There’s now an instrumental version of the recent Time? Astonishing album from L’Orange and Kool Keith, and its free to download too. It’s proven to be one of the best albums of the year so far, a large part of which is thanks to L’Orange’s stellar beats, making this a worthy collection from the good folks at Mello Music Group.
Category: Kool Keith
Kool Keith – ‘Black Mob’
Junkadelic have released another joint from their limited edition Kool Keith boxset, Demolition Crash. Its exactly what you’d expect from a Keith joint, and you can listen below.
U-God ‘Journey’ (remix) feat. Kool Keith & Cannibal Ox
We have never even heard of A3C Volumes 1-4, but volume 5 is shaping up to be good, with this joint that features the stellar line-up of Wu-Tang Clan legend U-God, Kool Keith and Cannibal Ox. Listen below.
Mega Ran – ‘Space Defense Team’ feat. Kool Keith
Seeing as this is our third post with new music from Kool Keith in as many days, its safe to say that the Ultramagnetic legend keeps it moving more than a great white shark. This time he pops up on the latest single from Mega Ran. Space Defense Team also features Wordburglar, and is taken from new album RNDM. Stream the new joint and the rest of the album below.
Ray West & Kool Keith – ‘Destiny’s Child’
These Kool Keith collaborations never let up. Some are better than others, and this one with Ray West is definitely in the good category. Their new project A Couple of Slices has been released in a dope pizza box set, which you can cop from Fat Beats here. Listen to the single Destiny’s Child below.
Kilmatik – ‘Zero Weirdos’ feat. Kool Keith
Feature king Kool Keith appears on this new track, a Kev La Kat remix of Zero Weirdos by Kilmatik. Keith is the only name involved here we know anything about, but having him there at all is a sure shot sign of quality. Listen below for yourself, and let us know what you think.
Here’s why the Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Kickstarter is worthy of your money
Hip-hop radio icons Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia have launched a Kickstarter campaign for contributions towards the launch of their anticipated documentary film, Stretch & Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives. Its a project worthy of your cash, and here’s why.
Goofy, sometimes ridiculously immature, but always bringing the freshest music from new hip-hop artists, the Stretch & Bobbito show on Columbia University’s WKCR radio station ran for the best part of the 90s.
Much has been made about how the show was influential in helping to launch the careers of many who would go on to be huge, most notably Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie Smalls and the Wu-Tang Clan.
More importantly, at least in our eyes, the show also supported independent and alternative hip-hop artists, championing the likes of Kool Keith when he reinvented himself as Dr. Octagon, and showing much love to groups like Company Flow, Juggaknots, J Treds, Godfather Don and countless more.
Bobbito even founded his own label to release a lot of the underground material that was appearing on the show. The much-missed Fondle’em Records helped to introduce the world to MF Doom, and laid the foundation for labels of a similar vein, including Rawkus, Stones Throw and Def Jux.
It’s therefore no exaggeration to say that Stretch and Bob played perhaps the most important role in creating that classic mid-late 90s indy boom of creativity that many of us are still stuck on today. And that is surely reason enough to throw some money their way.
Donate here, and read more about the documentary here, including upcoming screenings.
Kool Keith & L’Orange – ‘Time? Astonishing!’
The Time? Astonishing! album from Kool Keith and L’Orange is finally here, and its as amazing as we expected it to be. Weird, obviously, but amazing. Nothing less than superior beats and rhymes from start to end, and that’s all we really need to say. Listen below, then go buy it.
Kool Keith & Kurious – ‘Don’t Know Why’
Kool Keith features alongside Kurious on new EP Don’t Know Why, which is the latest cassette release from boutique label LUVNY. Listen to one of the remixes of the title track below, and check out the rest of the project here.
Not The 1s – ‘You Wack’ feat. Kool Keith
Kool Keith guests on this new single from Not The 1s. Its taken from their upcoming Everybody’s Rappin album, and you can take a listen below. The artwork alone is something to behold.