review: Kilo Kish - K+'. The A&T Register. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^K+ liner notes. Image One, Image Two. Links retrieved December 19, 2013.