DJ-Kicks: Kamaal Williams

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DJ-Kicks: Kamaal Williams
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Compilation album by
Released15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)
Length1:16:34
Label !K7 Records
Kamaal Williams chronology
The Return
(2018)
DJ-Kicks: Kamaal Williams
(2019)
Wu Hen
(2020)
DJ-Kicks chronology
DJ-Kicks: Peggy Gou
(2019)
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(2019)
DJ-Kicks: Mr Scruff
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
Mixmag 7/10 [4]
Uncut 7/10 [5]

DJ-Kicks: Kamaal Williams is a DJ mix album, mixed by British musician and producer Kamaal Williams. [6] It was released 15 November 2019 under the Studio !K7 independent record label as part of their DJ-Kicks series. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

DJ-Kicks: Kamaal Williams was met with generally favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 4 reviews. [1]

Track listing

DJ-Kicks: Kamaal Williams track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Sometimes" (featuring Budgie)1:49
2."Snitches Brew"6:53
3."Summer Madness S.A." (featuring Karriem Riggins)1:04
4."Space Invader" (featuring Lord Tusk)2:24
5."Buggin' Out" (featuring Seiji)3:06
6."Hey There" (featuring Steve Spacek)1:53
7."Speed Metal Jesus" (featuring Max Graef)2:05
8."Two Tens Madam" (featuring Kaidi Tatham)6:17
9."Southern Freeez" (featuring Freeez)3:48
10."Stuck" (featuring Peven Everett)2:07
11."Sirens" (featuring Hard House Banton)0:54
12."Cause I Love You" (featuring Diggs Duke)2:20
13."MovingUp" (featuring DJ Harrison)1:20
14."Ein Kola Bitte!" (featuring Ratgrave)3:14
15."He's So Crazy" (featuring Wbeeza)2:16
16."Pregnant" (featuring Awanto 3)3:46
17."117 Careplan" (featuring Henry Wu)2:00
18."Airglow Fires" (featuring Lone)2:26
19."Projections" (featuring Earl Jeffers, Henry Wu)2:20
20."It's All in the Groove" (featuring City People)1:07
21."Peace and Love's Comin" (featuring Phil Asher)1:36
22."Song for My Father" (featuring Tenderlonious)3:07
23."Lowrider" (featuring Yussef Kamaal)3:02
24."XL" (featuring Steven Julien)2:28
25."Shinjuku"2:03
26."Wivout U" (featuring Henry Wu)1:39
27."Nuts" (featuring Dego)1:29
28."Time Humbles Us All" (featuring K15)2:19
29."Strings"5:42

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