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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0600445002128 Label: Dreamworks Manufacturer: Dreamworks MPN: 50021 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Dreamworks Release Date: April 29, 1997 Studio: Dreamworks Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Maybe it was that downtime at Creedmoor Mental Hospital, but after he tuned out following the breakup of the hardheaded seminal hip-hop group the Ultramagnetic MCs, something must have flipped Kool Keith's wig like a mescaline pizza. I can think of no other way to explain the mutant birth of Dr. Octagonecologyst. Literally assuming another personality on this record, Dr. Octagon--Kool Keith on the mike, with Dan "The Automater" Nakamura producing--transmits unearthly rhymes like tractor beams to your cranium. Then he squirms around in there, grabs some Vaseline from your medicine cabinet, and does a little dance. The first time you listen to cuts like "Earth People" and "Blue Flowers," you might have to change the way you listen to hip-hop. The standards are the same--verse, chorus, verse, with plenty of nasty skits in the middle--and there are electro-beat shades of his predecessors, such as Afrika Baambaata, but the wordplay and beat compositions are truly light years from most hip-hop. Listening to this album is like trying to read the glyphs from Stargate. --Todd Levin Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good..not a huge Kool Keith guySome sick tracks, hip-hop classics even, but more put out for arts sake than anything else. Rating: - "Supersonic bionic robot voodoo power!"The first solo album by underground hip-hop journeyman Keith Matthew Thornton (aka Kool Keith, aka Dr. Dooom, aka Mr. Nogatco, aka Black Elvis, aka Crazy Lou, aka Big Willie Smith, aka Willie Biggs, aka Dr. Octagon) is a beloved touchstone of the left-of-center (and sub-of-terranean) rap community. It's a record that sounds simultaneously unlike and eerily similar to its more commercially successful brethren, a collection of loping, ludicrous boasts maneuvering their way over and around a maze of ... Read More Rating: - Kool Keith's Twisted PerspectiveI'd like to first address that even though Dan The Automator handled the production on this album, that doesn't mean it's going to sound anything like Deltron 3030. That's a whole different league, folks. "Dr. Octagonecologyst" is an album from one of the many alter egos of Kool Keith, a member of the Ultramagnetic MC's. But this isn't anything like Kool Keith has ever done. This album helped to establish the dark, demented side of rap. Kool Keith was a patient at Bellevue Hospital Center, ... Read More Rating: - Great sound, poor lyricsAfter hearing the instrumentalist version of Dr. Octagon, I blindly decided to by this album. I did enjoy it; it provides quirky beats along with interesting/strange skits. However, alot of the lyrics don't rhyme, which is one thing I do like when it comes to rap. The lyrics are essentially incomprehensible. Yes, it's English all right, but nothing he seems to say makes any sense, as there is no real, general theme to follow. I would definitely recommend this album to people who are looking for something ... Read More Rating:  - Sub mediocreLet's get right to it: The vocals on this album are HORRIBLE. Absolutely horrific. It's like listening to a dying cat blast diarrhea directly into your eardrum. I guess this is just a matter of personal preference, but I CANNOT STAND this guy's voice, and I simply cannot understand how anyone could find it to be pleasant to listen to. I'd rather listen to a duet featuring Gilbert Godfrey and Bobcat Goldthwait than this garbage. The beats are okay, but aren't anywhere near brilliant. Read More |
