Key to the Kuffs

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All tracks are written by D.Dumile and O.Gilyard except where noted.

Key to the Kuffs
Key To The Kuffs Album Cover.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 2012
Recorded2010–2012
Genre
Length42:00
Label Lex Records
Producer Jneiro Jarel
Jneiro Jarel chronology
Georgiavania
(2010)
Key to the Kuffs
(2012)
Flora
(2014)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Waterlogged" 1:51
2."Guv'nor" 3:04
3."Banished" 3:09
4."Bite the Thong" (featuring Damon Albarn)
3:54
5."Rhymin' Slang" 2:20
6."Dawg Friendly" 2:38
7."Borin Convo" 2:20
8."Snatch That Dough" 0:46
9."GMO" (featuring Beth Gibbons)
4:22
10."Bout the Shoes" (featuring Boston Fielder)
  • D.Dumile
  • O.Gilyard
  • B.Fielder
2:34
11."Winter Blues" 4:11
12."Still Kaps" (featuring Khujo Goodie)
1:28
13."Retarded Fren" 3:38
14."Viberian Sun Pt. II"
  • O.Gilyard
3:12
15."Wash Your Hands" 2:41
Total length:41:59
Butter Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Waterlogged" 1:51
2."Guv'nor" 3:04
3."Banished" 3:09
4."Bookhead" 1:59
5."Bite the Thong" (featuring Damon Albarn)
  • D.Dumile
  • O.Gilyard
  • D. Albarn
3:54
6."Rhymin' Slang" 2:20
7."Dawg Friendly" 2:39
8."Pause Tape" 2:07
9."The Signs" (featuring Gone the Hero) 1:29
10."Borin Convo" 2:20
11."Snatch That Dough" 0:46
12."GMO" (featuring Beth Gibbons)
  • D.Dumile
  • O.Gilyard
  • B.Gibbons
4:21
13."Bout the Shoes" (featuring Boston Fielder)
  • D.Dumile
  • O.Gilyard
  • B.Fielder
2:34
14."Winter Blues" 4:11
15."Still Kaps" (featuring Khujo Goodie)
  • O.Gilyard
  • W.Knighton
1:28
16."Retarded Fren" 3:39
17."Viberian Son" (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien) 3:34
18."Wash Your Hands" 2:42
19."Guv'nor (BadBadNotGood Version)" 2:53
20."Rhymin' Slang (Dave Sitek Remix)" 2:38
21."Retarded Fren (Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood Version)" 3:18
22."Bookfiend (Clams Casino Version)" 2:53
23."Banished (Beck Remix)" 4:05
Total length:63:41

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [22]

Production

Additional performers

Additional personnel

Artwork

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [23] 148
US Heatseekers Albums [24] 3
US Independent Albums [25] 24
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums [26] 25
US Tastemaker Albums [27] 17

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