Wild Water Kingdom | ||||
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Released | November 14, 2012 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 61:24 | |||
Label | Greedhead | |||
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Wild Water Kingdom is the second solo mixtape by American rapper Heems. It was released on Heems' own Greedhead Music label on November 14, 2012. [1]
Wild Water Kingdom features production from Harry Fraud, Keyboard Kid, Crookers, Beautiful Lou, Le1f, and Lushlife. [1] Guests on Wild Water Kingdom include Childish Gambino and Lakutis. [2] Heems contrasted the style of Wild Water Kingdom with that of Nehru Jackets , noting that on Nehru Jackets, "the beats were aggressive and the bars were laid back. This time, the beats are a little laid back and the bars are aggressive." [3]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 71/100 [4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A− [8] |
Pitchfork | 7.2/10 [9] |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin | 6/10 [11] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Wild Water Kingdom received an average score of 71, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]
Jonah Bromwich of Pitchfork stated that "Wild Water Kingdom is the most substantial solo project full-length associated with Das Racist to date, because it merges the academic underpinnings of Heems' ideas with thoroughly listenable rap music." [9]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "WWK Intro" | B. Official | 3:35 |
2. | "Cowabunga Gnarly" | Harry Fraud | 3:06 |
3. | "Third Thing" | Crookers | 3:10 |
4. | "Death Is Not an Option" (featuring Bodega Bamz and Lakutis) | Keyboard Kid | 4:10 |
5. | "Wild Water Kingdom" | Harry Fraud | 5:43 |
6. | "Himanshu Freestyles" | Keyboard Kid | 2:31 |
7. | "Let It Go" (featuring Cee Gee) | Keyboard Kid | 3:54 |
8. | "Killing Time" | Yorissey Blkhrts | 3:01 |
9. | "Running Thru the Jungle" | Beautiful Lou | 2:29 |
10. | "Half Pint" | Mike Finito | 2:50 |
11. | "WOYY" | Mike Finito | 2:26 |
12. | "Deepak Choppa" | Le1f | 5:41 |
13. | "Soup Boys" | Lushlife | 4:10 |
14. | "Medium Green Eyes" (featuring Safe) | Steel Tipped Dove | 4:08 |
15. | "Tell Me" (featuring Childish Gambino) | Mike Finito | 2:59 |
16. | "Adina Howard" | Shaleik | 3:24 |
17. | "Combat Jack Show Freestyle" | 4:06 | |
Total length: | 61:24 |