Play Kool Keith Radio
Kool Keith
697,042 plays (50,294 listeners)
An original member of New York’s new-school pioneers the Ultramagnetic MC’s, “Kool” Keith Thornton is best known as a solo rapper. His signature style is stream-of-consciousness lyrical flow and complex vocals, two skills that earn him a perennial nod from the underground hip-hop community. The average Kool Keith album is peppered with bizarre, disjointed, even delusional or disassociated themes, concepts, and references. Nearly all of his albums incorporate a satirical dislike for more commercialized strains of hip-hop, as well as major record labels.
Thornton’s early career and lyrics with the Ultramagnetic MCs often referenced his time as a patient of Bellevue, a psychiatric hospital, where he was treated for depression. With Ultramagnetic MC’s, his abstract style developed, maturing in songs like “Poppa Large.” He was probably the first rapper to create an alter ego, and then create an alter ego for that alter ego (Kool Keith v. Moe Luv). After the Ultramagnetic MC’s broke up, he expanded his resume, experimenting with new styles, including his self-described “pornocore,” known for pornographic imagery and brutal, abstract lyrics. Sex Style released in 1997, was the showcase for this genre.
Teaming up with Dan “the Automator” Nakamura under the name Dr. Octagon, Thornton again reinvented his image, recording the self-titled Dr. Octagon album (later reissued under the title Dr. Octagonecologyst) which was released by the English trip hop label Mo’ Wax.
Thornton’s early career and lyrics with the Ultramagnetic MCs often referenced his time as a patient of Bellevue, a psychiatric hospital, where he was treated for depression. With Ultramagnetic MC’s, his abstract style developed, maturing in songs like “Poppa Large.” He was probably the first rapper to create an alter ego, and then create an alter ego for that alter ego (Kool Keith v. Moe Luv). After the Ultramagnetic MC’s broke up, he expanded his resume, experimenting with new styles, including his self-described “pornocore,” known for pornographic imagery and brutal, abstract lyrics. Sex Style released in 1997, was the showcase for this genre.
Teaming up with Dan “the Automator” Nakamura under the name Dr. Octagon, Thornton again reinvented his image, recording the self-titled Dr. Octagon album (later reissued under the title Dr. Octagonecologyst) which was released by the English trip hop label Mo’ Wax.
Top Albums
-
Black Elvis/Lost In Space
Kool Keith
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $34.99
- eBay Search
-
Spankmaster
Kool KeithBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $15.98
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Sex Style
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
Plastic World
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Don't Crush It
full track
|
|||
| 4 |
|
Regular Girl
full track
|
|||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 |
|
Make Up Your Mind
full track
|
|||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 |
|
Still the Best
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
Little Girls
full track
|
|||
| 10 | |||||
| 10 |
|
The Mack is Back
full track
|
|||
| 12 | |||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 |
|
||||
| 15 |
|
In Your Face
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
Squaredeath wrote:
The Commissioner and The Commissioner vol 2 is some of the rawest shit around. Keith totally in his element
-
anakin45 wrote:
NASA - Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits et Kool Keith): http://atticawebzine.free.fr/blog/?p=1325
-
melankolik wrote:
Check out N.A.S.A: Tom Waits + Kool Keith with »Spacious Thoughts« on YouTube [HD].
-
Onyx_is_here wrote:
He is The King of the undeground alongside by Mf doom
-
biclops wrote:
Mayday beat his balls with a 10 pound hammer, till his asshole whistled the star spangled banner.
-
AlaNio wrote:
I do like Kool Keith. I do however find some of his subject matter in sex style ruins the album a bit. There's dope beats, and the general feel of the album is quite dark.
-
barnburner wrote:
to QUAZ: DUDE! kool keith is Dr. Octagon DUH. it's an alias of his.
-
kozzy420 wrote:
Garret.. Kool Keiths live shows are amazing, they are up there with Techn9ne, The Roots and Living Legends are my favorite live shows. Kool Keith has been known to toss out Porn movies/magazines, Bags of Fried Chicken and other stuff out to the fans at his shows haha. He is the shit.
-
UliQue wrote:
ever heard of quasimoto? pretty bold statement coming from someone who hardly listens to hip-hop...
-
AusRotten wrote:
Kool Keith is the most original hip hop EVER.
-
DrasVega wrote:
Call Da Cops...
-
GarrettRieks wrote:
How are his live performances?
-
BBoyFunkyMonkee wrote:
Kool Keith - God of Rap, The Lord Of Music, The Man Who Got Hip-Hop Back To Life.
-
LucaBrasiXL wrote:
Kool Keith is god.
-
kozzy420 wrote:
Kool Keith is the man, all his work with Ultra was awesome and his solo stuff is classic to. Not many mcs out there with the amount of classics that Keith has. Most underrated mc ever? One of them thats for sure. My fav Keith albums = Sex Style, Critical Beatdown and Dr.Doom. Mathew is also awesome aswell as Tashan Dorset and the one he did with Motion Man.
-
Choxieota wrote:
...and certainly the best rap album I've heard this year.
-
Choxieota wrote:
Why isn't Tashan Dorrsett higher in the top tracks list? It's one of the the best Kool Keith albums ever.
-
WilliamTalls wrote:
No sweatpants!!
-
iamthenewflesh wrote:
Ya chick piss on da couch.
-
BebopBeatnik wrote:
Favourite album is still 'Matthew'. Funniest lyrics ever.
Videos
See more
Listeners
-
Oldbean
Listening now
to Eldaradoes -
Lipan
Top Listener
-
mindfck
Top Listener
-
chica_zombie
Top Listener
-
hidden_chamber
Top Listener
-
angryblonde
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
martymcflyinghi, gkur, Walrustitty and 20 other people added Kool Keith to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
SalivatingPony tagged Kool Keith with ‘hip-hop’. Thursday morning
-
SalivatingPony, MicTasteofglory, ahw27 and 36 other people added Kool Keith to their libraries. Thursday morning
-
kills81 tagged Kool Keith with ‘hip-hop’. last week
-
kills81, rockledge, joocii and 33 other people added Kool Keith to their libraries. last week
-
GunClubbing wrote about Kool Keith – Matthew in Värdelöst test som Kabir lurade mig att göra. February 2009
-
r64half wrote about Kool Keith – Matthew in Top albums as of 10.23.08. October 2008
Related Journals
-
Artists i have seen live.
by zetetic23 |
6 Oct 2009 | 2 comments
-
How I got to know my top 50 artists
by zetetic23 |
28 Sep 2009 | Add comment
-
TOP 50 SURVEY 2009 SEPT 17
by mad_magician |
17 Sep 2009 | Add comment
Groups (72)
-
Save the Vinyl!
79 members
-
HipHop's Underground Radio
203 members
-
Fans of real Hip-Hop
6,258 members
-
Underground hip hop
3,685 members
-
Geek Music
1,862 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Kool Keith from Universal Music.
