Critical Reception and Accolades
Bill Lamb of About.com noted "Kiss Kiss" as one of the album's top tracks, writing that it's chorus "will make all but the most hardhearted pop fans smile." Mark Edward Nero, a writer for the same publication, praised the song as a " fun, infectuous collaboration" but cited T-Pain's "elementary school-level" rap verses as its weak point. Nero, however, accredited T-Pain as a good producer, in reference to the song. A reviewer for Yahoo! Voices called the beat "simplistic and just is not very memorable." Erinn V. Westbrook of The Harvard Crimson expressed approval of the song, asking the question "Who can resist a bouncy beat–or Nappy Boy, for that matter?" Andy Kellman of Allmusic named it one of the album's highlights, commenting that Brown could get away with the lyric "And I get a little mannish, and you see the bandanna hangin'/That means I'm like a bandit." Jorge Castillo of Yale Daily News called the song catchy and wrote that it was the epitome of Exclusive's "star-studded supporting cast of performers and producers". Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song a two star rating, calling it a "fairly lacklustre late-noughties R&B track" and commenting that "It's safe to presume he saves his best chat-up lines for Rihanna."
"Kiss Kiss" received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 50th Grammy Awards, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on February 10, 2008. It lost to Rihanna's 2007 single Umbrella. At the 2008 BET Awards, "Kiss Kiss" got a nomination for Best Collaboration, but lost to Kanye West's 2007 song "Good Life". The song was also nominated for Viewer's Choice, but lost to Lil Wayne's 2008 single "Lollipop". The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007, published by the music magazine Rolling Stone.
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