K+ (mixtape)
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| Mixtape by Kilo Kish | ||||
| Released | February 7, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Experimental | |||
| Length | 30:56 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
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| Kilo Kish chronology | ||||
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K+ is the debut mixtape of American vocalist Kilo Kish. It was released as a digital download on February 7, 2013.
Production
Several demos were recorded for K+, both in the studio and at home.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Consequence of Sound |    [2] |
| NME | 7/10[3] |
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
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "K+ Intro" | N/A | 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" | PROF CALC | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Scones" | Childish Gambino | 1:59 |
| 8. | "Love2K" (featuring ASAP Ferg) | Very Rare | 2:40 |
| 9. | "Better" | Patrice Raige | 3:03 |
| 10. | "Creepwave" (featuring Flatbush Zombies) | CRONOS | 3:44 |
Total length: |
30:56 | ||
- Notes
- "Trappin'" contains additional vocals from Earl Sweatshirt.
Personnel
Source:[6]
- Kilo Kish – songwriter, vocalist, producer
- Childish Gambino – songwritier, vocalist, producer
- Vince Staples – songwriter, vocalist
- ASAP Ferg – songwriter, vocalist
- 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
- ↑ Kish, Kilo (February 7, 2013). "K+ by Kilo Kish". Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- 1 2 Madden, Mike (March 20, 2013). "Album Review: Kilo Kish – k+". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- 1 2 Rowe, 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.
