By Any Means (Kevin Gates album)
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| Mixtape by Kevin Gates | ||||
| Released | March 17, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013–14 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, southern hip hop, trap, gangsta rap | |||
| Length | 55:43 | |||
| Label | Atlantic, Breadwinners | |||
| Producer | All Star, Knucklehead, Go Grizzly, Dun Deal, Dave Cappa, V12 The Hittman, Chrishan, Beewirks, Jim Jonsin, Finatik N Zac, Honorable C-Note, The Runners, The Monarch, Big Soj, Kane Beatz, Yung Stylez, Bricks Da Mane, Yung Carter | |||
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| Pitchfork Media | (7.5/10) |
By Any Means is the second commercial mixtape by American rapper Kevin Gates. It was released on March 17, 2014, by his Breadwinners Association label, distributed by Atlantic Records. The mixtape debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200, selling 17,000 copies in the United States. On DatPiff, this mixtape downloaded over 392,347 times, as of February 2, 2015.
By Any Means received positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic's David Jeffries praised Gates for making tweaks to the above-average mixtape, singling out "Movies" and "Posed to Be in Love" as "unexpected excellence buried on a stopgap release, all of them making this mixtape quite necessary for fans of Gates' albums." Christina Lee of HipHopDX praised Gates' storytelling lyricism and beat choices for remaining consistent in finding the middle-ground between underground and mainstream, calling the mixtape "a smart display of his skills that aims for Rap radio airplay but doesn’t sacrifice too much personality, and a reliable stopgap between now and what’s ahead." Renato Pagnani of Pitchfork Media praised Gates for mixing the different styles from his previous mixtapes to deliver a strong precursor to his full-length debut, concluding that "With By All Means he completes a three-release run that's as solid as any in recent memory, even if the answer to the question of whether he has another gear in him remains unanswered for the time being."
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