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

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Kill or Be Killed is a collaborative mixtape by American rappers Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze. It was released on October 4, 2012.^[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]

Kill or Be Killed
Mixtape by Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze
Released	October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	63:56
Producer	BK Beats Deniro Farrar (exec.) DK All Day Friendzone K² (exec.) Keyboard Kid Kira Lunice Nem270 Oswim SM PBZ Ryan Hemsworth Shady Blaze (exec.) Sines Spadez Tree
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)

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)	Hemsworth	5:12
9.	"Cold Blood" (featuring Haleek Maul)	Hemsworth	4:41
10.	"Rollin'"	DK All Day	5:16
11.	"Ballad of the Lost Souls"	Keyboard Kid	3:18
12.	"Madonna"	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