Kool Keith

Bout time we had Keith up here I reckon... It would be nice to discuss and sort out what albums of his are best of all and most worth getting... See anything missing ?


Dr Octagon [1996]
Sex Style [1997]
First Come, First Served [1999]
Black Elvis [1999]
Matthew [2000]
Spankmaster [2001]
Lost Masters [2003]
Diesel Truckers [2004]
Official Space Tape [2004]
Lost Masters 2 [2005]
Nogatco Rd [2006]
Project Polaroid [2006]
Dr Dooom 2 [2008]
Tashan Dorsett [2009]
Legend of Tashan Dorsett [2011]


Group albums after Ultramagnetic:

The Cenobites
Masters Of Illusion [2000]
Analog Brothers - Pimp To Eat [2000]
Ultra - Big Time [2001]
KHM - Game [2002]
Presents Thee Undatakerz [2004]

Isnt that Nogatco Rd? Also Kool Keith with TomCat album called Project Polariod. That album is bonkers

Dang! Trotter wrote:

Isnt that Nogatco Rd? Also Kool Keith with TomCat album called Project Polariod. That album is bonkers

Woops yes you are correct, I have changed it to Nogatco Rd ... I had Project Polaroid in the groups but I have moved it to solo's cos it's just him and TomC3 I believe? Never heard that album but I wanna get it though after hearing Saga Of The Simian Samurai that TomC3 did with Prince Po.

just rank what albums you can folks !

Ok, get ready for some serious list!

here it goes:

Dr Octagon - 5/5
Pimp to eat - 4/5 maybe

I never heard others.

PKT wrote:

Ok, get ready for some serious list!

here it goes:

Dr Octagon - 5/5
Pimp to eat - 4/5 maybe

I never heard others.

lol ! by the looks of responses you are not alone PKT. that is a serious list indeed though... haha I think I would have both those albums close to where you have rated them...

I plan to get a few ratings up soon, need to pull out a few old cds though cos it's been a while on a bit of Keith's material. I haven't heard a lot of his either though. He has certainly built up a catalog for himself over the years. Think I got maybe 6 or so albums there so I got a few to listen back over before rating.

Missing Cenobytes, which is fucking amazing.

But yeah, I would have Nogatco Rd. wayyy higher but other than that I agree with your rankings.

A Guest wrote:

Missing Cenobytes, which is fucking amazing.

But yeah, I would have Nogatco Rd. wayyy higher but other than that I agree with your rankings.

I know of this Cenobytes but have never heard it. I left it out as I didn't know if he's actually featured on a couple tracks or if it's another of his official group projects?

Care to clarify ?

Official group, sonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

fondle em records... gots to be dope

added cenobites but still dont know what year, before 2000 yea

i need to come back in this thread tomorrow when im sober.

I'll come back in this thread saturday morning when I'm not sober

I'll come back in this thread when I see a new post has been made

A Guest wrote:

Missing Cenobytes, which is fucking amazing.

But yeah, I would have Nogatco Rd. wayyy higher but other than that I agree with your rankings.

LoL...

those are not rankings mayne, those are just a list of Kool Keith's albums in chronological order (besides maybe a couple bootlegs and the ultramagnetics which I have intentionally left off).... I was looking for people to give a score on whichever albums they have heard...

well, i have a few of what's up there but I would need to brush up on some to give fair rankings...

off the top of my head I would say

Dr Octagon 4.75
Sex Style 4.0-4.25
First Come First Served 3.75

These others have been too long for me so I do my best from memory

Black Elvis 3.75
Lost Masters 2.5 - 3.0
Masters Of Illusion 3.75-4.0
Analog Brothers Pimp To Eat 3.75-4.0
Thee Undatakaz - Honestly cant remember now but I dont think it was good...at all...

Havent heard most of his others... thats why I would like to receive some guidance/ratings/opinions from others

PKT wrote:

Ok, get ready for some serious list!

here it goes:

Dr Octagon - 5/5
Pimp to eat - 4/5 maybe

I never heard others.

List gets bigger, I have listened lots of these 2 lately:

First come, first served. 4.5/5 maybe even 5/5.
Black Elvis/Lost in space 4/5

I really like his rhyming, his weakness are the hooks cause they all sound the same.

First Come, First Served [1999] - 5/5
Dr Octagon [1996] - 5/5
Masters Of Illusion [2000] - 4.75/5
Sex Style [1997] - 4.5/5
The Cenobites - 4.5/5
Project Polaroid [2006] - 4.5/5
Ultra - Big Time [2001] - 4.25/5
Dr Dooom 2 [2008] - 4.25/5
Diesel Truckers [2004] - 4/5
Black Elvis [1999] - 3.75/5
Analog Brothers - Pimp To Eat [2000] - 3.75/5
Spankmaster [2001] - 3.5/5

good shit Slang and PKT...

I want to repurchase Black Elvis... I got it back when it came out and ended up selling it at some stage.

Has anyone heard Mathew ?? SRP?

Come to think of it Keith never really dropped a Wack album. Okay, Dr.Octagon 2 was trash, but Return of Dr. Octagon isnt at bad as people make it out to be. Also he does have some wack collabo albums . Like 7th Viel with Jackie Jasper, some album called GAME he did with 2 other generic rappers and lets try to forget Da Undatakas--his little rap group he brought out. I actaully bought that album for a dollar and regret it.

He did have a collab album called Claybourne Family with Jackie Jasper and Marc Live which is pretty decent. I just actually ordered it cause I was impressed with the samples

KK has always made those unique songs that only he can produce. Its best to shift through his wack albums and find those little gems like a song called SPACE off the GAME album. You dont wanna miss out on a good Kool Keith song.

My ratings for Kool Keith are the same as Laced With Slang. Just knock Masters Of Illusion and Spankmaster down a little and Pimp To Eat up a bit

Ultramagnetic MCs "The Four Horsemen" is a must hear. Don't see that one mentioned much when KK is brought up

I forgot "Mathew" which is above Spankmaster and "Nogatco Rd" which is somewhere around "Diesel Truckers".

I got Thee Undatakaz as well, it sucked

Anybody heard UMC's second album "Funk Your Head Up"? I've wanted it for years but I chaven't found a decent copy at the right price

Hey i'm working on a project and need some help with this guy. Can you guys name 10-20 essential or his "best" songs for me to check out?

rez'82 wrote:

I forgot "Mathew" which is above Spankmaster and "Nogatco Rd" which is somewhere around "Diesel Truckers".

I got Thee Undatakaz as well, it sucked

Anybody heard UMC's second album "Funk Your Head Up"? I've wanted it for years but I chaven't found a decent copy at the right price

The Undatakas album was horrible!!! I wasn't expecting much I admit. I was thinking it would be on some Dr.Dooom shit, some campy shit. What I heard was gay techno music

Here is 10 off the top Tic:

Blue Flowers……….Dr. Octagonecologyst
Apartment 223………….Dr. Dooom
Checkin My Style………The Four Horsemen
Sex Style…………….off Sex Style
I Was Forgotten.............Cenobites LP
Space 8000………..Project Polaroid
More Freaks………Pimp To Eat
Big Time………..from Big Time
Watch Me Now………..Critical Beatdown
Weapon World…………from Prince Paul’s A Prince Among Thieves

Would Be 90% different on another day

Heres a few more

Dr Octagon, Earth People - [Dr Octagonecologyst]

Housing Authority, Apartment 223 - [Dr Dooom]

Keep It Real...Represent, Still the best - [sex style]

rockets on the battlefield, livin astro - [Black Elvis/Lost in Space]

Thanks guys. I was starting to wonder if Keith really had any dope songs.

I just read what SRP wrote on Amazon about Keith not really being a best songs type, that is true. He is very unique. Albums of his are all separately themed concoctions bubbling out from his crazy genius mind, moving to something new every time he drops an album... Keeping the fake biters at bay and unable to keep up with him. He needs to be listened to as one complete piece on each album. Dr Octagon is coming 17 years old now, and that shit is still ahead of its time.

i agree Lounge

And Rez, i agree about the Four Horsemen and the UMC debut, both classic material I was just rating non-UMC stuff here tho

I cosign Rez's list, but Kev heres more dope Keith tracks:

Mental Case...off Dr Dooom - First Come First Served
Real Raw...Dr. Octagon
Halfsharkhalfalligatorhalfman....Dr. Octagon
Welfare Love...from First Come, First Served
We All Over...Master of Illusion
Fat Lady...Off the album "Big Time" by Ultra
Plastic World...Kool Keith off of Sex Style
Get off My Elevator...bonus track off Sex Style
Lex Lugor....from the Cenobites album
I'm Libra...off of Project Polaroid
Do Not Disturb...off Dr. Dooom 2

The girls dont like the job, secetaries dont like my ways... I hire and fire, give you checks on the spot, I hire and fire, give you checks when its hot...

who raps about the stuff he does man...

Anybody that is a big fan off the Sex Style album or thinks Keith has fallen off in his later years should check out "Sex Style: The Unreleased Archives". Not as dope as the original but taken from the same sessions and fully produced by KutMasta Kurt. Not a garbage leftovers album.

Prepare! When I come with no underwear

Thanks for the songs. I have made note of them. This really helps.