Dr Octagonecologyst

Dan The Automator, Dr. Octagon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dreamworks
• ASIN: B000005AM7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (115 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,801 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #4 in Music > Dance & DJ > Turntablists
  • #36 in Music > Dance & DJ > Trip-Hop
  • #36 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > West Coast

Customer Reviews

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28 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kool Keith's best, June 16, 2004

By 

J. McQueen "part man/part machine, all scientist" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr Octagonecologyst (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars With a COVER like THAT you know you just got to have it, May 9, 2006

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OverTheMoon ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dr Octagonecologyst (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars A modern classic., August 11, 2000

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J. Michael Showalter (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr Octagonecologyst (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....