K+ (mixtape)

K+ is the debut mixtape of American vocalist Kilo Kish. It was released as a digital download on February 7, 2013.

K+
Mixtape by
Kilo Kish
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)
Recorded2012
GenreExperimental
Length30:56
LabelSelf-released
Producer
Kilo Kish chronology
Homeschool EP
(2012)		 K+
(2013)		 #ACROSS
(2013)

Production

Several demos were recorded for K+, both in the studio and at home.[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound[2]
NME7/10[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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."K+ Intro"Lakisha Robinson 1:03
2."Goldmine"
Star Slinger3:54
3."Ghost" (featuring Childish Gambino)
2:37
4."Trappin'" (featuring Vince Staples)
randomblackdude3:53
5."IOU"
  • Robinson
  • Martin
Matt Martians2:23
6."Turquoise"RobinsonProf. Calc2:58
7."Scones"
  • Robinson
  • Glover
Childish Gambino1:59
8."Love2K" (featuring ASAP Ferg)
Very Rare2:40
9."Better"RobinsonPatrice Raige3:03
10."Creepwave" (featuring Flatbush Zombies)
Cronos3:44
Total length:30:56
Notes
  • "Trappin'" features additional vocals by Earl Sweatshirt
  • "Scones" features additional vocals by Childish Gambino
Sample credits

Personnel

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

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References
  1. Kish, Kilo (February 7, 2013). "K+ by Kilo Kish". Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  2. Madden, Mike (March 20, 2013). "Album Review: Kilo Kish – k+". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  3. Rowe, Siân (February 27, 2013). "Kilo Kish - 'K+'". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  4. Diver, Mike. "Kilo Kish K+ Review". BBC Music. BBC Online. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  5. Lockhart, Jeffrey (February 28, 2013). "Mixtape Review: Kilo Kish - K+". The A&T Register. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  6. K+ liner notes. Image One, Image Two. Links retrieved December 19, 2013.
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