K+ (mixtape)

K+
Mixtape by Kilo Kish
Released	February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)
Recorded	2012
Genre	Experimental
Length	30:56
Label	Self-released
Producer	Star Slinger Matt Martians SBTRKT Kilo Kish randomblackdude Childish Gambino PROF CALC Very Rare Patrice Raige CRONOS
Kilo Kish chronology
Homeschool EP (2012) K+ (2013) #ACROSS (2013)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence of Sound
NME	7/10

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"K+ Intro"	Lakisha Robinson		1:03
2.	"Goldmine"	Robinson Darren Williams	Star Slinger	3:54
3.	"Ghost" (featuring Childish Gambino)	Robinson Donald Glover Jr. Matthew Martin Aaron Jerome	Matt Martians SBTRKT Kilo Kish	2:37
4.	"Trappin'" (featuring Vince Staples)	Robinson Vincent Staples Thebe Kgositsile	randomblackdude	3:53
5.	"IOU"	Robinson Martin	Matt Martians	2:23
6.	"Turquoise"	Robinson	Prof. Calc	2:58
7.	"Scones"	Robinson Glover	Childish Gambino	1:59
8.	"Love2K" (featuring ASAP Ferg)	Robinson Darold Brown Ferguson Jr.	Very Rare	2:40
9.	"Better"	Robinson	Patrice Raige	3:03
10.	"Creepwave" (featuring Flatbush Zombies)	Robinson Dimitri Simms Antonio Lewis Erick Elliott	Cronos	3:44
Total length:				30:56

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:

• 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