Review #20: Kilo Kish - K+ (2013)

Guess who's back, blah blah blah, Kilo Kish is a female rapper, and Childish Gambino is on this mixtape. Fuck intros.

1. K+
A shitty meaningless into with Kilo talking to Gambino about the album deadline and renovations maybe? I don't care enough to lusten again.

2. Goldmine
Kilo seriously kills this, and it's the first rap song I've listened to since January, so maybe that's why this sounds so awesome. Or maybe it's actually good.

3. Ghost (Feat. Childish Gambino)
I can pretty much stop writing the review after this, because this song is the only reason I even downloaded this, but I won't because chances are if you dug through the internet far enough to find this review, you actually care about Kilo Kish. Anyways, she sounds okay on here, but Gambeezy destroys the beat, with his good Royalty flow. His verse doesn't have the same emotion that his shit on Camp did, but I'm not sure if we'll ever hear him get back to that level. Solid showing on this one though.

4. Trappin (Feat. Vince Staples)
A little bit of Odd Future influence on here, with frequent OF collaborator Vince Staples making an ok appearance. I'm pretty sure Earl Sweatshirt produced this too, and if he did, he did a good job. An eerie hook and beat goes well with Vince's flow on here, so three straight good tracks on here.

5. IOU
The beat sounds like something Azealia Banks would rap over, which is kind of a step back on this one. Gambino makes another non-rapping appearance at the end.

6. Turquoise
The beat's pretty cool on here, but it's starting to seem like Kilo can only rap one way, which makes things boring after a while. The good beat bails her out on this one though.

7. Scones
Skimmed through this, sounded like shit. Sappy Kilo Kish bullshit.

8. Love2K (Feat. Flatbush Zombies)
Ugh, I swear I'm turning this off if I hear another Kilo Kish gay singing song...wait is this Flatbush Zombies? How the fuck did this happen? It even changes up Kilo's rapping, which is good. Best track besides Ghost.

9. Better
No, not better. This was really bad actually, with the singing at the end being the only good part of the song.

10. Creepwave (Feat. Flatbush Zombies)
This was pretty solid, with the eerie beat going well with Kilo's rap-singing. I actually really liked this, and some parts of the production sounded like everything I liked about Royalty.

Rating: 6.5/10

Best Tracks: Ghost, Trappin, Love2K, Creepwave

The tracks that were good on here were good, but everything that wasn't was terrible. I blame lack of variety for my boredom towards the end of this one. Kilo remains in the same bracket of rappers for me, the half-decent females bracket.

Review #12: Childish Gambino - EP (2011)

Childish Gambino  (real name Donald Glover) is the most talented performer I know of. He's a stand up comedian, actor, producer, writer, and ofcourse, a rapper. He's easily my favorite active rapper, and has the potential to be one of the best of all time. I'll be reviewing his newest release, the mixtape R O Y A L T Y after this, part two of two in my EP reviews. This was a really solid lead up to his debut studio album, Camp, and I'd even say that the quality of these tracks are better. Obviously I've already listened to this, but fuck it.

1. Be Alone
Now, as much as I like this EP, this song has one of the gayest starts to a rap song of all time. But whatever, he deffinitely recovers, and delivers two really good verses. Also the beat was awesome and progressed really well through each verse. Also, Gambino has ridiculously good punchlines.

2. Freaks And Geeks
I'm not a giant fan of this beat, but Donald completely tears it apart. Like he goes fucking HAM. This song also helped his fame a ton after appearing in some commercials. Another really awesome track.

3. My Shine
I really like the direction Glover goes with progressing beats so far on here. Also, his flow is perfect on this track, especially just before the first hook. That shit's perfection in rap. Another awesome song.

4. Lights Turned On
A little bit of a step back in comparison with the other tracks, but it still trumps 90% of rap. Gambino's flow on here is great, and it's pretty funny too. Really good track, just not as great as the other three.

5. Not Going Back
Glover's singing on here doesn't bother me at all. In fact, it works. That's how great this shit was. The lyricism is as close to perfect as I've seen in a while, the beat progresses like I talked about earlier, but still sounds fresh, and you can really feel the passion on here. The best track on a really great EP. Best line on the album too "Couldn't see me as Spiderman, But I was spittin venom". Dope.

Best Tracks: All of them.

Rating: 10/10

I've heard this EP like a million times, and it doesn't get old. This is easily my favorite collection of songs of any sort I can think of right off hand. If Glover could have this calibre of music for 20 tracks, he'd be the best rapper of all time.