Kool Keith, Black Elvis/Lost in Space - 1h 8m 13s

Tracks & Durations

1. Intro	3:08
2. Lost In Space	3:52
3. Rockets on the Battlefield	4:25
4. Livin' Astro	4:28
5. Supergalactic Lover	3:41
6. Master of the Game	4:43
7. I'm Seein' Robots	4:22
8. Static	4:31
9. Intro 2	0:25
10. Black Elvis	3:45
11. Maxi Curls	4:36
12. Keith Turbo	4:17
13. Fine Girls	3:59
14. The Girls Don't Like The Job	4:16
15. Clifton	4:49
16. All The Time	3:43
17. I Don't Play	5:04

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Review

Kool Keith, aka Black Elvis, Dr. Octagon, Poppa Large, Dr. Dooom, and about a dozen personae, got his start with the Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MC's in the mid-1980s. Although revered, their recordings made little commercial impact and the group disbanded. Since then Keith has enigmatically swung from project to project, maintaining a deliberately inscrutable cloak of aliases and alter egos. The result is a catalog that is high in concept, broad in scope, and completely, utterly wacky: it's hip-hop as Darius James writes novels and Terry Gilliam makes films. Only a few other artists--Definition of Sound and Divine Styler most notably--have ever come close to achieving similar results. Judging from the results of this recording, one of Keith's more straight-ahead, more rappers should try. On Lost, Keith's rhymes are unpredictable, obscure, and hilarious. On "Static," he somehow rhymes Benjamins with basketball star Scottie Pippen, (ex-NFL quarterback Mark) Rypien, and 1960s boxing champ Sonny Liston; elsewhere he namechecks 1970s journeymen basketballers Darnell Hillman and Slick Watts. He's critical of hip-hop pretension on many tracks, most notably "I Need a Release Date." Although the recording features a solid, contemporary bounce, Keith is completely old school--it's his whimsical words and unique delivery that matter most. --Martin Johnson

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