Description

Kool Keith has long been hailed as hip-hop s greatest eccentric. Over the course of a career stretching back to the mid- 80s, he s perfected a singular style of abstract yet deadly precise rhyming that often focuses on subjects such as science fiction, hardcore pornography, and a distrust for the music industry. His sprawling discography includes numerous collaborations and aliases, with some of the most acclaimed including Dr. Octagon and Dr. Dooom, Black Elvis & Tashan Dorrsett. He began his career as the mind and mouth behind the Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MC s, whose influential debut, Critical Beatdown, was released in 1988. Following the release of the band s third album in 1993, Keith headed for the outer reaches of the stratosphere with a variety of solo projects. His lyrical thematics remained as free-flowing as they ever were with the N.Y.C. 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 . Keith s latest LP Mr. Controller entirely produced by Junkaz Lou is yet another work of art. No MC on the planet is so grimy and yet so polished – after years in the rap game, Kool Keith s as unique as ever.

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