Kool Keith

Kool Keith (2010)

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Albums

Black Elvis / Lost In Space   US 180 08/28/1999 (1 week)

Kool Keith (real name Keith Matthew Thornton ; born October 7, 1963 ) is an American MC and music producer . Kool Keith uses many other pseudonyms, including a. Dr. Dooom , Black Elvis , Keith Korg , Keith Turbo or Poppa Large . In his texts he emerges through absurd, pornographic and music industry critical topics.

Career

Kool Keith comes from the South Bronx of New York .

The first recordings were made in 1984. His spheres of activity were primarily New York and later Los Angeles , where he always worked with musicians from all over the world and from a wide variety of directions.

He achieved fame as a member of the group Ultramagnetic MCs , best known for their album Critical Beatdown (1988). The album is one of the most influential hip-hop albums of the late 1980s; alongside albums like It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) by Public Enemy and Criminal Minded (1987) by KRS-Ones Boogie Down Productions . Not only the production was involved in the success of the album, but also Kool Keith's rhyming style and sometimes absurd choice of topics.

Eight years later he succeeded with Dan “ The Automator ” Nakamura and DJ QBert through the project Dr. Octagon is another stylistically groundbreaking hip-hop album.

Discography

• 1988: Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
• 1992: Ultramagnetic MCs - Funk Your Head Up
• 1993: Ultramagnetic MCs - The Four Horsemen
• 1994: Ultramagnetic MCs - The Basement Tapes 1984-90 (unofficial)
• 1995: Da Beat Terrorists - Big Willie Smith EP
• 1996: Ultramagnetic MCs - New York What Is Funky (unofficial)
• 1996: Ultramagnetic MCs - From Brooklyn to Brixton (unofficial)
• 1996: Ultramagnetic MCs - Moe Love's Basement Tapes (unofficial)
• 1996: Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
• 1996: Cenobites - The Cenobites EP / LP / CD
• 1996: Ultra - Big Time
• 1997: Ultramagnetic MCs - The B-Sides Companion
• 1997: Sex Style
• 1998: Ultramagnetic MCs - Smack My Bitch Up (unofficial)
• 1999: Black Elvis / Lost in Space
• 1999: Dr. Dooom - First Come, First Served
• 2000: Matthew
• 2000: Analog Brothers - Pimp to Eat
• 2000: Masters of Illusion
• 2001: Spankmaster
• 2002: Keith N 'Me ( feat.Princess Superstar )
• 2002: KHM - Game
• 2003: Thee Undatakerz
• 2003: Lost Masters w / Lost Freestyles
• 2004: Diesel Truckers
• 2004: Clayborne Family
• 2004: White Label Mix Series Vol. 1
• 2004: The Personal Album
• 2004: Official Space Tape
• 2005: Execution One / Gorilla Market
• 2005: The Lost Masters Volume 2
• 2006: Mr. Nogatco
• 2006: Collabs Tape
• 2006: Project Polaroid
• 2006: The Commi $$ ioner
• 2006: The Return of Dr. Octagon
• 2006: Dr. Octagon II (Bootleg)
• 2006: The Commi $$ ioner 2
• 2007: Ultramagnetic Mc´s - The Best Kept Secret
• 2007: Sex Style: The Un-Released Archives
• 2008: Dr. Dooom - RIP Dr. Octagon / Surgery feat. Motion Man (Maxi Single)
• 2008: Dr. Dooom - Dr Dooom 2
• 2009: Kool Keith Presents Tashan Dorrsett
• 2009: Lost Masters Collection
• 2009: Idea of ​​a Master Piece (with 54-71)
• 2009: Bikinis N Thongs (with Denis Deft and Yeti Beats)
• 2011: The Legend of Tashan Dorrsett
• 2011: The Doctor Is In (EP)
• 2012: Love and Danger
• 2013: Kool Keith And Mr. Sche - Magnetic Pimp Force Field
• 2014: Demolition Crash
• 2015: total orgasm
• 2016: Feature Magnetic
• 2018: Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation
• 2018: Controller of Trap
• 2019: Keith
• 2019: Computer Technology
• 2019: Saks 5th Ave
• 2020: Space Goretex

Web links

• Kool Keith at Discogs (English)
• Kool Keith at Allmusic (English)
• Kool Keith in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US chart positions (albums)
2. ↑ Biography at discogs.com, accessed August 9, 2010