I have very mixed emotions concerning Kool Keith. This single is great, though, and thank you so much for the download.
I bought the Dr. Octogonocologist (original title) cd when it was a new release 'cause the people around me were touting it as the future. And it was, but to me, this was due to the input of Q-Bert, Automator and Kurt. The rapping… not so much. To me. I suppose it’s healthy for hip hop to have a representative of the weirdo community in it, but part of the reason I enjoy hip hop is the structure. so Dr. Octogon–who’s inscrutable, surreal imagery’s stanzas don’t even always rhyme–just isn’t for me. I admit it’s entertaining, though.
But then I learned he was Kool Keith from Ultramag. His style had a very strange structure then, too, but lyrically wasn’t as shock-value surreal.
I applaud that he broke out into his own, unique direction, but yeah, not for me.
Del on the other hand, is an example of a rapper who treads the line of uniqueness-vs-structure very well. He doesn’t seem to be weird-for-weird’s sake, his rhyme skills are unparalleled and aren’t sacrificed to a unique viewpoint (he kinda sucks live, though, but whatever.)
anyway, great post, Ms. Seidenwurm
