Keith Matthew Thornton (born October 7, 1963), known professionally as Kool Keith, is an American rapper and record producer known for his surreal, abstract, and often profane or incomprehensible lyrics. Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is generally considered to be one of hip-hop's most eccentric and unusual personalities.
Kool Keith was a cofounding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, whose debut Critical Beatdown was released in 1988. After two more albums with the group, Funk Your Head Up and The Four Horsemen, Kool Keith released his critically acclaimed solo debut album, Dr. Octagonecologyst, under the name Dr. Octagon in 1996. Subsequently he independently released a series of further hip hop albums, including Sex Style, First Come, First Served (as Dr. Dooom), and most recently Keith.
After releasing only one album on a major label, Black Elvis/Lost in Space, Kool Keith subsequently returned to independently releasing music, producing further efforts as a solo artist and in collaboration with groups such as Analog Brothers, Masters of Illusion, Thee Undatakerz and Project Polaroid. Kool Keith has also made guest appearances in collaboration with Peeping Tom and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He was also featured on the short track DDT on Jurassic 5's album Power in Numbers. The Prodigy's hit "Smack My Bitch Up" was based on a sample of Kool Keith's voice saying "Change my pitch up. Smack my bitch up" on Give The Drummer Some by Ultramagnetic MCs.
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Date: 08 October 1963
By KATHLEEN TELTSCH Special to The New York Times
Kathleen Special
Pres Ngo Dinh Diem scores Western press for alleged role in Buddhist crisis
Date: 08 October 1963
The New York Times (by Larry Morris)
Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu accuses Amer newsmen of 'criminal' behavior for watching suicide, int, Paris
Date: 08 October 1963
By GENE SMITH
Gene SMITH
Date: 07 October 1963
Sharkey, released from hosp, is introduced by Lodge to visiting US Cong team; pro-Govt newspaper charges foreign newsmen 'stage-manage' monk's suicide
Date: 07 October 1963
Gov Rockefeller proclaims Newspaper Wk; says accuracy, good reptg and editing rise steadily with circulation
Date: 08 October 1963
By JEAN HEWITT Special to The New York Times POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y
Jean Special
Date: 08 October 1963
By JOHN HERBERS Special to The New York Times
John Special
W Hoffman (CBS) and another news photographer roughed up by troopers and police during racial demonstration, Selma, Ala
Date: 08 October 1963
By JOHN CANADAY Special to The New York Times
John Special
Date: 07 October 1963
By MARTIN TOLCHINThe New York Times (by Carl T. Gossett Jr.)
Martin New
80 artists to get living qrs and studio space in 2 urban renewal projects