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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
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28 of 34 people found the following review helpful
By J. McQueen
Format:Audio CD
(In my opinion), since his early days with the Ultramagnetic MCs.
In this album (produced by Dan the Automator), Kool Keith plays the deranged Dr. Octagon.
This album is full of bizarre lyrics and is filled with electronic and unusual beats.
A crazy album from a crazy MC (who has spent time in a mental asylum) -- makes sense
There are several great tracks to listen to on this album such as:"3000", "Blue Flowers", "Bear Witness" 1 (1st of several by Dan the Automator and Prince Paul), and "I'm Destructive".
And there are entertaining and perverse skits throughout the album.
There are also musical contributions by: Prince Paul, DJ Shadow, and DJ Qbert.
If you like Kool Keith or unusual and innovative hiphop this is a good album.
Considered a classic.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By OverTheMoon
Format:Audio CD
Dan The Automator demands space on you iPOD. Here Dan escapes from producing his classic blues variety of hip-hop to produce a sort of darker 'Deltron 3030' with the same futuristic feel. Although this album is nearly 10 years old this is where where hip-hop is moving at the moment! It is also (like all of Dan's other works) eons more musically ahead of the game where ganga' hip-hop is kinda stuck coming up the next harder than thou rapper who can impress eight year olds too. Although Dr. Octagonecologyst is not as fast as modern raps it is just as complex with great artists like MF Doom probably nodding at this album which obviously has majorly influenced them. Like I have said before, once you have finally gone through the mainstream stuff you will probably venture down the avenues of MF Doom, Aesop Rock, Mr. Lif and most certainly you will want to start a Dan the Authomator collection. And again, with a COVER like THAT how can you refuse?
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is five years old and still eons ahead of what most people are doing with hip hop. In every facet of its being, this is the BEST record I have ever heard. Its beats-- spartan yet dense, dark and trippy, laid together by Automator, have not even been approached on any other album. DJ Q-bert's scratching comes from a different world. Sir Menelik, the guest rapper, raps like he is a computer-- this plays right into Keith Thorton's hands as he weaves together some of the most far out lyrics that have ever been thought. Its a Darius James book put to music (read Negrophobia!)In a day, if you listen to his statments regarding it.....
One comment, the Mo' Wax version is a good bit better than the Dreamworks one (because the additional tracks are tight...) Look for Biology 101 on Napster and tell me that it is not the most mind-blowing thing ever.....
BUY THIS if you don't have it. You could put it in your car next year and people would still go out of their head for how futuristic is sounds....
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rap moves on to the year 3000!
Dan the Automator and Kool Keith are a perfect match. Kool Keith has a style all his own, rhyming slightly off beat yet meshing perfectly with Dan the Automator's production. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Hip-Hop Fiend
5.0 out of 5 stars
the ultimate debut solo album of a star group member
Ultramagnetic MCs were one of the very few pioneers of rap music that actually held up despite the level of talent that would come post-1990. Read more
Published on July 8, 2010 by pig doctor
2.0 out of 5 stars
The doctor is dim
2 1/2
Overpraised as a staple of underground hip hop, Keith's delivery of science-sexy nonsense can be entertaining but grew stale along with the 90's beats.
Overpraised as a staple of underground hip hop, Keith's delivery of science-sexy nonsense can be entertaining but grew stale along with the 90's beats.
Published on August 15, 2009 by IRate
5.0 out of 5 stars
Epic and Underrated Hip Hop Classic (7O97556EL3 Computer File 9-3 / 5...
The first time I heard this record I was like "... what ... the... hell..." but the more I listened to this album the more endearing it became to me. Read more
Published on April 1, 2009 by Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dr. Octo, paramedic fetus from the east.
This is a must have for any true hip hop fan. If you love to listen to Jay Z, 50 Cent, Little John, and other vomit, you wouldn't understand. Read more
Published on March 26, 2009 by Whitney Howle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ms. Wilkes, I am a Physician!!!!
Just call 1-800-PP5-1DOO-DOO and in no time at all you too will be able to easily accommodate a summer squash!! Read more
Published on January 4, 2009 by Glandular Trichome
3.0 out of 5 stars
parts missing
The seller sent the CD as soon as was stated, and I received it in fine condition, with limited scratches as stated. Read more
Published on October 21, 2008 by Emma M. Fitch
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good..not a huge Kool Keith guy
Some sick tracks, hip-hop classics even, but more put out for arts sake than anything else.
Published on August 9, 2008 by ClumpD
4.0 out of 5 stars
"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. Read more
Published on July 25, 2008 by Laszlo Matyas
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kool Keith's Twisted Perspective
I'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. Read more
Published on March 28, 2008 by Bill Lumbergh
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