Title [Lost Masters Collection ]
Artist [Kool Keith ]
Label [DMAFT ] Genre [Hip-Hop ]
Quality/Size [44.1 @VBR 199,0 MB Ripped [08-10-2009 ]
Grabbed from [CDDA ] Enc [Lame 3.97 ]
Website [www.myspace.com/koolkeith ]
Track Time Title
Cd1
01 02:22 Tess Shit
02 02:35 Baby Baby
03 03:29 You Cant Go Outside
04 03:19 Robert Perry
05 04:01 Freaks
06 03:57 Girls Want You
07 03:56 New York City
08 04:55 Shit Expands
09 03:41 Cleavage
10 03:19 Girl You Know
11 03:17 Telephone Girlfriend
12 03:14 Everybody Playin Here
13 02:47 Takin Pictures
14 03:09 Gina Called
15 03:15 Same Sound
16 04:31 Trying To Talk To You
Cd2
01 03:14 Move
02 03:44 Women Turn On Your Tv
03 03:36 She Likes Sex
04 02:42 Varoom
05 04:26 Cant Fuck With This
06 03:48 The Voodoo
07 03:44 Feel About You
08 02:46 Kiss My Ass
09 02:20 Two Steps
10 02:35 Star Struck
11 03:05 No Stress
12 02:59 Tell Em Bitch
13 03:54 I Want You To Be
14 02:29 14th Song On The Abum
15 02:51 Think Youre Sexy
16 02:13 Iraqi Verse
17 03:05 Keep On Jumpin
18 03:24 Dark Thought (Outro)
Cd3
01 03:02 Im Nice
02 03:19 Dance For You
03 03:58 Real Gold
04 03:07 Laid Back In The Sun
05 02:49 I Am Computer
06 02:28 Botswana
07 03:08 California Fly
08 03:12 Dunk On Them
09 03:06 No Sucker
10 03:32 Magician
11 03:55 Space Center
12 02:57 Motel 6 Super 8
13 02:37 Your Phone
14 03:00 Maxithong
15 03:31 Tell Them How
16 02:59 Future Galaxy
Totals
Biography:
After single-handedly redefining "warped" as the mind and mouth behind the Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MC`s, "Kool" Keith Thornton -- aka Rhythm X, aka Dr. Octagon, aka Dr. Dooom, aka Mr. Gerbik -- headed for the outer reaches of the stratosphere with a variety of solo projects. A onetime psychiatric patient at Bellevue, Keith`s lyrical thematics remained as free-flowing here as they ever were with the N.Y. trio, connecting up complex meters with fierce, layers-deep metaphors and veiled criticisms of those who "water down the sound that comes from the ghetto." His own debut single, "Earth People" by Dr. Octagon, was quietly released in late 1995 on the San Francisco-based Bulk Recordings, and the track spread like wildfire through the hip-hop underground, as did the subsequent self-titled full-length released the following year.
Featuring internationally renowned DJ Q-Bert (also of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz) on turntables, as well as the Automator and DJ Shadow behind the boards, Dr. Octagonecologyst`s left-field fusion of sound collage, fierce turntable work, and bizarre, impressionistic rapping found audiences in the most unlikely of places, from hardcore hip-hop heads to jaded rock critics. Although a somewhat sophomoric preoccupation with body parts and scatology tended to dominate the album, Keith`s complex weave of associations and shifting references is quite often amazing in its intricacy. The record found its way to the U.K.-based abstract hip-hop imprint Mo`Wax (for whom Shadow also recorded) in mid-1996 and was licensed by the label for European release (Mo`Wax also released a DJ-friendly instrumental version of the album titled, appropriately, The Instrumentalyst: Octagon Beats). The widespread popularity of the album eventually landed Keith at Geffen splinter Dreamworks in 1997; the label gave Dr. Octagonecologyst its third release mid-year, adding a number of bonus cuts.
In early 1999, however, Keith`s alter ego Dr. Dooom unfortunately "killed off" Dr. Octagon on the opening track of the 1999 album First Come, First Served (released on Thornton`s own Funky Ass label). Kool Keith signed to Ruffhouse/MCA for his second album under that alias, 1999`s Black Elvis/Lost in Space. Records released as Kool Keith followed in 2000 (Matthew) and 2001 (Spankmaster), while the 2002 collaboration Game appeared as KHM (Kool Keith plus H-Bomb and Marc Live). A variety of releases from Keith`s myriad alter egos came in the following years, including Kool Keith Presents Thee Undatakerz and Diesel Truckers, the latter of which he did with KutMasta Kurt and both of which were issued in 2004, and the 2006 records Nogatco Rd. and the long-awaited Return of Dr. Octagon, which was produced by One Watt Sun and recorded in a 12th century tower in Prague, Berlin, and Australia.
