First Come, First Served

Kool Keith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Funky Ass Records
• ASIN: B00000IYV1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,080 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Experimental
  • #58 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > West Coast

Track Listings

1. Who Killed Dr. Octagon! (Intro)

2. No Chorus

3. Apartment 223

4. Mr. Ratt (Skit)

5. Neighbors Next Door

6. I Run Rap

7. You Live At Home With Your Mom

8. Housing Authority

9. Wild Kingdom (Skit)

10. Welfare Love

11. Dr. Doom's In The House

12. Call The Cops

13. Brothers Feel Fly

14. Side Line

15. Bitch Gets No Love

16. Shopping List (Skit)

17. Body Bag

18. Mental Case

19. Leave Me Alone

20. Live

Editorial Reviews

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The problem with being recognized as a creative genius is that you've got to live up to it 24/7. Kool Keith was given such a mantle upon the release of the Dr. Octagonecologist album, and it's not something he seems happy about: on the first track of First Come, First Served, he--as Dr. Dooom--kills Octagon. It's the perfect move for Keith, and it sets the tone for the album, which is a mix of humorous tracks ("Neighbors Next Door," which asks you to imagine having Keith and Jacky Jasper living in the next apartment, and "You Live at Home with Your Mom") and songs on which Keith lays down the law ("No Chorus" and "Leave Me Alone"). Few MCs could hope to match Keith, but here--rapping over knocked-off Octagon grooves (produced with Kutmaster Kurt, they're still more innovative than most) and settling lots of personal scores--he sounds like he's just trying to get a bunch of ideas out of his head as quickly as possible. Still, there's an amazing EP's worth of material here, but it's spread over a full album. Minus the filler, Dooom might just be Octagon's better. --Randy Silver

Product Description

Kool Keith of Ultramagnetic MC's - one of the most important acts to break into music let alone hip hop!

Kool Keith laid down vocals on Prodigy's number 1 hit 'Smack My Bitch Up'!

Kool Keith laid down vocals on an album of Beck's.

Band members:
Kool Keith
Kutmasta Kurt
Motion Man.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. DOOOM is in the ROOOM!, April 27, 2005

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3-006 - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Come, First Served (Audio CD)

Dr. Dooom is a madman serial killing psychopathic rapper with a deep spooky voice stalking wannabe rappers, weak MTV and BET sellouts and dirty-ass ho's and anyone else whose path he crosses. And who better to start his spree with than the hated Dr. Octagon? He promptly plugs Octagon full of lead and jets the hospital for the dark underbelly of America where he visits superficial girls with weaves makin peanut butter sandwiches who are in dire need of some massengil and soap and who borrow tons of sugar for their kool aid.

Then he travels around, cuttin up weak mc's who can't rhyme, whose mixes arent right, whose vocals are too low whose cadence is off whose stage shows are weak who shoulda used better samples and he goes to mcdonalds with guts in his pockets throwin rats with mayonnaise at white women and all others who get in his way.

Dr. Dooom lives in an apartment stinkin with rotten flesh with neighbors askin 'whats that smell down there' and his killer sidekick jackie sayin, 'dont mind the smell from across the hall' and tellin them that he'll be by for a visit at midnight. 'Get that body and bag it, then get outta sight!' is what you hear after Dooom disposes of victim after victim, cuttin and shootin, burnin and eatin. Dr. Dooom stalking the night streets with a Dracula cape cannibalizing and videotaping his victims and feeding the carcasses to unsuspecting people and askin, 'how you like the meat flavor? Mmmm!'

Dooom goes to prison and makes all the hard criminals in there soft, they leave his cell wearin tight pants and lipstick and victoria's secret with skinned up knees. He leaves prison goin back to his killing ways and eatin apple jacks, blueberry pop tarts, drinkin chocolate milk, poppin flintstones vitamins, watching pornos as the cockroaches and mouses bounce to the delphonics and the fifth dimension.

Jackie asks Dooom 'what you want?' and Dooom responds in his maniacal voice, 'I want a kotex with whip cream!' Killin rappers left an right, makin them his b*tches sayin, 'rappers with panty-liners, rent cars with no recliners; I get ill, serve MCs with Massengil.' Body parts fillin his apartment, corpses piling up from coast to coast. 'Workin overtime like a janitor with stamina' he 'buried the last bodies in canada' and he's 'ridin some bronco like oj simpson, nervous smokin a pack a winstons' enterin buildings cuttin elevator cables, drillin people in the butt, burnin down nightclubs, wrappin up eyeballs in aluminum foil, he's goin into apartment lobbies 'pressin bells an bells an bells till you f*ckin let (him) in.'

Spooky music pervades, not scifi like Automator, Kurt is strictly horror soundtrack, spooky with beats an beats fitting the rhymes perfect makin a more interesting and fun album than that b*astard Octagon EVER made, makin tracks staying power and vivid imagery and sinister sounds takin over minds as DOOOM walks the streets, takin out EVERYONE, so watch out cause Dr. Dooom is in the Rooom walkin up the street with bare feet, eatin raw steak meat!

ALL songs great, best include, APT 223, Neighbors Next Door (watch out if you live in Dooom and Jackie's bldg), I Run Rap (prison tale), You live at home w/ yo Mom (you whack loser mc's, Dooom'll kill you!), Body Bags (self explan), Sidelines (Dooom in the projects) and No Chorus (F all the Laws!)

And if you dont like this album, then as Kool Keith says, 'You whack. F*ck you.'

Dr. Octagon RIP 1999.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Doom, prepare for the boom!, October 17, 2006

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Pablo - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Come, First Served (Audio CD)

While that quote may've come from the intro to the Wu's "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin' Ta F Wit'," it's the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Dr. Dooom. Hands down, it's become clear if a rapper was influenced by the arch-nemesis of the superhero group, The Fantastic Four, then that rapper is most likely going to be ill. RZA, MF DOOM, and Dr. Dooom alike have all made numerous mentions to Viktor Von Doom, and all three are avante-garde lyricists, and clearly three of the illest in the game. They're also all mad scientists like the character that inspired them, but at the same time, while RZA and MF DOOM show glimpses of insanity, they appear completely sane in comparison to Kool Keith, and especially his Dr. Dooom alias.

We all know Keith is the definition of dope; at the same time, the Kool Kat's fanbase has come to expect one of two extremes when he releases an album; at best, he'll give us an absolute classic, and at worst, he'll drop some of the most unredeemable crap put on wax. Thankfully for both Keith, and his fanbase, this album is the former. Better than Dr. Octagon? All depends on your personal preference. Just as good? I ensure you, it is. As I said, it all depends where your tastes lie; if you're into alternative hip-hop with spaceage themes, Dr. Octagon's for you, and if you're into alternative hip-hop, that fits the horrorcore sub-genre like a glove, then Dr. Dooom is your poison.

I love both albums equally; I'd rather not choose between the two. Even though I'm a bigger fan of horror flicks than I am science-fiction, both resulted in classic albums of major proportions, making weaker emcees cower in fear. On Dr. Octagon, Keith was born on Jupiter; on FCFS, Keith is the man of the hour watching girls taking showers.

For hip-hop fiends, this is your PCP; it doesn't get any stronger than this. Dr. Dooom's delivery and lyrics are leaps and bounds ahead of inferior emcees, and the production, provided by Kutmasta Kurt, is some of the creepiest music this side of Six Feet Deep. This is a must-have for true hip-hop heads; one of the albums that shows you exactly why Keith's fanbase remains loyal to him throughout the weak releases, because along the way, we know he'll drop a bomb on us that will shake hip-hop's loundscape.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unconditional Brilliance, May 30, 2003

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Enigmatic Essayist (Winston Salem NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Come, First Served (Audio CD)

Just when you thought Kool Keith had already created the perfect hip-hop album in Dr. Octagon, he did the unthinkable. Enter Dr. Dooom, First Come First Served.

Unfortunately, every beginning must have an ending. The album begins with an unexpected bombshell of Dr. Dooom inserting a slug or two into his triumphant Dr. Octagon persona, slaying him. However, the loss of Dr. Octagon unleashes an even more promising character. Dr. Dooom isn't your typical emcee. In fact, there's no one in comparison. He's gritty, he's gutter, and if you're an emcee, he's your worst nightmare.

It's damn near impossible to give this album the admiration it surely deserves. The term "classic" would be an understatement for First Come First Served. In all honestly, no word in the English language can do this album justice. Lyrically, Kool Keith takes his music to an entirely new level, while Kutmaster Kurt proves he's one of the most underrated instrumentalist in the music industry.

From the emcee shattering No Chorus, to the space-funked Baldheaded Girl, Kool Keith drops nothing less than sheer astonishment with each and every line from his arsenal of lyrics. I Run Rap further proves why Keith has been the best emcee since day 1. The sinister sounds from Apartment 223 and Neighbors Next Door give you more of a "street" Keith, while lackadaisical and amusing Keith can be found on tracks such as Welfare Love and Mental Case. The album itself is a mixture of a little bit of everything. With Keith, you can be sure to get something new with each and every album, and with Dr. Dooom's First Come First Served, he surely doesn't disappointment.