K Camp Welcomes First Kiss Installment in Five Years With Sold-Out Dallas Show

K Camp's prevalence in the 2010s feels like a distant memory, but the Atlanta rapper's forever fans know him as a hitmaker who never lost his touch.

On Sunday, Aug. 18, he sold out his Kiss 6 Tour stop at House of Blues Dallas with special guests Domani and Fresco Trey. Coming off the release of Kiss 6 last week, this show proved he's an artist still on many people's radar and convinced those who counted him out that they shouldn't sleep on one of the most foundational creators in modern Atlanta.

Since 2011, K Camp has been dropping a series of mixtapes titled Kiss. He is on the sixth installment of the project, showing his tender side. The project merges infectious melodies and R&B with features from Ty Dolla $ign, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, T.I., Eric Bellinger, Chase Shakur, Joe Trufant, EJ Jones, Qiuntellii, Zae France, Aaron Page, Renee Harmoni, Ajia and Viibe.

That's not his only project to drop this year. In March, the Teflon-tough Built Different was released, offering a good balance of introspection, club-ready upbeat songs and soft-tempo jams.

As the lights dimmed at House of Blues, the crowd went wild, and K Camp hit the stage to perform the first track on Kiss 6, “Hero.” While the band played through each track, the years of work K Camp has put into his show were seen in how he can engage a crowd. From the keys to the guitar strings, this was a vibrant performance. K Camp asked the crowd, “Are ya’ll ready to vibe?” And the room went into a roaring “yes” followed by his response, “Well, let’s turn this bitch up then” followed by the beat from Kiss 5’s “Ice Cold/” The crowd went wild, rapping along bar for bar.
When the DJ asked which Kiss was the crowd's favorite, 2020's Kiss 5 was the obvious winner. The crowd went into a roar, as it did whenever any of the songs from the project were performed. From the song named “Ari,” giving love to the girls and inspired by the lifestyle of social media influencer Ari Fletcher, to the radio single “What’s on Your Mind” featuring Jacquees, and the Yella Beezy-featured song “Top 10,” there were no verses left unsung.

The neon lights and graphics displayed on screen were complementary to the songs; one that stood out was images of actress Marilyn Monroe for the two-part song series named after her. During the two songs, the guitar player was the star  as he and K Camp floated together on the tracks, and the songs ended with a guitar solo that was worthy of applause.
Songs from previous projects outside of the Kiss series, included the radio singles “Comfortable” and “Blessing,” and deep cuts from these projects over the years, like “F W Y B,” also roused the fans. The whole crowd bonded and chanted “Fuck With Ya Boy” as the night progressed and the concert came to a close. It was only right that we lean into the turn-up music from the 2010s that introduced us to the rapper.

“I’ve been kicking this shit for like 10 years, since like 2012 and shit,” K Camp told the crowd. “It’s been over a decade in this shit.” That was our notice that we were going into the club bangers like Mykko Montana’s “Do It” and the paper chasing theme song “Money Baby.” As a nod to the late Snootie Wild, a former artist signed to Yo Gotti, he performed “Made Me.”

This show was also a reminder that Camp’s music has been behind some viral sensations. “Cut Her Off” was mirrored by the crowd chanting “Snip, Snip, Hoe” from a viral video. His song “Lottery (Renegade)” was one of the first songs of the TikTok era to have a dance go viral, and he hit every move flawlessly on stage.
While his music has evolved from “cutting a chick off” to leaning into his lover boy and sweet sounds, K Camp’s new music is worth spins and revisits. He had the crowd up, and this show confirms that he is here to stay. The new projects are far from the artist who started over a decade ago. The Kiss series will have plenty more installments. The old hits will take you down memory lane, but the real Floaters are here with him as he still chases that “money, baby.”