Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon is one of the most well known alter egos for respected hip-hop oddball Kool Keith. Whilst records under the name Kool Keith were far from straight up hip-hop affairs, his at the time new alias allowed him to delve even further in to the constant trashy sex fantasy that seems to be the majority of his thought process. With spot on production from Dan The Automator, Keith/Octagon blended his highly sexual and slightly disturbed mentality with his apparent love for the dark depths of sci-fi. This direction was set seconds in to the album as we hear a conversation between a nurse and doctor which leads to the nurse "satisfying the doctors needs" because she "likes it when he gets bigger and bigger" but doesn't "want him to explode all over the wall". If everyone really is so up in arms about the new Streets track that is basically the glorification of the gentleman caller/date rapist culture, I have no idea what everyone would have made of a skit like "A Visit To The Gynecologist" had this record received more mainstream attention back when it was released in the 90s. Then there's the actual tracks and this is what caused Keith's sanity to actually questioned at the time. Much like I said before, it's a mix of bizarre sci-fi fantasy mixed with graphic medical care related violence and a strong element of sexual perversion all mixed in with a collection of samples that seemed to mainly be taken from 80s sci-fi movies to give proceedings that extra feeling of complete detachment from reality. On "Earth People" when Keith declares "earth people/I was born on Jupiter", there was a strong sense that he actually believed what he was saying.

Dr. Octagon - Intro
Dr. Octagon - Earth People
Dr. Octagon - Halfsharkalligatorhalfman

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In other Kool Keith news:
Keith just released another record under the name Nogatco Rd. (Dr Octagon spelt backwards) under the name Mr. Nogatco. The good news is he's still as disturbed, over sexed and spaced out as he's ever been. His albums also have some damn good artwork.

Mr. Nogatco - Nogatco Rd.
Mr. Nogatco - Celestial

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Sorry, I had to:
So I had my itunes on random earlier, not exactly sure why. I discovered that somehow the most bizarre mash-up had made it's way on to my hard drive. Now I love Big Black and I have a soft spot for Eminem when all he used to rap about was beating bullies to death. But a mix of the two doesn't sound good on paper. This is the annoying if slightly funny rap to "Job For Me" over the bass and guitar to BB's "Kerosene". I'm sure you're all laughing at me for posting this but £30 says you press the play button.

The Former Yugoslavia - Big Black vs Eminem

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