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.
Reception
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." 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." 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." 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."
Track listing
Notes "Trappin'" features additional vocals by Earl Sweatshirt "Scones" features additional vocals by Childish Gambino
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 Source:K+ liner notes. Image One, Image Two. Links retrieved December 19, 2013.
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
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