Kill or Be Killed (Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze album)

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Kill or Be Killed
Studio album by Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze
Released	October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	63:56
Producer	Oswin SM Ryan Hemsworth Keyboard Kid Friendzone Kira Spadez DK All Day Tree Sines BK Beats PBZ Nem270 Lunice
Deniro Farrar chronology
Destiny Altered (2012) Kill or Be Killed (2012) The Patriarch (2013)
Shady Blaze chronology
The Grind, Hustle & Talent (2012) Kill or Be Killed (2012) The Anomaly of Hip Hop (2012)

Kill or Be Killed is a 2012 collaborative studio album by Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze.^[1] It includes guest appearances from Lofty305, Main Attrakionz, and Haleek Maul,^[2] as well as production from Oswin SM, Ryan Hemsworth, Keyboard Kid, Friendzone, and Nem270, among others.^[3] Lunice produced a bonus track, "All I Know".^[4][5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence of Sound	B[6]
Stereogum	favorable[7]

Michael Madden of Consequence of Sound gave the album a grade of B, calling it "a success throughout, thanks to its embracement of well-tested sounds and its track-for-track consistency."^[6] He wrote, "Deniro and Shady have emerged as one of the strongest pairings in rap this year, and future collaborations between the two should be more than welcomed."^[6]

Impose included it on the "Best Music of October 2012" list.^[8] Stereogum placed it at number 39 on the "Top 40 Rap Albums of 2012" list.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Kill on Sight"	Oswin SM	4:47
2.	"43 Hours In" (featuring ST 2 Lettaz)	Ryan Hemsworth	4:43
3.	"Therapture"	Keyboard Kid	3:40
4.	"All the Way" (featuring Lofty305, Squadda B, and Deecee)	Friendzone	4:20
5.	"Breaking Ties"	Kira	3:51
6.	"Back/Forth/Back"	Friendzone	3:15
7.	"On My Block"	Spadez	2:57
8.	"Fallen Soldiers" (featuring Main Attrakionz)	Ryan Hemsworth	5:12
9.	"Cold Blood" (featuring Haleek Maul)	Ryan Hemsworth	4:41
10.	"Rollin'"	DK All Day	5:16
11.	"Ballad of the Lost Souls"	Keyboard Kid	3:18
12.	"Madonna"	Ryan Hemsworth	3:47
13.	"Stayin' Alive" (featuring Tree)	Tree	3:08
14.	"Ugotme"	Sines	3:53
15.	"Soul Fly Remix" (featuring Boldy James)	BK Beats PBZ	4:39
16.	"NWO"	Nem270	2:23
17.	"All I Know" (bonus track)	Lunice	4:26

References

1. Frydenlund, Zach (October 4, 2012). "Mixtape: Deniro Farrar & Shady Blaze "Kill or Be Killed"". Complex. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
2. Cooper, Duncan (October 4, 2012). "Download Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze's Kill or Be Killed Mixtape". The Fader. Archived from the original on November 17, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
3. Gillespie, Blake (October 8, 2012). "Deniro Farrar + Shady Blaze, Kill Or Be Killed". Impose. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
4. Bromwich, Jonah (November 16, 2012). "Lunice / Deniro Farrar / Shady Blaze: "All I Know"". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
5. Weiss, Sam (November 14, 2012). "Listen: Deniro Farrar & Shady Blaze "All I Know" (Prod. Lunice)". Complex. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
6. Madden, Michael (October 18, 2012). "Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze – Kill or Be Killed". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
7. Breihan, Tom (October 10, 2012). "Mixtape Of The Week: Deniro Farrar & Shady Blaze Kill Or Be Killed". Stereogum. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
8. "The Best Music of October 2012". Impose. November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
9. Breihan, Tom (December 21, 2012). "Stereogum's Top 40 Rap Albums Of 2012". Stereogum. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

External links

• Kill or Be Killed on Bandcamp